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Fresh Chargesheets Against Gautam Khaitan For Holding Undisclosed Assets
The Income-Tax Department has filed four fresh chargesheets against lawyer Gautam Khaitan, an accused in the multi-crore VVIP chopper deal scam, on charges of tax evasion and possession of undisclosed bank accounts in Singapore, official sources said Tuesday.
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No Court Order On Missing Agusta Middleman Christian Michel's Extradition
Christian Michel, the British middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, is missing, his lawyer has told NDTV hours after a court in Dubai ordered his extradition to India.
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Christian Michel, AgustaWestland Middleman, To Be Extradited: Dubai Court
Christian Michel, the British middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, will be extradited, a court in Dubai has ruled. Mr Michel was arrested in the UAE last year and was facing extradition proceedings in the country. He is wanted in India for allegedly organising bribes in exchange for a contract for VVIP helicopters.
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Chopper Scam: Court To Consider Probe Agency's Charge Sheet On July 23
A Delhi court will consider on July 23 whether to take cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the alleged AgustaWestland VVIP chopper bribery case related to money-laundering.
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'No Corruption', Says Italy Court, Acquits 2 Main Accused In Agusta Case
An Italian court today let off the two main accused in a bribery scandal related to the contract for AgustaWestland VVIP choppers, signed when a Congress government was in power. Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini were acquitted by an appeals court that said there wasn't sufficient proof of corruption.
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VVIP Chopper Scam: Ex-Air Chief SP Tyagi Sent To Jail Till December 30
Former Air Chief SP Tyagi, arrested in connection with the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper scam earlier this month, has been sent to jail till December 30 by a court in Delhi. The former Air Chief was interrogated by the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI for a week in connection with the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, since his arrest on December...
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Explain Secret Dubai Meet With Agusta Middleman, Says BJP's Anurag Thakur
The Congress was thrown yet another challenge today by the ruling BJP over the marquis scandal involving a corrupt deal to buy helicopters from AgustaWestland, an Anglo-Italian firm.
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The System Let Me Down: Ex-Air Chief Accused in VVIP Chopper Scandal
A court in Italy on Thursday ruled that no kickbacks were paid in a deal for 12 helicopters for use by top Indian political leaders. It also found that there is no evidence to suggest former Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi had accepted bribes to help AgustaWestland - the British unit of Italian defence manufacturer Finmeccanica - land the contract.
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VVIP chopper deal: CBI questions brother of former Union Minister
CBI today quizzed the industrialist-brother of former union minister Santosh Bagrodia's Satish Bagrodia who is the Chairman of IDS Infotech, one of the suspect companies in the alleged bribery scandal in Rs 3600-crore VVIP Chopper deal.
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VVIP chopper scandal: CBI questions Aeromatrix CEO; Enforcement Directorate begins probe
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the Rs 3600-crore helicopter deal, questioned the CEO of Aeromatrix, Praveen Bakshi, for second day in a row today.
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VVIP chopper scam: Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) formed, BJP not on board
The Defence Minister AK Antony promised Parliament today that the government will identify and punish those who accepted or paid kickbacks in a deal to buy 12 Italian helicopters. The government won a vote in the Rajya Sabha to set up a parliamentary committee to investigate the scandal; the BJP has refused to participate.
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VVIP chopper scam: CBI seems to reject denials by ex-Air Force Chief SP Tyagi
The CBI, which is investigating allegations of kickbacks in a deal to buy 12 helicopters from Italy, has included former Air Force Chief SP Tyagi in its preliminary enquiry. That indicates that the agency believes the charges against him, made first by Italian prosecutors, are not without merit.
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VVIP chopper scandal: In letter, AgustaWestland lists why deal can't be cancelled
India is preparing to cancel a deal for 12 Italian helicopters following allegations raised in Rome about nearly 350 crores paid as kickbacks to Indian officials including a former Air Force chief. NDTV has accessed the reply sent by the helicopter manufacturer, AgustaWestland, to India, which elucidates its objections to the deal being revoked.
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VVIP chopper scam: Indian investigating team gets documents from Italian authorities, say sources
The investigating team from India probing the alleged kickbacks in the VVIP chopper scandal has procured some documents from the Italian authorities in Milan, according to sources. The documents are reportedly company papers of AgustaWestland and Finmeccanica.
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BJP parliamentary party meets to discuss strategy on VVIP chopper scam, Shinde
The BJP's top leaders are meeting at LK Advani's residence right now to discuss the party's strategy for the Budget session of Parliament that begins on Thursday. They will decide, among other things, how to take on the Congress-led UPA government on the 4000-crore VVIP chopper deal scandal and on how best to extract political mileage from Home Min...
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Fresh Chargesheets Against Gautam Khaitan For Holding Undisclosed Assets
The Income-Tax Department has filed four fresh chargesheets against lawyer Gautam Khaitan, an accused in the multi-crore VVIP chopper deal scam, on charges of tax evasion and possession of undisclosed bank accounts in Singapore, official sources said Tuesday.
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No Court Order On Missing Agusta Middleman Christian Michel's Extradition
Christian Michel, the British middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, is missing, his lawyer has told NDTV hours after a court in Dubai ordered his extradition to India.
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Christian Michel, AgustaWestland Middleman, To Be Extradited: Dubai Court
Christian Michel, the British middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, will be extradited, a court in Dubai has ruled. Mr Michel was arrested in the UAE last year and was facing extradition proceedings in the country. He is wanted in India for allegedly organising bribes in exchange for a contract for VVIP helicopters.
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Chopper Scam: Court To Consider Probe Agency's Charge Sheet On July 23
A Delhi court will consider on July 23 whether to take cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the alleged AgustaWestland VVIP chopper bribery case related to money-laundering.
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'No Corruption', Says Italy Court, Acquits 2 Main Accused In Agusta Case
An Italian court today let off the two main accused in a bribery scandal related to the contract for AgustaWestland VVIP choppers, signed when a Congress government was in power. Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini were acquitted by an appeals court that said there wasn't sufficient proof of corruption.
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VVIP Chopper Scam: Ex-Air Chief SP Tyagi Sent To Jail Till December 30
Former Air Chief SP Tyagi, arrested in connection with the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper scam earlier this month, has been sent to jail till December 30 by a court in Delhi. The former Air Chief was interrogated by the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI for a week in connection with the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, since his arrest on December...
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Explain Secret Dubai Meet With Agusta Middleman, Says BJP's Anurag Thakur
The Congress was thrown yet another challenge today by the ruling BJP over the marquis scandal involving a corrupt deal to buy helicopters from AgustaWestland, an Anglo-Italian firm.
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The System Let Me Down: Ex-Air Chief Accused in VVIP Chopper Scandal
A court in Italy on Thursday ruled that no kickbacks were paid in a deal for 12 helicopters for use by top Indian political leaders. It also found that there is no evidence to suggest former Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi had accepted bribes to help AgustaWestland - the British unit of Italian defence manufacturer Finmeccanica - land the contract.
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VVIP chopper deal: CBI questions brother of former Union Minister
CBI today quizzed the industrialist-brother of former union minister Santosh Bagrodia's Satish Bagrodia who is the Chairman of IDS Infotech, one of the suspect companies in the alleged bribery scandal in Rs 3600-crore VVIP Chopper deal.
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VVIP chopper scandal: CBI questions Aeromatrix CEO; Enforcement Directorate begins probe
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the Rs 3600-crore helicopter deal, questioned the CEO of Aeromatrix, Praveen Bakshi, for second day in a row today.
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VVIP chopper scam: Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) formed, BJP not on board
The Defence Minister AK Antony promised Parliament today that the government will identify and punish those who accepted or paid kickbacks in a deal to buy 12 Italian helicopters. The government won a vote in the Rajya Sabha to set up a parliamentary committee to investigate the scandal; the BJP has refused to participate.
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VVIP chopper scam: CBI seems to reject denials by ex-Air Force Chief SP Tyagi
The CBI, which is investigating allegations of kickbacks in a deal to buy 12 helicopters from Italy, has included former Air Force Chief SP Tyagi in its preliminary enquiry. That indicates that the agency believes the charges against him, made first by Italian prosecutors, are not without merit.
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VVIP chopper scandal: In letter, AgustaWestland lists why deal can't be cancelled
India is preparing to cancel a deal for 12 Italian helicopters following allegations raised in Rome about nearly 350 crores paid as kickbacks to Indian officials including a former Air Force chief. NDTV has accessed the reply sent by the helicopter manufacturer, AgustaWestland, to India, which elucidates its objections to the deal being revoked.
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VVIP chopper scam: Indian investigating team gets documents from Italian authorities, say sources
The investigating team from India probing the alleged kickbacks in the VVIP chopper scandal has procured some documents from the Italian authorities in Milan, according to sources. The documents are reportedly company papers of AgustaWestland and Finmeccanica.
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BJP parliamentary party meets to discuss strategy on VVIP chopper scam, Shinde
The BJP's top leaders are meeting at LK Advani's residence right now to discuss the party's strategy for the Budget session of Parliament that begins on Thursday. They will decide, among other things, how to take on the Congress-led UPA government on the 4000-crore VVIP chopper deal scandal and on how best to extract political mileage from Home Min...
