Rafale Row

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.

A massive political fight has been reignited by a new report on alleged kickbacks paid between 2007 and 2012 to a middleman involved in the Rafale deal, and on the CBI allegedly failing to investigate these allegations despite receiving documents.

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.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today welcomed the formal commissioning of the Rafale jets as a "strong message" to "those who challenge India's sovereignty", amid an escalating border row with China.

Five French-made multirole Rafales were inducted today into the Indian Air Force's "Golden Arrows" Squadron at the Ambala Air Force Station, the country's oldest Air Force base built in 1919. A Rafale fighter jet flew above the airbase as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his French counterpart Florence Parly watched it from afar. Along with the R...

Amid the ongoing tensions with China, top Air Force commanders will meet this week to discuss the situation on the Line of Actual Control with China in Eastern Ladakh and rapid operational station of the Rafale combat aircraft arriving later this month.

Referring to the row over the purchase of Rafale fighter jets, former Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Saturday said that such controversies slow down defence acquisitions, affecting the armed forces' capabilities.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday alleged that the Congress played with India's security for "petty gains" and the Supreme Court's dismissal of the review petitions on the Rafale jet deal has exposed the opposition party's "lies".

Congress's Rahul Gandhi targeted the government today over the WhatsApp breach of privacy issue, which unleashed a political storm this morning. By the evening, as the Centre said it has sought an explanation from the social media giant, Mr Gandhi - who is currently abroad on a "meditational trip", tweeted a jibe, citing the Rafale fighter jet dea...

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.

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".

The Election Commission has refused permission for circulation to six campaign videos submitted by the Congress in Madhya Pradesh, including one about the Rafale row, the party said on Thursday.

Two days after claiming in Supreme Court that Rafale documents were "stolen" from the Defence Ministry, the government's top lawyer on Friday clarified to news agency PTI that what he meant was petitioners used "photocopies of the original" papers deemed secret by the government.

Thirty-six Rafale fighter planes will be delivered in the next two years and "more" will be come if India wants, Dassault CEO Eric Trappier said today on the sidelines of the Aero India show in Bengaluru.

Amid a massive political war between the Centre and the Opposition over the Rafale fighter jet deal, three Rafale aircraft touched down in Bengaluru today for the biennial five-day Aero Show that begins next week.

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.

A massive political fight has been reignited by a new report on alleged kickbacks paid between 2007 and 2012 to a middleman involved in the Rafale deal, and on the CBI allegedly failing to investigate these allegations despite receiving documents.

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.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today welcomed the formal commissioning of the Rafale jets as a "strong message" to "those who challenge India's sovereignty", amid an escalating border row with China.

Five French-made multirole Rafales were inducted today into the Indian Air Force's "Golden Arrows" Squadron at the Ambala Air Force Station, the country's oldest Air Force base built in 1919. A Rafale fighter jet flew above the airbase as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his French counterpart Florence Parly watched it from afar. Along with the R...

Amid the ongoing tensions with China, top Air Force commanders will meet this week to discuss the situation on the Line of Actual Control with China in Eastern Ladakh and rapid operational station of the Rafale combat aircraft arriving later this month.

Referring to the row over the purchase of Rafale fighter jets, former Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Saturday said that such controversies slow down defence acquisitions, affecting the armed forces' capabilities.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday alleged that the Congress played with India's security for "petty gains" and the Supreme Court's dismissal of the review petitions on the Rafale jet deal has exposed the opposition party's "lies".

Congress's Rahul Gandhi targeted the government today over the WhatsApp breach of privacy issue, which unleashed a political storm this morning. By the evening, as the Centre said it has sought an explanation from the social media giant, Mr Gandhi - who is currently abroad on a "meditational trip", tweeted a jibe, citing the Rafale fighter jet dea...

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.

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".

The Election Commission has refused permission for circulation to six campaign videos submitted by the Congress in Madhya Pradesh, including one about the Rafale row, the party said on Thursday.

Two days after claiming in Supreme Court that Rafale documents were "stolen" from the Defence Ministry, the government's top lawyer on Friday clarified to news agency PTI that what he meant was petitioners used "photocopies of the original" papers deemed secret by the government.

Thirty-six Rafale fighter planes will be delivered in the next two years and "more" will be come if India wants, Dassault CEO Eric Trappier said today on the sidelines of the Aero India show in Bengaluru.

Amid a massive political war between the Centre and the Opposition over the Rafale fighter jet deal, three Rafale aircraft touched down in Bengaluru today for the biennial five-day Aero Show that begins next week.