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Congress Questions "Secret Deal" Between Centre, Italian Aerospace Firm
The Congress today demanded answers from the government over reports of the lifting of a ban on procurement from Finmeccanica company which had been dubbed as corrupt by ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders over the Agusta choppers deal.
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Christian Michel, AgustaWestland Middleman, To Be Extradited: Dubai Court
Christian Michel, the British middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, will be extradited, a court in Dubai has ruled. Mr Michel was arrested in the UAE last year and was facing extradition proceedings in the country. He is wanted in India for allegedly organising bribes in exchange for a contract for VVIP helicopters.
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Ex-Directors Of AgustaWestland, Finmeccanica Charged In Chopper Scam
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a fresh charge sheet in a Delhi court accusing former AgustaWestland and Finmeccanica directors Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini and ex-IAF chief S P Tyagi of money laundering in a VVIP chopper bribery scam case.
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Italy's Top Court Orders Retrial Of Ex-Finmeccanica Executives In VVIP Chopper Case
Italy's highest court has ordered a re-trial of former top executives at defence group Leonardo Finmeccanica over allegations of bribery in a 2010 contract to provide a dozen VVIP helicopters to India.
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New Defence Purchase Policy To Open Doors To Finmeccanica: Sources
As the Central Bureau of Investigation looks into how kickbacks were routed when India purchased three Embraer jets from Brazil at a cost of $208 million, the Ministry of Defence is all set to announce a policy for "black listing" firms that indulge in corrupt practices. And with it, the once banned Italian defence manufacturing giant Finmeccanica ...
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Manohar Parrikar Says Blacklisting Of Firms Not To Hinder Procurement
Defence firms that have committed corruption-related offences will face action under a proposed blacklisting policy but the government will not hesitate to buy a product from another company even if any equipment or software manufactured by the blacklisted entity was embedded into it.
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AgustaWestland, Vijay Mallya Cases Fast Tracked With Special Probe Team
A special team has been formed to investigate the AgustaWestland case and the one against Vijay Mallya by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
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VVIP Chopper Deal: Finmeccanica Threatens To Reconsider Ongoing Projects In India
VVIP chopper scam-tainted Italy's Finmeccanica has warned that it may "assess" its ongoing projects of supplying components and essential services if "agreed and transparent solution" to current uncertainty was not found.
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Modi Government To Cancel All Defence Tenders Bagged By Finmeccanica
The government has decided to cancel all ongoing tenders for defence equipment won by Italy's Finmeccanica as a precursor to blacklisting of the firm which is being investigated for bribery in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal.
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India's New Submarines May Come Without Torpedoes. Here's Why.
India will not buy heavyweight torpedoes from Wass -- a subsidiary of Italian company Finmeccanica -- for its Kalvari class submarines in India, sources in the Ministry of Defence said.
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Travel Agent, 2 Private Firm Chiefs Questioned In Agusta Scam
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday questioned a city-based travel agent, the chiefs of two private firms and a Delhi-based lawyer in connection with alleged payoffs in the Rs.3,600-crore AgustaWestland helicopter deal.
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Rules Violated Since Beginning in AgustaWestland Deal, CAG Report Said: 10 Facts
As dust rises in Parliament over the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on the issue is being frequently quoted by the debating lawmakers. The report, released in Parliament in August 2013, said then UPA government had broken its own procurement rules to award the 3,700-crore contract for 12 helicopter...
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AgustaWestland: Former Air Force Chief SP Tyagi Questioned For Second Day
Former Indian Air Force (IAF) chief SP Tyagi was today questioned by CBI for the second consecutive day as part of the probe into the controversial AgustaWestland helicopter deal with the agency claiming he has accepted having met a senior functionary of the firm's Italian-based parent company Finmeccanica.
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UPA Must Answer Who Received Kickbacks In Agusta Deal: Manohar Parrikar
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the previous UPA dispensation will have to answer who received the alleged kickbacks in the AgustaWestland chopper deal.
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AgustaWestland Was Never Blacklisted, Says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
Sharpening the attack on Congress on the AgustaWestland chopper deal, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely today said the theory that the company was blacklisted during the UPA rule and it was lifted by NDA was a "figment of imagination".
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Congress Questions "Secret Deal" Between Centre, Italian Aerospace Firm
The Congress today demanded answers from the government over reports of the lifting of a ban on procurement from Finmeccanica company which had been dubbed as corrupt by ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders over the Agusta choppers deal.
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Christian Michel, AgustaWestland Middleman, To Be Extradited: Dubai Court
Christian Michel, the British middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, will be extradited, a court in Dubai has ruled. Mr Michel was arrested in the UAE last year and was facing extradition proceedings in the country. He is wanted in India for allegedly organising bribes in exchange for a contract for VVIP helicopters.
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Ex-Directors Of AgustaWestland, Finmeccanica Charged In Chopper Scam
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a fresh charge sheet in a Delhi court accusing former AgustaWestland and Finmeccanica directors Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini and ex-IAF chief S P Tyagi of money laundering in a VVIP chopper bribery scam case.
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Italy's Top Court Orders Retrial Of Ex-Finmeccanica Executives In VVIP Chopper Case
Italy's highest court has ordered a re-trial of former top executives at defence group Leonardo Finmeccanica over allegations of bribery in a 2010 contract to provide a dozen VVIP helicopters to India.
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New Defence Purchase Policy To Open Doors To Finmeccanica: Sources
As the Central Bureau of Investigation looks into how kickbacks were routed when India purchased three Embraer jets from Brazil at a cost of $208 million, the Ministry of Defence is all set to announce a policy for "black listing" firms that indulge in corrupt practices. And with it, the once banned Italian defence manufacturing giant Finmeccanica ...
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Manohar Parrikar Says Blacklisting Of Firms Not To Hinder Procurement
Defence firms that have committed corruption-related offences will face action under a proposed blacklisting policy but the government will not hesitate to buy a product from another company even if any equipment or software manufactured by the blacklisted entity was embedded into it.
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AgustaWestland, Vijay Mallya Cases Fast Tracked With Special Probe Team
A special team has been formed to investigate the AgustaWestland case and the one against Vijay Mallya by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
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VVIP Chopper Deal: Finmeccanica Threatens To Reconsider Ongoing Projects In India
VVIP chopper scam-tainted Italy's Finmeccanica has warned that it may "assess" its ongoing projects of supplying components and essential services if "agreed and transparent solution" to current uncertainty was not found.
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Modi Government To Cancel All Defence Tenders Bagged By Finmeccanica
The government has decided to cancel all ongoing tenders for defence equipment won by Italy's Finmeccanica as a precursor to blacklisting of the firm which is being investigated for bribery in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal.
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India's New Submarines May Come Without Torpedoes. Here's Why.
India will not buy heavyweight torpedoes from Wass -- a subsidiary of Italian company Finmeccanica -- for its Kalvari class submarines in India, sources in the Ministry of Defence said.
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Travel Agent, 2 Private Firm Chiefs Questioned In Agusta Scam
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday questioned a city-based travel agent, the chiefs of two private firms and a Delhi-based lawyer in connection with alleged payoffs in the Rs.3,600-crore AgustaWestland helicopter deal.
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Rules Violated Since Beginning in AgustaWestland Deal, CAG Report Said: 10 Facts
As dust rises in Parliament over the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on the issue is being frequently quoted by the debating lawmakers. The report, released in Parliament in August 2013, said then UPA government had broken its own procurement rules to award the 3,700-crore contract for 12 helicopter...
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AgustaWestland: Former Air Force Chief SP Tyagi Questioned For Second Day
Former Indian Air Force (IAF) chief SP Tyagi was today questioned by CBI for the second consecutive day as part of the probe into the controversial AgustaWestland helicopter deal with the agency claiming he has accepted having met a senior functionary of the firm's Italian-based parent company Finmeccanica.
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UPA Must Answer Who Received Kickbacks In Agusta Deal: Manohar Parrikar
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the previous UPA dispensation will have to answer who received the alleged kickbacks in the AgustaWestland chopper deal.
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AgustaWestland Was Never Blacklisted, Says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
Sharpening the attack on Congress on the AgustaWestland chopper deal, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely today said the theory that the company was blacklisted during the UPA rule and it was lifted by NDA was a "figment of imagination".
