Govt cancels tender to buy torpedos for Scorpene
The Government on Tuesday withdrew a tender for purchasing 98 torpedos for Scorpene submarines. The tender had been won by a subsidiary of the VVIP chopper scam tainted Italian firm Finmeccanica during the UPA-II tenure. Earlier, the Navy had termed the torpedos  as a "critical necessity" for the operation of Scorpene submarines, slated to be inducted in September.