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No role in selecting Indian partners for Rafale: France
Updated : 7 years, 6 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, 6 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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PM betrayed India on Rafale deal, dishonoured our soldiers' blood: Rahul
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Thanking former French President François Hollande over his statement on the controversial Rafale deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has betrayed India, and has dishonoured the blood of our soldiers.
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We did not have a choice, says ex-French President Hollande on Reliance ge
Updated : 7 years, 6 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, 6 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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Rahul calls PM 'chor,' draws flak from BJP
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Dungarpur (Rajasthan) [India], Sept 20 (ANI): Citing examples of the controversial Rafale deal and fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and coined a new slogan, 'Gali gali mein shor hai, Hindustan ka chowkidar
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Rafale deal: Differences between HAL, Dassault led to collapse of talks
Updated : 7 years, 6 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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Falsehood of a 'Clown Prince': Jaitley tears into Rahul over Rafale, NPAs
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 20 (ANI): Citing examples of controversial Rafale deal and Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi stating that his strategy is to "concoct a lie and repeat it as many tim
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Startling how PM Modi is sidestepping questions on Rafale deal: Congress
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana), Sep 19 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said the manner in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has repeatedly sidestepped questions on the Rafale deal is "startling."
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Congress urges CAG to probe 'irregularities' in Rafale deal
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 19 (ANI): A delegation of Congress leaders has handed over a detailed memorandum to Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Rajiv Mehrishi, over the Rafale deal and urged him to expedite investigation in to the alleged multi-crore scam.
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Congress delegation to meet CAG over Rafale deal
Updated : 7 years, 6 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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Dassault, HAL couldn't go together: Sitharaman on Rafale deal
Updated : 7 years, 6 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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