The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday questioned former Director of Aeromatrix Gautam Khaitan in the AgustaWestland chopper deal case. Khaitan was questioned in connection with his links to middlemen in the chopper deal. ...
11:39 AM, Mar 07, 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will question Air Force former chief SP Tyagi and his cousins for a second day on Thursday in connection with the Agustawestland chopper scandal. A preliminary inquiry report was filed last week which named 12 people. ...
07:29 AM, Mar 07, 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday questioned former Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi in connection with the AgustaWestland chopper deal case. Earlier reports had said that Tyagi would be questioned on Thursday. ...
04:30 PM, Mar 06, 2013
A brigadier, whose name figured in the allegations of kickbacks in the chopper deal, has been asked by the government about the charges, which he has denied. The allegations were levelled against the brigadier for seeking USD five million from AgustaWestland during an ongoing probe in Italy into the alleged involvement of Finmeccanica in paying kickbacks to secure the deal for 12 VVIP choppers. ...
09:04 PM, Mar 04, 2013
While Parliament in India debates the AgustaWestland chopper deal issue, the focus remains on Christian Michel - the key middleman named in the Italian probe report . Even the Central Bureau of Investigation has named him as a suspect in its preliminary enquiry. ...
12:04 AM, Feb 28, 2013
The Rajya Sabha passed a motion for the formation of Joint Parliamentary Committee on chopper deal even as the BJP, the TMC and the JD(U) walked out of the House opposing the motion. ...
11:41 PM, Feb 27, 2013
High drama was witnessed in the Rajya Sabha as the government pushed through a JPC to probe allegations of kickbacks in the AgustaWestland chopper deal and the BJP, JD(U), Trinamool Congress walked out even before the motion was passed. ...
10:53 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a motion for the formation of Joint Parliamentary Committee on chopper deal even as the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Trinamool Congress and the Janata Dal (United) walked out of the House opposing the motion. The Opposition punched holes into the government's arguments that it was serious about the truth and nailing the culprits by pointing out that till now only a preliminary enquiry has...
06:28 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Speaking in the Rajya Sabha on AgustaWestland chopper deal, AK Antony said he was ashamed of the "scam" as a Defence Minister. He assured that the government will investigate the matter and punish the culprits. "Anybody involved (in the scam) will have to face serious consequences...the government is determined to find out the truth," said the Union Minister on Wednesday. ...
05:53 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The AgustaWestland chopper deal will be taken up for discussion in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. It had its echo in the Upper House on Tuesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party demanding a discussion on the issue but the government agreed to have it on Wednesday. ...
06:10 PM, Feb 26, 2013
The voting in Italian elections finished on Monday. As counting is on, indications are that none of the two alliances will be able to form a government. While sources say that this is normal in Italy, the deadlock could mean that the fate of AgustaWestland hangs in balance. AgustaWestland is at the centre of the chopper deal controversy involving Indian defence officers. ...
07:47 AM, Feb 26, 2013
The CBI registered a preliminary enquiry report in the AgustaWestland chopper deal, naming 11 people and four companies. ...
09:45 PM, Feb 25, 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday named former Air Chief SP Tyagi in its Preliminary Enquiry (PE) in the tainted AgustaWestland chopper deal, along with his cousins Julie and Dosca Tyagi and three key middlemen, as alleged beneficiaries of kickbacks. According to the Italian probe report, Gautam Khaitan and Praveen Bakshi were the two individuals who were used to route money into India. ...
09:35 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Christian Michel, one of the three middlemen mentioned in the tainted AgustaWestland chopper deal, seem to have disappeared and cannot be found at his residence. The other two middlemen Carlo Gerosa and Guido Haschke have similarly disappeared and have not yet come out in public and spoken on the Rs 3600 VVIP chopper deal with India. ...
08:58 PM, Feb 25, 2013
A preliminary enquiry (PE) has been registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland 101 helicopter deal. Sources say that former Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal (retd) SP Tyagi and his cousins Julie Tyagi, Dosca Tyagi and Rajeev Tyagi have been named in the CBI PE. ...
06:49 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath has said that the statement issued by Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde expressing regret over his Hindu terror comment was cleared by the BJP before being released publicly. ...
02:24 PM, Feb 24, 2013
AgustaWestland on Friday replied to a showcasue notice issued by the Indian government on the cancellation of the Rs 3600 crore chopper deal. In its reply the company denied any involvement in any kind of malpractice related to the deal. It says it had fully complied with the rules that regulated the multi crore helicopter deal. ...
08:20 AM, Feb 23, 2013
In the latest development in the tainted chopper deal, AgustaWestland on Friday replied to the showcause notice of the Indian government, denying any wrongdoing on its part. The company maintained that no rules were broken in connection with the VVIP chopper deal with India. ...
09:04 PM, Feb 22, 2013
VVIP chopper scandal hit Italian defence giant Finmeccanica has delayed publication of its 2012 results following the bribery probe into its Rs 3,600 crore deal with India and has increased the number of members in its surveillance body. The Board of Directors of the firm also decided to centralise the Group's "Internal Audit activities, in order to exercise a more direct and incisive internal control over the correctness of the...
03:58 PM, Feb 22, 2013
The CBI team is likely to return from Italy on Friday with not much success as the Italian officials refused to share their probe report in the tainted AgustaWestland deal. The CBI team met the top management of Finmeccanica who have assured cooperation in the investigation. ...
08:49 AM, Feb 22, 2013
