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
BJP questioned again on Wednesday which family benefitted from the tainted AgustaWestland helicopter deal kickbacks and said it wants a Supreme Court monitored probe into the deal. It rejected the UPA's offer for a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the chopper scandal. ...
05:51 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Former Finmeccanica Chief Executive Giuseppe Orsi was questioned in Italy on Wednesday for his role in the tainted AgustaWestland chopper deal. Orsi was arrested on February 12 on charges of bribery in the Rs 3600 crore helicopter deal with India. ...
04:47 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The BJP on Wednesday rejected the government's proposal for setting up a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the AgustaWestland chopper deal, saying the move was aimed at scuttling the probe as current Lok Sabha's term will end in 2014. ...
12:47 PM, Feb 27, 2013
In what could be termed as an important development in the field of Indo-US nuclear cooperation, a top American official has said an early works agreement between companies of the two countries could be signed this year. Speaking at a Congressional hearing, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake noted that both India and the US continue to work on implementation of the civilian nuclear deal...
10:14 AM, Feb 27, 2013
The AgustaWestland chopper deal will be debated in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday after the BJP's demand for a discussion. The BJP is expected to raise the issue giving the Opposition the chance to corner the UPA on the tainted chopper deal. ...
08:08 AM, 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
Khiladi Lal Bairwa, Congress MP from Karauli-Dholpur, remains a kerosene dealer even four years after getting elected to the Lok Sabha where as it is illegal for legislators and public servants to do so. But it seems this rule does not to apply to Bairwa. ...
12:13 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
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 and Dosca Tyagi have been named in the CBI PE. ...
02:05 PM, Feb 25, 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team that is in Italy to probe the tainted VVIP chopper deal with AgustaWestland claimed it has procured some important documents from Italian authorities on the case. The CBI team, however, is yet to bring the proof back to India. ...
09:37 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath spoke to Karan Thapar on 'Devil's Advocate' on various issues that the government has on its hands right now like the tainted AgustaWestland chopper deal, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's clarification on Hindu terror remarks and Suryanelli gangrape case that has brought back Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien into the spotlight yet again. ...
09:00 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Moving forward in its probe into alleged kickbacks in the VVIP helicopter deal, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has procured some documents from Italian authorities in Milan that may help it investigating whether any Indian had received bribes to swing the deal in favour of AgustaWestland. Highly-placed sources in the probe agency said on Sunday that one of the members of the CBI team who returned Sunday morning from...
06:02 PM, Feb 24, 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
The Board of Italian defence giant Finmeccanica has carried out major organisational changes in the wake of the AgustaWestland scandal and the arrest of its Chief Executive Officer Giuseppe Orsi. All aerospace and defence businesses are being restructured and internal audit activities are being centralised. ...
04:43 PM, Feb 23, 2013
