Finmeccanica
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Not scared of threats, govt reacts to Finmeccanica ‘reconsidering’ components supply
Jun 01, 2016, 08:09 PM ISTIn a sharp reaction to scam-tainted Finmeccanica’s warning to reassess ongoing projects of supplying components to India, the government today said that the government was not one to be bogged down by any such threats.
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'I don't know anyone in Italy': PM Modi corners Sonia on AgustaWestland scam
National | May 06, 2016, 08:34 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi today broke his prolonged silence on the issue of alleged kickbacks in the AgustaWestland deal, saying that those guilty of corruption in the deal must be brought to book
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Cong knew where the Ganga was going: Parrikar on kickbacks in Agusta deal
National | May 06, 2016, 03:23 PM ISTThe government today maintained its offensive against the Congress over the controversial VVIP choppers deal, saying that the then UPA government did everything to help AgustaWestland bag the contract and that its action against the company was not p
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Former IAF chief S P Tyagi cracks, admits meeting Finnmeccanica officials
India | May 03, 2016, 08:06 PM ISTOn the second day of questioning on alleged corruption in the controversial Rs 3,600 crore Agusta Westland choppers deal, former IAF chief S P Tyagi accepted that he had met officials of Finmeccanica, CBI sources said today.
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'Name leaders who took bribes': BJP corners Cong on VVIP chopper scam
National | Apr 26, 2016, 09:48 PM ISTthe BJP is planning to corner the Congress and party president Sonia Gandhi over the deal in UPA’s tenure and have asked the then Defence minister A K Antony to come clean and name the party leaders allegedly involved in the scam
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Finmeccanica's ex-boss jailed for graft in Indian chopper deal
India | Apr 08, 2016, 04:47 PM ISTMilan/New Delhi: Italian defence and aerospace major Finmeccanica's former chief Giuseppe Orsi has been sentenced by the Milan appeals court to 4.5 years in jail for false accounting and corruption over the sale of 12
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American company bags contract for Navy's 16 multi-role choppers
India | Dec 05, 2014, 08:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: The United States' Sikorsky has bagged the contract for Indian Navy's Rs 6,000-crore proposal for acquisition of 16 multi-role helicopters for its warships, official sources said today.Defence Ministry sources said the commercial bids
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VVIP chopper deal: Italian court order to come after 3 months
India | Oct 15, 2014, 09:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: Investigative agencies like CBI and ED, probing corruption charges in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, will have to wait for over three months to know the exact legal reasons that
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VVIP Chopper deal: No corruption charges proven, ex-IAF chief relieved
India | Oct 10, 2014, 02:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: After a court in Italy Thursday found him not guilty of corruption in the 2010 deal to supply India with AgustaWestland helicopters, Giuseppe Orsi, the former chief executive of Italian firm Finmeccanica said
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Ex-IAF chief Fali Major was hosted by Finmeccanica: Reports
India | Feb 07, 2014, 04:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a fresh development in the scam-tainted VVIP chopper deal, lawyers of AgustaWestland have reportedly told an Italian court that its parent company Finmeccanica had hosted the then IAF chief F H Major
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Chopper deal: Delhi court allows defreezing of former IAF chief Tyagi's kin accounts
India | Jun 04, 2013, 06:04 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 4: A Delhi court has allowed the plea of two family members of former IAF chief S.P. Tyagi, accused in the Rs. 3600 crore VVIP helicopter deal scam, to defreeze their bank
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Lookout notice against Tyagi in chopper deal: Antony
India | May 06, 2013, 05:48 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 6: The Central Bureau of Investigation has issued a lookout notice against a former Indian Air Force chief in connection with alleged irregularities in procurement of VVIP helicopters, Defence Minister A K
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Chopper scam: govt gets first set of documents from Italy
India | Mar 11, 2013, 11:29 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 11 : The government has received the first set of official documents from Italy in connection with the VVIP chopper scam including the warrants issued against former Finmeccanica CEO Giuseppe Orsi by
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Chopper Scam: Italian phone tap reveals payoffs in Indian VVIP chopper sale
India | Oct 25, 2012, 09:00 AM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 25: The India head of helicopter manufacturer Finmeccanica, an Italian company which sold VVIP choppers to the Indian Air Force, is presently under the scanner of Italian authorities, who tapped his phone
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Gaddafi's Wealth Spread Across Globe: US Report
World | Mar 03, 2011, 06:39 PM ISTNew York, Mar 3: Libyan despot Muammar Gaddafi has spread his wealth, estimated to run into hundreds of billions of dollars across at least 35 nations on four continents, as Western bankers attempt to unravel