Parrikar scraps ₹1,000 cr arms deal amid corruption reports
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has cancelled a ₹1,000 crore rifles deal to procure 45,000 rifles from an Israeli firm amid allegations of corruption in the acquisition process, reports said.  A Defence Ministry official said the Army has been asked to restart the process. Notably, Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh had earlier sought a CBI probe in the matter.