Thiruvananthapuram: Army Chief Gen VK Singh on Tuesday said the force was operationally prepared to meet any contingency, days after he highlighted major "shortcomings" in the country's defence preparedness. On corruption in defence deals, he said it was important to ensure probity and transparency. Speaking about defence preparedness of the country, the Army Chief said, "With great confidence, I can say that operationally we are prepared to take on any...
01:58 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: Newsportal Tehelka.com's former journalist Aniruddha Bahal expressed happiness at the conviction of former BJP president Bangaru Laxman on Friday. Bahal was a part of the Tehelka.com team that carried out the sting operation in 2001. Recalling the sting operation by Tehelka in 2001, Bahal claimed that the people of the organisation were harassed after the sting operation. Talking to CNN-IBN, Bahal said, "There was a judicial commission put...
04:38 PM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bangaru Laxman has been convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act in the 2001 Tehelka sting case. A Delhi court convicted Bangaru on Thursday and announced that the sentencing would take place on Saturday. The court of special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge Kanwaljeet Arora sent Bangaru into judicial custody soon after convicting him. Bangaru broke down in the court after...
02:41 PM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: When Bangaru Laxman was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president, he was caught on camera allegedly taking bribe from fake arms dealers for facilitating a fictitious defence deal case. Bangaru was caught on camera accepting money in a 2001 sting operation conducted by newsportal Tehelka.com. The video CDs, which were released by the portal on March 13, 2001, had sparked a political storm following which Bangaru resigned as...
01:58 PM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court will pronounce its verdict on the 11-year-old Tehelka sting operation on Friday. The court will decide whether former BJP President Bangaru Laxman is guilty under the Prevention of Corruption Act for accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from two Tehelka reporters who were posing as middlemen, pitching a defence deal. He was forced to step down as BJP President following the sensational expose. Bangaru's...
06:56 AM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI on Wednesday said it has registered 18 cases related to Defence deals since 2004 out of which chargesheets have been filed in 13 while only two cases have been closed. "Since 2004, CBI has registered 18 cases related to Defence deals, against various public servants including some senior defence personnel. Out of these, charge sheets have been filed by the Bureau in 13 cases. Two cases...
08:57 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh has told the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that he has hard evidence to back his bribery allegations related to the Tatra truck deal. Sources said that General Singh has promised the investigative agency of giving a written complaint by March 30. A named FIR can be registered if General Singh names the accused in his complaint, added the sources. General Singh had...
05:35 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday framed charges against former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitley and two others in an alleged corruption case of 2001 relating to a defence deal. Jaitley, her erstwhile party colleague Gopal Pacherwal and retired Major General SP Murgai appeared before Special CBI Judge Kawal Jeet Arora who posted the matter for further proceedings from April 30 after framing the charges. The court framed charges...
02:44 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Several multi-billion dollar defence deals are on the cards during Barack Obama's visit to India. ...
12:29 PM, Nov 03, 2010
Colombo: Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka's brief stint as an MP has come to a sudden end in the wake of his 30-month imprisonment for corruption in defence deals, amid reports that the President may consider pardoning him if a plea is made personally by him or a family member. Sri Lankan Parliamentary Secretary General Dhammika Kithulgoda on Thursday informed Election Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayaka that the parliamentary seat...
05:07 PM, Oct 07, 2010
India intends to use the Howitzers to modernize its armed forces. ...
11:12 AM, Jan 28, 2010
Ageing aircraft carrier
Admiral Gorshkov was to be delivered in 2008. ...
10:15 PM, Apr 21, 2009
The $2.1-billion order for eight naval spy planes is with the US Congress. ...
01:27 AM, Mar 18, 2009
Opinion is building up in India to scrap the deal on its own. ...
11:20 PM, Nov 17, 2008
Military deals with India being discussed through other channels. ...
12:27 PM, Oct 04, 2008
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