The CBI team which reached Italy on Tuesday to probe role of Indians in the alleged Rs 3,600 crore VVIP helicopter deal scam met its lawyer and described the meeting as "useful." High level sources in CBI said the team had a meeting with the lawyer engaged by the agency to represent India's case with the Italian government and the local courts to find out the role of Indians in...
08:54 PM, Feb 19, 2013
"There is no end to human greed... greedy people are working around the world so I am sad about that but I will do my duty. I am not resigning" - Defence Minister AK Antony, the integrity wall of the Congress party, made it clear that he has nothing to hide in the Rs 3700 crore chopper deal and he is not going anywhere. ...
08:25 PM, Feb 19, 2013
An Italian criminal law expert has told CNN-IBN that India won't find it easy to get details of the probe. ...
07:11 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Many defence deals signed under AK Antony are under scanner. In 2006, an FIR was filed over alleged kickbacks in the Barak missile deal and the Navy war room leak case. In 2007, malpractices were reported in the supply of rations to troops in high altitude areas. In 2009, Singapore Technologies and Israel Military Industries were blacklisted over alleged corruption. This was also the year when the Adarsh Housing Society...
06:53 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, on Tuesday attacked the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government over the AgustaWestland chopper deal. "We don't target the government, they give us an opportunity to target them," said Jaitley. ...
06:20 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, on Tuesday hit back at Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju, saying the former Supreme Court judge must quit his position if he wishes to get into the political space. ...
05:57 PM, Feb 19, 2013
CNN-IBN's London Correspondent Sanjay Suri joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the AgustaWestland chopper deal scam. ...
05:04 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday said that the government was open to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe on the AgustaWestland chopper deal. A Central Bureau of Investigation team on Tuesday reached Milan in Italy to probe the allegations of kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore deal. ...
04:47 PM, Feb 19, 2013
A Central Bureau of Investigation team has reached Milan in Italy to probe the allegations of kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland chopper deal. The joint team of CBI, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of External Affairs officials will first meet officials at the Indian embassy before they try and meet the prosecutor to understand the case. ...
03:16 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Italian company Finmeccanica's business is not limited to just helicopters. Its subsidiary AgustaWestland has been in India since the 1970s and has presence in many sectors. If the CBI examines the helicopter deal then AgustaWestland's other businesses in India too will come under investigation. ...
02:16 PM, Feb 19, 2013
British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday the UK is willing to cooperate with any Indian enquiry on tainted AgustaWestland chopper deal. Cameron made the statement during a press conference, which was held after the meeting between Cameron and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. ...
01:51 PM, Feb 19, 2013
After External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, Defence Minister AK Antony also denied any differences within the government over the AgustaWestland chopper deal. "There is no question of lack of co-ordination with the MEA," Antony said. ...
12:55 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Defence Minister AK Antony was not part of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's delegation holding talks with UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday. Government sources say his presence was not required and his absence was not linked to the AgustaWestland chopper controversy. ...
12:37 PM, Feb 19, 2013
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has denied any differences within the government on the question of scrapping the AgustaWestland deal. "I have not expressed any reservation at all. I only said whatever decision taken has to be a collective decision," Khurshid said. ...
11:35 AM, Feb 19, 2013
CNN-IBN's political editor in Europe, Sanjay Suri, spoke to Italian legal experts to try and find out whether India can gain access to the Italian probe report on AgustaWestland deal. ...
11:04 AM, Feb 19, 2013
A Central Bureau of Investigation team has left for Italy to probe the allegations of kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland chopper deal. The team is expected to meet Italian prosecutors to ascertain details of the case. ...
09:09 AM, Feb 19, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) parliamentary executive committee will be meeting on Tuesday to finalise its strategy for the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament. The main Opposition and the Samajwadi Party have already said they will be bringing up the tainted Italian chopper deal in the Budget Session, which is due to start on February 21. ...
08:55 AM, Feb 19, 2013
As the Central Bureau of Investigation team leaves for Italy to probe the AgustaWestland chopper deal, CNN-IBN has accessed details of phone conversations between between the two Italian middlemen Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa. The tapped phone conversations also reveal how Haschke claims he has destroyed all evidence of wrongdoing. ...
07:56 AM, Feb 19, 2013
As the CBI team leaves for Italy, senior Lawyer and Aam Aadmi Party member Prashant Bhushan told CNN-IBN that the Indian government was deliberately avoiding investigations in the tainted AgustaWestland chopper deal and that India can ask Italy and UK for information under the UN treaty against organised transnational crimes. ...
06:44 AM, Feb 19, 2013
Holding that investigation into the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP helicopter deal was on at "many levels", India on Monday said Letters Rogatory is the "best and strongest method" available to it for seeking details from Italian courts on the case. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid also said a CBI team from New Delhi has gone to Milan in Italy to get material and details about the case. ...
04:42 AM, Feb 19, 2013
