Bofors

Private investigator Michael Hershman has expressed willingness to share fresh information about the alleged Rs 64-crore Bofors bribery scandal of the 1980s.

Legal Matters | Rafale verdict will strengthen govt hands in future defence purchases

The Supreme Court has rightly found out that there was no corruption involved in the Rafale deal. However, the diplomatic and economic damage done is real and will last for a while.

PM Modi trains guns at Rahul Gandhi, rakes up Bofors deal

Launching a blistering attack on Congress, he accused the country's oldest political party of "playing games" in defence deals when in power.

Opinion | India must not ignore the importance of a free press

We might feel empowered because we live in the age of an information boom, but in the absence of an independent, fearless and conscientious press we could be caught in a web of propaganda, a string of lies and tied in knots of deceit.

JPC on Rafale not needed, 'it is not 2G or Bofors': Nirmala Sitharaman

"It is not needed," she told reporters here in reply to a question on the matter. Unlike the 2G issue, no institution like the Comptroller and Auditor General said anything against the Rafale deal, she said.

Bofors pales into insignificance before Rafale 'scam', allege Yaswant Sinha, Shourie

Sinha and Shourie, addressing a press conference along with lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan, raised a number of questions over the Rs 58,000 crore deal for procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France.

BJP 'flogging dead horses' of Bofors: Congress

Chief Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala's tweet came hours after Union minister Smriti Irani sought to put the Congress in the dock on the Bofors issue.

CBI to look into Fairfax detective's Bofors allegations

Hershman, who is the president of the US-based private detective firm Fairfax, claimed in television interviews recently that Rajiv Gandhi was "furious" when he had found a Swiss bank account "Mont Blanc".

India inks Rs 5,000 cr deal with US for 145 M777 howitzers

Breaking the Bofors jinx, India and the US today inked a nearly Rs 5,000 crore deal for 145 M777 ultra-light howitzers, which will be mostly deployed near the borders with China.

Rafale deal will prove to be Bofors for Modi govt: Bhushan

Accusing the Prime Minister of inaction into the Scorpion submarine leaks despite having received entire information from American whistle blower C Edmonds Allen he said the Modi government was lacking political will to fight corruption.

India, US likely to seal deal for 145 ultra-light howitzers

India and the US are likely to sign an agreement for the purchase of 145 American Ultra-Light Howitzers, worth about Rs 5,000 crore, this fiscal, the first deal for artillery guns since the Bofors scandal in 1980s.

Govt mulling special zones for def manufacturing: Parrikar

Parrikar expects mass-scale supply of guns from the ordnance factories or from private players from next year, other products like helicopters will come in by 2017-18.

India accuses Swedish Daily of distorting Prez's comments

In an interview to Daygens Nyheter, the President had reportedly said that Bofors scam was a media trial that could not be proven in any Indian court.

Indian defence cos rank low on ethics, anti-corruption

A survey by Transparency International UK says Indian companies, especially those that have been in the field for quite a few years need to do much more.

AgustaWestland a repeat of Bofors: BJP

The details emerged after CNN-IBN accessed a copy of a letter by key middleman Christian Michel written to the India head of AgustaWestland in March 2008 that was produced in an Italian court.

Modi's jibe at Congress, devises new political alphabet

Taking a dig at Congress for corruption in the country, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi devised a political alphabet ABCD.

Quattrocchi of the infamous Bofors scam dies in Milan

Controversial Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, who was a key figure in the Bofors payoffs scandal, has died in Milan following a stroke.

Indian L&T in race for Rs 2000cr howitzer tender

Indian L&T and Russian Rosobornexport are in competition win a deal worth over Rs 2,000 crore to supply 100 self-propelled howitzers to the Army.

RS adjourned twice after uproar over Bofors issue

Rajya Sabha today witnessed two adjournments in the pre-noon session after uproar by Opposition BJP and AIADMK over a former Swedish police chief's allegation that payoffs were made in purchase of Bofors guns during the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's tenure.