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
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday questioned cousins of former Air Chief SP Tyagi in connection with alleged kickbacks in VVIP helicopter deal. ...
03:06 PM, Mar 06, 2013
CBI on Monday started examination of suspects in connection with alleged kickbacks received in the Rs 3600 crore VVIP chopper deal as it reached Chandigarh and questioned executives of IDS Infotech and Aeromatrix-firms named in its preliminary enquiry (PE). CBI sources, without revealing identities said officials of both the firms were examined in connection with PE registered by it. ...
09:14 PM, Mar 04, 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
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to examine the AgustaWestland chopper deal after a PIL that a special investigation team should be set up to probe the Rs 4000-crore VVIP helicopter deal. ...
01:11 PM, Mar 01, 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
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
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
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
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
Parliament is set to discuss the AgustaWestland chopper deal after March 4 under Rule 193, which does not entail voting. Meanwhile, in the latest development concerning the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team, which went as part of probe to Italy, the top management of Finmeccanica has assured assistance and relevant papers. ...
06:57 PM, Feb 21, 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team met the Italian judge presiding on Wednesday the case but they were red faced as Italian authorities refused to share any documents with them. ...
07:29 AM, Feb 21, 2013
A joint team of officials from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Defence Ministry and the foreign ministry, who are in Italy, will meet judge Luca Labianca who is presiding over the case. However, they will not be meeting the prosecutor. ...
01:56 PM, Feb 20, 2013
A joint team of the Central Bureau of Investigation, Defence Ministry and the External Affairs Ministry will meet the officials of AgustaWestland and its parent company Finmeccanica in Italy on Wednesday. ...
08:56 AM, Feb 20, 2013
