Manmohan seeks UK help for probing chopper deal

AgustaWestland has replied to the Ministry of Defence showcause notice in connection with alleged irregularities in purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters.The company has maintained in its reply that they have not violated the integrity pact in any manner.

Index of Industrial Production for January 2013 was up year-on-year by 2.4% Hype, hope and hubris Rajeev Malik The Budget's fuzzy maths and poor-quality fiscal correction will compromise the much-needed macro recalibration With inflation running high, many ...

Britain does not have all the information on the corruption allegations surrounding the 485mn Augusta Westland helicopter deal but will encourage the Italians to pass on the relevant facts to India, a British minister has said. Dipankar De Sarkar reports.

CBI Inquiry in Augusta Westland VVIP Helicopter Deal

For the price of the 12 choppers from Augusta Westland meant for VVIPs, the central government could provide free medicines for all in public health facilities.

An Italian investigation had disclosed that Anglo-Italian firm AugustaWestland (AW) and Finmeccanica had paid bribes worth nearly Rs 350 crores through a complex web of companies and middlemen to swin... Related Stories Salman Khurshid visits Beijing, ...

India is expected to ask Britain to help in its probe into the allegations of kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore deal for procuring 12 VVIP choppers from the Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland during the Annual Defence Dialogue (ADD) between the two ...

Britain has stressed that it would not be intervening in any investigations into the AgustaWestland helicopter bribery case.

Way before the outrage of Bofors and AugustaWestland, the emergence of the polarising figure that is the Italian-born Congress President Sonia Gandhi and the diplomatic row brought about by the outrageous Koch fishermen killings, the two young nations shared ...