Rafale

"No Money Was Given To Any Bhai": Nirmala Sitharaman On Rafale Deal

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 16, 2019

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the offset contract of Rafale fighter jet deal will help train and skill youth in India, and no money was given to any ''bhai''.

Indian Pilots Fly Rafale Jets At Indo-French Joint Exercise

India News | ANI | Saturday July 13, 2019

With the first delivery of the Rafale fighter jet to New Delhi just a couple of months away, Indian pilots flew the aircraft in France this week, at a tactical exercise between the two countries, held at Mont-de-Marsan. The Chief of Staff of the French Air Force described the pilots of the two countries flying the jet as "amazing".

Air Force Vice Chief Flies Rafale, Warns Of "Potent" Pairing With Sukhoi

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Friday July 12, 2019

Vice Chief Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria said the combination of the Su-30MKI and the Rafale represented a "potent combination" and said India's enemies would be worried about such a combination

First Rafale To Be Delivered In 2 Months: French Ambassador

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 6, 2019

French Ambassador to India Alexandre Ziegler Friday said the first Rafale fighter aircraft will be delivered within two months and it will be "perfectly on time".

Probe Underway: French Envoy On Break-In At IAF's Office Handling Rafale

India News | ANI | Sunday June 30, 2019

French ambassador to India Alexandre Ziegler on Saturday said the investigation into a possible data theft during the break-in into the Rafale project management team office in Paris is still underway.

Supreme Court Ruling On Sensitive Cases Like Ayodhya, Rafale After July 1

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 29, 2019

Upon reopening on July 1 after a six-week summer vacation, the Supreme Court will deal with very sensitive issues, including the Ayodhya land dispute, review petitions in the Rafale case and the contempt case against Rahul Gandhi for wrongly attributing his "chowkidar chor hai" slogan to the top court.

No Data Stolen From IAF's Paris Office Handling Rafale Jets: Report

India News | ANI | Saturday June 29, 2019

No data has been stolen from the computers of the Indian Air Force (IAF) Rafale project team office in Paris where there was a break in last month, a cyber forensic team has found during its probe.

HAL Workers Go On Indefinite Relay Hunger Strike Over Wages

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Wednesday June 26, 2019

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, which was in the news recently with debates over whether the public sector company was denied an offset contract under the Rafale fighter jets deal with France, is now facing an internal challenge with employees staging protests from Tuesday for what they say are unfair wages.

Break-In At IAF Office Being Probed: French Minister

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday June 10, 2019

France said on Monday that it was carrying out an investigation into a break in at the Paris office of the Indian Air Force (IAF) Project Management Team (PMT) overseeing the Rafale fighter deal and the Indian government will be updated about the details.

First Rafale Jet To Be Delivered To India In September: French Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday June 10, 2019

France on Monday said the first Rafale fighter jet will land in India in September and it will be a strong signal of Indo-French cooperation. Thereafter, 35 Rafale jets will be delivered one by one, Minister of State for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France Jean Baptiste Lemoyne said.

When Indian MiGs And French Rafales Bombed A Tiny Island Off Karnataka

India News | Written by Vishnu Som | Monday June 10, 2019

On May 9, sixteen fighter jets, including eight Indian Navy MiG-29Ks and 8 French Rafale-M jets "clashed" over the Arabian Sea off the coast of Karnataka.

Rafale Replica Put Up Outside IAF Chief's Home, Next To Congress Office

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday May 31, 2019

A replica of a Rafale fighter jet has been erected outside the official residence of Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa in the capital. The air force chief lives on Akbar Road in central Delhi, next to the headquarters of the Congress, that has relentlessly attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the fighter jet deal with France. The controversy was at...

Air Force Chief's Squadron To Be First Rafale Combat Aircraft Unit

India News | ANI | Wednesday May 29, 2019

The first Rafale is expected to be handed over to the Indian Air Force in September 2019 but it would be required to undergo intensive 1,500 hours of testing to validate the India Specific Enhancements on it.

No Question Of FIR Registration In Rafale Deal: Centre To Supreme Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 27, 2019

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that there was no question of either registration of an FIR or investigation by CBI in the Rafale fighter jets deal as the top court had already concluded that there was no reason for intervention by it on the "sensitive issue".

Attempted Break-In At IAF's Paris Office Handling Rafale Jets: Sources

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday May 22, 2019

There was an attempt to break into the Paris office of the Indian Air force (IAF) team overseeing the manufacture of 36 Rafales ordered by India, sources in Rafale-maker Dassault have confirmed to NDTV.