Manu Pubby
The Indian Express Group
Manu Pubby-
MoD asks Italy for info, promises strong action
Saturday 27 October '12
A day after The Indian Express reported that Italian investigators had stumbled upon documents that claim an Indian Army brigadier demanded a $5 million-bribeEx-IAF pilot among 3 Indians named in VVIP helicopter probe
Saturday 27 October '12
2 have links to Aeromatrix, a company owned by middleman HaschkeArmy officer sought $5 mn bribe: Italy probe
Friday
26 October '12'Memorandum'' seized from chopper sale 'consultant'' describes deal with 'Indian Army brigadier''Lens on chopper firm''s India head over commission
Thursday
25 October '12Italian court order says 51 million euros illegal commission paid in VVIP chopper dealItaly probe focuses on UK consultant
Tuesday
23 October '12VIP chopper Deal: In ''04, Christian Michel sued Dassault for not paying commission for IAF dealGet probe details from Italy, Antony tells officials in MoD
Tuesday
23 October '12An offending company may also be blacklisted in case of serious charges.Rats bite off officer''s toe at Army hospital
Monday
22 October '12Lt led J&K operation in which two militants were killed, suffered partial paralysis after bullet injuryConsultant in chopper deal held in Europe
Monday
22 October '12Italian investigators produce taped 'evidence'' of payoffs to IndiansThe heroes of 1962
Sunday
21 October '12Fifty years after India suffered its worst military defeat to China; Rewari, home to many of the soldiers of the 13 Kumaon Regiment who fought off Chinese aggression with sheer grit on the icy heights...50 years after war, Defence Ministry to honour ''62 dead
Friday
19 October '12Antony and service chiefs to lay wreath at India GateIndia to train, support Indonesian Sukhoi fleet
Wednesday
17 October '12The Indonesian Air Force currently operates both the Su 27 and Su 30 fighters and will eventually have 16 of them in service, if more orders are not placed.IAF to procure 7,000 new search and rescue systems
Wednesday
17 October '12After a series of 'difficult to locate'' air crashes that kept search and rescue teams scrambling for clues for days at a stretch, the Air Force is planning to procure new generation search and rescue...Army to buy copter-borne early warning systems
Monday
15 October '12In a first that will give a major boost to the Army''s aviation wing, India is planning to procure helicopter-borne early warning systems for the land forceArmy to induct all attack choppers: Defence Ministry
Saturday
13 October '12The Air Force will however continue to operate medium-lift helicopters that are used for transportation and supplying forward troops.Cong: Browne''s 1962 war remarks incorrect
Thursday
11 October '12Such a move, Congress leader Praveen Davar said, would have escalated the conflict into a "much bigger war".Army firm on attack choppers demand
Wednesday
10 October '12Days after the Air Force escalated its tussle with the Army on the control of attack choppers with Air Chief N A K Browne saying that the nation cannot afford "little air forces"Gorshkov: India to make Russia pay for further delay
Tuesday
9 October '12"The damages can be charged to upto 5 per cent of the cost of the project," a senior Defence Ministry official said.Army HQ nod to foreign firm under scanner
Monday
8 October '12$100 mn tender: MoD finds Bulgarian firm not an original manufacturer; Russia complainsIAF would have changed the course of ''62 war: Air Chief
Saturday
6 October '12Browne was speaking on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the 1962 war in which India suffered an embarrassing defeat.IAF would have changed the course of ''62 war: Air Chief
Friday
5 October '12Browne was speaking on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the 1962 war.No aerobatic team display at Air Force Day this year
Friday
5 October '12The 80th anniversary celebrations are scheduled to be held at the Hindon air base next week.The Russian Question
Friday
5 October '12No matter how warm the gestures are during the meeting next week, the fact is that the relationship is now at a vital crossroad.India-Russia defence talks put off till Oct 10
Thursday
4 October '12Last minute change comes ahead of Kayani visit to MoscowFaced with shortage of officers, Army Chief orders study
Monday
24 September '12With shortage of officers in the Army reaching alarming levels, Army Chief General Bikram Singh has ordered a study to look at increasing the availability of officersLive reptile on MiG-21, IAF wants 'hotline'' with snake catchers
Friday
21 September '12Snake seen after fighter landed at N-E airbase; not unprecedented, says Air Force
