New Delhi | The Pegasus leaked list contains numbers of former CBI Director Alok Verma and his family, and of Rakesh Asthana, against whom the CBI had filed a case, The Wire reported. Eight of those phones were forensically confirmed by Amnesty International’s tech lab to have been successfully compromised by the military grade spyware that […]
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Known for challenging govt, ex-CBI boss Alok Verma now pleads for retirement benefits
New Delhi: Once seen as the most powerful police boss in the country, Alok Verma, the former Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), is running from pillar to post, for the past several months, to seek his basic retirement benefits, including the General Provident Fund (GPF). A 1979 batch IPS officer, Verma’s entire past […]
Alok Verma defies Centre’s transfer order, may face action
New Delhi | Ousted CBI Director Alok Verma may face action for defying Union Home Ministry’s order asking him to join the post of Director General of Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards on Thursday. Sources in the Home Ministry said as Verma did not join the new post as directed by the Central […]
Will Justice Sikri represent CJI in PM-headed panel to appoint CBI chief?
New Delhi : After the ouster of CBI Director Alok Verma by a high-powered selection committee that included CJI-nominated Supreme Court judge A.K. Sikri, rumours are doing the rounds whether he would again be part of the panel which is to meet on January 24 to decide the fate of three or four Director General-level […]
Reinstate Alok Verma as CBI Chief: Congress
New Delhi : The Congress on Saturday demanded reinstatement of CBI Chief Alok Verma, terming his ouster from the investigating agency by the Prime Minister-led selection committee, a negation of “natural justice” and a decision taken to derail the Rafale probe. Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi referred to the statement given to a newspaper by […]
Alok Verma quits, says natural justice scuttled in his case
New Delhi : Ousted CBI Director Alok Verma on Friday quit government service after he was unceremoniously removed as the agency chief on Thursday by a Prime Minister-led Committee, capping a saga of his battle with his deputy Rakesh Asthana that led to a bitter end to his long career. In a strongly-worded letter to […]
Ousted CBI chief Alok Verma quits
New Delhi : Ousted CBI chief Alok Verma resigned on Friday, a day after he was shifted from the post by a high-level committee chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Verma, who was transferred as Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards, refused to take up the new job and instead sent his […]
Interim CBI Director M. Nageswara Rao cancels all transfers made by Alok Verma
New Delhi : Hours after again taking charge as interim Director of the CBI, Additional Director M. Nageswara Rao on Friday nullified all the transfer orders issued by Alok Verma, who was on Thursday removed as the agency’s Director. Informed sources said that Rao axed all the transfers done by Verma on Wednesday and Thursday […]
Nageswara Rao again takes over CBI Director’s duties
New Delhi | A day after the removal of Alok Verma, Additional Director M. Nageswara Rao on Friday again took charge of the office of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director, the agency said. Rao, a 1986-batch Odisha cadre Indian Police Service officer, took charge in pursuance of an order of the Department of […]
Corruption charges against me false, unsubstantiated and frivolous: Alok Verma
New Delhi | Alok Verma, who was transferred within 48 hours after rejoining as CBI Director, said on Friday the corruption charges against him were false, unsubstantiated and frivolous. In a statement issued late Thursday night, Verma said: “It is sad that (on the) basis false, unsubstantiated and frivolous allegations made by only one person, […]