Rafale deal: SC seeks steps in decision making process but won't get into pricing
Oct 10, 2018, at 12:17 pm
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IBNS): Amid massive row over the buying of 36 fighter jets from France by India, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the central government to provide details of the steps taken in the decision making process of Rafale deal, media reports said.
Appealed to Modi to waive farm loans but he was silent: Rahul Gandhi in Rajasthan
Oct 09, 2018, at 01:28 pm
Dholpur, Oct 9 (IBNS): Trying to reach out to the peasants of poll-bound Rajasthan, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he had appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to waive farm loans only to get silence as a response.
Rafale will be a game changer: Air Force Chief
Oct 03, 2018, at 03:07 pm
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IBNS): Defending the Rafale deal over a massive political row, Air Force Chief Birender Singh Dhanoa on Wednesday said the Rafale fighter jets will be a game changer, media reports said.
Sep 25, 2018, at 04:40 pm
New Delhi, Sept 25 (IBNS): Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the Indian leader has taken Rs 30,000 crore from the pockets of soldiers and martyrs and put it in the pocket of businessman Anil Ambani.
Rahul Gandhi attacks 'chowkidar' Narendra Modi over Rafale in Amethi
Sep 24, 2018, at 06:53 pm
Amethi, Sept 24 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi renewed his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who called himself a "chowkidar (watchman)" ahead of 2014 General Elections, over the controversial Rafale deal in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, on Monday, media reports said.
Congress trying to make Rafale an issue to do politics: BJP
Sep 24, 2018, at 06:12 pm
New Delhi, Sept 24 (IBNS): Continuing the attacks on the Congress over the controversial Rafale deal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said the opposition outfit is trying to make an issue out of the deal of buying 36 fighter jets only to do politics.
Rafale deal: Nirmala Sitharaman to launch nationwide campaign 'to fight perception battle'
Sep 24, 2018, at 05:44 pm
New Delhi, Sept 24 (IBNS): Upping the ante against the Congress over the Rafale controversy, Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said she will launch a nationwide campaign "to fight the perception battle", media reports said.
Truth cannot have two versions: Arun Jaitley questions ex- French President Hollande on Rafale
Sep 23, 2018, at 06:17 pm
New Delhi, Sept 23 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday negated Congress President Rahul Gandhi's remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Rafale deal and questioned ex-French President Francois Hollande's remarks on the issue.
Rafale Deal: Ravi Shankar Prasad slams Rahul Gandhi over comments against Modi
Sep 22, 2018, at 06:34 pm
New Delhi, Sept 22 (IBNS): BJP leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his remarks against Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal and said no party president has ever used such a language against the PM.
Why is Modi silent: Rahul Gandhi targets PM on ex-French President Hollande's claims
Sep 22, 2018, at 03:33 pm
New Delhi, Sept 22 (IBNS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and questioned his silence over the claims made by ex-French President Francois Hollande over the Rafale deal.
Rafale deal : Francois Hollande stands by his statement
Sep 22, 2018, at 03:18 pm
New Delhi, Sept 22 (IBNS) : FrancoisHollande, the former French president who dropped a bombshell on Friday by saying that the India government proposed Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence as the India partner for the 36 Rafale jets deal, has told NDTV that he stands by his statement.
Modi betrayed martyred soldiers' blood: Rahul Gandhi on ex-French Prez's Rafale statement
Sep 22, 2018, at 12:14 pm
New Delhi, Sept 22 (IBNS): Launching a fresh attack on Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Prime Minister has betrayed martyred soldiers' blood by allegedly asking the French government to nominate Indian industrialist Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence Industries as its partner in buying 36 fighter jets, a claim made by ex-French President Francois Hollande.
French ex-Prez's Rafale statement: Yechury attacks Modi govt for its alleged corruption
Sep 22, 2018, at 11:44 am
New Delhi, Sept 22 (IBNS): A day after former French President Francois Hollande's statement over Rafale deal, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre of having an involvement in corruption.
Not involved in the choice of Indian partners for Rafale deal: French government
Sep 22, 2018, at 07:06 am
New Delhi/Paris, Sept 22 (IBNS): A day when ex- French President Francois Hollande said that the Indian government had asked the French government to nominate Indian industrialist Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence Industries as its partner in the Rafale deal, the European nation on Friday clarified that they were not involved in the choice of Indian industrial partners.
Indian govt wanted Anil Ambani as Rafale partner, says ex- French President Hollande
Sep 21, 2018, at 08:15 pm
Paris/New Delhi, Sept 21 ( IBNS): In a major development, ex- French President Francois Hollande has said that the Indian government had asked the French government to nominate Indian industrialist Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence Industries as its partner in the Rafale deal.
Nirmala Sitharaman caught of lying on Rafale deal, must resign: Rahul
Sep 20, 2018, at 09:33 pm
New Delhi, Sept 20 (IBNS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of "lying" on HAL's capability to build the Rafale aircraft and demanded her to resign.
Modi govt lied on India-specific enhancement in Rafale deal: Congress
Sep 09, 2018, at 11:10 am
New Delhi, Sept 9 (IBNS): Targeting the Centre once again, the Congress party has claimed that lies of the Narendra Modi government in the Rs. 41,0000 crore Rafale scam stand exposed.
Will PM Modi share details of Rafale deal with nation? Asks Congress leader Mukul Wasnik
Sep 03, 2018, at 09:15 pm
Guwahati, Sept 3 (IBNS): Former Union Minister and All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Mukul Wasnik on Monday slammed the Centre for starting crony capitalism in the country by giving offset contract to PM Narendra Modi’s "favourite industrialist" to procure Rafale fighter aircraft.
Rafale deal : Subramanian Swamy hits back at Rahul Gandhi
Sep 01, 2018, at 10:40 pm
Guwahati, Sep 1 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Subramanian Swamy on Saturday took a jibe at Congress president Rahul Gandhi after the latter alleged that the saffron party-led government had changed the Rafale deal to favour industrialist.
Rafale row: Rahul attacks PM Modi, calls deal 'Globalised corruption'
Aug 31, 2018, at 08:20 pm
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IBNS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again over the Rafale deal and called the same a 'globalised corruption.'
Rafale deal: Anil Ambani files Rs.5000 crore defamation suit against National Herald
Aug 26, 2018, at 11:29 am
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): Anil Ambani's Reliance Group has filed a Rs. 5000-crore defamation suit against the National Herald, which is owned by the Congress for an article on the Rafale deal, media reports said.
Chidambaram accuses Modi govt of ignoring defence procurement procedure in Rafale deal
Aug 25, 2018, at 06:07 pm
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IBNS): Hitting out at the BJP government at the Centre over Rafale deal, Congress parliamentarian and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday demanded a public debate and detailed inquiry into the multi-crore defence deal.
Congress misinformed, misled over Rafale deal: Anil Ambani writes to Rahul
Aug 20, 2018, at 11:03 pm
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IBNS): Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani has written to Congress President Rahul Gandhi over allegations regarding the Rafale fighter jet deal and said his party has been 'misinformed, misdirected and misled by malicious vested interests and corporate rivals.'
Rahul harps on Rafale deal scam in Bidar, says PM personally involved
Aug 13, 2018, at 02:38 pm
Bidar, Aug 13 (IBNS) : Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being personally involved in the alleged Rafale deal scam, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre.
Opposition demands Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe Rafale Deal
Aug 10, 2018, at 12:35 pm
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IBNS): Taking on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government, the Opposition on Friday demanded the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe into the buying of 36 fighter jets from France or Rafale deal, which the Congress called a scam by the Centre, media reports said.
Rafale deal scandal bigger than Bofors: Arun Shourie and Yashwant Sinha
Aug 09, 2018, at 01:44 pm
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IBNS): Putting the Narendra Modi Government on the dock for the Rs. 58,000-crore Rafale deal with France, two former union ministers and BJP veterans-Arun Shourie and Yashwant Sinha- on Wednesday said it was a scandal bigger than Bofors and even the "biggest India has ever seen."
Not a grain of truth in fresh allegations regarding Rafale deal: Arun Jaitley
Aug 08, 2018, at 11:55 pm
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IBNS): Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said there is "not a grain of truth in the wild allegations repeated today," by the oppositions regarding the the 2016 Inter-Governmental Agreement for the procurement of Rafale fighter aircraft.
Congress discusses Rafale deal in working committee's meeting
Aug 04, 2018, at 08:50 pm
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IBNS): One of the key issues which popped up in the Congress Working Committee (CWC)'s meeting on Saturday was the Rafale deal, which has been marred into a massive controversy.
BJP men threatening journalists for reporting on Rafale deal, alleges Rahul Gandhi
Jul 30, 2018, at 07:10 pm
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): Launching an attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that journalists are receiving threats from people belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which rules the Centre, for reporting on the deal of buying fighter jets from France.
Congress framing fake Rafael controversy: Jaitley
Jul 24, 2018, at 07:22 pm
New Delhi, July 24 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the Congress was framing 'fake Rafale controversy' and said it is facing challenges as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading a scam free government since 2014.