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Congress has a poor record on defence deals: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 2 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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Sinha, Shourie, Bhushan seek CBI probe into Rafale deal
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court was on Wednesday informed by former union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and senior advocate Prashant Bhushan that the decision making process for acquisition of 36 Rafale aircrafts and the consequent increase in price and grant o
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Rafale hearing: Vice Air Marshal appears in SC
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI): Air Vice Marshal T Chalapathi of Indian Air Force appeared before the Supreme Court along with other senior officers on Wednesday, after the Chief Justice demanded the presence of seniors from Indian Air Force to answer queries on Rafale aircraft,
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Rafale jet deal: Centre submits decision-making process before SC
Updated : 7 years, 4 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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Dassault 'freely' chose Reliance for Rafale partnership
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], Oct 11 (ANI): Dassault Aviation clarified on Wednesday that it had "freely chosen" India's Reliance Group for a partnership to set up joint-venture Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd (DRAL) to manufacture parts for Rafale
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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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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
Ananth Kumar hits out at Congress for moving Privilege Motion
Updated : 7 years, 7 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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France refutes Rahul's claims on Rafale secrecy clause
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 20 (ANI) Hours after Congress president Rahul Gandhi claimed that he had met French President and talked about the secrecy clause in the Rafale fighters deal, France on Friday asserted that the security agreement of 2008 in this regard legally binds the two nations
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Modi Govt compromising national security: Congress
Updated : 8 years 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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Navy chief in France to explore new avenues of defence cooperation
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Nov. 6 (ANI): Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba is in France on an official visit to consolidate cooperation between the armed forces of both India and France and also to explore new avenues of defence cooperation.
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