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In India-France defence dialogue, push for Rafale indigenous content, MRO facilities for aero engines
February 18, 2026 8:37 am
The dialogue is a structured ministerial-level bilateral meeting to review and guide defence and security cooperation. Prior to the meeting, the French Defence Minister was presented with a Guard of Honour at HAL airport upon her arrival.
Expert Explains: Why induction of 26 new Rafale M aircraft matters for the Indian Navy
April 30, 2025 7:08 am
Why is the induction of the Rafale M important in the context of the Indian Navy? Why does India need aircraft carriers, and advanced fighter jets for these great battleships?
India, France all set to sign Rafale-M deal on Monday; 26 jets worth Rs 63,000 crore
April 26, 2025 5:40 am
The government-to-government deal is being signed by the Defence ministers remotely
'Completely baseless', says BJP on Rafale bribe allegations; Cong demands probe
April 05, 2021 9:09 pm
Randeep Surjewala said as per a report by a French portal, an investigation by the French Anti-Corruption Agency has revealed that after signing of the deal in 2016, Rafale's manufacturer Dassault allegedly paid 1.1 million Euros to a middleman — Defsys Solutions — which is an Indian company.
Day after SC verdict, Bhushan, Shourie ask CBI to file FIR in Rafale case
November 15, 2019 9:46 pm
At the press conference today, Bhushan said it is binding on the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe their complaint despite the ruling by the three-judge apex court bench. If the CBI fails to do so, it will again approach the Supreme Court, Bhushan told reporters.
Prashant Bhushan, Arun Shourie hold press conference, say CBI must file FIR
November 15, 2019 7:25 pm
The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed petitions seeking review of its December 14, 2018 decision to reject a plea for a court-monitored probe into India’s purchase of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft from France.
Timeline of events in Rahul Gandhi contempt case relating to Rafale deal
November 14, 2019 7:51 pm
Amid calls for an apology from him after the Supreme Court gave a clean chit to the Centre in the Rafale deal, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday demanded setting up of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the scam.
Rafale review petition: Plea to rethink rejection of SC-guided probe into 36-jet deal
November 14, 2019 10:03 am
The IAF had issued a tender for 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) in 2007, and at the end of a stringent selection process in 2012, Rafale was chosen.
Modi is Pakistan's poster boy, not us: Rahul Gandhi
March 07, 2019 8:53 pm
Gandhi's remarks came during an early press conference by the Congress party in which Rahul countered Modi who on Tuesday had called the opposition as the "poster boys of Pakistan" for seeking proof of the Indian Air Force's (IAF) action on a terror camp in Balakot in Pakistan.
PMO did not hold parallel parleys: Official who led the Rafale negotiation
February 08, 2019 9:14 pm
Air Marshal SBP Sinha (retd), who was leading the Indian negotiating team for the fighter jet purchase claimed he has seen the note for the first time in the media and no one in the negotiating team was aware about it.
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