New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday filed another affidavit in the Supreme Court in the Rafale deal against the perjury plea of the petitioners seeking a review, claiming the mismatch between a certain portion of the judgement pronounced on December 14, 2018, about its submissions on the CAG report, is not a major error and […]
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Talk about AgustaWestland before Rafale: Nirmala Sitharaman to Congress
Kolkata: Attacking the Congress for raising questions on the Rafale deal, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the opposition party must first give answers on the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal and Backops before talking about the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the fighter jet deal. “The Supreme Court has given […]
Rafale Deal: Centre terms review petitions abuse of legal process
New Delhi: The Centre on Saturday filed a fresh affidavit in Rafale deal in the Supreme Court seeking the application of review of the deal “ought to be dismissed with exemplary costs” as it signifies “complete misuse and abuse of the legal process”. The Centre expressed its commitment to provide the top court any document, […]
Rafale: Congress to order probe ‘after coming to power on May 23’
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP-led Central government of “misleading” the Supreme Court over Rafale fighter jets deal and said “after the party returns to power on May 23”, it will order a JPC probe into it. Insisting that investigation is required to book “the real culprits” […]
PM scared of probe into Rafale deal, says Rahul
Karandighi (West Bengal): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not able to deliver his speeches properly as he was worried about going to jail, since the opposition party raised the “Rafale issue”. “Have you seen the appearance of the ‘Chowkidar’? His face has been worn out. He is […]
Opposition slams Modi over SC Rafale judgment
New Delhi: The opposition on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Rafale fighter jets deal after the Supreme Court rejected the Centre’s preliminary objections on the use of three documents and allowed review petitions to be heard on merit. Soon after the apex court’s judgement allowing documents filed by former Finance Minister Yashwant […]
Will probe Rafale deal if voted to power: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday promised that if the party is voted to power it will probe the controversial defence deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets signed by the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Dassault Aviation. “Congress will enforce anti-corruption laws without discrimination…,” the party manifesto said. It will investigate several […]
Rafale documents are stolen, AG tells SC
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that documents related to Rafale deal that have appeared in the media and were cited by those seeking a recall of the December 14 ruling giving a clean chit to the government on the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets were confidential papers stolen from […]
No scandal in Rafale deal: Dassault CEO Eric Trappier
Bengaluru : Dassault Aviation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Eric Trappier on Wednesday said that there was “no scandal” in the 36 Rafale fighter aircraft deal between India and France and added that if India needed more jets, his firm would be happy to deliver them. “There is no scandal vis-a-vis Rafale. We had a request […]
CAG: NDA’s Rafale deal 2.86 per cent cheaper but acquisition system not effective
New Delhi : In a relief to the government ahead of Lok Sabha polls, the much-awaited Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found that the deal signed by the NDA regime in 2016 for 36 fighter jets was 2.86 per cent lower than the price negotiated by the UPA for 126 aircraft but felt that […]