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Centre's "Factual Correction" Plea Is Perjury: Anand Sharma On Rafale Row

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Sunday December 16, 2018

Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma urged the court to recall its Rafale judgment and issue contempt of court notice to the government. Mr Sharma alleged that the Centre had provided false information to the top court.

"Losers Never Accept Truth": Arun Jaitley's Dig At Congress Over Rafale

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday December 16, 2018

Ruling out referring the Rafale deal to a parliamentary panel, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched a blistering attack on the Congress, calling it and said the Comptroller and Auditor General's view of the deal is not relevant after the Supreme Court's clean chit.

"BJP Hoodwinked Nation": Congress After Top Court Ruling On Rafale Deal

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday December 16, 2018

The Congress on Saturday alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre had misled the Supreme Court over the Rafale deal and committed contempt of court and perjury.

With 70 Media Events In One Day, BJP Plans Carpet Bomb Attack Over Rafale

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 15, 2018

Seeking to turn the tables on the Congress over the Rafale issue, BJP's top leaders, including chief ministers and Union ministers will hold press conferences across cities on Monday

Raise Doubts On Rafale Deal In Supreme Court: Akhilesh Yadav

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 15, 2018

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today said that any "doubts" over the Rafale aircraft deal should be raised in that court, a stance contrary to the Congress demand for a JPC probe of the defence agreement. The remark comes a day after the Supreme Court dismissed the pleas challenging the deal to buy 36 Rafale fighters from France. The court sa...

Top Court Should Reopen Rafale Case: Nationalist Congress Party

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 15, 2018

The Nationalist Congress Party today demanded that the Supreme Court "reopen" the Rafale fighter jet purchase case in light of the correction application filed by the Centre. The top court on Friday had dismissed all the petitions seeking an investigation into alleged irregularities in the Rs 58,000 crore Rafale deal.

Top Court Didn't Go Into Pricing, Technical Aspects Of Rafale: Congress

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 15, 2018

The Congress said Saturday the Supreme Court, which gave the government relief in the Rafale jet case, has not gone into the pricing and technical aspects of the aircraft and it is only a joint parliamentary committee that can probe whether there was any irregularity in the deal.

Summon K K Venugopal In Rajya Sabha Over Rafale Submission: Sanjay Singh

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 15, 2018

Rajya Sabha lawmaker and AAP leader Sanjay Singh today requested the Upper House chairman to summon the Attorney General to explain why "incorrect facts" were placed before the Supreme Court in the Rafale deal case. Mr Singh alleged that in the case, the government presented "incorrect facts" before the apex court that Friday rejected multiple plea...

"Will Wait For Top Court Decision": Nitish Kumar's JD(U) On Ram Temple

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Saturday December 15, 2018

Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United), an ally of the BJP, isn't keen on an ordinance or an executive order on the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya and said it will wait for the Supreme Court to decide on the issue.

Opposing Rafale Deal Was Rahul Gandhi's "Conspiracy": Biplab Deb

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 15, 2018

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has alleged that Congress president Rahul Gandhi "hatched a conspiracy" and opposed the Rafale jet deal with France to demean India's position in the world.

Centre Asks Supreme Court To Fix "Factual Error" In Rafale Order: 10 Points

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan | Sunday December 16, 2018

Amid a political storm over the Supreme Court exonerating the government in the Rafale fighter jet deal, the centre approached the top court for a "factual correction" in a paragraph in its judgement which has a reference to the Comptroller and Auditor General report and parliament's Public Accounts Committee or PAC. The Supreme Court had in its ju...

"Where Is CAG Report On Rafale Deal? Show Us": Congress Ramps Up Attack

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday December 15, 2018

A big political storm is brewing over the Supreme Court's verdict on the Rafale fighter jet deal. The Congress says the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has not seen the report by the government's auditor or Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on the pricing of the 36 Rafale jets to be purchased from France's Dassault Aviation, which was r...

Mahinda Rajapaksa Resigns As Sri Lanka PM, Ranil Wickremesinghe To Return

World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 15, 2018

Ending the power tussle in Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was appointed as prime minister by President Maithripala Sirisena in a controversial move, resigned today and Ranil Wickremesinghe is likely to take oath as the island nation's prime minister tomorrow.

"Will Remain In State Politics": Raman Singh After Chhattisgarh Result

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 15, 2018

Outgoing Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said on Friday that he will not move to the Centre but remain in state politics.

"Hope BJP Also Waits For Babri Masjid Verdict": Mehbooba Mufti To Ex-Ally

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 15, 2018

On a day when the Supreme Court dismissed petitions challenging the Rafale deal, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said the BJP should also wait for the top court's verdict on the Babri Masjid issue.