`Instant trial` against ex-CEO of Italian firm Finmeccanica Giuseppe Orsi and Agusta Westland’s CEO Bruno Spagnoli for kickbacks in Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal with India will begin on June 19.
May 3 2013, 9:40 pm
Read MoreFormer 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 today released from jail.
May 4 2013, 7:03 pm
Read MorePrasad said if the allegations are proved, the contract can be terminated.
April 26 2012, 12:06 am
Read MoreAgusta Westland on Friday said it has "not committed" any form of irregularity in the tender for supplying 12 VVIP choppers to Indian Air Force.
October 26 2012, 9:03 pm
Read MoreCBI is likely to get transcripts of phone conversations of Italian middlemen involved in VVIP helicopter deal, intercepted by law enforcement authorities following court orders in European country.
May 9 2013, 11:17 pm
Read MoreBJP on Monday demanded a "proper" probe into the controversial Rs 3,600 crore VVIP helicopter deal and said the government should share details of the preliminary enquiry by the CBI into the issue.
February 18 2013, 3:41 pm
Read MoreA day after an Italian court denied to share any documents with India regarding the Agusta Westland deal for 12 VVIP choppers, the Congress party on Sunday said that the government is committed to find out the truth.
February 17 2013, 4:28 pm
Read MoreThe Supreme Court on Thursday declined to give an urgent hearing to a PIL seeking apex court- monitored probe by a SIT or CVC into the alleged kickbacks in the Rs 3600 crore VVIP chopper deal.
February 14 2013, 5:49 pm
Read MoreAs it braces for an opposition onslaught in Parliament next week, government today cracked the whip by moving to scrap the 12 helicopter deal with AgustaWestland and decided to send a CBI team to Italy to probe the charges that kickbacks to the tune of Rs 362 crore were paid to bag it.
February 15 2013, 8:41 pm
Read MoreItaly has begun investigating the sale of 12 VVIP helicopters to India by chopper manufacturer Agusta Westland as it suspects that commission was paid to an agent to ‘facilitate’ the deal.
April 25 2012, 9:32 am
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