IAF chief stresses on operational capability, training

Faced with allegations of kickbacks in defence deals, particularly the VVIP chopper deal scandal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said that the government is seeking to maintain 'probity'' and 'transparency'' in defence procurements even ...

Russia has no plans for new arms sales to Syria: Lavrov VVIP chopper deal: Singling out an individual is wrong ... Putin vows to root out corruption INS Vikramaditya gets finishing touches in Russia Dubai, May 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iraq's central ...

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 ...

New Delhi, May 13 (UNI) In an important development in Rs 2600 crore VVIP chopper deal, the CBI has received transcript of conversation between the commission agent and Italian government firm for striking a deal. It may be noted here that former ...

_ Facing a CBI probe for its alleged role in the payments of kickbacks in the VVIP chopper deal, Anglo-Italian AgustaWestland on Tuesday said it has sought time from the Defence Ministry to discuss its contract with India."AgustaWestland ...

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 Defence Ministry has asked the investigating agency CBI 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.The allegations against the ...

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 ...

Stung by the recent VVIP chopper scam, the Defence Ministry will unveil a new procurement policy to plug loopholes that allow bribery and encourage