As the CBI gets set to seek out more details to begin their probe into the AgustaWestland chopper deal, CNN-IBN is trying to trace how the bribe money found its way into India. Companies were floated just to bring in massive amounts of money to bribe individuals under the garb of engineering contracts. ...
07:14 PM, Feb 16, 2013
With elections just weeks away, the Italian media has begun playing down the AgustaWestland chopper deal that led to the arrest of Finmeccanica boss Giuseppe Orsi. ...
06:50 PM, Feb 16, 2013
Facing threat of cancellation of its deal to supply 12 AW-101 choppers to India, AgustaWestland on Saturday said it was preparing to clarify the points raised by the Indian government in this regard. The Defence Ministry had on Friday issued a show cause notice to AgustaWestland of the UK asking why the contract should not be scrapped in view of the recent corruption allegations in the case. ...
05:39 PM, Feb 16, 2013
In a major setback to the Indian team investigating the tainted AgustaWestland chopper deal, the Italian court on Saturday refused to share its probe-related documents saying it couldn't share evidence. Earlier, Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid had said that India was trying to get access to the details of the chargesheet in the Italian court. He had also remained non-committal on the deal being called off. ...
04:33 PM, Feb 16, 2013
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday said that all procedures were 'strictly followed' by the UPA government in the controversial VVIP chopper deal. ...
03:52 PM, Feb 16, 2013
The investigations into the AgustaWestland chopper deal may bring in more defence personnel under scrutiny. Apart from the Tyagi brothers, the Italian probe report mentions a military man who also received kickbacks. ...
01:18 PM, Feb 16, 2013
Finnmeccanica has been served a notice by the Indian government to showcause why the helicopter deal with India should not be scrapped in the light of strong allegations of corruption. ...
09:18 AM, Feb 16, 2013
India's High Commissioner to the UK says the British government is closely watching the developments and waiting for the completion of Italian investigations in the AgustaWestland defence deal. ...
08:27 AM, Feb 16, 2013
The political blamegame over the AgustaWestland chopper deal intensified on Friday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dragging in Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's name. The Congress was quick to refute the claims. ...
07:52 AM, Feb 16, 2013
As the Ministry of Defence on Friday initiated the process to scrap the deal with AgustaWestland for 12 VVIP helicopters, the CBI, which is probing into the case, has decided to send a team to Italy within a week. ...
11:52 PM, Feb 15, 2013
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10:59 PM, Feb 15, 2013
The Ministry of Defence on Friday initiated the process to scrap the deal with AgustaWestland for 12 VVIP helicopters. ...
10:33 PM, Feb 15, 2013
CNN-IBN has accessed court judgement delivered by the commercial court of Paris, throwing more questions against Michel. ...
10:32 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Geetika Sharma had committed suicide last year and in her suicide note, she had alleged harassment by former Haryana Home Minister Gopal Kanda. ...
10:13 PM, Feb 15, 2013
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday said it would continue training its pilots on the three AgustaWestland helicopters procured by it till the government takes a final decision on the controversial Rs 3,600 crore deal for 12 such choppers. ...
08:50 PM, Feb 15, 2013
As the Ministry of Defence on Friday initiated the process to scrap the deal with AgustaWestland for 12 VVIP helicopters, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing into the case, has decided to send a team to Italy within a week. ...
08:02 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Former Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi may be right in saying he played no role in fixing of norms in the AgustaWestland chopper deal. Defence documents accessed by CNN-IBN suggest that Tyagi may have not meddled with technical parameters. ...
07:16 PM, Feb 15, 2013
A new angle has now been uncovered in the AgustaWestland chopper deal. CNN-IBN has accessed French court documents which reveal that Christian Michel, the man accused of taking 60 per cent of kickbacks in the AgustaWestland 101 helicopter deal, was involved in earlier defence deals in India too. ...
06:11 PM, Feb 15, 2013
The Ministry of Defence on Friday initiated the process to scrap the deal with AgustaWestland for 12 VVIP helicopters. Acting on the issue, the government issued a notice to the company, asking why the deal should not be cancelled. ...
05:41 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Realty giant Emaar MGF has issued a clarification concerning Guido R Haschke, the alleged middleman in the tainted AgustaWestland chopper deal, saying he was associated with the company as an independent non-executive director for a very brief period. ...
05:12 PM, Feb 15, 2013
