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Location of C-295 production facility yet to be finalised, aircraft projec
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI) An official of the Tata group, which is partnering with Airbus in the C-295 transport aircraft deal for the Indian Air Force, said they were yet to finalise the location of the manufacturing facility for the first-ever aerospace manufacturing project awa
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CAG pulls up Dassault, MBDA for not fulfilling offset obligations in Rafal
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), September 23 (ANI): In a significant development, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) pulled up French firms, Dassault Aviation and MBDA, for not fulfilling their offset obligations in the Rs 60,000 crore Rafale aircraft deal to transfer high-end technology to Defenc
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Rahul Gandhi, agent of Airbus : Prakash Javadekar
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 12 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday alleged that Congress president Rahul Gandhi is an agent of the multinational company Airbus and his sole agenda was to cancel the Rafale aircraft deal.
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Rafale chief negotiator deprecates attempts to malign deal
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Feb 8 (ANI): Former Air Marshal SBP Sinha, who headed the negotiations from the Indian side in the Rafale aircraft deal, on Friday deprecated attempts being made to malign the "excellent procurement" of the fighter planes that the government has initiated.
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Opposition parties trying to sabotage Rafale deal, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday attacked the opposition parties for allegedly trying to sabotage the high profile Rafale combat aircraft deal questioning whether these parties were becoming pawns in the hands of international corporate riva
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Congress has a poor record on defence deals: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Raibareli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Just days after the Supreme Court dismissed all petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the alleged irregularities in Rafale aircraft deal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi-led Congress saying that the
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Rafale jet deal: Centre submits decision-making process before SC
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12 (ANI): The union government on Monday submitted details of its decision-making process in the Rafale aircraft deal to the Supreme Court. In its affidavit, the government said that all the requisite steps as per the requirement of Defence Procurement Procedure 2013 w
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Congress delegation to meet CAG over Rafale deal
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 19 (ANI): The Congress delegation will meet Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on Wednesday to seek a probe into the alleged irregularities in the high-profile Rafale fighter aircraft deal.
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Cong making truth a victim, compromising national security: Jaitley on Raf
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday in an exclusive interview to ANI clarified confusions posed due to allegations on the Rafale aircraft deal saying the government has maintained complete transparency in the matter and the negotiations have helped
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Rafale is G-to-G deal, offset not related to contract: Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Coming out strongly to defend his government over charges of crony capitalism and favouring a private company in the Rafale aircraft deal, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that it was a government to government deal and no third party was in
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Ananth Kumar hits out at Congress for moving Privilege Motion
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar today took a dig at Congress President Rahul Gandhi following the Opposition's decision to move a Privilege Motion against PM Narendra Modi and defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman for allegedly misleading the lo
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Modi Govt compromising national security: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] March 9 (ANI): The Congress Party on Friday charged that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was jeopardising the national security by cancelling the United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) Rafale aircraft deal.
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