Rishi Kumar Shukla, who was recently appointed director of Central Bureau of Investigation, has asked his officers to write to him every Friday if they had any professional or personal problems, officials in the agency familiar with the director’s new... read more

According to a Personnel Ministry order, Asthana, a Gujarat-cadre IPS officer, along with the head of National Investigation Agency (NIA) Y C Modi were given the top pay scale of Rs 2.25 lakh. read more

Alok Verma, who was invited as the keynote speaker at the SRCC event after he was reinstated to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director post by the Supreme Court last month, did not “officially” respond to the invitation by Wednesday, organisers... read more

Verma already faces departmental proceedings on three other charges. These include his alleged role in helping an accused in the IRCTC corruption case. read more

Mallikarjun Kharge had said that new CBI chief Rishi Kumar Shukla had zero experience in anti-corruption cases. read more

During the second meeting of the committee on Friday, the government is understood to have put forth a few names of officers who could be considered for appointment as the CBI director, they said. read more

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-headed selection committee met here Friday to decide on the new chief of the country’s premier investigative agency CBI, which is working without a regular director read more

The high-powered panel with the leader of Congress, the largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge and Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi as its members had met on January 24, but read more

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had directed Verma to take charge as director general of the Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards on Thursday. read more

As Alok Verma did not take up the new assignment as directed, he is likely to face departmental action which may include suspension of pensionary benefits, home ministry officials said. read more

A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi refused to entertain the petition challenging Asthana’s appointment to the civil aviation security body. read more

Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of protecting chief vigilance commissioner (CVC) KV Chowdary, the Congress on Tuesday said that the Centre’s refusal to act against him for allegedly closing a probe into a Rs 7,000-crore scam is an attempt to “cover... read more

The controversies at the CBI refuse to go away with a superintendent of police accusing interim director Nageswara Rao of acting with “malice and prejudice” for transferring him after he complained about his alleged misconduct to then agency chief Alok... read more

The government has thus far not accepted a resignation letter from Verma – leading to speculation that this is to facilitate action by the Department of Personnel and Trading. read more

The CBI has been working under interim director M Nageswara Rao after Alok Verma was removed on charges of corruption and dereliction of duty by the high-powered selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. read more