French Rafale Deal

PM Modi France visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will focus on strengthening India-France ties in various domains including defence and space during his two-day visit to Paris.

France is ready to provide additional Rafale jets to India if it requires, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said while noting that the use of the same aircraft by the two strategic partners is a reflection of "real asset and strength" in ties.

NDTV has found more evidence that Indian agencies ignored allegations that French company Dassault may have paid crores of rupees to middlemen spanning both the BJP-led NDA 1.0 government and the Congress-led UPA.

French plane-maker Dassault paid early Rs 110 crore in bribes to a middleman to help secure the sale of Rafale fighter jets to India and Indian agencies failed to investigate it despite access to incriminating documents, French portal Mediapart said.

A day after a French judge ordered a probe into alleged "corruption and favouritism" in the Rs 59,000-crore Rafale deal with India, the Congress on Sunday hit out at the Narendra Modi government over its silence on the matter.

The controversy over the Rafale jet deal has resurfaced with the Congress party seeking a joint parliamentary committee investigation after a French judge has been appointed to lead a "highly sensitive" judicial probe.

An Indian firm on Tuesday said it supplied 50 replicas of Rafale aircraft to its maker Dassault Aviation, a day after a fresh controversy erupted over the fighter jets' deal following a French media report.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has demanded an enquiry into the Rafale fighter jet deal after a French media report claimed that Euro 1.1 million was paid to a "middleman" by the aircraft manufacturer.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today slammed the government over the Rafale fighter jet deal, saying karma is the ledger of one's action and no one can escape it.

Dassault, the manufacturer of French fighter jet Rafale, paid one million Euro to a middleman in India just after the India-France deal for 36 Rafales was signed, French publication "Mediapart" alleges citing an investigation by the country's anti-co

Congress leader P Chidambaram this morning attacked the government after the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in a report, called for a review of the Defence Ministry's policy for offsets over the Rs 58,000-crore Rafale deal with French firm Dassault Aviation. The French firm is yet to transfer technical assistance to India as a part...

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has sharply criticised the Defence Ministry's policy for offsets, which also governs the deal with France for 36 Rafale jets made by Dassault Aviation. The French firm has so far not made good on its offset obligation to the Defence Research and Development Organisation, the national auditor said in a re...

The first batch of five Rafale jets flew out of France today and will arrive in India on Wednesday, July 29, when the fighter jets will officially be inducted and join the Indian Air Force fleet in Haryana's Ambala. The fighter jets, built by French aviation firm Dassault, took off from the Merignac airbase in southern France's Bordeaux today.

India has been handed over three Rafale fighter jets by Dassault, the French company which manufactures the multi-role combat aircraft, the centre told parliament on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court today dismissed petitions seeking a review of its verdictrefusing a CBI investigation into the Rafale fighter jet deal with French firm Dassault Aviation and giving the government a clean chit.

PM Modi France visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will focus on strengthening India-France ties in various domains including defence and space during his two-day visit to Paris.

France is ready to provide additional Rafale jets to India if it requires, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said while noting that the use of the same aircraft by the two strategic partners is a reflection of "real asset and strength" in ties.

NDTV has found more evidence that Indian agencies ignored allegations that French company Dassault may have paid crores of rupees to middlemen spanning both the BJP-led NDA 1.0 government and the Congress-led UPA.

French plane-maker Dassault paid early Rs 110 crore in bribes to a middleman to help secure the sale of Rafale fighter jets to India and Indian agencies failed to investigate it despite access to incriminating documents, French portal Mediapart said.

A day after a French judge ordered a probe into alleged "corruption and favouritism" in the Rs 59,000-crore Rafale deal with India, the Congress on Sunday hit out at the Narendra Modi government over its silence on the matter.

The controversy over the Rafale jet deal has resurfaced with the Congress party seeking a joint parliamentary committee investigation after a French judge has been appointed to lead a "highly sensitive" judicial probe.

An Indian firm on Tuesday said it supplied 50 replicas of Rafale aircraft to its maker Dassault Aviation, a day after a fresh controversy erupted over the fighter jets' deal following a French media report.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has demanded an enquiry into the Rafale fighter jet deal after a French media report claimed that Euro 1.1 million was paid to a "middleman" by the aircraft manufacturer.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today slammed the government over the Rafale fighter jet deal, saying karma is the ledger of one's action and no one can escape it.

Dassault, the manufacturer of French fighter jet Rafale, paid one million Euro to a middleman in India just after the India-France deal for 36 Rafales was signed, French publication "Mediapart" alleges citing an investigation by the country's anti-co

Congress leader P Chidambaram this morning attacked the government after the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in a report, called for a review of the Defence Ministry's policy for offsets over the Rs 58,000-crore Rafale deal with French firm Dassault Aviation. The French firm is yet to transfer technical assistance to India as a part...

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has sharply criticised the Defence Ministry's policy for offsets, which also governs the deal with France for 36 Rafale jets made by Dassault Aviation. The French firm has so far not made good on its offset obligation to the Defence Research and Development Organisation, the national auditor said in a re...

The first batch of five Rafale jets flew out of France today and will arrive in India on Wednesday, July 29, when the fighter jets will officially be inducted and join the Indian Air Force fleet in Haryana's Ambala. The fighter jets, built by French aviation firm Dassault, took off from the Merignac airbase in southern France's Bordeaux today.

India has been handed over three Rafale fighter jets by Dassault, the French company which manufactures the multi-role combat aircraft, the centre told parliament on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court today dismissed petitions seeking a review of its verdictrefusing a CBI investigation into the Rafale fighter jet deal with French firm Dassault Aviation and giving the government a clean chit.