New CBI Director Rishi Kumar Shukla is the first officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre to be appointed to the coveted post, officials said Saturday. Fifty-eight-year-old Rishi Kumar Shukla, a 1983-batch IPS officer who had served as the Madhya Pradesh Police chief for nearly two-and-a-half years, was on Saturday appointed the chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), established in its current form in 1963.

Who is Rishi Kumar Shukla, CBI's new chief

The Centre is likely to announce the name of next CBI chief soon, ignoring the objections raised by Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led selection committee, on the names of probable contenders proposed by the government, officials said.

Ignoring Congress objection, government to announce new CBI director soon

Rishi Kumar Shukla has been appointed the new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. Shukla is a 1983-batch Indian Police Service officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre; he has before this been director general of the Madhya Pradesh Police.

Former Madhya Pradesh police chief Rishi Kumar Shukla appointed new director of CBI

Suspense over the next CBI chief continued on Friday as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-headed selection committee could not reach a decision during its second meeting in Delhi, officials said.

'No decision' on CBI chief in second meeting of PM-led panel

The Supreme Court Friday termed as "pre-mature" the issue related to transparency in the selection process for appointing CBI Director in the future, saying the endeavour at present is to ensure that a regular chief of the agency is seated "immediately".

Issue of transparency in CBI chief appointment 'pre-mature' at this stage, says Supreme Court

The high powered selection committee meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday for the appointment of a new CBI Director was inconclusive, sources confirmed.

PM-led panel's meet to select CBI chief remains 'inconclusive'

A controversy broke out Sunday over Supreme Court judge Justice AK Sikri getting a government offer last year for a post-retirement assignment at the London-based Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal, just three days after his vote helped decide the removal of Alok Verma from the post of CBI director.

Justice Sikri, whose vote helped remove CBI chief, turns down government offer

Former CBI chief Alok Verma submitted his resignation from service on Friday, a day after he was removed from his post by a high powered committee. Verma said in his resignation letter, accessed by PTI, that it was a moment of "collective introspection".

Former CBI chief Alok Verma resigns from service, says it was 'moment of collective introspection'

Interim CBI Director M Nageshwar Rao has cancelled all transfer decisions taken by his ousted predecessor Alok Verma, reverting to the position of officials as on January 8, officials said.

M Nageshwar Rao undoes transfers done by Verma, situation restored to January 8

Supreme Court today reinstated Alok Verma as CBI chief overruling the government's decision. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India(CJI) Ranjan Gogoi delivered the verdict asserting that Verma can't be stripped of his power.

Supreme Court sets aside government order, reinstates Alok Verma as CBI chief

The Supreme Court Wednesday said its order restraining acting CBI director M Nageswara Rao from taking any policy decision does not mean that the agency would stop investigating the cases.

CJI’s order on interim CBI chief does not stop agency from probing cases: Supreme Court

CBI Director Alok Verma Thursday met Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary and is understood to have refuted corruption charges levelled against him by his deputy and special director in the probe agency Rakesh Asthana, officials said.

CBI chief Verma meets Central Vigilance Commissioner, denies corruption charges against him

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