Rafale Fighter Jet Deal

The Indian Navy is now one step closer to getting Rafale fighter jets to operate off the deck of its aircraft carriers, INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to France marks a significant moment in bilateral relations as India plans to buy 26 Rafale M (Marine) fighter jets and three Scorpene class submarines.

In a major development, India is planning to buy 26 Rafale fighter aircraft and three Scorpene class conventional submarines from France.

Eyeing the Indian Navy's carrier-borne fighter jet deal, France sent a Rafale maritime fighter aircraft to a naval facility in Goa on Thursday to demonstrate its combat capabilities.

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.

Iran on Monday accused France of "destabilising" the Gulf region after Paris signed a record 14-billion-euro deal with the United Arab Emirates for 80 Rafale fighter jets.

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 fresh batch of three Rafale Jet fighters left for India, the Indian embassy in France has informed. The fifth set of these planes had arrived late in April after flying 8,000 kilometres non-stop.

A new PIL (public interest litigation) over alleged corruption in the Rafale fighter jet deal will be heard by the Supreme Court after two weeks.

Launching a fresh offensive, the Congress demanded answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday over charges of a "middleman" in the Rafale fighter jet deal and sought an independent probe into the matter.

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.

The BJP on Monday dismissed as "completely baseless" the allegations of corruption in the Rafale deal, stressing that the Supreme Court had rejected a demand for a probe in the purchase of the fighter aircraft and the CAG also found nothing wrong.

The Indian Navy is now one step closer to getting Rafale fighter jets to operate off the deck of its aircraft carriers, INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to France marks a significant moment in bilateral relations as India plans to buy 26 Rafale M (Marine) fighter jets and three Scorpene class submarines.

In a major development, India is planning to buy 26 Rafale fighter aircraft and three Scorpene class conventional submarines from France.

Eyeing the Indian Navy's carrier-borne fighter jet deal, France sent a Rafale maritime fighter aircraft to a naval facility in Goa on Thursday to demonstrate its combat capabilities.

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.

Iran on Monday accused France of "destabilising" the Gulf region after Paris signed a record 14-billion-euro deal with the United Arab Emirates for 80 Rafale fighter jets.

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 fresh batch of three Rafale Jet fighters left for India, the Indian embassy in France has informed. The fifth set of these planes had arrived late in April after flying 8,000 kilometres non-stop.

A new PIL (public interest litigation) over alleged corruption in the Rafale fighter jet deal will be heard by the Supreme Court after two weeks.

Launching a fresh offensive, the Congress demanded answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday over charges of a "middleman" in the Rafale fighter jet deal and sought an independent probe into the matter.

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.

The BJP on Monday dismissed as "completely baseless" the allegations of corruption in the Rafale deal, stressing that the Supreme Court had rejected a demand for a probe in the purchase of the fighter aircraft and the CAG also found nothing wrong.