Vvip Chopper Deal
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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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I am relieved, says S P Tyagi
India | Oct 09, 2014, 10:52 PM ISTNew Delhi: Facing a CBI probe for his alleged role in the Rs 3600 crore VVIP chopper scam, former IAF chief SP Tyagi today said he was relieved by the verdict of an Italian court
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Proceedings against Finmeccannica in VVIP chopper deal shelved
India | Jul 30, 2014, 08:37 AM ISTRome/New Delhi: Italian prosecutors have ‘shelved' proceedings against defence major Finmeccannica, the parent firm of AgustaWestland, saying it had nothing to do with the alleged corruption in India's Rs 3,600-crore deal to procure 12 VVIP
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Chopper deal: Quizzing of ex-guvs may take CBI to NDA-I door
India | Jul 06, 2014, 04:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: The questioning of two former governors—MK Narayanan and BV Wanchoo—has led CBI's probe into the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal to the role of the previous NDA regime as both have informed
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VVIP chopper deal: ED to send LRs to half-a-dozen countries
India | Jul 06, 2014, 01:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: Widening its probe into the money laundering probe in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal, the Enforcement Directorate will send judicial requests to about six countries seeking information on bank accounts and
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AgustaWestland: ED slaps laundering case against ex-IAF chief
India | Jul 04, 2014, 09:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today slapped a money laundering case against former IAF chief SP Tyagi and 20 others in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal to probe alleged kickbacks of Rs.360
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VVIP chopper deal: CBI Director meets Indian envoy in Italy
India | Apr 18, 2014, 06:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: CBI Director Ranjeet Sinha has met Indian envoy in Italy in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland helicopter deal.Sinha, who was in Rome last week to attend
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VVIP chopper deal: CBI questions former IAF Chief Tyagi's cousins
India | Feb 17, 2014, 10:49 AM ISTNew Delhi: The CBI, probing the 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal, recently examined the cousins of former Indian Air Force Chief S.P. Tyagi in connection with the claims made by alleged middleman Guido Haschke
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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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Choppergate: Antony says, authenticity of deal notes 'not proved'
India | Feb 05, 2014, 06:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony today said certain notes have come to light suggesting that middlemen in the VVIP chopper deal were trying to target certain Indian leaders but their authenticity is “not proved”.He
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Defence Ministry serves notice to Agusta Westland on VVIP chopper deal
India | Oct 14, 2013, 09:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has served a show cause notice to helicopter manufacturer company Agusta Westland for the cancellation of chopper deal. The step was initiated after the expose of paying kickbacks worth
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AgustaWestland takes arbitration route to keep chopper deal on
India | Oct 04, 2013, 08:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: Facing the prospect of its Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal being scrapped, Agusta Westland today said it had taken the arbitration route to settle the fate of the contract.The Anglo-Italian firm said
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VVIP chopper deal: CBI to get phone transcripts from Italy
India | May 09, 2013, 11:07 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 9: CBI is likely to get transcripts of phone conversations of Italian middlemen allegedly involved in the VVIP helicopter deal, intercepted by law enforcement authorities following court orders in the European country.
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I feel someone has taken money: Antony on VVIP chopper deal
India | Mar 25, 2013, 02:37 PM ISTKochi, Mar 25: Defence Minister A K Antony today said that he feels 'somebody has taken money' in the AgustaWestland chopper deal. He admitted that there was corruption in the deal while speaking on the
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VVIP chopper deal: CBI shares documents with ED
India | Mar 24, 2013, 08:55 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 24: Expanding its probe, the CBI has shared crucial documents with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) showing money trail of the alleged Rs 362-crore kickback in the VVIP chopper deal with Anglo-Italian firm
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CBI issues look-out notices for former IAF Chief Tyagi, others
India | Mar 17, 2013, 10:05 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 17: CBI has issued look-out notices for former IAF Chief SP Tyagi, his three cousins and five other Indians who have been named in its FIR in the alleged kickbacks received by
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VVIP chopper deal: Agusta Westland granted more time to give its response
India | Mar 14, 2013, 09:41 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 14: The Defence Ministry has granted Italian firm Agusta Westland extension of deadline by seven days to explain its links with the software companies that were allegedly used to pay kickbacks in
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Antony Orders Probe Into VVIP Chopper Deal
India | Feb 24, 2012, 09:59 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 24: Defence Minister A K Antony today ordered a probe to find out if there was corruption in the Rs 3,500-crore deal to procure 12 helicopters for VVIPs from European defence firm