India clears $660 mn deal for artillery guns (Lead)
May 11th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Indian Army got a shot in the arm Friday with the defence ministry clearing its long-pending $660 million (Rs.3,000 crore) proposal to buy ... Read more...
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India clears $660 mn deal for artillery guns
May 11th, 2012 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Indian Army got a shot in the arm Friday with the defence ministry clearing its long-pending $660 million (Rs.3,000 crore) proposal to buy ... Read more...
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BJP seeks structured debate on Bofors
April 26th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Even as both houses of parliament were disrupted over Bofors scam Thursday, they are expected to see peaceful proceedings Friday as the main opposition ... Read more...
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Bofors storm rocks parliament, opposition seeks fresh probe (Third Lead)
April 26th, 2012 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Almost a quarter century after it surfaced, the Bofors payoff scandal created a storm again Thursday, disrupting parliament, as the opposition vociferously demanded a ... Read more...
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Bofors storm rocks parliament, fresh probe demanded (Second Lead)
April 26th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Almost a quarter century after it surfaced, the Bofors payoff scandal created a storm again Tuesday disrupting parliament, as the opposition vociferously demanded a ... Read more...
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MPs seek government explanation in Bofors issue (Lead)
April 26th, 2012 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) There was uproar in both houses of parliament with the BJP and other opposition parties demanding an explanation from the government on former Swedish police ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha adjourned over Bofors issue
April 26th, 2012 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice Thursday as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded an explanation from the government on former Swedish police chief ... Read more...
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25 years of India’s ‘Watergate’: The Bofors scandal (Second Lead, superseding previous story)
April 25th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chronology of events since the 1986 Bofors howitzer payoff scandal - one of the biggest corruption scandals in India in which then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and many others were ... Read more...
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Bofors resurrected, Congress again on mat over Quattrocchi (Intro Roundup)
April 25th, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Bofors ghost returned to haunt the Congress Wednesday with former Swedish police chief Sten Lindstrom giving a clean chit to the late Rajiv ... Read more...
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25 years of India’s ‘Watergate’: The Bofors scandal (Lead)
April 25th, 2012 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chronology of events since the 1986 Bofors howitzer payoff scandal - one of the biggest corruption scandals in India in which then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and many others were ... Read more...
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Chronology: Bofors graft row over last 25 years
April 25th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The following is a chronology of events since the 1986 Bofors howitzer payoff scandal - one of the major corruption scandals in India in ... Read more...
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Lindstrom’s revelations clean chit for Rajiv: Congress
April 25th, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday said former Swedish police officer Sten Lindstrom's revelations on the Bofors payoff scandal has given a clean chit to former prime ... Read more...
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What Lindstrom said on key players in Bofors scam
April 25th, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Former Swedish police chief Sten Lindstrom has spoken out on the Bofors artillery guns payoff scandal, which broke out in 1987. Here, in a ... Read more...
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Bofors resurrected, Congress on mat over Quattrochchi again (Roundup)
April 25th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Bofors ghost returned to haunt the Congress Wednesday with former Swedish police chief Sten Lindstrom giving a clean chit to the late Rajiv ... Read more...
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Opposition asks government to explain Bofors disclosures (Lead)
April 25th, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left Wednesday asked the government to give an explanation on former Swedish police chief Sten Lindstrom's disclosures ... Read more...
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We’ve been vindicated, say Bachchans after Bofors revelations
April 25th, 2012 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) With former Swedish police chief Sten Lindstrom giving him a clean chit in the Bofors gun payoff scandal, Amitabh Bachchan Wednesday said the accusations had ... Read more...
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BJP, Left want government’s explanation on Bofors revelations
April 25th, 2012 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left Wednesday demanded an explanation from the government on former Swedish police chief Sten Lindstrom's revelations on ... Read more...
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The scandal that shook India two decades ago (Bofors Chronology)
March 4th, 2011 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Following is the chronology of events in the 1980s Bofors howitzer payoff scandal - one of the major corruption scandals in India in which then ... Read more...
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Not enough evidence against Bofors’ Quattrochi: CBI
January 4th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday told a court that it didn't have enough evidence against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrochi to prosecute him in the Bofors ... Read more...
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Chronology of Bofors scandal
January 3rd, 2011 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Following is the chronology of events in the Bofors howitzer payoff scandal:March 24, 1986: A $15 billion contract between the Indian government and Swedish arms company AB ... Read more...
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Modernisation is main challenge for new army chief
March 30th, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Lieutenant General V.K. Singh, who assumes office Wednesday as the new Indian Army chief, has many strategic and operational challenges ahead, including the long-delayed artillery modernisation programme ... Read more...
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CBI denies information on Quattrocchi sought under RTI
November 22nd, 2009 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has been investigating the Bofors gun payoff scandal, has refused to reveal any information sought under the Right to Information ... Read more...
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Blacklisting of firms to hit artillery modernisation: Army chief
June 12th, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Blacklisting of Singapore Technology along with six other defence firms on charges of bribery would delay the process of artillery modernisation in the Indian Army, Gen Deepak ... Read more...
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Congress supporting Quattrocchi and Afzal: BJP
May 3rd, 2009 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Attacking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his statement that the case involving Bofors payoff suspect Ottavio Quattrochi was an "embarrassment" to the government, the Bharatiya ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh has damaged institution of PM: BJP
May 2nd, 2009 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had "damaged the institution of the PM" for saying that the case relating to ... Read more...
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Bofors storm rages again, Congress under fire (Roundup)
April 28th, 2009 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Bofors gun payoff scandal flared up again Tuesday with the election-wrapped Congress coming under all round attack over the CBI decision to remove Italian businessman ... Read more...
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