Tag: Rafale Deal

Bhubaneswar: As Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik landed in Surat today for the first time in 19 years, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani who was in Bhubaneswar to attend a presser on Rafale deal, took a jibe at Naveen Patnaik stating that the CM’s visit to meet Odias residing in Gujarat after 19 years is politically-motivated. […]

Bhubaneswar: Gujarat Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Central government and the BJD-led Odisha government alleging that there is a secret nexus between both the parties. Targeting the ruling-BJD during a public meeting at Swadhinata Sangrami Ground in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday, Jignesh alleged that the Odisha government failed to provide […]

New Delhi: Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday described him as a “darpok” (coward) and dared him to a five minute face-to-face debate on issues such as Rafale and national security. Addressing his party’s minority department convention here, Gandhi also alleged that the RSS was trying […]

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was on Friday adjourned for the day amid ruckus soon after the House met for the day. The opposition MPs had given notices under Rule 267 (Suspension of Business) to discuss the Rafale deal and the 13-point roster in university appointments. Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu rejected both notices. This led […]

New Delhi: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday hit out at the Congress over its attack on the government on the Rafale fighter jet deal, saying the party is flogging a dead horse to keep the issue alive. Her remarks came in the Lok Sabha after the Congress and other opposition parties created pandemonium over […]

New Delhi:The Congress on Monday said the Rafale deal is “unravelling” faster than the government thought, with issues such as “parallel negotiations” by the PMO and changes in the standard defence procurement procedure coming to the fore. The opposition party’s attack on the government came after a report in The Hindu newspaper claimed that the […]

New Delhi: Expressing support for Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s daylong fast, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had stolen from the people of the state and given the money to industrialist Anil Ambani. The TDP president is on a fast here demanding that the Centre fulfil all […]

New Delhi: The BJP Tuesday dismissed Rahul Gandhi’s allegations against Narendra Modi on the Rafale jet deal as height of shamelessness and irresponsibility, and asserted that the e-mail he cited to criticise the prime minister referred to some chopper deal and not the purchase of the fighter aircraft. Senior party leader and Union minister Ravi […]

New Delhi: Soon after the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) tabled its report on the Rafale fighter jet deal with France in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday took a swipe at the Opposition parties saying that “truth shall prevail” and the report reaffirms the dictum. “Satyameva Jayate – the truth shall […]

New Delhi: Dismissing the CAG report on the Rafale jet deal as worthless, Congress leader P. Chidambaram said here on Thursday it was presented deliberately on the last day of the budget session of Parliament to escape the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) scrutiny. “The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has meekly submitted to the unprecedented […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought to clear the air over alleged delay in the hearing of petitions seeking the review of its judgment on controversial Rafale deal as it pointed to the defective petitions filed seeking the review. “Defective petitions are filed and then we are blamed,” Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi sitting […]

New Delhi: A leading European arms manufacturer MBDA, which supplies missiles for the Rafale jets, has come under the scanner of probe agencies here for its suspected links with lobbyist Deepak Talwar, who was extradited from Dubai last month. The country head of MBDA, Loic Piedevache, has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate to appear […]

New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday told the court that documents related to Rafale that have appeared in the media and cited by petitioners seeking a recall of the December 14 ruling giving a clean chit to the government on the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets were privileged documents stolen from the Defence Ministry. Referring […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday received its order on the government’s plea claiming privilege over the documents filed by petitioners – former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, journalist-turned politician Arun Shourie and activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan – in connection with the Rafale case. After an hour-long hearing, the bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court in an unanimous judgment on Wednesday rejected the preliminary objections raised by the central government, as a result the Rafale review petitions will now be heard on merits. The court will look into the documents published.