Two days after the arrest of Finnmeccanica's CEO Giuseppe Orsi, Alessandro Pansa has been appointed as the new CEO. AgustaWestland in Britain is reported to be in the thick of the Rs 3,600 tainted chopper deal. According to the Italian inquiry report 30 million euros of the 50 million euros paid in bribes were through Christian McKell, an agent based in London and he is reported to have been in...
08:24 AM, Feb 14, 2013
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will soon begin its probe into the alleged payment of Rs 362 crore bribe in India by an Italian defence firm AgustaWestland to clear a Rs 3,546 crore helicopter deal for ferrying VVIPs. The agency on Wednesday received a complaint from the Defence Ministry seeking a probe in the alleged kickback given in the procurement of 12 helicopters produced by Finmeccanica's subsidiary AgustaWestland, CBI sources...
02:41 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Nearly 40 volunteers of Anna Hazare's recently launched non-political outfit Jantantra Morcha met in New Delhi on Wednesday at Jantar Mantar to fight corruption, a volunteer said. ...
04:25 AM, Feb 07, 2013
The Madhya Pradesh anti-corruption office (Lokayukta) got into action and carried out raids on Wednesday morning. The Lokayukta raided the Chief Conservator of Forest BK Singh's residence at Ujjain and Bhopal. ...
08:26 AM, Feb 06, 2013
Corruption is so pervasive in Pakistan that even Osama bin Laden had to pay a bribe to build his hideout in the northwest where he was killed by US commandos. ...
05:18 PM, Feb 04, 2013
IBN7's managing editor Ashutosh joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on Ashis Nandy's comments about Dalits at the Jaipur Literature Festival. ...
05:18 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Spain's opposition Socialist Party called for the resignation of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy over a corruption scandal on Sunday as a poll showed the lowest support on record for his centre-right People's Party (PP). Media reports over the past two weeks alleged at least a dozen senior PP officials, including Rajoy, received payments from a slush fund operated by its former treasurer. ...
10:50 AM, Feb 04, 2013
The body of a Pakistani investigator, probing a corruption case involving Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and found hanging in December, has been exhumed from his grave for investigation, a media report said. A murder case was earlier registered in the death of Kamran Faisal, assistant director of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), assisting in the corruption scandal involving Ashraf. ...
03:35 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Riot police clashed with protesters in Madrid and impromptu demonstrations broke out in several other Spanish cities following the prime minister's televised denial that he had accepted under-the-table payments. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy promised to publicly disclose the amount of funds in all his personal bank accounts, denying recent media reports that allege he and members of his governing conservative Popular Party accepted or made under-the-table payments. ...
11:45 AM, Feb 03, 2013
A Delhi court is likely to frame charges against sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi and others on Monday for allegedly cheating, conspiring and causing a loss of over Rs 90 crore to the exchequer in a Games-related corruption case. Special CBI Judge Ravinder Kaur had on January 10 posted for Monday the framing of charges in the case that also involves former OC Secretary General Lalit Bhanot...
11:30 AM, Feb 03, 2013
In a major relief, the Supreme Court has directed the Rajasthan police not to arrest sociologist Ashis Nandy. The court has issued notices to the Rajasthan government, Maharashtra government, Bihar government and Chhattisgarh government directing the same. ...
11:46 AM, Feb 01, 2013
Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on January 31 criticised the UPA government for not coming out with a "strong" Lokpal Bill, asserting that the proposed law would not check corruption. "Why should you have any Lokpal? If an agency is created which will not stop corruption, will lead to increased corruption and provide protection to ministers, then what is the point," he told reporters here. ...
05:15 PM, Jan 31, 2013
Dalit historian Kancha Ilaiah joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on his defence of Ashis Nandy. ...
03:56 PM, Jan 31, 2013
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear sociologist Ashis Nandy's plea seeking quashing of FIR against him. Nandy's argument is based on the fact that no offence was mentioned in the FIR. ...
03:01 PM, Jan 31, 2013
A team of the Rajasthan Police will question sociologist Ashis Nandy on Thursday over his controversial comments linking Dalits to corruption. But the sociologist, who will appear in the Supreme Court later on Thursday afternoon, will request the apex court that all FIRs filed against him be quashed. Nandy's argument is based on the fact that no offence was mentioned in the FIR. ...
11:25 AM, Jan 31, 2013
On the day when the government is expected to consider the new revised Lokpal Bill, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare reiterated that he will continue to protest if the Lokpal Bill is not upto the mark. ...
11:00 AM, Jan 31, 2013
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10:32 AM, Jan 31, 2013
Sociologist Ashis Nandy faces police questioning over his controversial comments linking Dalits and to corruption at the Jaipur Literature Festival. ...
06:38 AM, Jan 31, 2013
In 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers', a true account spun off as a novel, about life in Annawadi, a slum adjoining Mumbai airport, author Katherine Boo ...
09:20 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Sociologist Ashis Nandy faces police questioning over his Dalit corruption remarks made at the Jaipur Literature Festival. A team of the Rajasthan Police is on its way to the capital to question him, say sources. ...
10:11 AM, Jan 30, 2013
