New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council is set to meet on Monday where a decision is expected on replacing the military's ageing Cheetah and Chetak helicopters of the Indian Air Force. The meet comes amidst allegations of bribery which threaten to torpedo the VVIP helicopter deal.
Italian defence major Finmeccanica stands to lose thousands of crores in Indian orders if it is proved that its subsidiary AgustaWestland did give bribe for a contract. Another one of its companies, WASS, is close to clinching a contract to supply more than 200 Blackshark heavyweight torpedos that will arm Scorpene submarines.
The same torpedos will equip the nuclear submarine Arihant and the proposed Project 75I line of conventional submarines. However, allegations of rigging in procurement as claimed by rival German firm Atlas Electronik which is pushing its own torpedo could jeopardise WASS' bid.
Atlas has alleged the procurement process was rigged to favour WASS. Even a suspicion of wrongdoing maybe enough for Defence Minister AK Antony to abort the procurement of not only the torpoedos but also the VVIP helicopters....
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10:10 AM, Oct 29, 2012
London: Hollywood beauty Cameron Diaz is reportedly set to shoot scenes in bed with a cheetah for her upcoming film The Counselor. Diaz, 40, has even let the beast roam free around the grounds of her home and this caused some major production problems during shooting, reported Sun online. "When Cameron first started working with the cheetah it was strutting about like it owned the place. But now she's wearing...
07:18 PM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stopped a project that was meanto bring cheetahs to India. The flagship project was considered to be the pet project of former environment minister Jairam Ramesh and was cleared by the Cabinet as well. The Court has stated that proper approvals were not taken from the National Board of Wildlife. The Cheetah project was for bringing cheetahs to India. The idea was to bring...
04:06 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: The four Indian army personnel, whose helicopter mistakenly landed in Pakistan-held territory on Sunday, were grilled for about four hours but were treated well. Army sources said on Monday that the Pakistan army personnel questioned the two pilots and two crew members about how they came there and other related issues in an effort to ascertain their motives. Once satisfied that the incident was inadvertent, the Pakistan army...
10:13 AM, Oct 25, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistani military scrambled a combat jet after an Indian army helicopter strayed into the country's airspace and warned the Indian crew that the aircraft would be fired at if it tried to escape, a media report said on Monday. Pakistani authorities forced the Indian helicopter with a four-member crew to land after it flew across the Line of Control near Skardu on Sunday. The helicopter and crew were allowed...
04:20 PM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: The official sources have confirmed that the issue of Army helicopter being forced to land in PoK by Pakistani military, has been resolved. Military and diplomatic channels of the two countries were activated and the Army Aviation Corp's Cheetah helicoper with three middle-level officers and a JCO on board was released and returned safely back to Kargil just before sunset less than five hours after it inadvertently crossed...
06:20 PM, Oct 23, 2011
New Delhi: An Indian Army chopper was taken into custody in Pakistan after it strayed across the Line of Control (LOC) on Sunday. Sources reported that it landed near Olding in Pakistan at around 1.00 pm because of extremely bad weather. The helicopter was forced to land after it allegedly intruded into Pakistani airspace, TV news channels quoted the Inter-Services Public Relations as saying. Pakistani's Director General (DG) Inter Services...
04:02 PM, Oct 23, 2011
Cheetah, the fastest animal on land had vanished from the subcontinent in 1967. ...
09:26 AM, Jul 29, 2010
Christened Lighting Bolt, cheetah to be raised at animal orphanage in Nairobi. ...
04:05 PM, Nov 03, 2009
Jairam Ramesh has promised to bring the cheetah back to India. ...
11:28 PM, Sep 10, 2009
Jairam Ramesh says cheetah will be brought back but can India handle it? ...
02:51 AM, Jul 08, 2009
Army suspects technical snag as the cause of the crash. ...
03:26 PM, Aug 16, 2008
He prefers to stay away from Bollywood. The reason? No bound scripts. ...
02:43 AM, Mar 19, 2008
Visakhapatnam: Paras Dogra saved North Zone from a disaster as he smashed an aggressive unbeaten 147 to take his side to 266 for seven on the first day of the Duleep Trophy final against South Zone here on Wednesday. Electing to bat, North Zone were in deep trouble after they were reduced to 30 for three inside 20 overs and 57 for four at lunch against a South Zone bowling...
01:08 PM, Dec 07, 2007
A Cheetah helicopter of the Indian Air Force crashed in the main Siachen glacier on Wednesday morning. ...
11:18 AM, Apr 11, 2007
An Army helicopter, Cheetah, with three personnel on board crashed near Shitiz village, Dhindoli. ...
04:39 PM, Sep 29, 2006
