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Rahul not accepting Secrecy Clause in Rafale deal: Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that the Government of India showed the Secrecy Clause in the 2016 Rafale deal in Parliament, but Congress President Rahul Gandhi has refused to accept it. He asserted that Congress allegations on the g
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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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Cong trying to manufacture a controversy: Jaitley on Rafale vs Bofors
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that the Congress party is trying to manufacture a controversy by bringing up the Rafale issue to hide the Bofors scam that took place during their governance.
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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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NDA got Rafale jets 20% cheaper than UPA: Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Clearing the air on the Rafale deal, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that the present NDA government has negotiated hard to keep prices down by at least 20 per cent for each aircraft as per 2016 deal, compared to that of the UPA in 2007. Read More
Bhima Koregaon: SC to hear activists arrest matter today
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Eminent personalities like Romila Thapar, Prabhat Patnaik, Satish Deshpande and Maya Darnall, along with others, moved the Supreme Court against the arrest of human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj and former PUDR secretary Gautam Navlakha over an alleged connec
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Govt announces regulations for drones
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28, (ANI): In a bid to regulate the drone usage in India, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has announced certain norms to ensure these do not pose a security problem.
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Air India pilot relocated after sexual harassment claims
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI): National carrier Air India on Monday took action against a senior pilot for allegedly sexually harassing a hostess of the same flight. He has been "relocated" from the post of General Manager In-flight service (IFS).
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India's first Biofuel flight takes off
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): India's first Biofuel-powered flight was successfully tested for domestic operations on Monday between Dehradun and New Delhi. The Bio-fuel is expected to reduce India's dependency on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) and help bring down air fares.
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Curfew imposed in Nepal's Kanchanpur after child dies in firing
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhimduttanagar (Kanchanpur) [Nepal], August 25 (ANI): An indefinite curfew has been imposed in Kanchanpur District of Far Western Nepal since Friday night, after a child was killed in an open firing by the police.
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Suresh Prabhu directs DGCA to submit report on grounding of A320 Neos
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) August 24 (ANI): Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday directed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to submit a report on grounding of A320 Neos. He said security of the passengers is of paramount importance and should not be compromised at any cost.
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Asian Games: Prajnesh Prabhakaran gets bronze, Prannoy crashes out
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 24 (ANI): India on Friday won their fourteenth bronze medal in the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games as Prajnesh Prabhakaran lost his semi-final clash against Kantaphon Wangcharoen of Thailand in Men's Singles event of Tennis.
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