Tatra Trucks

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  Tatra Truck Case: Defence Ministry Suspends Business With Vectra Company

  The Defence Ministry has suspended all business dealings with Vectra Advanced Engineering Private Ltd for one year in view of a probe by the CBI into the allegations of wrongdoings against it in the Tatra Truck deal, officials said today.

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  Random Blacklisting Creates Supply-Chain Problems: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar

  Indiscriminate blacklisting of companies supplying defence products over "small issues" may create supply-chain problems for the armed forces, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said but insisted that "serious crimes" should not go unpunished.

• Tatra Case: Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh Arrested

  A court in Delhi today dismissed the bail plea of Lieutenant General (retired) Tejinder Singh for allegedly offering a bribe to former Army Chief General (retired) VK Singh in the Tatra truck deal case and ordered for Tejinder Singh to be taken into custody.

• CBI's Big Shift On Ex-Army Chief General VK Singh's Bribery Charge

  In a complete turnaround of the stand it took a year ago, the CBI now says it has evidence that substantiates former army chief General VK Singh's allegation that he was offered a 14-crore bribe to clear the purchase of heavy-duty Tatra trucks for the military.

• Defence Ministry to cancel DRDO's Tatra truck order

  The order for the truck was placed by BEML in May for the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

• Tatra asked BEML to do away with agents and offered discount

  In its probe in the Tatra truck scam, the CBI has found a 1994 offer letter from Czech manufacturer Tatra expressing willingness for direct collaboration with BEML for supplying completely built trucks at 40 per cent discount on their retail price, on condition to do away with intermediaries.

• Stung by Tatra truck deal, government overhauls rules for suppliers

  Defence Minister AK Antony has told the three services - the Army, Navy and the Air Force - that Defence Public Sector Units (PSUs) can no longer enjoy the privilege of being the preferred suppliers for the forces.

• CBI gets permission to probe ex-BEML chief Natarajan in Tatra case

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has got the Centre's nod to probe the role of VRS Natarajan, head of the government-run defence unit Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), in connection with the controversial Tatra truck deal. Mr Natarajan had been suspended earlier in the day based on a recommendation by the CBI.

• Ex-army chief General VK Singh summoned to court in July for defamation case

  General VK Singh, who has been sued for defamation, has been summoned to a Delhi court on July 20. General Singh, who retired last month, has been sued by Tejinder Singh, a former army officer, who allegedly offered General Singh 14 crores as a bribe for clearing "substandard trucks" in 2010.

• BEML head slammed by govt for threatening to sue ex army chief

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• Will former Army Chief VK Singh be summoned in defamation case? Court to decide today

  A Delhi court will today decide whether or not to summon former Army Chief VK Singh in a defamation case filed against him by retired Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh. The court had earlier noted that it cannot draw any conclusions based on Tejinder's witnesses.

• 'Apology for what?' asks General VK Singh after BEML threatens to sue him for defamation

  Hitting out at ex-army chief General VK Singh, the chief of Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) today demanded an apology from him for his comments on the Tatra trucks deal.

• Karnataka official Mahantesh's murder case figures in Rajya Sabha

  The killing of the Karnataka official SP Mahantesh, said to be the whistle-blower in the controversial land allotments by societies, was raised in the Rajya Sabha by a CPI-M member who suspected its linkages with the controversial Tatra Truck purchases in the defence ministry.

• Global Vectra licence cancellation: Lookout for new operators

  Aviation regulator DGCA has suspended the operating permit of the company, whose promoter Ravi Rishi is under the CBI scanner in the controversial Tatra truck deal with the army.

• No new Tatra truck purchased after 2008: Antony tells Parliament

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