Agustawestland Corruption

A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the bail application of alleged middleman Christian Michel in a corruption case related to alleged AgustaWestland scam considering the "serious nature of accusations" and "gravity of offence".

A retired brigadier's ordeal ended after seven years as the CBI finally closed an offshoot of the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper corruption case against him following no incriminating evidence supporting bribery allegations found.

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.

The CBI said it is probing alleged illegal commissions worth over Rs 685 crore received by the NRI sons of IFFCO managing director US Awasthi and others from overseas suppliers through transactions facilitated by the AgustaWestland case accused.

The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday the bail pleas of Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman, in the corruption and money laundering cases filed by the CBI and ED in connection with the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam.

Asserting that his government is committed to curbing corruption, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday cited the extradition of AgustaWestland chopper scam accused Christian Michel from UAE to India to underscore his point.

The CBI Wednesday told a Delhi court that an Italian court order that there was no evidence of corruption in the case relating to AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal was "full of error" and will not hold in Indian courts.

A Delhi court today extended the CBI custody of Christian Michel, an alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper scam, by four days. The central agency had sought extension of custody from the judge, so they could further question him on the matter.

An Italian court today let off the two main accused in a bribery scandal related to the contract for AgustaWestland VVIP choppers, signed when a Congress government was in power. Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini were acquitted by an appeals court that said there wasn't sufficient proof of corruption.

Chhattisgarh's BJP government was asked today by the Supreme Court to produce within a week its documents on the purchase of a helicopter by AgustaWestland, the company at the core of allegations of massive corruption in the buying of VVIP choppers when the Congress was in power at the centre.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met top ministers ahead of parliament this morning, a day after Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi made the explosive claim that he has information on "personal corruption" of the Prime Minister and alleged that he has been stopped from speaking in parliament because of that. The ruling BJP has called it a "joke" and ...

Former Air Force Chief SP Tyagi was arrested on Friday over alleged irregularities in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal worth 3,600 crores, signed when the Congress was in power. He was arrested along with his cousin Sanjeev Tyagi and lawyer Gautam Khaitan after hours of questioning. The former air chief has been accused of abusing his official ...

An alleged middleman who India is desperate to question for the corrupt AgustaWestland deal has confirmed to NDTV that in 2008, he did describe Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in a letter as "the driving force" of the decision to acquire new helicopters for use by top politicians when her party was last in power.

Launching a fresh attack on Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, BJP chief Amit Shah today said the erstwhile "Sonia-Manmohan Singh" government made new records in corruption with scams like AgustaWestland taking place under its guard even as he asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will play a "long inning" at Centre.

Italy will out a private conversation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi where he allegedly asked for information against Sonia Gandhi if Delhi does not release an Italian marine arrested for murder, claims Christian Michel, who allegedly served as a middleman for a corrupt helicopter deal struck when Mrs Gandhi's party, the Congress, was last in powe...

A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the bail application of alleged middleman Christian Michel in a corruption case related to alleged AgustaWestland scam considering the "serious nature of accusations" and "gravity of offence".

A retired brigadier's ordeal ended after seven years as the CBI finally closed an offshoot of the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper corruption case against him following no incriminating evidence supporting bribery allegations found.

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.

The CBI said it is probing alleged illegal commissions worth over Rs 685 crore received by the NRI sons of IFFCO managing director US Awasthi and others from overseas suppliers through transactions facilitated by the AgustaWestland case accused.

The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday the bail pleas of Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman, in the corruption and money laundering cases filed by the CBI and ED in connection with the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam.

Asserting that his government is committed to curbing corruption, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday cited the extradition of AgustaWestland chopper scam accused Christian Michel from UAE to India to underscore his point.

The CBI Wednesday told a Delhi court that an Italian court order that there was no evidence of corruption in the case relating to AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal was "full of error" and will not hold in Indian courts.

A Delhi court today extended the CBI custody of Christian Michel, an alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper scam, by four days. The central agency had sought extension of custody from the judge, so they could further question him on the matter.

An Italian court today let off the two main accused in a bribery scandal related to the contract for AgustaWestland VVIP choppers, signed when a Congress government was in power. Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini were acquitted by an appeals court that said there wasn't sufficient proof of corruption.

Chhattisgarh's BJP government was asked today by the Supreme Court to produce within a week its documents on the purchase of a helicopter by AgustaWestland, the company at the core of allegations of massive corruption in the buying of VVIP choppers when the Congress was in power at the centre.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met top ministers ahead of parliament this morning, a day after Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi made the explosive claim that he has information on "personal corruption" of the Prime Minister and alleged that he has been stopped from speaking in parliament because of that. The ruling BJP has called it a "joke" and ...

Former Air Force Chief SP Tyagi was arrested on Friday over alleged irregularities in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal worth 3,600 crores, signed when the Congress was in power. He was arrested along with his cousin Sanjeev Tyagi and lawyer Gautam Khaitan after hours of questioning. The former air chief has been accused of abusing his official ...

An alleged middleman who India is desperate to question for the corrupt AgustaWestland deal has confirmed to NDTV that in 2008, he did describe Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in a letter as "the driving force" of the decision to acquire new helicopters for use by top politicians when her party was last in power.

Launching a fresh attack on Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, BJP chief Amit Shah today said the erstwhile "Sonia-Manmohan Singh" government made new records in corruption with scams like AgustaWestland taking place under its guard even as he asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will play a "long inning" at Centre.

Italy will out a private conversation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi where he allegedly asked for information against Sonia Gandhi if Delhi does not release an Italian marine arrested for murder, claims Christian Michel, who allegedly served as a middleman for a corrupt helicopter deal struck when Mrs Gandhi's party, the Congress, was last in powe...