Quattrocchi

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  To Sushma Swaraj's 'Mom' Barb, Rahul Gandhi Makes 'Beta' Retort

  Rebutting Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, who referenced "Momma" in a fierce attack on him in Parliament, Rahul Gandhi today threw back a "Beta" remark.

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  Sushma Swaraj Attacks the Gandhis, Congress: Top 5 Quotes

  Union Minister Sushma Swaraj's fiery defense in Parliament on the Lalit Modi controversy in Parliament today included a litany of counter-allegations.

• Ottavio Quattrocchi a ghost created by BJP: Congress

  Ottavio Quattrocchi, the man the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI had been trying to lay its hands on since the time the Bofors scam came to light in 1986, died in Milan on Friday of a heart attack.

• Bofors scam: Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi dies

  Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, believed to be one of the major players in the Bofors scam, has died. Reports say he died of a heart attack in Milan on Friday night.

• Bofors: CBI allowed to close Quattrochi case

  A Delhi court has allowed the CBI to close its criminal case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrochi who was believed to be one of the major players in the Bofors scam.The CBI said that after 25 years and 250 crores, it had not been able to get Mr Quattrocchi extradited to India, despite appeals in both Malaysia and Argentina. He left India ...

• Verdict on CBI plea to close Quattrocchi case

  A Delhi court will today pronounce its verdict in the two-decade-old Bofors payoff case against elusive Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav will pronounce his order on the CBI's plea seeking withdrawal of the case against 70-year-old Quattrocchi, who has never appeared before any court in India to face ...

• Bofors case: Court defers decision on Quattrocchi till March 4

  A Delhi court today deferred till March 4 pronouncement of its judgement on the CBI's plea to drop the case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the two-decade-old Bofors payoff case.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav posted for March 4 his order on the CBI's plea seeking withdrawal of the case against 70-year-old Quattrocchi, ...

• 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...

• Bofors case: Haven't moved an inch in 25 years, says court to CBI

  In a strong indictment of the lax progress in the Bofors pay-offs case, a Delhi court today pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) saying that the Bofors case had not moved an inch in the last 25 years.The Tis Hazari court also asked the CBI whether there was any account of how much money had been spent in the case."We have not moved a...

• 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. ...

• 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...

• BJP demands PM's apology on Quattrocchi

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has firmly trained its guns on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the Bofors scandal. The BJP today slammed the PM for shielding Italian businessman and Bofors accused Ottavio Quattrocchi. (Read: Will Quattrocchi be let off?)BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "Mr PM you tried to give a clean chit to Quattroc...

• Bofors kickbacks scandal: Will Quattrocchi be let off?

  The CBI today pleaded before a Delhi court that the ruling of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in Bofors pay offs case is "nothing new" and its application for withdrawing the proceedings against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi should be allowed. It also postponed the hearing of the case to January 6. (Read: Quattrocchi, Chadha got Bofors k...

• Quattrocchi bribed in Bofors deal: I-T Tribunal

  The skeletons of Bofors scam are out to haunt the Government again as the Income Tax Tribunal claims that Ottavio Quattrochi got kickbacks by the Indian Government.The tribunal says kickbacks were paid to Quattrocchi and Win Chadha in the nearly Rs 1,500 crore Bofors deal. (Read: Timeline of Bofors scandal)The kickbacks violated rules as middlemen ...

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  Rs 40 lakh: Cost of Quattrocchi's extradition attempt

  A single attempt of the CBI to get Bofors kickback case accused Ottavio Quattrocchi extradited from Argentina in 2007 made a dent of over Rs 40 lakh to the exchequer.