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Rafale deal: BJP tears into Congress over Sanjay Bhandari's involvement
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 25 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday countered the Congress' allegations of foul play in the Rafale deal by cornering them over United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law, Robert Vadra and his associates Sanjay Bhandari's a
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Hollande, Rahul statements on Rafale have no credibility: Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 23 (ANI): Downplaying Congress allegations and former French President Francois Hollande's statement that the Indian Government played a role in finalizing Reliance Defence as Dassault Aviation's Offset partner, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said that som
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France 'did not choose Reliance in any way': Hollande
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Montreal [Canada], Sept 22 (ANI): Former French president Francois Hollande said that France did not choose to partner with Indian businessman Anil Ambani's company in "any way" and added that only Dassault can comment on the Rafale fighter jet deal.
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No role in selecting Indian partners for Rafale: France
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 22 (ANI): Spokesperson of France's Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs said that the French government had no role to play in choosing partner companies in India for the purpose of offsets contracts in the Rafale deal.
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'Deal with Reliance was Dassault Aviation's choice'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Saint-Cloud [France], Sep 22 (ANI): Confirming India's stand on the offsets agreement between Dassault Aviation and Reliance Group, the former, in a statement, reiterated that Reliance Group was chosen in compliance with the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2016 regulations.
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We did not have a choice, says ex-French President Hollande on Reliance ge
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Adding fuel to the ongoing Rafale controversy, former French President François Hollande in an interview to a media house said that Dassault Aviation was given no choice but to partner with Anil Ambani-led Reliance Defence for the offset clause in
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IAF deputy chief test-flies Rafale fighter jet
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 21 (ANI): Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar, test-flew the first Rafale fighter jet manufactured by Dassault Aviation for India. He flew the aircraft in France on Thursday to assess its efficiency.
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Rafale deal: Differences between HAL, Dassault led to collapse of talks
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 20 (ANI): Disagreements between Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Dassault Aviation led to the collapse of negotiations between the two in the Rafale fighter plane deal during the UPA term.
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Dassault, HAL couldn't go together: Sitharaman on Rafale deal
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 18 (ANI): Putting the blame on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for not concluding the Rafale deal in time, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday accused the Congress for keeping Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) out of the m
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Congress put national security at risk: Jaitley on Rafale
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday slammed the Congress party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) for stalling the Rafale deal and consequently putting India's national security at risk.
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Cong making truth a victim, compromising national security: Jaitley on Raf
Updated : 7 years, 6 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, 6 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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