Augustawestland Helicopter Deal

Former Air Force Chief SP Tyagi, who was arrested Friday over alleged irregularities in the Rs 3,600 crore deal with AgustaWestland to acquire a dozen VVIP choppers, has blamed the then Prime Minister office for tweaking the deal in favour of the UK-based helicopter maker. Mr Tyagi, his cousin Sanjeev Tyagi alias Julie Tyagi and a Delhi-based lawye...

A two-member CBI team visited Italy recently and collected details in the AugustaWestland VVIP Helicopter deal case from key police and legal officials there who had probed the graft allegations there.

Swaraj Abhiyan today hit back at Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on a AugustaWestland helicopter deal, saying instead of calling the charges against him as political motivated, he should respond to them.

While concluding that Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland paid bribes in India to land a government order for 12 helicopters, an Italian court has included the findings of India's state auditor. However, the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, which flagged parts of the agreement as suspect, is not being considered in the Indian inquiry.

Before landing a 3,600-crore deal to supply 12 helicopters for use by India's top politicians, middlemen and executives of the defense manufacturer exchanged notes in which they referred to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her aides, including MK Narayanan, as people who could potentially influence the deal, which was signed in 2010.

Goa Governor BV Wanchoo has resigned, hours after he was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation today as a witness in connection with alleged irregularities in the purchase of 12 helicopters meant for VVIP use from AgustaWestland, an Anglo-Indian defence manufacturer.

Goa Governor BV Wanchoo is being questioned as a witness by the Central Bureau of Investigation, or the CBI, in connection with the alleged financial irregularities in the purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from AgustaWestland, an Anglo-Indian defence manufacturer.

Indian negotiators set a higher base price for the purchase of helicopters from AgustaWestland and frequently changed the bidding rules, the auditor said on Tuesday, making it harder for the government to complete the 560 million euro deal.

The Italian inquiry into the sale of 12 AgustaWestland (AW) helicopters to New Delhi forced the Indian government to sanction a CBI inquiry, and to warn that the deal is likely to be cancelled.

The BJP today tried to link the alleged corruption in the deal for 12 Italian helicopters to the Gandhi family.

For the Indian Air Force, the AugustaWestland controversy could not have come at a more inopportune time. The Air Force plans to induct 300-350 aircraft, including combat jets, transport aircraft and helicopters over the next decade. But the scandal that has erupted around supply of 12 VVIP helicopters is likely to cast a shadow on its plans, at le...

Former Air Force Chief SP Tyagi, who was arrested Friday over alleged irregularities in the Rs 3,600 crore deal with AgustaWestland to acquire a dozen VVIP choppers, has blamed the then Prime Minister office for tweaking the deal in favour of the UK-based helicopter maker. Mr Tyagi, his cousin Sanjeev Tyagi alias Julie Tyagi and a Delhi-based lawye...

A two-member CBI team visited Italy recently and collected details in the AugustaWestland VVIP Helicopter deal case from key police and legal officials there who had probed the graft allegations there.

Swaraj Abhiyan today hit back at Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on a AugustaWestland helicopter deal, saying instead of calling the charges against him as political motivated, he should respond to them.

While concluding that Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland paid bribes in India to land a government order for 12 helicopters, an Italian court has included the findings of India's state auditor. However, the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, which flagged parts of the agreement as suspect, is not being considered in the Indian inquiry.

Before landing a 3,600-crore deal to supply 12 helicopters for use by India's top politicians, middlemen and executives of the defense manufacturer exchanged notes in which they referred to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her aides, including MK Narayanan, as people who could potentially influence the deal, which was signed in 2010.

Goa Governor BV Wanchoo has resigned, hours after he was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation today as a witness in connection with alleged irregularities in the purchase of 12 helicopters meant for VVIP use from AgustaWestland, an Anglo-Indian defence manufacturer.

Goa Governor BV Wanchoo is being questioned as a witness by the Central Bureau of Investigation, or the CBI, in connection with the alleged financial irregularities in the purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from AgustaWestland, an Anglo-Indian defence manufacturer.

Indian negotiators set a higher base price for the purchase of helicopters from AgustaWestland and frequently changed the bidding rules, the auditor said on Tuesday, making it harder for the government to complete the 560 million euro deal.

The Italian inquiry into the sale of 12 AgustaWestland (AW) helicopters to New Delhi forced the Indian government to sanction a CBI inquiry, and to warn that the deal is likely to be cancelled.

The BJP today tried to link the alleged corruption in the deal for 12 Italian helicopters to the Gandhi family.

For the Indian Air Force, the AugustaWestland controversy could not have come at a more inopportune time. The Air Force plans to induct 300-350 aircraft, including combat jets, transport aircraft and helicopters over the next decade. But the scandal that has erupted around supply of 12 VVIP helicopters is likely to cast a shadow on its plans, at le...