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Rajnath Singh to visit France on Dussehra to receive Rafale, may fly sorti
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit France to receive Rafale fighter jets on October 8- The Air Force Day and Dussehra. Though the planes would officially be inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) with the Defence Minister's visit, they would start
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IAF receives first Rafale combat aircraft in France
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bordeaux (France), Sep 20 (ANI): Moving a step closer towards operating the Rafale combat aircraft, the Indian Air Force on Thursday received the first Rafale combat aircraft at the Dassault Aviation manufacturing facility here.
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IAF Chief to 'resurrect' Rafale Squadron at Ambala tomorrow
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 9 (ANI): Weeks before accepting the Rafale fighter jets, Indian Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa on Tuesday will resurrect the 17 Squadron, which will be the first unit to operate the French-origin fighters in the force.
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Defence Minister, IAF chief to visit France to receive first Indian Rafale
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa are scheduled to receive the first Rafale fighter jet manufactured by French firm Dassault Aviation for India on September 20.
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Railway engineers make scale-down model of Rafale from scrap
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 13 (ANI): Railway engineers have made a scale -down model of a Rafale fighter jet from scrap material in the workshop. The model not only resembles the actual jet but also emits sound somewhat similar to it.
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Rafale's capabilities are twice that of Mirage 2000: Air Marshal R Nambiar
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jun 24 (ANI): The capabilities of the Rafale fighter jet are twice that of the Mirage 2000 warplane, Air Marshal R Nambiar, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command, said on Monday.
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SC issues notice to Centre on Rafale review petitions
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), Apr 30 (ANI): Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a formal notice to Centre on review petitions filed against its December 14 judgment on Rafale deal in which it had refused to order a probe into the deal of procuring 36 Rafale fighter jets from France.
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PM Modi failed to fulfill promises made to poor, farmers, tribals: Rahul G
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Dungarpur (Rajasthan) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not doing enough for the farmers, poor and tribals in the last five years. for several years.
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Le Monde report on Anil Ambani's French firm: Cong sharpens attack; MoD, R
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Apr 13 (ANI): Stepping up its attack on the BJP-led government, the Congress on Saturday accused Anil Ambani's Reliance for getting special benefit from the French government in the form of the tax settlement days after the deal for the Rafale fighter jets was signed. Read More
Our pilots flying MiG as Cong delayed acquiring Rafale jets, says Union Mi
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 10 (ANI): Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that because of the "delay" in acquiring Rafale fighter jets by the Congress party, the Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots have to fly "MiG" fighter planes.
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EC halts release of book on Rafale deal, cites 'violation' of MCC
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) has reportedly halted the release of a book on the controversial Rafale fighter jets deal, citing an apparent violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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Parrikar is the 'first victim' of Rafale deal, says NCP leader Jitendra Aw
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Jitendra Awhad opined that late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was the "first victim" of the Rafale fighter jet deal.
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