SC seeks Centre, Rakesh Asthana's replies on NGO's plea against his appointment as Delhi CPThe Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the plea of an NGO challenging the Delhi High Court order which upheld the Centre's decision to ...
26 Nov, 2021, 05.35 PM IST
Delhi Police chief's legal advisor Suresh Chandra resignsA senior police officer said the retired officer was only a temporary consultant and was under contract only for six months. He was almost ...
16 Nov, 2021, 03.29 PM IST
HC seeks Centre, Asthana's stand on PIL challenging his appointment as Delhi Police CommissionerSolicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, opposed the PIL and sought time to respond to it on merit.
01 Sep, 2021, 12.17 PM IST
Delhi High Court given two weeks to decide on plea against Delhi Police chief appointmentAsthana - a 1984 cadre officer - was appointed Delhi Police Commissioner on July 27, four days before his superannuation on July 31. He has...
25 Aug, 2021, 01.48 PM IST
Plea against appointment of Delhi Police chief to be listed for hearing after being numbered: SC"If it is numbered, we will post it for hearing," a bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justice Surya Kant told lawyer M L Sharma...
03 Aug, 2021, 04.17 PM IST
SC to hear plea against Asthana’s appointment as Delhi police chiefThe petition was filed by ML Sharma on July 30. Sharma in his plea argued that Asthana’s appointment is in violation of a July 2018 judgmen...
02 Aug, 2021, 11.41 PM IST
Delhi Assembly passes resolution terming Rakesh Asthana's appointment as ‘unconstitutional'Participating in the debate, AAP MLAs Gulab Singh, Akhilesh Pati Tripathi, Somnath Bharti and B S Joon, supported Jha's resolution and alle...
29 Jul, 2021, 04.40 PM IST
Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana takes charges as Delhi Police CommissionerIn an order issued on Tuesday, the Ministry of Home Affairs had said that Asthana, who was serving as the director general of the Border Se...
28 Jul, 2021, 06.40 PM IST
Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana appointed Delhi Police CommissionerAccording to a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) order, Asthana, currently serving as Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF), wil...
27 Jul, 2021, 11.04 PM IST
CBI gives clean chit to Rakesh AsthanaThe FIR was registered against Asthana and others when Alok Verma was the CBI director. Verma was unceremoniously removed by a three-member...
12 Feb, 2020, 09.44 AM IST
CBI officer probing corruption case against Rakesh Asthana seeks voluntary retirementDagar is set to superannuate in September 2021.
25 Sep, 2019, 10.53 PM IST
Delhi High Court verdict on Rakesh Asthana plea todayCBI Deputy Superintendent of Police, Devender Kumar has moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday, challenging Verma’s decision to withdraw al...
11 Jan, 2019, 07.04 AM IST
After Supreme Court prod, CVC starts examining CBI officials to probe charges against Alok VermaOfficials from the rank of inspector up to superintendent of police of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) were called and their vers...
30 Oct, 2018, 08.30 PM IST
CBI raids its own headquarters, arrests its Deputy SP in bribery case involving its Special DirectorKumar, who was earlier the investigation officer in a case involving meat exporter Moin Qureshi, has been arrested on the allegations of fo...
22 Oct, 2018, 07.30 PM IST
In a first, CBI books its Special Director in corruption chargesThe complainant claimed Somesh spoke to someone on the phone in his presence and assured that he wouldn’t be “harassed” further by the CBI.
22 Oct, 2018, 07.33 AM IST
Surat becomes first city in India with full real-time surveillance networkAs Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi had in January 2013 launched the project conceptualized by police commissioner Rakesh Asthana.
11 Jun, 2014, 12.41 PM IST
Narayan Sai admits to rape charges, claims policeAsaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai has "more or less" accepted the rape allegations levelled against him by a woman, police claimed here today.
11 Dec, 2013, 02.54 PM IST