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Feb 24, 2013 Watch: Protestors set fire to fire engine in Noida: "There were reports of violence in Noida Phase-II during the trade unions' strike on Wednesday. Over 1,000 trade union workers protested and vandalised cars, setting vehicles on fire. The protestors even set fire to a fire engine."
Feb 24, 2013 Live: Production at Maruti, Hero to be hit due to union strike: "The Noida police have arrested 14 people in connection with the violence during the trade union strike."
Feb 24, 2013 Chopper deal: Italian probe report states nearly 50 million euros paid in kickbacks: "A joint team of CBI, Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday reached Italy to probe allegations of kickbacks."
Feb 24, 2013 Will we ever know the real beneficiaries in the AgustaWestland case?: "Italian probe reports say that Christian Michel got 60 per cent of the Rs 350 crore kickbacks. However, he has not been questioned even once."
Feb 24, 2013 Arindam Chaudhuri: Call me ugly, but don't harm my business: "A furious Arindam Chaudhuri dared detractors on Tuesday to challenge him in court after the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) blocked 78 web pages including that of UGC following a court order. He said he did not mind online pot shots at his looks, but he will sue abusers if they harmed his business."
Feb 24, 2013 Dental Council meet begins amid graft allegations: "The Dental Council of India is holding its general body meeting in the national capital on Saturday amidst allegations of large scale corruption. The meeting comes weeks after Chairman of Tamil Nadu Dental Council Dr Gunaseelan was sacked for accepting bribes from private dental colleges."
Feb 24, 2013 Manmohan’s last chance: Either reform or perish: "Coming against the backdrop of deteriorating economic health and elections knocking at the door, this week’s Union Budget is probably the last opportunity for Finance Minister P Chidambaram to strike a balance between tightening the reins of a rundown economy and meeting the growing aspirations of the man on the street."
Feb 24, 2013 Blow to CBI in UP health scam: "It is a big blow to the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Uttar Pradesh Health scam with court rejecting the CBI's closure report and asking it to probe further into the mysterious death of chief medical officer YS Sachan."
Feb 23, 2013 Weapons Payload A complex arms procurement process only fuels the bribe culture: "Arms Agents Eligibility Intimate contacts in the goverment, political parties & bureaucracy Identity Forced to keep a facade of a legitimate business Networking Clubs, hotels and homes used to cultivate people Payments Commission paid abroad or in cash, often through circuitous routes Companies Registered in tax havens"
Feb 23, 2013 Stop Press Carousel: "The silent blocking of URLs by the DoT assaults freedom of expression"
Feb 23, 2013 UPA has reason to feel nervous about Raja’s offer to testify before JPC: "“Individuals” he wishes to highlight would potentially include Manmohan, Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee"
Feb 20, 2013 Chopper deal: Strong evidence against Finmeccanica ex-CEO Giuseppe Orsi, says Italian criminal law expert: "An Italian criminal law expert has told CNN-IBN that India won't find it easy to get details of the probe."
Feb 19, 2013 Chopper deal key middleman Christian Michel yet to be quizzed: "Christian Michel is allegedly the most important link in the tainted AgustaWestland chopper deal. According to the Italian probe report, he was the beneficiary of 60 per cent of Rs 350 crore kickbacks, which means he got Rs 210 crore. He was the one who, according to the Italian probe report, was the second track organised by Finmeccanica ex-CEO Giuseppe Orsi to ensure that the company gets the deal for VVIP choppers. But while the Italians did manage to tap phones and record conversations of other accused middlemen like Guido Ralph Haschke and Carlo Gerosa, there is absolutely no information on Michel, other than what the accused themselves state."
Feb 19, 2013 File FIR in 2G case based on CNN-IBN report: SC: "An FIR should be filed in the 2G case based on the CNN-IBN expose which showed the alleged nexus between a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) prosecutor and a key accused in the case. The Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) filed an application in the Supreme Court in the 2G case pleading that an FIR should be registered on the basis of conversation on the audio tapes aired by CNN-IBN."
Feb 19, 2013 2G collusion: CPIL files plea in SC demanding FIR in the case: "The Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) has filed an application in the Supreme Court in the 2G case saying an FIR should be registered on the basis of the CNN-IBN revelation."
Feb 19, 2013 Italian chopper deal: Joint team of CBI, MoD, MEA reaches Milan: "A Central Bureau of Investigation team has reached Milan in Italy to probe the allegations of kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland chopper deal. The joint team of CBI, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of External Affairs officials will first meet officials at the Indian embassy before they try and meet the prosecutor to understand the case."
Feb 19, 2013 Chopper deal: Italian probe report states nearly 50 million euros paid in kickbacks: "A joint team of CBI, Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday reached Italy to probe allegations of kickbacks."
Feb 18, 2013 2G scam: CBI to seek voice samples of prosecutor Singh, Unitech owner Sanjay Chandra
Feb 18, 2013 55 More Facebook URLs DoT Wants Blocked: "It was not just 73 URLs relating to stories about IIPM that the DoT wanted blocked. But also others about Afzal Guru"
Feb 18, 2013 The Hyderabad Connection: "The opposition Telugu Desam claims that two of the key accused in the VVIP chopper kickbacks scandal, Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa, have links with Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy's family"
Feb 18, 2013 Will AgustaWestland become another Bofors?: "The Italian probe report into the AgustaWestland chopper deal has explained how the kickback money in the deal reached the cousins of former Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi."
Feb 18, 2013 SEBI crackdown: What next for Sahara?: "Market regulator SEBI's action in seizing Sahara's assets has opened up a Pandora's box. The company's claim that it has paid back investors holds little water. SEBI says Sahara could not have made any refund after August 2012. The Supreme Court order directed Sahara to deposit the refund money with SEBI, not pay investors directly. The company has little option but to pay up now."
Feb 17, 2013 Chopper deal: 3 key players enjoy Constitutional immunity: "President Pranab Mukherjee, Goa Governor Bharat Vir Wanchoo and West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan - the three key decision makers who were involved in finalising the deal AgustaWestland 101 helicopter deal - enjoy Constitutional immunity."
Feb 17, 2013 Probe Rahul's aide in chopper deal: BJP ex-MP to CBI: "Former Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kirit Somaiya on Friday wrote to the Central Bureau of Investigation seeking an investigation into the role of Rahul Gandhi's political aide Kanishka Singh in the AgustaWestland 101 helicopter deal. Somaiya has reportedly claimed that Emaar MGF Land Limited owned by Kanishka Singh's relatives benefitted from the chopper deal."
Feb 17, 2013 IIPM hits out at UGC, experts say blocking websites won't help: "The Indian Institute of Planning and Management is embroiled in yet another controversy as the government has directed Internet Service Providers to block over 73 URLs carrying defamatory articles about the private business school and its chairman Arindam Chaudhuri. These URLs include a University Grants Commission (UGC) notice on the unrecognised status of IIPM."
Feb 17, 2013 Mumbai builder murder case: Ex-police officer arrested: "A former police officer was arrested on Sunday and remanded to police custody for his alleged role in the murder of Navi Mumbai builder Sunil Kumar Loharia on Saturday. Loharia was shot dead by two persons on Saturday and the murder was caught on a CCTV camera."
Feb 17, 2013 Chopper deal: Probe must begin from Sanjeev Tyagi, says BJP: "The BJP is now asking that if the Tyagis are speaking the truth, then who got the kickbacks."
Feb 17, 2013 Chopper deal: Middleman's father was close to Cong in 1990s: "The mysterious middleman, Christian Michel, named in the Italian report on the alleged corrupt chopper deal with India, seems to be the key to the Italian defence company AgustaWestland deal payoffs. CNN-IBN has discovered that his father had huge business interests in India and was very close to Congress leaders in the 1990s."
Feb 17, 2013 Caught on CCTV: Builder shot dead by two in Mumbai: "A Navi Mumbai builder was shot dead by two unidentified persons on Saturday and the murder was caught on a CCTV camera. One of the attackers was caught by the builder's employees and the public."
Feb 17, 2013 AgustaWestland chopper deal: Who got the kickbacks?: "Sanjeev Tyagi, the cousin of former air chief SP Tyagi, has refuted allegations that he and his brother received kickbacks in the deal."
Feb 17, 2013 Chopper deal: Money routed to middlemen through bogus contracts: "As the CBI gets set to seek out more details to begin their probe into the AgustaWestland chopper deal, CNN-IBN is trying to trace how the bribe money found its way into India. Companies were floated just to bring in massive amounts of money to bribe individuals under the garb of engineering contracts."
Feb 17, 2013 Watch: CNN-IBN reaches chopper deal middleman Haschke's residence on the Swiss-Italian border: "CNN-IBN correspondent Sanjay Suri reached Guido Ralph Haschke's residence on the Swiss-Italian border and was told that he had moved out."
Feb 17, 2013 AgustaWestland chopper deal: Where is the money going?: "The Ministry of Defence on Friday initiated the process to scrap the deal with AgustaWestland for 12 VVIP helicopters."
Feb 17, 2013 The Last Word: Is the Indian system capable of getting to the bottom of the tainted chopper deal?: "As the Ministry of Defence on Friday initiated the process to scrap the deal with AgustaWestland for 12 VVIP helicopters, the CBI, which is probing into the case, has decided to send a team to Italy within a week."
Feb 17, 2013 Directed by court, DoT moves to block 73 URLs critical of IIPM: ""A poor law has given IIPM the ammunition to use state machinery to go after its critics. This was entirely expected given the way the law is drafted. The next step in this ladder would be booking people for blasphemy,""
Feb 17, 2013 'Govt didn't act in the chopper case': "At a time when his party is targeting the government on the VVIP chopper deal, senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh today came to the rescue of beleagured former Air Force Chief S P Tyagi while admitting that the required parameters in the tender were changed during the NDA rule."
Feb 17, 2013 Hectic lobbying to raise commission: "It is learnt that Giuseppe Orsi, CEO of Italian defense and aerospace company Finmeccanica, who is under investigation for the alleged payment of bribes to secure a USD 755 million contract to sell 12 helicopters to India, held several meetings and lobbied with several people to raise the commission from 40 million euros to 51 million euros so that "everybody could be kept happy"."
Feb 17, 2013 Deal suspended, but why the delay?: "The government though possessing the documents regarding the suspicious chopper deal with Italian firm since early 2012, did nothing and instead outrightly denied any wrong doing. It took a year of consistent reporting on chopper deal to force the Indian government into action. Although the chopper deal has been suspended, the question is - why did the Defence Ministry and the Enforcement Directorate not act a year ago?"
Feb 17, 2013 Tyagi names Vajpayee government: "Former Air Force chief SP Tyagi is under scanner after names of his relatives figured in the Italian investigative report of the chopper scam. But, SP Tyagi has denied any involvement in the Rs 3700 crore Italian chopper deal. Hinting that rules were tweaked during the Vajpayee Government, the ex-Air Chief has pointed fingers at the NDA regime."
Feb 17, 2013 TIMES NOW impact: Expose forces Govt hand: "For a few million euros, national security was sold by a few who were involved in the suspicious chopper deal. When TIMES NOW reported it last year, even the Enforcement Directorate which had the documents since early 2012 failed to act. Following unrelenting expose on TIMES NOW, the Indian government was forced to act on one of the biggest defence deal kickback scams."
Feb 17, 2013 Chopper deal: Report names Indian Brigadier: "More names surface in the Italian chopper deal scam. Reports suggest that even an Indian Brigadier is also involved in the scam. The Brigadier offered his services and said he will eliminate the competition in favour of AgustaWestland."
Feb 17, 2013 Chopper scam: Khaitan denies any role: "After Italian investigators revealed his name in the chopper kickbacks scam, Delhi-based lawyer Gautam Khaitan spoke exclusively to TIMES NOW and denied any role in the alleged scam. In the taped conversation, released by Italian investigators, names of Gautam Khaitan, a business partner of Haschke, Sanjeev Kumar Tyagi, a cousin of former air force chief Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi, and Chandigarh-based firm Aeromatrix also figure."
Feb 17, 2013 Chopper scam: BJP wants SC to monitor probe: "The BJP on Thursday (Feb 14) lashed out at former Defence Minister Pallam Raju who has defended former Air chief Marshal SP Tyagi. BJP spokesperson Prakash Jawadekar has demanded the CBI probe in this scam which needs to be monitored by the Supreme Court."
Feb 17, 2013 Chopper kickbacks scam: Whistleblower reveals more: "After the reports of Italian investigators jolted the nation over chopper kickbacks scam, a whistleblower has further exposed the muck in Indian arms dealings. C. Edmonds Allen, a U.S. attorney and a middleman in one of AgustaWestland's chopper deals, spoke exclusively to TIMES NOW and revealed how AgustaWestland tried to influence Indian system. Allen alleged that AgustaWestland had tried to influence the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for another deal for helicopters for the Delhi Police. However, the Delhi Police copter purchase never went through."
Feb 17, 2013 Swiss authorities to probe case: "TIMES NOW's global investigation into the AgustaWestland chopper deal -- and the full probe into the dirty world of agents, dubious funds and murky defence deals brings us to what is called as 'The Atlas Connection'. Chitra Subramaniam-Duella, Journalist who broke the Bofors Scam speaks exclusively to TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami as she reveals that Swiss authorities will probe the money laundering in connection with AgustaWestland."
Feb 17, 2013 The Milan Files Part 1: "Its a defence kickbacks scam no longer restricted to choppers. The more we dig deeper, the more it emerges that this is a carefully crafted global maze spread across three continents. A maze of dubious arms dealers, defence money laundering and institutionalised corruption. As part of what has become the biggest global investigation into ArmsGate TIMES NOW opens up the Milan Files."
Feb 17, 2013 Complex web of deceit unravelled: "11 months ago when Times Now exposed how commisions were still being offered in defence deals, the government chose to look away. Perhaps if they had not they would have been spared the embarrassment. The 59 page Italian investigation report has shaken New Delhi. But it was only the tip of the iceberg. TIMES NOW digs out six fresh angles involving wheeler-dealers, middlemen and even men in uniform who were reportedly part of this intricate stunning web of deceit."
Feb 17, 2013 'Tyagi modified the specifics': "Under scanner over his alleged role in chopper kickbacks scam, former Air Chief SP Tyagi told TIMES NOW on Wednesday (February 13) that he did not meet any of the middlemen or anyone from Finmeccanica while he was in office. Reports suggest that the Italian accused in the case have confessed to several meetings with the former Air Chief between February 2005 to December 2005. They have also alleged that it was Tyagi who modified specifications to suit AgustaWestland. They have confessed that in a meeting, Tyagi told them that the operative height of the aircraft was lowered from 18000 ft to 15000 ft."
Feb 17, 2013 SEBI freezes over 100 bank accounts of 2 Sahara cos: Sources: "The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Wednesday cracked down on Sahara group, freezing more than 100 bank accounts of two of its companies. Sources said that the immovable assets of the two companies were also frozen."
Feb 17, 2013 AgustaWestland in Britain struggles to get deals: "Two days after the arrest of Finnmeccanica's CEO Giuseppe Orsi, Alessandro Pansa has been appointed as the new CEO. AgustaWestland in Britain is reported to be in the thick of the Rs 3,600 tainted chopper deal. According to the Italian inquiry report 30 million euros of the 50 million euros paid in bribes were through Christian McKell, an agent based in London and he is reported to have been in touch with company officials who have declined to make any comment."
Feb 17, 2013 SEBI freezes Sahara accounts including Subroto Roy: "The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) cracked down on the Sahara Group and on Wednesday froze accounts of Sahara India Real Estate Corporation and Sahara Housing Investment Corporation."
Feb 17, 2013 Italian report on chopper deal points at UPA; Tyagi drags in ex-NSA: "The Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland chopper deal has now been put on hold by the government. In fact only 35 per cent of the payment has been done so far. With the deal on hold, all monetary transactions have been stopped and the delivery of the choppers too, has been frozen for now."
Feb 17, 2013 Is it impossible to do defence deals in India without middlemen?: "The government on Wednesday put the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland chopper deal on hold after allegations of bribery were levelled directly at the former Air Chief Marshall, SP Tyagi by an Italian probe report."
Feb 17, 2013 The Last Word: Is it impossible to eradicate corruption from defence deals?: "The allegations of corruption swelling around the AgustaWestland deal raise critical questions about defence deals in India. Are they inevitably prone to corruption and have they badly affected the defence procure? Karan Thapar discusses this with a panel of experts."
Feb 17, 2013 How the ex-IAF chief's cousins were bribed: "The Italian probe report into the AgustaWestland chopper deal has explained how the kickback money in the deal reached the cousins of former Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi. According to the report accessed by CNN-IBN, Haschke, the key middleman, contacted Juli Tyagi through other accused Garosa."
Feb 17, 2013 From Jeep scandal to helicopter deal: A brief history of defence scams: "After Independence the Indian government signed a deal with a company in England to supply 200 Jeeps. The contract was worth Rs 80 lakh but only 155 Jeeps were delivered."
Feb 17, 2013 Mumbai builder's murder: Ex-cop arrested: "A day after a Navi Mumbai builder was shot dead by two assailants dressed as private security guards, a retired policeman was arrested today in this connection. "We have arrested Samuel Amolik in connection with the case," Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner A K Sharma said today."
Feb 17, 2013 CBI follows TIMES NOW's Milan files trail: "Guiseppe Orsi - the former Chief of the Italian defence giant Finemccanica - face of the Italian chopper scam - but for India - it's beyond choppers - it's Armsgate - as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) rushes its team to Italy - to find the money trail and the trail of middlemen involved not just in this case - but many deals before."
Feb 17, 2013 Dept of Telecom blocks 73 web addresses, including UGC, on Gwalior court order for anti-IIPM content: "Surprisingly, the webpage of University Grants Commission, featuring a UGC notice pointing towards the unrecognized status of IIPM was also ordered to be blocked."
Feb 17, 2013 AgustaWestland scam is tip of the iceberg: "The defence sector is the most convenient place for unscrupulous deals. Almost all activities here are shrouded in secrecy, supposedly for the sake of protecting the country's national security interests"
Feb 17, 2013 Ex-encounter specialist held for builder killing: "When he arrived there, they stabbed him, broke a coconut on his head, pumped five bullets into him and threw a garland over him before trying to flee."
Feb 15, 2013 Gagging The Media Blocking Outlook Blogs: "Following its usual opaque routine, DoT issues orders to block 78 URLs, 73 of them with IIPM content —but Outlook is singled out as its entire blogs area is blocked"
Feb 15, 2013 Charge sheet says €100,000 given to Tyagi brothers
Feb 15, 2013 Lokayukta to probe irregularities in recruitment to Co-op Bank: "The State government on Friday ordered a Lokayukta inquiry into recruitment of 102 clerk-cum-cashiers to the Karnataka State Co-operative Apex Bank Limited"
Feb 15, 2013 भारत की वह ‘द फैमली’ कौन है जिसे 200 करोड़ की रिश्वत मिली :भाजपा
Feb 13, 2013 Sebi attaches assets of 2 Sahara firms: "ordered the attachment of all assets of two Sahara group firms, besides freezing their bank accounts and those of their promoters and directors including that of group head Subrata Roy."
Feb 13, 2013 Rajya Sabha MP charged international fare for domestic air travel: "The secretariat paid Rs 99,292 for a one-way Delhi-Chennai flight on Jet Airways for Ashk Ali Tak, a Congress RS member from Rajasthan."
Feb 13, 2013 Sahara: Sebi orders accounts freezing, attachment of property
Feb 13, 2013 Kickbacks came through monthly remittances, ended Dec 2012: Italy: "a monthly payment of Euro 510,000 was being made to the IDS companies and that no taxes were being paid on the same."
Feb 13, 2013 Money came through bogus engineering contracts, says Italian probe: "middlemen were paid at least Euro 400,000 upfront by Finmecannica for bribing officials in India and that the rest of the kickbacks came thorough inflated bills and invoices that were in the guise of engineering contracts."
Feb 13, 2013 Why no probe in India, because firm from Italy? BJP; NDA started deal, retorts Cong: "it is admitted by the Italian prosecution that huge commission has been paid"
Feb 13, 2013 Key middleman's confession: Met ex-IAF Chief S P Tyagi 6-7 times: "The middleman, Guido Haschke, has also said that he received 20 million euros as commission and of this, 12 million euros were passed on to S P Tyagi's Delhi-based businessmen cousins Julie Tyagi, Docsa Tyagi and Sandeep Tyagi."
Feb 13, 2013 Bastawade's life under threat?: "A TIMES NOW investigation ensured the kingpin in the 4000 crore mining scam was brought to book. Sources say that the mining scam kingpin is now facing a threat and ED has asked for a separate cell for him. Is there a threat to Bastawade's life?"
Feb 13, 2013 Listen: Alleged conversation between CBI prosecutor and one 2G accused: "The CBI suspects its own prosecutor AK Singh of aiding one of the accused in the 2G scam case."
Feb 13, 2013 2G: CBI finds its own prosecutor colluding with accused: "It has been a case which has involved some of the biggest names in politics, corporate India and the bureaucracy. For the last three years, the 2G case has become synonymous with a corrupt system and has had many twists and turns."
Feb 13, 2013 Govt acts after Italian arrest: "11 months ago, TIMES NOW exposed how Italian Defence giant Finmecannica was offering kickbacks for defence deals. The Indian Government has found itself in a tight spot yesterday (Feb 12), with the arrest of the top Defence company CEO in Italy. Almost a year after TIMES NOW raised questions on dodgy defence deals, the Indian Government has finally plunged into action seeking a CBI probe. But, why did the Defence Ministry not act for a year, despite the ongoing investigation in Italy?"
Feb 13, 2013 Chopper scam: Massive political war breaks out: "The defence chopper scam has now turned into a huge political fight. The Opposition has slamed the Indian Government over the deal, raising questions on who got the bribes. And after one year, BJP acknowledges TIMES NOW investigation, points out proof to government. And after one year, BJP acknowledges TIMES NOW investigation, points out proof to government and demands answers. And, under pressure from the Opposition, the government says necessary action will be taken and all assistance will be provided to the CBI for the inquiry."
Feb 13, 2013 Former Air Chief in chopper scam?: "Italian investigators on Tue (Feb 12) alleged that business conglomerate Finmeccanica bribed former Indian Air Force chief S P Tyagi to swing the controversial AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal in favour of the company. The allegation is made in a preliminary inquiry report of the suspected corruption in the Rs 3,546 crore deal filed by prosecutors in Italy. Air Chief Marshal (Retd) S P Tyagi says he had retired at the time of the deal."
Feb 13, 2013 Chopper scam: Former air chief denies charges: "Former IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi today refuted allegations that he was paid bribes to swing a Rs 3,600 crore deal for procuring 12 choppers from Italian firm Finmeccanica to ferry VVIPS."
Feb 13, 2013 Sellout for kickbacks: "Of all the depths that the corrupt can fall to selling the nation and national security is a low you cannot sink beyond. When TIMES NOW exposed the offer of commissions by Agusta Westland we expected the govt to reopen every file linked to the 3700cr chopper deal that the same company had signed a few months earlier. Instead of acting the govt for some reason closed the file and gave the Italian co. a clean chit in a matter of days. Now as we continue the most detailed investigation we would like to place on record that our investigation is only aimed against the corrupt including those who have been or are in uniform not the hundreds of thousands who serve with or under them."
Feb 13, 2013 Was Aeromatrix a front for someone?: "The 568 page report by Italian investigators into the 3700 crore defence chopper scam has put the spotlight firmly on India , and in particular on a Chandigarh based IT outsourcing firm called Aeromatrix Info Solutions Ltd. The 2 Italian middlemen Carlo Gerosa and Guido Haschke named in the report are alleged to be major shareholders of this Company, which also has many Indian players. It has become quite clear, that an important part of the Defence Chopper scam is the Aeromatrix puzzle. Is this company being used as a front for someone? If yes, then who exactly is the beneficiary?"
Feb 13, 2013 Chopper scam: The Italian probe report: "They penetrated into the system, compromised national security and yet the government sat still and did nothing. But in the last 24 hours since the Italian arrest there have been tremors in the corridors of power, 11 months after Times Now exposed how kickbacks were still being offered for defence deals we bring you for the first time access the complete 59 page report into the chopper kickback scam."
Feb 13, 2013 Chopper scam: Why did ED do nothing?: "In early 2012, Enforcement Directorate received crucial documents at their headquarters one by one. The key Documents blew the lid off from the biggest defence scam after Bofors. The whistleblower in the case, C Edmond Allen put the spotlight the commission received by his estranged Indian partner who happened to be a man currently lodged inside the Tihar Jail. This man named Abhishek Verma is also an accused in the navy war room leak case. Now, after TIMES NOW report of the chopper scam the Enforcement Directorate swung into action following the trail of the alleged kickbacks received by middlemen in the chopper scam."
Feb 13, 2013 Chopper scam the new Bofors: "The 3700 crore AugustaWest chopper kickback scam has rekindled the memory of the infamous Bofors scandal of the nineteen eighties. The Bofors scandal, which had hit the then Rajiv Gandhi government badly, shook the nation like never before and redefined Indian politics in the late eighties and early nineties."
Feb 13, 2013 Chopper deal called off: "As the scam in the AgustaWestland chopper deal unfolded, India has put on hold the remaining payment of Rs 2,400 crore along with the delivery of the nine helicopters from the company, pending the outcome of the CBI probe. India has already received three of the 12 helicopters for which the deal was struck in 2010 for Rs 3,600 crore. Three of the remaining helicopters were to arrive here next month, while the remaining six were to be delivered later this year."
Feb 13, 2013 Italian chopper deal: A chronology of events: "Under fire over allegations of kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal, the government on Wednesday asserted that nobody found guilty will be spared and if wrongdoings were found by the CBI, the contract can be scrapped. 'Nobody will be spared whatever may be the consequences,' Defence Minister AK Antony told reporters on the alleged Italian chopper scam."
Feb 13, 2013 Chopper deal: Italian probe names Ex-Air Chief: "An Italian probe has named former Air Chief SP Tyagi in its AgustaWestland chopper deal corruption investigation. The preliminary report alleges SP Tyagi tweaked certain requirements to enable Italian firm AgustaWestland bag the Rs 3,546 crore chopper deal."
Feb 13, 2013 Ex-IAF chief in the dock over 'corrupt' chopper deal: "A day after the Italian police arrested defence company Finmeccanica's CEO Giuseppe Orsi in an ongoing corruption inquiry, there are more details emerging. Reuters now reports that three cousins of former Indian Air Force Chief SP Tyagi allegedly helped twist rules in a helicopter tender won by AgustaWestland."
Feb 13, 2013 Is CBI unable to handle pressure in high profile corruption cases?: "The CBI chief admits to the JPC there is evidence of prima facie collusion between its sacked 2G prosecutor and Unitech MD."
Feb 13, 2013 CBI admits to collusion in 2G case, probe may widen: "A day after the big CNN-IBN expose in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director appeared before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Tuesday, and admitted to a collusion between its prosecutor AK Singh and Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra. Also, the CBI has sent the tapes for forensic examination. According to sources, the probe may widen to focus on other accused as well."
Feb 12, 2013 Under Supreme Court’s nose, conspiracy hatched to destroy 2G case: "Tapes suggest prosecutor, accused Sanjay Chandra (C), and star witness colluded to vitiate SC directions to CBI."
Feb 12, 2013 Ex-Air Chief Tyagi was bribed to swing chopper deal, Italy probe report says: "Italian investigators Tuesday alleged that business conglomerate Finmeccanica bribed S P Tyagi when he was chief of the Indian Air Force to swing the controversial AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal in favour of the company."
Feb 12, 2013 Rs 4000-cr deal, Rs 470-cr bribe?: "Another scam unfolded today with the arrest of the head of a state-owned Italian aerospace company that is suspected of paying bribes of about Rs 362 crore in India to get orders for helicopters to ferry Indian VVIPs, prompting the government to order a CBI probe."
Feb 12, 2013 2G: JPC to quiz CBI chief over alleged prosecutor-accused nexus: "It is the last hearing of the Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the 2G scam on Tuesday. CBI director Ranjit Sinha and Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar are scheduled to appear before the committee and are likely to be quizzed over the latest 2G twist revealed by CNN-IBN."
Feb 12, 2013 2G: New allegations reflect sad state of CBI, says Jaswant Singh: "Senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh who is a member of the JPC has hit back at the government over the 2G scam. He said the new revelation reflects the sorry state of the investigating agency and its collusion with the government."
Feb 12, 2013 AgustaWestland deal: Italy arrests Finmeccanica chief: "In a big development in Italy that may have huge repercussions in India, the head of Italian defence group Finmeccanica, the owners of AgustaWestland, has been arrested over ongoing corruption investigations into his group."
Feb 12, 2013 Defence Ministry refers Augusta Westland case to CBI: "The development came after the Italian police arrested the head of Italian government-controlled defence group Finmeccanica SpA on February 12. According to sources, the delivery of the remaining nine of 12 choppers is also slated to be put on hold in wake of the arrest."
Feb 12, 2013 I don't think it's such a big offence: CBI chief: "CBI Director Ranjit Sinha confirmed that the central investigating agency has registered a Preliminary Enquiry report, which names the lead 2G prosecutor AK Singh and Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra."
Feb 12, 2013 2G collusion: What this means for the case: "The CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry report, which names the lead 2G prosecutor AK Singh and Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra."
Feb 12, 2013 Italian defence firm head held for India bribes, probe ordered: "Italian police arrested the chief executive of aerospace and defence giant Finmeccanica on Tuesday for corruption and embezzlement in relation to alleged bribes given to the Indian government"
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Feb 24, 2013 Watch: Protestors set fire to fire engine in Noida: "There were reports of violence in Noida Phase-II during the trade unions' strike on Wednesday. Over 1,000 trade union workers protested and vandalised cars, setting vehicles on fire. The protestors even set fire to a fire engine."
Feb 24, 2013 Live: Production at Maruti, Hero to be hit due to union strike: "The Noida police have arrested 14 people in connection with the violence during the trade union strike."
Feb 24, 2013 Chopper deal: Italian probe report states nearly 50 million euros paid in kickbacks: "A joint team of CBI, Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday reached Italy to probe allegations of kickbacks."
Feb 24, 2013 Will we ever know the real beneficiaries in the AgustaWestland case?: "Italian probe reports say that Christian Michel got 60 per cent of the Rs 350 crore kickbacks. However, he has not been questioned even once."
Feb 24, 2013 Arindam Chaudhuri: Call me ugly, but don't harm my business: "A furious Arindam Chaudhuri dared detractors on Tuesday to challenge him in court after the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) blocked 78 web pages including that of UGC following a court order. He said he did not mind online pot shots at his looks, but he will sue abusers if they harmed his business."
Feb 24, 2013 Dental Council meet begins amid graft allegations: "The Dental Council of India is holding its general body meeting in the national capital on Saturday amidst allegations of large scale corruption. The meeting comes weeks after Chairman of Tamil Nadu Dental Council Dr Gunaseelan was sacked for accepting bribes from private dental colleges."
Feb 24, 2013 Manmohan’s last chance: Either reform or perish: "Coming against the backdrop of deteriorating economic health and elections knocking at the door, this week’s Union Budget is probably the last opportunity for Finance Minister P Chidambaram to strike a balance between tightening the reins of a rundown economy and meeting the growing aspirations of the man on the street."
Feb 24, 2013 Blow to CBI in UP health scam: "It is a big blow to the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Uttar Pradesh Health scam with court rejecting the CBI's closure report and asking it to probe further into the mysterious death of chief medical officer YS Sachan."
Feb 23, 2013 Weapons Payload A complex arms procurement process only fuels the bribe culture: "Arms Agents Eligibility Intimate contacts in the goverment, political parties & bureaucracy Identity Forced to keep a facade of a legitimate business Networking Clubs, hotels and homes used to cultivate people Payments Commission paid abroad or in cash, often through circuitous routes Companies Registered in tax havens"
Feb 23, 2013 Stop Press Carousel: "The silent blocking of URLs by the DoT assaults freedom of expression"
Feb 23, 2013 UPA has reason to feel nervous about Raja’s offer to testify before JPC: "“Individuals” he wishes to highlight would potentially include Manmohan, Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee"
Feb 20, 2013 Chopper deal: Strong evidence against Finmeccanica ex-CEO Giuseppe Orsi, says Italian criminal law expert: "An Italian criminal law expert has told CNN-IBN that India won't find it easy to get details of the probe."
Feb 19, 2013 Chopper deal key middleman Christian Michel yet to be quizzed: "Christian Michel is allegedly the most important link in the tainted AgustaWestland chopper deal. According to the Italian probe report, he was the beneficiary of 60 per cent of Rs 350 crore kickbacks, which means he got Rs 210 crore. He was the one who, according to the Italian probe report, was the second track organised by Finmeccanica ex-CEO Giuseppe Orsi to ensure that the company gets the deal for VVIP choppers. But while the Italians did manage to tap phones and record conversations of other accused middlemen like Guido Ralph Haschke and Carlo Gerosa, there is absolutely no information on Michel, other than what the accused themselves state."
Feb 19, 2013 File FIR in 2G case based on CNN-IBN report: SC: "An FIR should be filed in the 2G case based on the CNN-IBN expose which showed the alleged nexus between a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) prosecutor and a key accused in the case. The Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) filed an application in the Supreme Court in the 2G case pleading that an FIR should be registered on the basis of conversation on the audio tapes aired by CNN-IBN."
Feb 19, 2013 2G collusion: CPIL files plea in SC demanding FIR in the case: "The Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) has filed an application in the Supreme Court in the 2G case saying an FIR should be registered on the basis of the CNN-IBN revelation."
Feb 19, 2013 Italian chopper deal: Joint team of CBI, MoD, MEA reaches Milan: "A Central Bureau of Investigation team has reached Milan in Italy to probe the allegations of kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland chopper deal. The joint team of CBI, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of External Affairs officials will first meet officials at the Indian embassy before they try and meet the prosecutor to understand the case."
Feb 19, 2013 Chopper deal: Italian probe report states nearly 50 million euros paid in kickbacks: "A joint team of CBI, Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday reached Italy to probe allegations of kickbacks."
Feb 18, 2013 2G scam: CBI to seek voice samples of prosecutor Singh, Unitech owner Sanjay Chandra
Feb 18, 2013 55 More Facebook URLs DoT Wants Blocked: "It was not just 73 URLs relating to stories about IIPM that the DoT wanted blocked. But also others about Afzal Guru"
Feb 18, 2013 The Hyderabad Connection: "The opposition Telugu Desam claims that two of the key accused in the VVIP chopper kickbacks scandal, Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa, have links with Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy's family"
Feb 18, 2013 Will AgustaWestland become another Bofors?: "The Italian probe report into the AgustaWestland chopper deal has explained how the kickback money in the deal reached the cousins of former Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi."
Feb 18, 2013 SEBI crackdown: What next for Sahara?: "Market regulator SEBI's action in seizing Sahara's assets has opened up a Pandora's box. The company's claim that it has paid back investors holds little water. SEBI says Sahara could not have made any refund after August 2012. The Supreme Court order directed Sahara to deposit the refund money with SEBI, not pay investors directly. The company has little option but to pay up now."
Feb 17, 2013 Chopper deal: 3 key players enjoy Constitutional immunity: "President Pranab Mukherjee, Goa Governor Bharat Vir Wanchoo and West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan - the three key decision makers who were involved in finalising the deal AgustaWestland 101 helicopter deal - enjoy Constitutional immunity."
Feb 17, 2013 Probe Rahul's aide in chopper deal: BJP ex-MP to CBI: "Former Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kirit Somaiya on Friday wrote to the Central Bureau of Investigation seeking an investigation into the role of Rahul Gandhi's political aide Kanishka Singh in the AgustaWestland 101 helicopter deal. Somaiya has reportedly claimed that Emaar MGF Land Limited owned by Kanishka Singh's relatives benefitted from the chopper deal."
Feb 17, 2013 IIPM hits out at UGC, experts say blocking websites won't help: "The Indian Institute of Planning and Management is embroiled in yet another controversy as the government has directed Internet Service Providers to block over 73 URLs carrying defamatory articles about the private business school and its chairman Arindam Chaudhuri. These URLs include a University Grants Commission (UGC) notice on the unrecognised status of IIPM."
Feb 17, 2013 Mumbai builder murder case: Ex-police officer arrested: "A former police officer was arrested on Sunday and remanded to police custody for his alleged role in the murder of Navi Mumbai builder Sunil Kumar Loharia on Saturday. Loharia was shot dead by two persons on Saturday and the murder was caught on a CCTV camera."
Feb 17, 2013 Chopper deal: Probe must begin from Sanjeev Tyagi, says BJP: "The BJP is now asking that if the Tyagis are speaking the truth, then who got the kickbacks."
Feb 17, 2013 Chopper deal: Middleman's father was close to Cong in 1990s: "The mysterious middleman, Christian Michel, named in the Italian report on the alleged corrupt chopper deal with India, seems to be the key to the Italian defence company AgustaWestland deal payoffs. CNN-IBN has discovered that his father had huge business interests in India and was very close to Congress leaders in the 1990s."
Feb 17, 2013 Caught on CCTV: Builder shot dead by two in Mumbai: "A Navi Mumbai builder was shot dead by two unidentified persons on Saturday and the murder was caught on a CCTV camera. One of the attackers was caught by the builder's employees and the public."
Feb 17, 2013 AgustaWestland chopper deal: Who got the kickbacks?: "Sanjeev Tyagi, the cousin of former air chief SP Tyagi, has refuted allegations that he and his brother received kickbacks in the deal."
Feb 17, 2013 Chopper deal: Money routed to middlemen through bogus contracts: "As the CBI gets set to seek out more details to begin their probe into the AgustaWestland chopper deal, CNN-IBN is trying to trace how the bribe money found its way into India. Companies were floated just to bring in massive amounts of money to bribe individuals under the garb of engineering contracts."
Feb 17, 2013 Watch: CNN-IBN reaches chopper deal middleman Haschke's residence on the Swiss-Italian border: "CNN-IBN correspondent Sanjay Suri reached Guido Ralph Haschke's residence on the Swiss-Italian border and was told that he had moved out."
Feb 17, 2013 AgustaWestland chopper deal: Where is the money going?: "The Ministry of Defence on Friday initiated the process to scrap the deal with AgustaWestland for 12 VVIP helicopters."
Feb 17, 2013 The Last Word: Is the Indian system capable of getting to the bottom of the tainted chopper deal?: "As the Ministry of Defence on Friday initiated the process to scrap the deal with AgustaWestland for 12 VVIP helicopters, the CBI, which is probing into the case, has decided to send a team to Italy within a week."
Feb 17, 2013 Directed by court, DoT moves to block 73 URLs critical of IIPM: ""A poor law has given IIPM the ammunition to use state machinery to go after its critics. This was entirely expected given the way the law is drafted. The next step in this ladder would be booking people for blasphemy,""
Feb 17, 2013 'Govt didn't act in the chopper case': "At a time when his party is targeting the government on the VVIP chopper deal, senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh today came to the rescue of beleagured former Air Force Chief S P Tyagi while admitting that the required parameters in the tender were changed during the NDA rule."
Feb 17, 2013 Hectic lobbying to raise commission: "It is learnt that Giuseppe Orsi, CEO of Italian defense and aerospace company Finmeccanica, who is under investigation for the alleged payment of bribes to secure a USD 755 million contract to sell 12 helicopters to India, held several meetings and lobbied with several people to raise the commission from 40 million euros to 51 million euros so that "everybody could be kept happy"."
Feb 17, 2013 Deal suspended, but why the delay?: "The government though possessing the documents regarding the suspicious chopper deal with Italian firm since early 2012, did nothing and instead outrightly denied any wrong doing. It took a year of consistent reporting on chopper deal to force the Indian government into action. Although the chopper deal has been suspended, the question is - why did the Defence Ministry and the Enforcement Directorate not act a year ago?"
Feb 17, 2013 Tyagi names Vajpayee government: "Former Air Force chief SP Tyagi is under scanner after names of his relatives figured in the Italian investigative report of the chopper scam. But, SP Tyagi has denied any involvement in the Rs 3700 crore Italian chopper deal. Hinting that rules were tweaked during the Vajpayee Government, the ex-Air Chief has pointed fingers at the NDA regime."
Feb 17, 2013 TIMES NOW impact: Expose forces Govt hand: "For a few million euros, national security was sold by a few who were involved in the suspicious chopper deal. When TIMES NOW reported it last year, even the Enforcement Directorate which had the documents since early 2012 failed to act. Following unrelenting expose on TIMES NOW, the Indian government was forced to act on one of the biggest defence deal kickback scams."
Feb 17, 2013 Chopper deal: Report names Indian Brigadier: "More names surface in the Italian chopper deal scam. Reports suggest that even an Indian Brigadier is also involved in the scam. The Brigadier offered his services and said he will eliminate the competition in favour of AgustaWestland."
Feb 17, 2013 Chopper scam: Khaitan denies any role: "After Italian investigators revealed his name in the chopper kickbacks scam, Delhi-based lawyer Gautam Khaitan spoke exclusively to TIMES NOW and denied any role in the alleged scam. In the taped conversation, released by Italian investigators, names of Gautam Khaitan, a business partner of Haschke, Sanjeev Kumar Tyagi, a cousin of former air force chief Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi, and Chandigarh-based firm Aeromatrix also figure."
Feb 17, 2013 Chopper scam: BJP wants SC to monitor probe: "The BJP on Thursday (Feb 14) lashed out at former Defence Minister Pallam Raju who has defended former Air chief Marshal SP Tyagi. BJP spokesperson Prakash Jawadekar has demanded the CBI probe in this scam which needs to be monitored by the Supreme Court."
Feb 17, 2013 Chopper kickbacks scam: Whistleblower reveals more: "After the reports of Italian investigators jolted the nation over chopper kickbacks scam, a whistleblower has further exposed the muck in Indian arms dealings. C. Edmonds Allen, a U.S. attorney and a middleman in one of AgustaWestland's chopper deals, spoke exclusively to TIMES NOW and revealed how AgustaWestland tried to influence Indian system. Allen alleged that AgustaWestland had tried to influence the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for another deal for helicopters for the Delhi Police. However, the Delhi Police copter purchase never went through."
Feb 17, 2013 Swiss authorities to probe case: "TIMES NOW's global investigation into the AgustaWestland chopper deal -- and the full probe into the dirty world of agents, dubious funds and murky defence deals brings us to what is called as 'The Atlas Connection'. Chitra Subramaniam-Duella, Journalist who broke the Bofors Scam speaks exclusively to TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami as she reveals that Swiss authorities will probe the money laundering in connection with AgustaWestland."
Feb 17, 2013 The Milan Files Part 1: "Its a defence kickbacks scam no longer restricted to choppers. The more we dig deeper, the more it emerges that this is a carefully crafted global maze spread across three continents. A maze of dubious arms dealers, defence money laundering and institutionalised corruption. As part of what has become the biggest global investigation into ArmsGate TIMES NOW opens up the Milan Files."
Feb 17, 2013 Complex web of deceit unravelled: "11 months ago when Times Now exposed how commisions were still being offered in defence deals, the government chose to look away. Perhaps if they had not they would have been spared the embarrassment. The 59 page Italian investigation report has shaken New Delhi. But it was only the tip of the iceberg. TIMES NOW digs out six fresh angles involving wheeler-dealers, middlemen and even men in uniform who were reportedly part of this intricate stunning web of deceit."
Feb 17, 2013 'Tyagi modified the specifics': "Under scanner over his alleged role in chopper kickbacks scam, former Air Chief SP Tyagi told TIMES NOW on Wednesday (February 13) that he did not meet any of the middlemen or anyone from Finmeccanica while he was in office. Reports suggest that the Italian accused in the case have confessed to several meetings with the former Air Chief between February 2005 to December 2005. They have also alleged that it was Tyagi who modified specifications to suit AgustaWestland. They have confessed that in a meeting, Tyagi told them that the operative height of the aircraft was lowered from 18000 ft to 15000 ft."
Feb 17, 2013 SEBI freezes over 100 bank accounts of 2 Sahara cos: Sources: "The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Wednesday cracked down on Sahara group, freezing more than 100 bank accounts of two of its companies. Sources said that the immovable assets of the two companies were also frozen."
Feb 17, 2013 AgustaWestland in Britain struggles to get deals: "Two days after the arrest of Finnmeccanica's CEO Giuseppe Orsi, Alessandro Pansa has been appointed as the new CEO. AgustaWestland in Britain is reported to be in the thick of the Rs 3,600 tainted chopper deal. According to the Italian inquiry report 30 million euros of the 50 million euros paid in bribes were through Christian McKell, an agent based in London and he is reported to have been in touch with company officials who have declined to make any comment."
Feb 17, 2013 SEBI freezes Sahara accounts including Subroto Roy: "The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) cracked down on the Sahara Group and on Wednesday froze accounts of Sahara India Real Estate Corporation and Sahara Housing Investment Corporation."
Feb 17, 2013 Italian report on chopper deal points at UPA; Tyagi drags in ex-NSA: "The Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland chopper deal has now been put on hold by the government. In fact only 35 per cent of the payment has been done so far. With the deal on hold, all monetary transactions have been stopped and the delivery of the choppers too, has been frozen for now."
Feb 17, 2013 Is it impossible to do defence deals in India without middlemen?: "The government on Wednesday put the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland chopper deal on hold after allegations of bribery were levelled directly at the former Air Chief Marshall, SP Tyagi by an Italian probe report."
Feb 17, 2013 The Last Word: Is it impossible to eradicate corruption from defence deals?: "The allegations of corruption swelling around the AgustaWestland deal raise critical questions about defence deals in India. Are they inevitably prone to corruption and have they badly affected the defence procure? Karan Thapar discusses this with a panel of experts."
Feb 17, 2013 How the ex-IAF chief's cousins were bribed: "The Italian probe report into the AgustaWestland chopper deal has explained how the kickback money in the deal reached the cousins of former Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi. According to the report accessed by CNN-IBN, Haschke, the key middleman, contacted Juli Tyagi through other accused Garosa."
Feb 17, 2013 From Jeep scandal to helicopter deal: A brief history of defence scams: "After Independence the Indian government signed a deal with a company in England to supply 200 Jeeps. The contract was worth Rs 80 lakh but only 155 Jeeps were delivered."
Feb 17, 2013 Mumbai builder's murder: Ex-cop arrested: "A day after a Navi Mumbai builder was shot dead by two assailants dressed as private security guards, a retired policeman was arrested today in this connection. "We have arrested Samuel Amolik in connection with the case," Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner A K Sharma said today."
Feb 17, 2013 CBI follows TIMES NOW's Milan files trail: "Guiseppe Orsi - the former Chief of the Italian defence giant Finemccanica - face of the Italian chopper scam - but for India - it's beyond choppers - it's Armsgate - as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) rushes its team to Italy - to find the money trail and the trail of middlemen involved not just in this case - but many deals before."
Feb 17, 2013 Dept of Telecom blocks 73 web addresses, including UGC, on Gwalior court order for anti-IIPM content: "Surprisingly, the webpage of University Grants Commission, featuring a UGC notice pointing towards the unrecognized status of IIPM was also ordered to be blocked."
Feb 17, 2013 AgustaWestland scam is tip of the iceberg: "The defence sector is the most convenient place for unscrupulous deals. Almost all activities here are shrouded in secrecy, supposedly for the sake of protecting the country's national security interests"
Feb 17, 2013 Ex-encounter specialist held for builder killing: "When he arrived there, they stabbed him, broke a coconut on his head, pumped five bullets into him and threw a garland over him before trying to flee."
Feb 15, 2013 Gagging The Media Blocking Outlook Blogs: "Following its usual opaque routine, DoT issues orders to block 78 URLs, 73 of them with IIPM content —but Outlook is singled out as its entire blogs area is blocked"
Feb 15, 2013 Charge sheet says €100,000 given to Tyagi brothers
Feb 15, 2013 Lokayukta to probe irregularities in recruitment to Co-op Bank: "The State government on Friday ordered a Lokayukta inquiry into recruitment of 102 clerk-cum-cashiers to the Karnataka State Co-operative Apex Bank Limited"
Feb 15, 2013 भारत की वह ‘द फैमली’ कौन है जिसे 200 करोड़ की रिश्वत मिली :भाजपा
Feb 13, 2013 Sebi attaches assets of 2 Sahara firms: "ordered the attachment of all assets of two Sahara group firms, besides freezing their bank accounts and those of their promoters and directors including that of group head Subrata Roy."
Feb 13, 2013 Rajya Sabha MP charged international fare for domestic air travel: "The secretariat paid Rs 99,292 for a one-way Delhi-Chennai flight on Jet Airways for Ashk Ali Tak, a Congress RS member from Rajasthan."
Feb 13, 2013 Sahara: Sebi orders accounts freezing, attachment of property
Feb 13, 2013 Kickbacks came through monthly remittances, ended Dec 2012: Italy: "a monthly payment of Euro 510,000 was being made to the IDS companies and that no taxes were being paid on the same."
Feb 13, 2013 Money came through bogus engineering contracts, says Italian probe: "middlemen were paid at least Euro 400,000 upfront by Finmecannica for bribing officials in India and that the rest of the kickbacks came thorough inflated bills and invoices that were in the guise of engineering contracts."
Feb 13, 2013 Why no probe in India, because firm from Italy? BJP; NDA started deal, retorts Cong: "it is admitted by the Italian prosecution that huge commission has been paid"
Feb 13, 2013 Key middleman's confession: Met ex-IAF Chief S P Tyagi 6-7 times: "The middleman, Guido Haschke, has also said that he received 20 million euros as commission and of this, 12 million euros were passed on to S P Tyagi's Delhi-based businessmen cousins Julie Tyagi, Docsa Tyagi and Sandeep Tyagi."
Feb 13, 2013 Bastawade's life under threat?: "A TIMES NOW investigation ensured the kingpin in the 4000 crore mining scam was brought to book. Sources say that the mining scam kingpin is now facing a threat and ED has asked for a separate cell for him. Is there a threat to Bastawade's life?"
Feb 13, 2013 Listen: Alleged conversation between CBI prosecutor and one 2G accused: "The CBI suspects its own prosecutor AK Singh of aiding one of the accused in the 2G scam case."
Feb 13, 2013 2G: CBI finds its own prosecutor colluding with accused: "It has been a case which has involved some of the biggest names in politics, corporate India and the bureaucracy. For the last three years, the 2G case has become synonymous with a corrupt system and has had many twists and turns."
Feb 13, 2013 Govt acts after Italian arrest: "11 months ago, TIMES NOW exposed how Italian Defence giant Finmecannica was offering kickbacks for defence deals. The Indian Government has found itself in a tight spot yesterday (Feb 12), with the arrest of the top Defence company CEO in Italy. Almost a year after TIMES NOW raised questions on dodgy defence deals, the Indian Government has finally plunged into action seeking a CBI probe. But, why did the Defence Ministry not act for a year, despite the ongoing investigation in Italy?"
Feb 13, 2013 Chopper scam: Massive political war breaks out: "The defence chopper scam has now turned into a huge political fight. The Opposition has slamed the Indian Government over the deal, raising questions on who got the bribes. And after one year, BJP acknowledges TIMES NOW investigation, points out proof to government. And after one year, BJP acknowledges TIMES NOW investigation, points out proof to government and demands answers. And, under pressure from the Opposition, the government says necessary action will be taken and all assistance will be provided to the CBI for the inquiry."
Feb 13, 2013 Former Air Chief in chopper scam?: "Italian investigators on Tue (Feb 12) alleged that business conglomerate Finmeccanica bribed former Indian Air Force chief S P Tyagi to swing the controversial AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal in favour of the company. The allegation is made in a preliminary inquiry report of the suspected corruption in the Rs 3,546 crore deal filed by prosecutors in Italy. Air Chief Marshal (Retd) S P Tyagi says he had retired at the time of the deal."
Feb 13, 2013 Chopper scam: Former air chief denies charges: "Former IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi today refuted allegations that he was paid bribes to swing a Rs 3,600 crore deal for procuring 12 choppers from Italian firm Finmeccanica to ferry VVIPS."
Feb 13, 2013 Sellout for kickbacks: "Of all the depths that the corrupt can fall to selling the nation and national security is a low you cannot sink beyond. When TIMES NOW exposed the offer of commissions by Agusta Westland we expected the govt to reopen every file linked to the 3700cr chopper deal that the same company had signed a few months earlier. Instead of acting the govt for some reason closed the file and gave the Italian co. a clean chit in a matter of days. Now as we continue the most detailed investigation we would like to place on record that our investigation is only aimed against the corrupt including those who have been or are in uniform not the hundreds of thousands who serve with or under them."
Feb 13, 2013 Was Aeromatrix a front for someone?: "The 568 page report by Italian investigators into the 3700 crore defence chopper scam has put the spotlight firmly on India , and in particular on a Chandigarh based IT outsourcing firm called Aeromatrix Info Solutions Ltd. The 2 Italian middlemen Carlo Gerosa and Guido Haschke named in the report are alleged to be major shareholders of this Company, which also has many Indian players. It has become quite clear, that an important part of the Defence Chopper scam is the Aeromatrix puzzle. Is this company being used as a front for someone? If yes, then who exactly is the beneficiary?"
Feb 13, 2013 Chopper scam: The Italian probe report: "They penetrated into the system, compromised national security and yet the government sat still and did nothing. But in the last 24 hours since the Italian arrest there have been tremors in the corridors of power, 11 months after Times Now exposed how kickbacks were still being offered for defence deals we bring you for the first time access the complete 59 page report into the chopper kickback scam."
Feb 13, 2013 Chopper scam: Why did ED do nothing?: "In early 2012, Enforcement Directorate received crucial documents at their headquarters one by one. The key Documents blew the lid off from the biggest defence scam after Bofors. The whistleblower in the case, C Edmond Allen put the spotlight the commission received by his estranged Indian partner who happened to be a man currently lodged inside the Tihar Jail. This man named Abhishek Verma is also an accused in the navy war room leak case. Now, after TIMES NOW report of the chopper scam the Enforcement Directorate swung into action following the trail of the alleged kickbacks received by middlemen in the chopper scam."
Feb 13, 2013 Chopper scam the new Bofors: "The 3700 crore AugustaWest chopper kickback scam has rekindled the memory of the infamous Bofors scandal of the nineteen eighties. The Bofors scandal, which had hit the then Rajiv Gandhi government badly, shook the nation like never before and redefined Indian politics in the late eighties and early nineties."
Feb 13, 2013 Chopper deal called off: "As the scam in the AgustaWestland chopper deal unfolded, India has put on hold the remaining payment of Rs 2,400 crore along with the delivery of the nine helicopters from the company, pending the outcome of the CBI probe. India has already received three of the 12 helicopters for which the deal was struck in 2010 for Rs 3,600 crore. Three of the remaining helicopters were to arrive here next month, while the remaining six were to be delivered later this year."
Feb 13, 2013 Italian chopper deal: A chronology of events: "Under fire over allegations of kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal, the government on Wednesday asserted that nobody found guilty will be spared and if wrongdoings were found by the CBI, the contract can be scrapped. 'Nobody will be spared whatever may be the consequences,' Defence Minister AK Antony told reporters on the alleged Italian chopper scam."
Feb 13, 2013 Chopper deal: Italian probe names Ex-Air Chief: "An Italian probe has named former Air Chief SP Tyagi in its AgustaWestland chopper deal corruption investigation. The preliminary report alleges SP Tyagi tweaked certain requirements to enable Italian firm AgustaWestland bag the Rs 3,546 crore chopper deal."
Feb 13, 2013 Ex-IAF chief in the dock over 'corrupt' chopper deal: "A day after the Italian police arrested defence company Finmeccanica's CEO Giuseppe Orsi in an ongoing corruption inquiry, there are more details emerging. Reuters now reports that three cousins of former Indian Air Force Chief SP Tyagi allegedly helped twist rules in a helicopter tender won by AgustaWestland."
Feb 13, 2013 Is CBI unable to handle pressure in high profile corruption cases?: "The CBI chief admits to the JPC there is evidence of prima facie collusion between its sacked 2G prosecutor and Unitech MD."
Feb 13, 2013 CBI admits to collusion in 2G case, probe may widen: "A day after the big CNN-IBN expose in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director appeared before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Tuesday, and admitted to a collusion between its prosecutor AK Singh and Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra. Also, the CBI has sent the tapes for forensic examination. According to sources, the probe may widen to focus on other accused as well."
Feb 12, 2013 Under Supreme Court’s nose, conspiracy hatched to destroy 2G case: "Tapes suggest prosecutor, accused Sanjay Chandra (C), and star witness colluded to vitiate SC directions to CBI."
Feb 12, 2013 Ex-Air Chief Tyagi was bribed to swing chopper deal, Italy probe report says: "Italian investigators Tuesday alleged that business conglomerate Finmeccanica bribed S P Tyagi when he was chief of the Indian Air Force to swing the controversial AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal in favour of the company."
Feb 12, 2013 Rs 4000-cr deal, Rs 470-cr bribe?: "Another scam unfolded today with the arrest of the head of a state-owned Italian aerospace company that is suspected of paying bribes of about Rs 362 crore in India to get orders for helicopters to ferry Indian VVIPs, prompting the government to order a CBI probe."
Feb 12, 2013 2G: JPC to quiz CBI chief over alleged prosecutor-accused nexus: "It is the last hearing of the Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the 2G scam on Tuesday. CBI director Ranjit Sinha and Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar are scheduled to appear before the committee and are likely to be quizzed over the latest 2G twist revealed by CNN-IBN."
Feb 12, 2013 2G: New allegations reflect sad state of CBI, says Jaswant Singh: "Senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh who is a member of the JPC has hit back at the government over the 2G scam. He said the new revelation reflects the sorry state of the investigating agency and its collusion with the government."
Feb 12, 2013 AgustaWestland deal: Italy arrests Finmeccanica chief: "In a big development in Italy that may have huge repercussions in India, the head of Italian defence group Finmeccanica, the owners of AgustaWestland, has been arrested over ongoing corruption investigations into his group."
Feb 12, 2013 Defence Ministry refers Augusta Westland case to CBI: "The development came after the Italian police arrested the head of Italian government-controlled defence group Finmeccanica SpA on February 12. According to sources, the delivery of the remaining nine of 12 choppers is also slated to be put on hold in wake of the arrest."
Feb 12, 2013 I don't think it's such a big offence: CBI chief: "CBI Director Ranjit Sinha confirmed that the central investigating agency has registered a Preliminary Enquiry report, which names the lead 2G prosecutor AK Singh and Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra."
Feb 12, 2013 2G collusion: What this means for the case: "The CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry report, which names the lead 2G prosecutor AK Singh and Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra."
Feb 12, 2013 Italian defence firm head held for India bribes, probe ordered: "Italian police arrested the chief executive of aerospace and defence giant Finmeccanica on Tuesday for corruption and embezzlement in relation to alleged bribes given to the Indian government"
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