<p class="title">M Nageswara Rao, who is holding the post of interim CBI Director, was on Tuesday promoted to the rank of an additional director by the government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 1986-batch IPS officer from the Odisha cadre, Rao's name was cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The promotion of Rao, who took over as interim CBI Director amid a midnight drama on October 24, came after the government stepped in between Director CBI Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana fight, which reached court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rao was not considered for the rank of the additional director in November 2016 as well as when a review of this batch took place in April 2018.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had joined the CBI as a joint director in 2016.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Supreme Court has asked Rao not to take any policy decisions until it hears the petition related to the feud between Verma and Asthana.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rao took over as interim CBI director following a midnight government order giving him Verma's powers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He affixed signatures on over dozen transfer orders, mainly of those officers who were probing Asthana, besides ordering search and sealing of CBI Director's office. </p>
<p class="title">M Nageswara Rao, who is holding the post of interim CBI Director, was on Tuesday promoted to the rank of an additional director by the government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 1986-batch IPS officer from the Odisha cadre, Rao's name was cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The promotion of Rao, who took over as interim CBI Director amid a midnight drama on October 24, came after the government stepped in between Director CBI Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana fight, which reached court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rao was not considered for the rank of the additional director in November 2016 as well as when a review of this batch took place in April 2018.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had joined the CBI as a joint director in 2016.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Supreme Court has asked Rao not to take any policy decisions until it hears the petition related to the feud between Verma and Asthana.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rao took over as interim CBI director following a midnight government order giving him Verma's powers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He affixed signatures on over dozen transfer orders, mainly of those officers who were probing Asthana, besides ordering search and sealing of CBI Director's office. </p>