Last Updated: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 23:52
Facing allegations of paying bribes to bag the Rs 3,600 crore deal for supplying 12 helicopters to India, Italian company Finmeccanica Thursday said it is responding to the show cause notice issued by the Indian defence ministry.
Last Updated: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 23:47
The Defence Ministry is also keenly awaiting the reply of AgustaWestland to the show cause notice issued by it as the deadline for the firm to answer it ends Friday evening.
Last Updated: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 19:05
CBI met top officials of Italian government-controlled Finmeccanica group, parent company of AgustaWestland helicopters, who promised assistance in probing bribery allegations against Indians.
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 22:07
Italian company Finmeccanica on Tuesday said it is ready to cooperate with authorities to clarify the matter in the deal of 12 helicopters to India.
Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013, 21:54
In wake of corruption allegations against Finmeccanica, Italian lawmaker asked Prime Minister Mario Monti to reveal names of journalists on payroll of former CEO of defence firm Giuseppe Orsi.
Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013, 18:09
BJP attacked Defence Minister A.K. Antony on the VVIP chopper deal, saying he was "guilty" too as deal came about during his tenure, and said it will raise the issue during coming budget session.
Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013, 15:41
BJP 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.
Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013, 13:02
With Opposition preparing to rake up the chopper scam in Parliament, PM Manmohan Singh on Monday said the government is ready to discuss the issue.
Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013, 08:25
A CBI team left for Italy on Monday night to probe the allegations of kickbacks in the USD 750 mn/Rs 3,600 crore deal for the 12 AgustaWestland 101 choppers, officials said.
Last Updated: Sunday, February 17, 2013, 18:28
Alleged middleman Guido Haschke had "cleaned up" all the documents from his computer related to the VVIP chopper deal mired in allegations of kickbacks, it was revealed today, as an Indian team was set to leave for Italy on Monday to gather evidence in the bribery case.
Last Updated: Sunday, February 17, 2013, 18:05
CBI has engaged a lawyer in Italy to represent India`s case with Italian government and the local courts to find out the role of Indians in alleged kickbacks in Rs 3,600 crore VVIP helicopter deal.
Last Updated: Sunday, February 17, 2013, 17:56
Middleman Guido Haschke had "cleaned up" all documents related to chopper scam from his computer but Italian investigators recovered them from his hard drive along with other papers he had hidden.
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