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Huge hike dampens Chandigarh drinkers' high In Punjab, heroin smuggling on a new high! VVIP chopper deal: Singling out an individual is wrong ... Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) What was supposed to be a bumper crop with a record target for wheat ...

AgustaWestland, which is surrounded by controversies over the VVIP chopper deal, is appointing Jackie Callicut -- a former British government employee -- as its India head. Callicut has earlier served in India in her capacity as a British government employee. She  has also dealt with defence ministry operations in her country, officials said on Monday. The affairs of AgustaWestland in India were earlier being looked after by Paulo Girasole, who left India last year. The controversial deal ...

Former Finmeccanica CEO Giuseppe Orsi, who faces an 'instant trial' in June over allegations of corruption in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal with India, was on Saturday released from jail. Orsi was released after about 80 days in pre-trial detention, Italian media reports said. A judge in the northern Italian town of Busto Arsizio had on Friday granted a prosecutor's request for the instant trial, which eliminates preliminary hearings. The trial against Orsi and CEO of its helicopter unit ...

The firm had been issued a show cause notice by the Defence Ministry asking it why the Rs 3,600 crore contract should not be cancelled in wake of the allegations against it.

As the standoff between Italy and India over the marines issue continues, questions are being raised whether the strain in ties will affect the CBI probe into the AgustaWestland chopper deal. On Friday, India stopped its new ambassador to Italy from taking ...

The Defence Ministry is planning to order a probe by the Intelligence Bureau to investigate the charges that a Brigadier had sought a bribe of Rs 25 crore from AgustaWestland to help it bag the deal for supplying 197 light choppers.

Amid the ongoing probe into the VVIP chopper deal controversy in which a former Indian Air Force chief is facing action by the Central Bureau of Investigation, Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne on Monday said the Indian Air Force has an unblemished record so far and it is taking measures to ensure there are no deviations. "We have a well-defined procedure through which purchases are made. The IAF takes care to ensure that there are no deviations and our record has so far remained unblemished. This ...

New Delhi, Apr 19 (PTI) Stung by the recent VVIP chopper scam, the Defence Ministry will unveil a new procurement policy to plug loopholes that allow bribery and encourage indigenous acquisitions.As part of its efforts, the Ministry is planning to ...