Procurements during ordnance board ex-chief’s tenure under scanner

September 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Coming down heavily on state police chiefs for arbitrarily transferring senior officers, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Monday that many police personnel had been reduced to footballs, being kicked from one post to the other.

September 1st, 2009 PANAJI - Ninety-one out of the 103 operators of leased mines in Goa are under the government scanner for possible violation of environmental norms, a senior official said Tuesday. Of these, 78 operators had been issued notices to submit official documentation and details of clearances submitted to the environment and forest ministry, said Goa State Pollution Control Board chairman Simon de Souza.

August 17th, 2009 Analogic gets funding from TSA for scanner systemPEABODY, Mass. — Imaging equipment maker Analogic Corp.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A corruption case involving an Israeli firm and a former head of Nalanda ordnance factory has delayed the plans to set up the munitions manufacturing unit in Bihar, parliament was told Monday. India's 40th ordnance factory at Rajgir in Bihar was to be set up jointly with Israel Military Industries (IMI), which is under the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) scanner for the bribery case.

July 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The defence ministry has sought advice from the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and the law ministry on further dealings with the seven foreign armament companies, including an Israeli firm and a Singaporean gun manufacturer, blacklisted on suspicion of thier involvement in payoffs. The ministry has also written to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for further evidence in the case.

June 18th, 2009 Mo. board revises training camp deal for ChiefsJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri officials have approved a deal to bring the Kansas City Chiefs training camp back to Missouri for at least 10 years.

June 16th, 2009 US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,313As of Monday, June 15, 2009, at least 4,313 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

June 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The blacklisting of an Israeli armaments' firm and six other companies on corruption charges will adversely impact the modernisation drive of the Indian armed forces as finding alternative suppliers could prove difficult, officials say. All dealings with Israeli Military Industries (IMI) were temporarily put on hold June 5 after its name surfaced in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case against the retired chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board Sudipta Ghosh.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India has blacklisted seven defence companies, including Israeli Military Industries and three Indian companies, figuring in a corruption case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and has "put on hold" all the deals with them. "Taking a tough stand against corruption, Defence Minister A.K.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Defence Minister A K Antony on Thursday said that he was 'anxious' to get timely delivery of defence procurements as it controls rise in costs, and wants suppliers to fulfil their commitment in time. "I conveyed my anxieties to both of them, Israeli and Russian ambassadors, here that they will deliver the remaining two AWACS in time.

May 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - To tackle corruption in defence deals and to bring transparency in defence procurements, Defence Minister A K Antony on Wedneday said the government will not hesitate to cancel contracts "if there is malpractice" in procurements. Antony addressing a seminar told the army officers and industry representatives that the government would not tolerate "wheeling dealing or corruption".

May 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In the toughest ever message yet to be issued by a Defence Minister to stem corruption in armed forces procurements, A K Antony today said the Government "would not hesitate to ruthlessly cancel contracts," if malpractices are found in any acquisition. Antony asked organisations such as the CII and the FICCI, etc to help the government to maintain transparency and integrity in defence contracts, and added that the government would not tolerate "wheeling dealing or corruption." "We are determined that we need procurements, (but) we cannot compromise on transparency.

April 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Close on the heels of a $2 billion missile deal with the Israeli Aerospace Industry (IAI), India has signed yet another deal with an Israeli defence company to build a munition factory in Bihar forgoing the mandatory offset clause, a senior official said. The Rs.12 billion/$240 million deal with the Israel Military Industries Ltd.

March 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Ending six months' uncertainty, Devi Singh Monday resumed charge as the director of the Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow (IIM-L) for the second consecutive time. The IIM-L did not have a full-time director since Singh's first term came to an end Aug 24, 2008 due to disagreements between the IIM-L board of governors and the human resource development ministry over giving him a second term.

January 13th, 2009 PATNA - Work at the Nalanda ordnance factory in Bihar has got underway after a four-year delay, an official said here. The original plan to start the factory to make propellants for heavy calibre artillery to be used in Bofors guns, was scuppered as its partner firm got embroiled in corruption charges.