Truck Scam

The trucks were bought by a former MLA of Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh and his family members and associates, says central agency ED

One of the agitating truck owners of Keonjhar district in Odisha died yesterday after an 8-day hunger strike sparking tension and law and order problem in this district headquarters town.

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.

On a day when VRS Natarajan, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) - one of India's biggest defence Public Sector Units (PSUs) - was questioned by the CBI while investigating the Tatra truck scam, there is more trouble for him.

Has the whistle-blower in the Tatra truck scam gone underground fearing for his life? Since the Army Chief General VK Singh disclosed last week that he was offered 14-crores as a bribe to clear "sub-standard" trucks, a new surge of attention is being paid to the 7000 Tatra trucks that have been bought by the Army since 1986. Tatra is a Czech-manu...

The revelation by the Army chief, General VK Singh, of an offer of a 14-crore bribe has sharply brought into focus what was really at stake. The bribe was allegedly offered by a lobbyist for a truck supplier who flooded the Army for more than two decades with 7,000 over-priced vehicles which performed poorly when put to use.

The trucks were bought by a former MLA of Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh and his family members and associates, says central agency ED

One of the agitating truck owners of Keonjhar district in Odisha died yesterday after an 8-day hunger strike sparking tension and law and order problem in this district headquarters town.

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.

On a day when VRS Natarajan, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) - one of India's biggest defence Public Sector Units (PSUs) - was questioned by the CBI while investigating the Tatra truck scam, there is more trouble for him.

Has the whistle-blower in the Tatra truck scam gone underground fearing for his life? Since the Army Chief General VK Singh disclosed last week that he was offered 14-crores as a bribe to clear "sub-standard" trucks, a new surge of attention is being paid to the 7000 Tatra trucks that have been bought by the Army since 1986. Tatra is a Czech-manu...

The revelation by the Army chief, General VK Singh, of an offer of a 14-crore bribe has sharply brought into focus what was really at stake. The bribe was allegedly offered by a lobbyist for a truck supplier who flooded the Army for more than two decades with 7,000 over-priced vehicles which performed poorly when put to use.