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PM Modi's Parliament speech was 'uncivilized': Pawar
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra), [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Parliament speech was uncivilized, said Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar here on Friday.
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Rahul questions PM Modi's silence on Rafale negotiations row
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being silent on the Defence Ministry note which was cited by the newspaper to allege that the PMO was holding “parallel negotiations” with the French side, say
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Rafale issue: Sitharaman terms news item ‘distorted’, wonders if doubts ar
Updated : 7 years, 1 month 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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Register FIR against PM Modi, others in Rafale deal : Sanjay Singh to CBI
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 8 (ANI): AAP leader, Sanjay Singh wrote a letter to the CBI requesting registration of an FIR in connection with the Rafale deal against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others involved in the purchase of the fighter jets.
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PMO never intervened in Rafale negotiations, Defence Ministry note cited t
Updated : 7 years, 1 month 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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Parrikar washed hands off Rafale deal to save his neck: Congress
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 8 (ANI): The Congress on Friday said that former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar “washed his hands off the deal” in order to save his neck.
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Mamata Banerjee calls PM Modi 'Mad-dy babu'
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "Mad-dy babu" and said that during elections Prime Minister Modi becomes a "chai wala" while after the polls in the country he becomes "Rafale wala".<
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Govt trying to cover up on Rafale, says Hindu Group Editor N Ram
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Chairman of The Hindu Group N Ram, who wrote about the then Defence Secretary Mohan Kumar's dissent note on Rafale fighter negotiation issue, said on Friday that the government was trying to "cover up" on the matter and asserted that he does not re
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Rafale chief negotiator deprecates attempts to malign deal
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India) Feb 8 (ANI): Former Air Marshal SBP Sinha, who headed the negotiations from the Indian side in the Rafale aircraft deal, on Friday deprecated attempts being made to malign the "excellent procurement" of the fighter planes that the government has initiated.
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PMO has something to hide, says former Defence Minister AK Antony
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India) Feb 8 (ANI): In the wake of the latest media report on the Rafale deal, veteran Congress leader and former Defence Minister A K Antony on Friday questioned whether the PMO had any "special interest" to push the contract.
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Defence Minister counters Rahul Gandhi's charges on Rafale deal in LS, Opp
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi, Feb 8 (ANI) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday rejected Congress President Rahul Gandhi's allegation based on a media report that claimed the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) ran parallel negotiations with France on the multi-billion Rafale fighter jet deal.
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Then French PM had written to Indian government backing the Rafale deal ob
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 8 (ANI): At a time when the government is facing backlash for not getting sovereign guarantee from France in the Rafale jet deal, it is emerging that the then French prime minister had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that their governme
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