The secret note was given to the CVC during the selection committee meeting held on October 21, 2017 to consider the then Assistant Director Asthana's promotion as Special Director
In a dramatic midnight action, the government on Wednesday divested CBI chief Alok Verma of his charge and made Joint Director M Nageshwar Rao interim director
All CBI directors have a fixed two-year term. Verma's term will end in January 2019
The move was "illegal", the Congress chief said
Chidambaram's remarks came after the government Wednesday sent CBI Director Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana on leave, as the two officers were involved in a bitter spat
In a letter to the Cabinet Secretary, CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana has given a list of 10 instances of alleged corruption by CBI Director Alok Verma
The investigative agency has registered a case against Asthana on the basis of claims made by a businessman Sathish Sana
The Rakesh Asthana vs CBI bribery case gets muddier: All the top developments
In an unprecedented move, the agency has booked its special director for allegedly receiving bribes from middlemen to give relief to a businessman
There was no official word on what the officials discussed with the higher-ups in the Prime Minister's office
Kumar's arrest comes a day after the agency registered an FIR against Asthana and several others for allegedly accepting bribes to settle a case of meat exporter Moin Qureshi
Rahul Gandhi alleged the CBI was being used as a "weapon of political vendetta" under the Modi government
The PMO, it is learnt, has given a go-ahead to Verma to act freely in the case and there are indications that Asthana may be removed from his position
Rakesh Asthana's petition was mentioned before Chief Justice Rajendra Menon
As crisis in the CBI continues, here's the background of the two top bosses who are at the centre of the infighting
The Congress leader alleged that there is lurking suspicion regarding the role of present political executive
Rakesh Asthana moved the Delhi High Court seeking the quashing of FIR filed against him by the CBI
Asthana moved the petition on Tuesday, hours after Kumar approached the high court
The infighting points to a deep rot in the organisation
How the Central Bureau of Investigation, the premier investigating agency of India, operates, and why it finds itself in the thick of a controversy