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  • chopper scam former air chief s cousin sanjeev tyagi

    Chopper scam: Former Air Chief's cousin Sanjeev Tyagi rubbishes bribery charges

    February 17, 2013 6:48 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 17 : Sanjeev Tyagi, a cousin of ex-Air Chief S P Tyagi, has  rubbished charges of having received kickbacks in the Rs.3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal, saying it was an "absolute lie"

  • two more die of swine flu toll rises to nine

    Two more die of swine flu, toll rises to nine

    February 16, 2013 23:08 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 16: Two more people succumbed here today to swine flu, taking the total number of deaths due to H1N1 virus in the capital this year to nine.  So far, 360 people have

  • indian army will never carry out coup ex army chief gen v k

    Indian army will never carry out coup, ex-Army chief Gen V K Singh tells Aap Ki Adalat

    February 16, 2013 20:01 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 16: Former army chief retd. Gen V K Singh has said that the Indian army "will never carry out a coup, it will only defend the nation". Replying to questions from Rajat

  • italian court rejects india s request for chopper probe

    Italian court rejects India's request for chopper probe details

    February 16, 2013 21:35 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 16: An Italian court, hearing the VVIP chopper deal scam case, has rejected India's request for documents related to the investigations into the matter, arguing that the "information is covered by secrecy".

  • live artillery shells cartridges of army found lying near

    Live artillery shells, cartridges of army found lying near Naraina rail tracks in Delhi

    February 16, 2013 18:59 IST

    New Delhi/Ambala, Feb 16: A military special train carrying ammunitions left three boxes full of live artillery shells and cartridges near the Naraina railtracks in  Northwest Delhi on Friday evening.  The train had 38 wagons

  • the curious case of chandigarh firms in vvip chopper deal

    The curious case of Chandigarh firms in VVIP chopper deal

    February 16, 2013 19:13 IST

    Chandigarh, Feb 16: The names of two Chandigarh-based companies have emerged in the controversy around the $750 million VVIP chopper deal with Italian company Finmeccanica, which was supplying the AgustaWestland helicopters to India.The names of

  • was not buying agustawestland choppers delhi police

    Was not buying AgustaWestland choppers: Delhi Police

    February 16, 2013 16:57 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 16: The Delhi Police Saturday rubbished claims that it was going to buy choppers from AgustaWestland, the Britain-based subsidiary of Italian firm Finmeccanica, accused of paying kickbacks in the $750-million deal for

  • chinese dams worry arunachal

    Chinese dams worry Arunachal

    February 16, 2013 16:58 IST

    Tura (Meghalaya), Feb 16: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki said Saturday he would ask the central government to look into China constructing three hydropower projects on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet."China building the three

  • curfew lifted in j k after seven days

    Curfew lifted in J&K after seven days

    February 16, 2013 16:58 IST

    Srinagar, Feb 16: Curfew was lifted in the entire Kashmir Valley after seven days as the law and order situation improved Saturday.Director General of Police Ashok Prasad confirmed that curfew had been lifted from the

  • chopper scam italian middleman says he knew ex iaf chief

    Chopper scam: Italian middleman says he knew Ex-IAF Chief Tyagi's family

    February 16, 2013 16:22 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 16: An alleged middleman in the VVIP helicopter deal has claimed that he knew the "family" of former Air Chief S P Tyagi and had met one of his cousins at a

  • cag auditing vvip chopper deal report soon vinod rai

    CAG auditing VVIP chopper deal, report soon: Vinod Rai

    February 16, 2013 16:22 IST

    Mumbai, feb 16: Amid the storm over alleged kickbacks in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai on Friday said an audit of the controversial deal is under progress and a

  • delhiites overbilled by private power companies for rs 4

    Delhiites overbilled by private power companies for Rs 4,500 cr, says NGO

    February 16, 2013 16:22 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 16: Private distribution companies in the city have billed the consumers an additional Rs 4,500 crore in the last five years for electricity that was never actually supplied, a report by an

  • iaf to continue training pilots on agustawestland choppers

    IAF to continue training pilots on AgustaWestland choppers

    February 16, 2013 16:21 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 16 : The IAF on Friday said it will continue training its pilots on the three AgustaWestland helicopters procured by it from the UK till the government takes a final decision on

  • india s first param vir chakra winner major som nath sharma

    India's first Param Vir Chakra winner Major Som Nath Sharma, the hero of 1947 war

    February 16, 2013 15:39 IST

    New Delhi: India has seen many wars in the past century. Indian soldiers were part of World War 1 & 2 before Independence. India has fought wars with Pakistan 4 times since the partition and

  • two dead two missing as building roof collapses in south

    Two dead, two missing as building roof collapses in South Mumbai

    February 15, 2013 21:33 IST

    Mumbai, Feb 15 : Two persons were killed and two others were missing after the roof of a dilapidated building on Mohammed Ali Road collapsed this afternoon. The  mishap occured at around 5 pm in

  • timeline of vvip chopper deal

    Timeline of VVIP chopper deal

    February 15, 2013 21:24 IST

    Timeline of the $750-million AgustaWestland chopper deal:August 1999: Indian Air Force seeks replacement of Mi-8 helicopters which were completing their technical life.March 2002: A global tender issued to which four vendors respond, including Agusta Westland.

  • french president visits lafarge lab in mumbai

    French president visits Lafarge lab in Mumbai

    February 15, 2013 21:18 IST

    Mumbai, Feb 15: French President Francois Hollande Friday visited the new Lafarge Construction Development Laboratory here and was shown its new techniques and products.The Lafarge CDL at Andheri, set up last year, offers innovation to

  • vvip chopper scam cbi to send team to italy to probe

    VVIP chopper scam: CBI to send team to Italy to probe

    February 15, 2013 23:10 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 15: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will send a team to Italy within a week to probe the alleged kickbacks paid by Italian firm Finmeccanica to clinch the $750 mn/Rs.3,600 crore

  • petrol diesel prices hiked

    Petrol, diesel prices hiked

    February 15, 2013 20:26 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 15 : Oil companies have hiked the prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 1.50 and 45 paise per litre effective midnight. Following are the revised prices of petrol and diesel at

  • senior ips officer drives to sangam in car despite hc order

    Senior IPS officer drives to Sangam in car despite HC order

    February 15, 2013 19:22 IST

    Allahabad, Feb 15: An IPS officer today found himself in the thick of controversy after he reached Sangam in his car despite High Court ruling that no vehicles other than those of police and ambulances

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