Supreme Court to hear on Oct 26 CBI director's plea challenging Centre's decision
New Delhi, Oct 24 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on October 26 the plea of CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma challenging the Centre's decision sending him on leave.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph considered the submission of Verma that his plea against the Centre's decision to send him on leave required urgent hearing.
The CBI chief has also challenged the decision to appoint Joint Director M Nageshwar Rao as head of the probe agency.
The Centre had yesterday taken note of the internal feud in the CBI and passed an order sending the CBI chief and Special Director Rakesh Asthana on leave.
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Vikram Doraiswami appointed India's next ambassador to China
New Delhi (PTI): Seasoned diplomat Vikram Doraiswami was on Thursday appointed as India's new ambassador to China.
Doraiswami, a 1992-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently serving as Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
India's decision to send the senior diplomat to Beijing comes amid efforts by the two sides to rebuild the bilateral ties that came under severe strain following the more than four-year border standoff in eastern Ladakh.
Doraiswami will succeed Pradeep Kumar Rawat.
He is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said announcing Doraiswami's new appointment.
