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  Not scared of threats, govt reacts to Finmeccanica ‘reconsidering’ components supply

  June 01, 2016 20:09 IST

  In 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

  Politics | May 06, 2016 20:34 IST

  Prime 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

  Politics | May 06, 2016 15:23 IST

  The 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 20:06 IST

  On 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

  Politics | April 26, 2016 21:48 IST

  the 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 | April 08, 2016 16:47 IST

  Milan/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 | December 05, 2014 20:41 IST

  New 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 | October 15, 2014 21:18 IST

  New 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 | October 10, 2014 14:34 IST

  New 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 | February 07, 2014 16:45 IST

  New 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 | June 04, 2013 18:04 IST

  New 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 17:48 IST

  New 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 | March 11, 2013 23:29 IST

  New 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 | October 25, 2012 9:00 IST

  New 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 | March 03, 2011 18:39 IST

  New 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