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  Bofors case: India sends judicial request to US seeking crucial information from private detective

  India | March 05, 2025 11:43 IST

  The Bofors scam played a crucial role in the defeat of Rajiv Gandhi in the 1989 general elections. The controversy surrounding the alleged kickbacks in the howitzer deal with Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors became one of India’s most talked-about political scandals.

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  Army makes integrated defence locations along LAC in Arunachal Pradesh

  India | October 20, 2021 22:09 IST

  It is a total defence mechanism in itself with absolute synergy among all the support system for the troops for the battle. Big guns to military attack helicopters can be mobilised within minutes.

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  I-T auctions Mumbai flat at over Rs 12 crore in case against Bofors agent Win Chadha

  India | November 06, 2019 20:37 IST

  The I-T Department has auctioned a flat at a posh south Mumbai locality for over Rs 12 crore in the process to recover multi-crore dues of late Win Chadha, an alleged middleman whose name cropped up in the Bofors deal case.  

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  Army gets 'desi' Bofors in home-made Dhanush howitzer

  India | April 09, 2019 13:17 IST

  Dhanush has been designed and developed by the Ordnance Factory Board at the Gun Carriage Factory at Jabalpur based on the Bofors drawings.

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  'Bofors brought Cong down, Rafale will bring Modi back', Sitharaman's fiery 'point-by-point' rebuttal in Parliament

  National | January 04, 2019 23:42 IST

  She accused the Congress of compromising with national security in the interest of the party's "treasury" while deciding on buying 126 fighter jets.

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  Rafale deal: Congress delegation to meet Comptroller and Auditor General tomorrow at 12 pm

  National | October 03, 2018 23:34 IST

  Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said the Rafale issue is 20 times bigger than the Bofors issue but the media is "not giving any importance like before".

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  Bofors scam: CBI to look into ‘facts and circumstances’ after fresh revelations

  India | October 18, 2017 17:42 IST

  CBI on Wednesday said it will look into "facts and circumstances" of Bofors scam mentioned by private detective Michael Hershman to a TV channel in an interview.

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  Bofors case likely to make a comeback in SC

  India | July 30, 2017 18:07 IST

  Bofors pay-off case will come up for substantial hearing in the Supreme Court soon, amidst a fresh media report suggesting a financial quid pro quo for the Rs 1,437 crore Howitzer gun deal in 1986.

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  CBI initiates probe into supply of ‘fake Chinese parts’ for India-made Bofors guns

  India | July 22, 2017 11:17 IST

  The CBI has filed a case against a Delhi-based firm and unidentified officials of the Gun Carriage Factory in Madhya Pradesh for supplying fake Chinese partsfor the production line of the 155mm artillery guns.

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  Fake Chinese spares for indigenised Bofors guns: CBI FIR

  India | July 21, 2017 20:14 IST

  Dhanush is the indigenised version of the Bofors artillery guns which performed exceedingly well during the Kargil conflict in 1999.

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  To break Bofors jinx, India signs Rs 5,000 cr deal with US for 145 Howitzers

  November 30, 2016 23:41 IST

  India and the US on Wednesday inked a Rs 5,000 crore deal for 145 M777 ultra-light howitzers.

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  Shot in the arm for army soon with delivery of 'desi bofors' Dhanush

  India | September 08, 2015 19:01 IST

  Jabalpur:  In what would be a shot in the arm for a force that has not had a new 155mm artillery gun inducted since the Bofors scandal of 1987, the Indian Army is set to

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  India warns Swedish daily to edit Bofors references by Pranab Mukherjee

  India | May 28, 2015 9:31 IST

  New Delhi: The Indian envoy to Sweden has warned Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter to edit references to the Bofors controversy made by President Pranab Mukherjee in an interview else the presidential visit to Oslo was

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  Shinde says people will forget coal scam just like Bofors

  National | September 16, 2012 10:37 IST

  Pune, Sep 16:  Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde  has made yet another gaffe. On Saturday, he said in Pune that the people of India would eventually forget the coal scam with the passage of time

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  Coalgate attack will be sharper than Bofors: BJP

  National | September 28, 2012 17:08 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 1: Making it clear that it will not allow parliament to run unless its demand on the allocation of coal blocks are met, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said the fight

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  BJP to raise Bofors, Congress says, no need to reopen case

  India | April 25, 2012 17:54 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 25: The ghost of Bofors returned to haunt the Congress party today with the BJP targeting it following fresh allegations that Rajiv Gandhi as Prime Minister may have soft-pedaled the probe into

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  Army Places Orders For 100 Howitzers

  India | February 29, 2012 18:50 IST

  New Delhi, Feb 29: The Indian Army has placed orders for 100 artillery guns with the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) after having failed to acquire even a single howitzer in over two decades following the

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  PM's Trust Vote Claim Means Rajiv Could Be Indicted On Bofors: Advani

  India | March 19, 2011 20:20 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 19: Senior BJP leader L K Advani today said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's claim that UPA's victory in 2009 polls absolved his government of all charges in cash-for-votes scam would mean Rajiv

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  Delhi Court Accepts CBI Plea To Close Case Against Quattrocchi

  India | March 04, 2011 19:46 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 4: A Delhi court today allowed a CBI plea seeking withdrawal of prosecution against elusive Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the two-decade-old Bofors payoff case.  "The application of the CBI is allowed,"

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  Bofors Case: Court To Hold Fresh Proceedings In Quattrocchi's Case

  India | August 28, 2010 14:23 IST

  NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday decided to hold the proceedings afresh on CBI's plea to withdraw more than two-decade-old Bofors pay-off case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja, who