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Army Inducts Upgraded L70 Anti-Aircraft Guns Along China Border
The Indian Army has deployed a sizeable number of upgraded L70 anti-aircraft guns in the high mountains along the Line of Actual Control in Arunachal Pradesh in addition to its existing M-777 howitzers and Swedish Bofors guns, officials said.
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"Had Abhinandan Varthaman Been Flying Rafale...": Ex-Air Chief
Referring to the row over the purchase of Rafale fighter jets, former Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Saturday said that such controversies slow down defence acquisitions, affecting the armed forces' capabilities.
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Investigation In Bofors Case To Continue, Says CBI
The CBI probe into the Bofors case pertaining to the alleged Rs 64 crore kickbacks in the purchase of Swedish artillery guns will continue, officials said Thursday.
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"Sins Of Father": PM Cites Bofors To Blunt Rahul Gandhi's Rafale Attack
Daylong Congress jibes about the Supreme Court order on Rafale documents received a stunning response this evening from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr Gandhi, he said, he was suffering from the "sins of his father" - former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, during whose tenure the scandal over the purchase of Bofors howitzer guns had erupted.
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Man Summoned By CBI In Case Of Bofors Spare Parts Supply Found Dead
The junior works manager of Guns Carriage Factory (GCF) was found dead in a drain on Tuesday, the police said. SC Kathua, 45, was missing since January 17 after being summoned by the CBI in connection with the alleged supply of Chinese-spare parts for production of indigenised Bofors guns used by the Army.
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Shield CBI From Political Obstruction On Bofors Cases: Parliament Panel Draft Report
After studying the Bofors deal for almost 27 years, a Parliamentary panel today pressed the need for a legislative review to shield the CBI from political obstruction in cases related to the Howitzer gun purchase and urged the agency to investigate the matter without "fear or favour".
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27 Years After Bofors, Report May Be Finalised This Budget Session
A parliamentary panel looking into the Bofors gun deal for almost 27 years is likely to finalise its report on the issue in the current Budget Session, members said.
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2 Convicted For Cheating, Criminal Conspiracy In Bofors Offshoot Case
In an offshoot of the Bofors guns purchase case, two executives of a private company have been convicted by a Special CBI court, Mumbai, in a 25-year-old matter pertaining to criminal conspiracy and cheating in exports to the Swedish company.
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Supreme Court Silent On Giving Specific Date For Hearing Bofors Case
A plea was today made in the Supreme Court for giving a specific date for hearing the petition in the politically sensitive Rs 64-crore Bofors pay-off case.
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Come Clean On Bofors: BJP To Congress After Fairfax Investigator's claims
Almost three decades after the 64-crore Bofors scam hit headlines, an independent investigator's claims have created a buzz around the case. The Central Bureau of Investigation or the CBI today took note of his claims that the then Congress government headed by Rajiv Gandhi did not want the details of the pay-offs for the gun deal to come out.
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Bofors Case: Supreme Court Likely To Hear Plea Tomorrow
The Supreme Court is likely to hear tomorrow the politically sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case, amidst recent media reports suggesting a financial quid pro quo for the Rs 1,437 crore Howitzer gun deal in 1986.
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Plea For Early Hearing Of Bofors Case Filed In Supreme Court
An application has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking early hearing of the politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case after a fresh media report suggesting a financial quid pro quo for the Rs 1,437 crore Howitzer gun deal in 1986.
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Fake Chinese Spares For India-Made Bofors Guns, Alleges CBI Complaint
China-made parts camouflaged as 'Made in Germany' found their way to the production line of indigenised Bofors guns used by the army, prompting the CBI to file a case against a Delhi-based company.
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Army Test-Fires Ultra-Light Howitzer Guns It Received From US, 3 Decades After Bofors
Exhaustive field trials are being carried out on two long-range ultra-light howitzers in Pokhran which the Indian Army received from the US after a gap of 30 years since the Bofors scandal broke out, an official said.
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Reopen Bofors Arms Case, It Reflected Criminality, CBI Told By Lawmakers
The Bofors arms case involving allegations of kickbacks to then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and other top officials should be reopened and the CBI should ask for the government's permission to go to the Supreme Court for it, a group of MPs said at a meeting yesterday.
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Army Inducts Upgraded L70 Anti-Aircraft Guns Along China Border
The Indian Army has deployed a sizeable number of upgraded L70 anti-aircraft guns in the high mountains along the Line of Actual Control in Arunachal Pradesh in addition to its existing M-777 howitzers and Swedish Bofors guns, officials said.
-
"Had Abhinandan Varthaman Been Flying Rafale...": Ex-Air Chief
Referring to the row over the purchase of Rafale fighter jets, former Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Saturday said that such controversies slow down defence acquisitions, affecting the armed forces' capabilities.
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Investigation In Bofors Case To Continue, Says CBI
The CBI probe into the Bofors case pertaining to the alleged Rs 64 crore kickbacks in the purchase of Swedish artillery guns will continue, officials said Thursday.
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"Sins Of Father": PM Cites Bofors To Blunt Rahul Gandhi's Rafale Attack
Daylong Congress jibes about the Supreme Court order on Rafale documents received a stunning response this evening from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr Gandhi, he said, he was suffering from the "sins of his father" - former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, during whose tenure the scandal over the purchase of Bofors howitzer guns had erupted.
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Man Summoned By CBI In Case Of Bofors Spare Parts Supply Found Dead
The junior works manager of Guns Carriage Factory (GCF) was found dead in a drain on Tuesday, the police said. SC Kathua, 45, was missing since January 17 after being summoned by the CBI in connection with the alleged supply of Chinese-spare parts for production of indigenised Bofors guns used by the Army.
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Shield CBI From Political Obstruction On Bofors Cases: Parliament Panel Draft Report
After studying the Bofors deal for almost 27 years, a Parliamentary panel today pressed the need for a legislative review to shield the CBI from political obstruction in cases related to the Howitzer gun purchase and urged the agency to investigate the matter without "fear or favour".
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27 Years After Bofors, Report May Be Finalised This Budget Session
A parliamentary panel looking into the Bofors gun deal for almost 27 years is likely to finalise its report on the issue in the current Budget Session, members said.
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2 Convicted For Cheating, Criminal Conspiracy In Bofors Offshoot Case
In an offshoot of the Bofors guns purchase case, two executives of a private company have been convicted by a Special CBI court, Mumbai, in a 25-year-old matter pertaining to criminal conspiracy and cheating in exports to the Swedish company.
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Supreme Court Silent On Giving Specific Date For Hearing Bofors Case
A plea was today made in the Supreme Court for giving a specific date for hearing the petition in the politically sensitive Rs 64-crore Bofors pay-off case.
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Come Clean On Bofors: BJP To Congress After Fairfax Investigator's claims
Almost three decades after the 64-crore Bofors scam hit headlines, an independent investigator's claims have created a buzz around the case. The Central Bureau of Investigation or the CBI today took note of his claims that the then Congress government headed by Rajiv Gandhi did not want the details of the pay-offs for the gun deal to come out.
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Bofors Case: Supreme Court Likely To Hear Plea Tomorrow
The Supreme Court is likely to hear tomorrow the politically sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case, amidst recent media reports suggesting a financial quid pro quo for the Rs 1,437 crore Howitzer gun deal in 1986.
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Plea For Early Hearing Of Bofors Case Filed In Supreme Court
An application has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking early hearing of the politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case after a fresh media report suggesting a financial quid pro quo for the Rs 1,437 crore Howitzer gun deal in 1986.
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Fake Chinese Spares For India-Made Bofors Guns, Alleges CBI Complaint
China-made parts camouflaged as 'Made in Germany' found their way to the production line of indigenised Bofors guns used by the army, prompting the CBI to file a case against a Delhi-based company.
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Army Test-Fires Ultra-Light Howitzer Guns It Received From US, 3 Decades After Bofors
Exhaustive field trials are being carried out on two long-range ultra-light howitzers in Pokhran which the Indian Army received from the US after a gap of 30 years since the Bofors scandal broke out, an official said.
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Reopen Bofors Arms Case, It Reflected Criminality, CBI Told By Lawmakers
The Bofors arms case involving allegations of kickbacks to then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and other top officials should be reopened and the CBI should ask for the government's permission to go to the Supreme Court for it, a group of MPs said at a meeting yesterday.
