New 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
New Delhi: Defence Minister A K Antony's proposed visit to Russia has been put off where the two sides were expected to finalise several important deals including a proposal to procure over 200 T-90 tanks
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force is looking forward to add to its fleet seven more C-17 heavylift aircraft which are capable of ferrying tanks and artillery guns close to the borders with China and
New Delhi: The CAG today slammed the Defence Ministry and Air Force for “several instances” of deviation from rules in the procurement of VVIP choppers in the Rs 3,727 crore AgustaWestland deal.In its report tabled
New Delhi, Jun 20: Stepping up relief and rescue operations in Uttarakhand, the Defence Ministry has deployed more than 45 choppers belonging to the Army and the IAF there along with more than 10,000 troops
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
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
New Delhi, Apr 20: Stung by scams in acquisition from foreign vendors, the Defence Ministry on Saturday finalised a new procurement policy under which Indian public and private sector will be given first priority for
New Delhi, Apr 15: Seeking to avoid allegations of favouritism and scams in acquisitions, the Defence Ministry is planning to put an end to single-vendor tenders and is expected to issue directions to the Services
New Delhi, Apr 11: The Defence Ministry has asked the CBI to investigate the charges that a Brigadier had sought a bribe of Rs 25 crore from AgustaWestland to help it bag the deal for
New Delhi, Mar 6: Cautioning media against the “breaking news culture”, Defence Minister A K Antony today said journalists should not lose objectivity in the rush to score against rivals and advocated self regulation.At a
Beijing, Jan 27: China today successfully carried out its second missile interceptor test, the Defence Ministry announced.China carried out a land-based mid-course missile interception test within its territory today, state-run Xinhua news agency reported attributing
New Delhi, Oct 25: Senior IAS officer S B Agnihotri has been appointed as Director General (Acquisition) in the Ministry of Defence.Agnihotri, a 1980 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre, is currently Additional Secretary and
New Delhi, Jul 24: The Defence Ministry on Monday cleared a proposal worth over Rs 12,000 crore to procure 56 transport aircraft for the Air Force to replace its fleet of vintage Avro planes.In a
New Delhi, July 22 :The CBI will tomorrow send a tranche of ‘confidential' documents received from a US-based estranged business associate of arms dealer Abhishek Verma to the Defence Ministry to seek its opinion whether
New Delhi, Jul 22 :Facing a critical shortage of ammunition for Army's fleet of T-90 and T-72 tanks after the blacklisting of an Israeli firm, the Defence Ministry is now looking to procure these shells
Besides furnishing a security of Rs 25,000 to the court, Jaitley was also directed to give an affidavit to it that her counsel would represent her in her absence and that she may not seek
New Delhi, Jun 6: The Defence Ministry today sought an explanation from BEML chief V R S Natarajan for serving a legal notice on former Army Chief Gen V K Singh demanding an apology for
New Delhi, May 29: Army Chief Gen V K Singh today gave ten more days to 3 Corps Commander Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, who could head the force in two years, for replying to
New Delhi, May 12: The Army has submitted a report to the defence ministry about the clash between jawans and officers at a firing range near the India-China boundary in Nyoma, Ladakh.An initial report about
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