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Government presses for passage of bills at LS BAC meeting, opposition kee
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): The government sought to give priority to the passage of five bills to replace ordinances in the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee of Lok Sabha on Monday while the opposition pressed for a discussion on various issues including price rise, protes
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Country needs new PM to know 'whole truth' about Rafale deal: Akhilesh Yad
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 7 (ANI): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said that the country will get to know the “whole truth” about the Rafale fighter deal only when there is a new Prime Minister, a day after the Centre told the
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Rafale deal: Rahul disapproves CAG report, asks why 'dissent note' by nego
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday refused to accept the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on the Rafale fighter deal, raising questions over various elements in it.
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Neither did any plane fly, nor did any earthquake happen: PM’s dig at Rahu
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): In his last speech in the 16th Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took potshots at Congress President Rahul Gandhi for his various gestures and comments made in the House during the last 5 years, including raking up of the Rafale fighter
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‘Dynast’ lords over 'sinking dynasty’ of Congress: Arun Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 12 (ANI): Hitting out at Congress party's allegations against the government on the Rafale fighter deal, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said the rival political party is spreading falsehood to sustain its "sinking dynasty."
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Rahul uses fresh media report to accuse PM of violating Official Secrets A
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 12 (ANI) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday used a fresh media report to allege that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had acted as a “middleman” for industrialist Anil Ambani in the Rafale fighter deal and accused him of violating the Official Secret
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Rahul uses fresh media report to accuse PM of violating Official Secrets A
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, Feb 12 (ANI) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday used a fresh media report to allege that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had acted as a “middleman” for industrialist Anil Ambani in the Rafale fighter deal and accused him of violating the Official Secrets Act (O
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Sibal charges current CAG Mehrishi with complicity in Rafale deal, warns b
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 10 (ANI): In a fresh blitzkrieg, Congress leader and former Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday charged the present Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Rajiv Mehrishi with complicity in Rafale fighter deal scam and also warned those bureaucrats who are 'sho
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Rafale issue: Sitharaman terms news item ‘distorted’, wonders if doubts ar
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, Feb 8 (ANI) A combative Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday termed as “incomplete” and “distorted” the news item published by a newspaper about “parallel negotiations” by the PMO in the Rafale fighter deal and wondered whether &ldqu
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PMO never intervened in Rafale negotiations, Defence Ministry note cited t
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Feb 8 (ANI): India’s chief negotiator for the Rafale fighter deal Air Marshal (retd) SBP Sinha on Friday asserted that the PMO had never intervened in the negotiations and alleged that a Defence Ministry note has been cited by a newspaper to “malign the excel
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Defence Ministry had not objected to pricing part in Rafale deal, says for
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): The Defence Ministry had given a dissent note to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) over sovereign guarantee aspect of the negotiations in the Rafale fighter deal but it had nothing to do with pricing issue, the then Defence Secretary G. Mohan Kumar sa
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Cong raking up Rafale issue because it does not want country’s security ap
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, Feb 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday slammed the Congress for repeatedly raking up the Rafale fighter deal issue, alleging that the main Opposition party does not want the Indian Air Force and the country’s security apparatus to be strong.
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