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Opinion | Much Before Bofors, This Deal Brought 'Q' Into Limelight
The ghost of 'Q' from the Bofors scandal is back in the news today. Will the LR sent to the US yield new information? Or will 'shoot and scoot' remain the leitmotif of Laffaire Bofors?
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Bofors Scam: In Judicial Request To US, CBI Seeks Information From Private Investigator
The CBI has sent a judicial request to the United States seeking information from private investigator Michael Hershman, who had expressed willingness to share with Indian agencies crucial details about the Rs 64-crore Bofors bribery scandal.
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Shield CBI From Political Obstruction On Bofors Cases: Parliament Panel Draft Report
After studying the Bofors deal for almost 27 years, a Parliamentary panel today pressed the need for a legislative review to shield the CBI from political obstruction in cases related to the Howitzer gun purchase and urged the agency to investigate the matter without "fear or favour".
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Amitabh Bachchan Recalls Bal Thackeray's Support During Bofors Scandal
Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan had shared close ties with Bal Thackeray, one of the most enigmatic politicians who had millions of devoted followers and once controlled Mumbai. For him, Mr Bachchan said, Balasaheb was like family and their relation was "very intimate and personal".
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Bofors Case: Supreme Court Likely To Hear Plea Tomorrow
The Supreme Court is likely to hear tomorrow the politically sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case, amidst recent media reports suggesting a financial quid pro quo for the Rs 1,437 crore Howitzer gun deal in 1986.
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CBI Wants To Reopen Bofors Case, Government To Decide
Indicating a resurrection of the decades-old Bofors arms scandal involving allegations of kickbacks to then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and other top officials when the Congress was in power, the CBI has told a group of lawmakers it can reopen investigation into the case.
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Army Eager To Teach Lesson To Enemy, Waiting For Permission: Manohar Parrikar
The Army is eager to teach a lesson to enemy of the country and it is just waiting for permission from the government, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said in Panaji today.
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Amitabh Bachchan Recalls Bofors Controversy In His Blog
Actor Amitabh Bachchan said his existence was questioned when he and his family were accused in the Bofors case and it took them 25 painful years to emerge out of the scandal despite their innocence.
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Bofors uproar in Parliament; BJP attacks Congress over whistle-blower's revelations
There was uproar in both houses of Parliament with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and other opposition parties demanding an explanation from the government on former Swedish police Chief Sten Lindstrom's revelations on the Bofors gun payoff scandal, including the safe passage to main accused Ottavio Quattrocchi.
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Bofors scam: Amitabh, Jaya Bachchan react to whistle-blower's revelations
Bofors scam: The Swedish whistle-blower in the Bofors case has said that Amitabh Bachchan was falsely implicated in the case and that though there is no evidence that Rajiv Gandhi had been bribed in the guns deal, the former prime minister "watched the massive cover-up" in India and Sweden and "did nothing."
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Former Swedish police chief says he was Bofors 'Deep Throat'
Nearly 25 years after the Bofors scam rocked both India and Sweden, the Swedish whistleblower who had blown the lid off the illegal payoffs case has revealed his identity.
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Order on plea for closing case against Quattrocchi reserved
A Delhi court today reserved its order for February 21 on the CBI's plea seeking withdrawal ofcase against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the over two-decade-old Bofors payoff scam."This court has heard the argument. There is no point in holding back the order for the information of the Central Information Commission (CIC). Put the matt...
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Court's scathing remarks against CBI over Quattrocchi
The CBI said in court today that its decision to drop its case against Ottavio Quattrocchi stands. The CBI says it is in no way affected by an income tax tribunal which announced on Tuesday days ago that it had found proof that Quattrocchi and Win Chadha had received kickbacks in the Bofors case.The judge didn't hold back his criticism of the CBI. ...
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Bofors scam: Decision on Ottavio Quottrocchi case today
A Delhi court will take up CBI's plea to close the case against Ottavio Quattrocchi, the key accused in the Bofors scam today. The court had on Tuesday reserved its order on the plea. The CBI has stuck to its stand even after the Income Tax Tribunal's order severely indicted Quattrochi.The CBI had pleaded before the court on Tuesday that the ruling...
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BJP takes on Sonia, PM over Bofors
BJP today said it would raise the pitch against corruption in government in the wake of the Income Tax Tribunal's decision on the Bofors case and pass a special resolution on the issue at its executive meeting in Guwahati. "After the recent revelations by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, the Prime Minister and Congress President Sonia Gandhi...
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Opinion | Much Before Bofors, This Deal Brought 'Q' Into Limelight
The ghost of 'Q' from the Bofors scandal is back in the news today. Will the LR sent to the US yield new information? Or will 'shoot and scoot' remain the leitmotif of Laffaire Bofors?
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Bofors Scam: In Judicial Request To US, CBI Seeks Information From Private Investigator
The CBI has sent a judicial request to the United States seeking information from private investigator Michael Hershman, who had expressed willingness to share with Indian agencies crucial details about the Rs 64-crore Bofors bribery scandal.
-
Shield CBI From Political Obstruction On Bofors Cases: Parliament Panel Draft Report
After studying the Bofors deal for almost 27 years, a Parliamentary panel today pressed the need for a legislative review to shield the CBI from political obstruction in cases related to the Howitzer gun purchase and urged the agency to investigate the matter without "fear or favour".
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Amitabh Bachchan Recalls Bal Thackeray's Support During Bofors Scandal
Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan had shared close ties with Bal Thackeray, one of the most enigmatic politicians who had millions of devoted followers and once controlled Mumbai. For him, Mr Bachchan said, Balasaheb was like family and their relation was "very intimate and personal".
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Bofors Case: Supreme Court Likely To Hear Plea Tomorrow
The Supreme Court is likely to hear tomorrow the politically sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case, amidst recent media reports suggesting a financial quid pro quo for the Rs 1,437 crore Howitzer gun deal in 1986.
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CBI Wants To Reopen Bofors Case, Government To Decide
Indicating a resurrection of the decades-old Bofors arms scandal involving allegations of kickbacks to then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and other top officials when the Congress was in power, the CBI has told a group of lawmakers it can reopen investigation into the case.
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Army Eager To Teach Lesson To Enemy, Waiting For Permission: Manohar Parrikar
The Army is eager to teach a lesson to enemy of the country and it is just waiting for permission from the government, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said in Panaji today.
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Amitabh Bachchan Recalls Bofors Controversy In His Blog
Actor Amitabh Bachchan said his existence was questioned when he and his family were accused in the Bofors case and it took them 25 painful years to emerge out of the scandal despite their innocence.
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Bofors uproar in Parliament; BJP attacks Congress over whistle-blower's revelations
There was uproar in both houses of Parliament with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and other opposition parties demanding an explanation from the government on former Swedish police Chief Sten Lindstrom's revelations on the Bofors gun payoff scandal, including the safe passage to main accused Ottavio Quattrocchi.
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Bofors scam: Amitabh, Jaya Bachchan react to whistle-blower's revelations
Bofors scam: The Swedish whistle-blower in the Bofors case has said that Amitabh Bachchan was falsely implicated in the case and that though there is no evidence that Rajiv Gandhi had been bribed in the guns deal, the former prime minister "watched the massive cover-up" in India and Sweden and "did nothing."
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Former Swedish police chief says he was Bofors 'Deep Throat'
Nearly 25 years after the Bofors scam rocked both India and Sweden, the Swedish whistleblower who had blown the lid off the illegal payoffs case has revealed his identity.
-
Order on plea for closing case against Quattrocchi reserved
A Delhi court today reserved its order for February 21 on the CBI's plea seeking withdrawal ofcase against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the over two-decade-old Bofors payoff scam."This court has heard the argument. There is no point in holding back the order for the information of the Central Information Commission (CIC). Put the matt...
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Court's scathing remarks against CBI over Quattrocchi
The CBI said in court today that its decision to drop its case against Ottavio Quattrocchi stands. The CBI says it is in no way affected by an income tax tribunal which announced on Tuesday days ago that it had found proof that Quattrocchi and Win Chadha had received kickbacks in the Bofors case.The judge didn't hold back his criticism of the CBI. ...
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Bofors scam: Decision on Ottavio Quottrocchi case today
A Delhi court will take up CBI's plea to close the case against Ottavio Quattrocchi, the key accused in the Bofors scam today. The court had on Tuesday reserved its order on the plea. The CBI has stuck to its stand even after the Income Tax Tribunal's order severely indicted Quattrochi.The CBI had pleaded before the court on Tuesday that the ruling...
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BJP takes on Sonia, PM over Bofors
BJP today said it would raise the pitch against corruption in government in the wake of the Income Tax Tribunal's decision on the Bofors case and pass a special resolution on the issue at its executive meeting in Guwahati. "After the recent revelations by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, the Prime Minister and Congress President Sonia Gandhi...
