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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Cpi-M’S Bofors? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 24, 2007)
Lavalin Deal Could Sink Marxist Image
- Cbi Trips Up On Legal Course To Prosecute Jogi (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2007)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) wants to prosecute former Chattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi in the cash-for-MLAs scam, but is now in a dilemma after receiving contradictory legal opinions.
- Upa Misuses Cbi To Save Jogi: Bjp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2007)
The BJP on Monday accused the UPA Government of misuse of the CBI in the wake of the agency's reported move to drop a corruption case against Congress leader Ajit Jogi.
- Britain's Arms Deal Scandals (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2007)
Barely four weeks ago, British Prime Minister Tony Blair caused outrage when he personally intervened to halt a major investigation into allegations that BAE Systems, Britain's largest defence company, paid millions of pounds in bribes to . . .
- Pak Bribes Lankan Officials To Sell Defective Arms (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 24, 2006)
In a strategic move to operate in India’s backyard, Pakistan has greased the palms of some senior Sri Lankan army officials and bureaucrats and resorted to “honeytrap” tactics to sell arms and ammunition of poor quality to Colombo at exorbitant prices.
- Annan Chides Us In Final Speech (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2006)
Kofi Annan has made his final speech as UN secretary general, calling on the US not to lose sight of its core principles in its fight on terror.
- Big B Complex: At Ease With Politicians, Uneasy About Being One (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Dec 09, 2006)
Bachchan’s restraint in going all out in support of the Samajwadi Part is apparent: in a TV promo, he extols the UP government, stops short of asking for votes
- Arms Dealer In Fresh Trouble Over Foreign Funds (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2006)
On a day when NRI businessman Vipin Khanna got some solace from the Supreme Court over his impounded passport, Enforcement Directorate on Friday registered fresh cases against him and two of his family members.
- Hezbollah Said To Help Shiite Army In Iraq (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2006)
A senior American intelligence official said Monday that the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah had been training members of the Mahdi Army, the Iraqi Shiite militia led by Moktada al-Sadr.
- Live Terrorist Threat To Defence Training Units, Says Vice-Admiral (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2006)
There is a live terrorist threat to defence training establishments across the country, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command, Vice-Admiral J.S. Bedi said.
- No Bofors Ghost Behind Trials: Army Chief (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Nov 21, 2006)
The Army has dispelled the impression that the "Bofors ghost" is behind repeated trials of artillery guns. As BAE Systems SWS Defence (formerly Bofors) is a contender for a major Indian Army order, it is felt that repeated trials are being conducted . . .
- 4 Rounds Of Bofors Winter Trials Done (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2006)
The Army has completed the fourth round of winter trials of the Bofors gun. This was confirmed by Army official sources on Monday. Sources said the trials had been conducted as part of the field trials in the long-drawn out process to buy 155mm . . .
- A Question Of Answers (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Nov 15, 2006)
There are interviews and interviews and then again, interviews.
- Common Folly And Discord (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Nov 11, 2006)
After what was an often acrimonious pre-election campaign, the US mid-term elections have brought the Democrats to a majority in both Houses of Congress - for the first time after 12 years - with a potential to radically undermine the final two . . .
- Will The Underdog Become Top Dog? (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Nov 11, 2006)
Siddaramaiah may qualify as the underdog in the Chamundeshwari byelection and having been thrown out of power under extraordinary circumstances, carries the halo of a martyr for his home constituency electorate.
- Chinese Projects In Airports Under Scanner (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Concerned at China's continued monitoring of Indian nuclear establishments, missile and satellite launch facilities, the national security advisor has alerted the government against giving sanction to the Great Wall Airlines of China for the . . . .
- The System Is Rotten (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Nov 08, 2006)
Even as you are reading this article, the streets of Delhi could be witnessing violent demonstrations by traders against attempts to seal their illegal commercial premises as directed by the Supreme Court.
- Monument To Logic (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2006)
This... is being submitted three weeks ahead of the extended period of this inquiry...’’, reads the Justice S. Narayan Commission report at the end of Chapter XXII, an edited version of which appears on our oped page today.
- Full Sc Bench To Review 9th Schedule Scope (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Oct 30, 2006)
For the first time in the recent past Supreme Court is expected to sit in a constitutional Bench for five days in a row to decide the scope of judicial review of laws placed under the Ninth Schedule.
- Bright Guys Finish Their Job (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 26, 2006)
Pranab Mukherjee, as both Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh have learnt to their profit, is a walking encyclopaedia on all matters pertaining to government and Party.
- The War Within (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Oct 23, 2006)
Let us not dwell on George Fernandes for a change, and attempt to trace a brief history of India’s armament supply instead.
- Playing With Fire Power (Pioneer, MN Buch, Oct 19, 2006)
Let the process of defence purchases be transparent, and let's never question decisions merely because some party alleges corruption
- Gen. J.J. Sees 20% Fall In Kashmir Violence (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
The Chief of Army Staff, Gen. J.J. Singh, on Tuesday said the Army’s "iron fist, velvet glove" policy had "yielded rich dividends" in Jammu and Kashmir where, he said, violence had come down by about 20 per cent.
- Pm Silent Spectator To Gross Misuse Of Cbi: Fernandes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Stung by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks about him on the Barak issue, NDA convenor George Fernandes has written to him calling him a "silent spectator" to the "gross and unprecedented misuse of the CBI".
- The Dilemma Over Defence Agents (Hindu, RAHUL BEDI, Oct 17, 2006)
There may be a ban on middlemen in defence deals but are they a necessary evil?
- Beyond Barak (OutLook, NAGENDAR SHARMA, Oct 17, 2006)
The full transcript of BBC Hindi special programme Aapki Baat BBC Ke Saath with former chief of Indian Navy Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat and Digvijay Singh, senior leader of Janata Dal (United) & a close aide of former Defence Minister George Fernandes.
- The Ghost Of Barak (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 17, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed FIR against the former Defence Minister, George Fernandes, and Admiral Sushil Kumar for their alleged role in clinching the Barak deal for the Indian Navy. In the face of strong rebuttal by the . . .
- Military Imbalance With Pakistan....? (Daily Excelsior, Chandra Mohan, Oct 15, 2006)
There is a sudden spate of "hard luck" stories (including a letter written by Chief of Air Staff to the Defence Minister) highlighting how there is a slump in ratio of India's conventional military capability vis-a-vis Pakistan.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 15, 2006)
Short of a formal acknowledgment, the Communist Party of China (CPC) is distinctly headed for a paradigm shift if the trend of the discussions at the recent meeting of the central committee is an indication.
- Patriotism Or Profit (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 14, 2006)
After Bofors, defence deals are linked to bribery.
- Cbi: Loss Of Rs 150cr In Defence Deals (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
The alleged irregularities in defence deals, which led the CBI to conduct searches on Tuesday, have caused the government exchequer a loss of over Rs 150 crores, according to the CBI.
- A Sea Of Difference (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Oct 13, 2006)
In the mid-90s an Indian naval specialist went to witness a Barak firing in the Mediterranean, conducted by the Israeli Navy.
- Finally, Bjp Breaks Silence On Ally, Will Stand By Fernandes (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Oct 13, 2006)
Two days after the CBI registered a case against George Fernandes for allegedly receiving kickbacks in the Barak missile deal, BJP president Rajnath Singh broke his silence today and vowed to stand by the NDA convenor.
- Kalam, Pm To Get Special Helicopters (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
The Union government intends to procure "special helicopters" for the travel of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and the three service chiefs, according to highly placed defence ministry sources.
- Bribes And Kickbacks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2006)
The CBI has taken the plunge in registering an FIR against former Defence Minister George Fernandes, his senior party colleague Jaya Jaitley and former Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar for alleged corruption in the Rs 1150-cr Barak missile deal.
- Demystifying Defence (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 12, 2006)
Why should a Bofors, Scorpene, Sukhoi or Barak excite the national imagination? Underlying the disproportionate sense of outrage over corruption in defence deals is a flawed assumption: That our national interest is best protected by a state armed . . .
- Cbi Is A Politicised Agency, Claims Bjp (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
The BJP said the CBI FIR against former defence minister George Fernandes in the Barak case "signals total politicisation of the agency". "It shuts and opens cases as per the wishes of the political bosses", the BJP alleged here on Wednesday.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 12, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation will have to do an infinitely better job following up the FIR it registered against George Fernandes than it did probing the Bofors affair if it desires retaining domestic and international credibility.
- Personal Vendetta (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 12, 2006)
Meanwhile, India's defence is weakened
- Cbi Attack Will Not Affect Ongoing Deal With Israel (Pioneer, Rahul Datta, Oct 12, 2006)
The CBI raids on Tuesday in connection with the Barak missile system deal with Israel during the then Defence Minister George Fernandes tenure is not likely to affect the ongoing defence deals with Israel as any action like banning or blacklisting . . .
- Bofors To Barak (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2006)
Inquiries into defence deals in India operate on this principle — catch an intruder by allowing your house to be burgled. Thus it was that the meandering Bofors investigation led to the Armed Forces never getting enough guns or spares.
- Dangerously Disarming (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2006)
Bofors and Denel were blacklisted following defence deal scandals. Will the Barak allegations result in a similar fate for companies supplying vital equipment to the three services? Are we serious about building our military deterrence?
- Unarmed Combat (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 12, 2006)
Whether or not George Fernandes and the others are guilty of wrongdoing in defence deals, as charged by the Central Bureau of Investigation, is a matter that the courts will now have to decide.
- Bofors To Barak (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Inquires into defence deals in India operate on this principle - catch an intruder by allowing your house to be burgled.
- Cbi Fires Rs 2-Cr Charge At George In Missile Deal, He Says It’S Politics (Indian Express, Raman Kirpal, Oct 11, 2006)
Six years after India signed the Rs 1,150-crore Barak missile deal with an Israeli company, the CBI has registered an FIR naming former Defence Minister George Fernandes, his colleague and former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitly, the then Chief of . . .
- Fir Against Fernandes, Jaya, Ex-Navy Chief (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
The Tehelka ghost today returned to haunt former Defence Minister George Fernandes when CBI filed a corruption case against him, the then Naval chief Admiral Sushil Kumar and Jaya Jaitley, who was accused of receiving a bribe of Rs two crore in the . . .
- Missile Mud On Fernandes (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Allegations of corruption in arms deals erupted on former defence minister George Fernandes today with the CBI registering a case against him.
- Cbi Files Fir Against Fernandes, Jaya Jaitley In Missile Deal (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Former Defence Minister and NDA Convener George Fernandes, his associate Jaya Jaitley and former Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar have been named by the CBI for receiving bribe of Rs 2 crore in the Barak missile deal from Israel.
- Defence Deals Back In Focus As Cbi Bares Its Fangs (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
India’s locational advantage, between Pacific Rim countries and Europe, and its proximity to East Coast of the US, has also facilitated the growth of exports. Vehicle exports have risen at a CAGR of 44.5% over the past five years, with healthy . . .
- Cbi Accuses George In Israel Barak Case (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Former defence minister George Fernandes was on Tuesday named an accused by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a case related to alleged irregularities in the purchase of the Barak missile systems from Israel in 2000.
- Cong: Fir Against George Not Politically Motivated (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Oct 11, 2006)
The Congress today officially distanced itself from the CBI’s move to file an FIR against former Defence Minister George Fernandes and his associate Jaya Jaitley for irregularities in arms purchases but the Capital’s overactive political grapevine . . .
- Fir Against Fernandes, Jaya, Ex-Navy Chief (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Oct 11, 2006)
In a major development in the Defence deal cases, the CBI has registered an FIR against former Defence Minister George Fernandes, his associate and former President of Samata Party Jaya Jaitley and former Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar, for . . .
- Defence Deals: Cbi Conducts 35 Raids (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2006)
CBI on Tuesday conducted raids at 35 places in connection with four defence deals.
- Our Ailing Leaders (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 07, 2006)
It costs the nation a fortune to keep him in poverty. These, or words to this effect were very fondly spoken by Sarojini Naidu, the late freedom fighter and ‘‘nightiangle’’ of India to describe the cost of ‘‘maintaining’’ Gandhi and his very, very . . .
- Air Chief’S Anguished Cry (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 06, 2006)
The biggest surprise about Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi’s agonised and agonising letter to the Defence Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, is not that it was written but that so little notice has been taken of it and of the deeply . . .
- Air Force Sans Planes? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 05, 2006)
The air chief marshal’s letter to the defence minister, pointing to the steady decline in superiority over Pakistan, has found its way to the press and makes for somewhat distressing reading.
- Old Must Give Way To New (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Oct 03, 2006)
There’s been undue delay in the finalisation of modernisation plans.
- Reduce Delays (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 11, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee recently introduced a new Defence Procurement Procedures (DPP) Manual 2006 to reduce delays in the arms procurement process to ensure that the military does not lack either aircraft, battle tanks, guns or warships.
- Supersessions In Civil Services (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 08, 2006)
There can be differences of opinion on the admissibility as evidence of the result of the narco-analysis done on Abdul Karim Telgi, the kingpin of the multi-billion stamp paper scam.
- Tale Of Telgi (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 08, 2006)
There can be differences of opinion on the admissibility as evidence of the result of the narco-analysis done on Abdul Karim Telgi, the kingpin of the multi-billion stamp paper scam.
- Transparency In Defence Procurement (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 06, 2006)
The Central Government has made a serious effort to streamline the procedures for the acquisition of weapons, equipment, and material by the armed forces.
- Rift Over Disinvestment (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2006)
Prime minister Manmohan Singh’s government has stopped disinvestment of public sector undertakings (PSUs) but issues of policy and processes remain to be resolved as shown by the dispute over the sale of Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco).
- New Defence Procurement Policy — Not Big Bang Enough (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Sep 01, 2006)
Although the new Defence procurement policy is welcome, it could have done more.
- Not Working Anyway (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 01, 2006)
Thankfully, the government has given in to the pressure from various quarters and has dropped, at least for the time being, its plans to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act in such a way as to exclude the notings of . . .
- A Bold New Step (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 01, 2006)
By adopting a new set of procedures for defence procurement, especially weapons and ammunition, the Government has taken a major step towards removing needless hurdles that have time and again served the interests of suppliers, agents and cynical . . .
- Arms And Our Money (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 01, 2006)
The defence ministry could be bolder
- Norms Formed To Wipe Out Defence Scams (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Bofors gun scam, coffingate and now Scorpene submarine deal. Defence procurement in India has always been shrouded in controversies. It immediately conjures up images of the shadowy world of middlemen, kickbacks.
- Reddy Bomb Turns A Dud (Deccan Herald, Asha Krishnaswamy, Aug 24, 2006)
After producing “masked” evidence on Wednesday, which only brought jeers from the media, suspended BJP MLC Janardhan Reddy unmasked himself later in the day.
- Cbi Hot On Bofors Trail (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is making a wild goose chase for the kickback money in the Bofors gun scam even though most of the accused have died and money allegedly paid to the Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi had been . . .
- Natwar Drags Sonia Into Picture (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Natwar Singh, who first attacked the Prime Minister and then saluted him, changed his mind again today and hit out at Manmohan Singh. For the first time, he also brought up Sonia Gandhi’s name.
- Natwar Praises Sonia, Spits Venom On Pm (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 12, 2006)
Having failed to get a positive response to his request for an appointment with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday, a combative and belligerent K. Natwar Singh hit out at him today but was careful not to say anything critical about Congress . . .
- Lessons From L'affaire Natwar Singh (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 10, 2006)
The sooner Mr Natwar Singh sheds his hubris which has brought him to this pass the better will he be able to salvage what little political respectability he still thinks he can lay claim to.
- A Grey Report (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 09, 2006)
Truth should be in black and white ---- Rare is an official inquiry into a financial scandal that has come up with facts that tell the full story of moral and political corruption in the highest echelons of Government.
- Bofors & Volcker (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
Last week the Pathak Commission probing the Volcker Report gave the Congress party a clean chit. Also last week, Mr Arun Singh emerged from the shadows after two decades to remind us of Bofors.
- When It Comes To Mr Q, The Right To Know Doesn’T Apply (Indian Express, Arun Jaitley, Aug 07, 2006)
Despite request under RTI, CBI declines information on freezing, defreezing of Quattrocchi accounts, Central Information Commission says ‘any attempt to compile voluminous information will disproportionately divert public resources’
- Nationalisation Versus Globalisation In Oil Sector: Can The Balance Sustain? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 07, 2006)
Arun Singh, who was a friend of Rajiv Gandhi and the Minister of State for Defence in his government when the Bofors scandal broke, has since then been living a reclusive life in his cottage in Binsar, near Almora. Making a rare exception, he . . .
- Ruthless Dna (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 06, 2006)
Congress reveals its true colours ---- The scapegoating of former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh through the selectively leaked report of the Justice Pathak Inquiry Committee late Thursday evening shows the lengths to which the . . .
- Ruthless Dna (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 05, 2006)
Congress reveals its true colours ---- The scapegoating of former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh through the selectively leaked report of the Justice Pathak Inquiry Committee late Thursday evening shows the lengths to which the Government's . .
- Privilege Notice Against Jaswant (Tribune, Satish Misra, Aug 03, 2006)
Despite his party coming to his defence, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh’s book ‘A Call to Honour’ is turning out to be his Waterloo as the Left, along with the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, today moved a privilege . . .
- Nuclear Deal: Bjp Not Lukewarm To Resolution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The BJP will continue to make efforts for adopting a parliamentary resolution on the Indo-American nuclear deal, former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha said here on Tuesday.
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