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Rafale deal:Lawyer seeks hearing on PIL in SC after Assembly polls conclude

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi is likely to hear on Wednesday the two PILs, filed by lawyers Manohar Lal Sharma and Vineet Dhanda, on India's deal with France to buy the fighter jets

Rafale row: PM Modi illegitimately benefiting a crony friend, says Congress

Congress says PM benefiting a crony friend, ask him to break silence

Dassault to deliver Rafale jets to India from 2019: CEO Eric Trappier

The deal has faced criticism from Indian opposition parties who allege wrongdoing

Modi has close proximity to Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Anil Ambani: Rahul

He was referring to the PNB banking fraud allegedly involving Nirav Modi, his uncle Mehul Choksi and others

Shatrughan Sinha criticises BJP govt over Rafale deal

He appealed to all opposition leaders to unite to defeat the BJP in the 2019 general election

Rafale fighter jet purchase: A controversy revved up and ready to take off?

A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has asked for details of the decision-making process in the Rafale deal in response to three PILs

Rahul takes Rafale issue to HAL employees, company regrets politicisation

Accusing Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of "lying" to the nation and misleading the people, Gandhi said she has rushed to Paris to cover up the alleged irregularities in the deal

Amid row with BJP, Rahul meets HAL employees, says 'Rafale is your right'

Congress President Rahul Gandhi held an interaction with present and former employees of the defence PSU in Bengaluru on Saturday

Rafale deal snatched from HAL: Rahul Gandhi ahead of meeting with PSU staff

Standing in support of state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Congress president Rahul Gandhi will Saturday meet the employees of the public sector unit outside its headquarters in Bengaluru. The Gandhi scion said there was a need to "defend the dignity of India's defenders" as he accused the Narendra Modi government of "snatching" the Rafale offset contract from HAL and "gifting" it to Anil Ambani's company. "HAL is India's strategic asset. The future of India's aerospace industry has been destroyed by snatching #Rafale from HAL & gifting it to Anil Ambani," the Congress president tweeted. "Come defend the dignity of India's defenders. I am in Bengaluru to stand with HAL's employees. Join me outside HAL HQ, at 3 PM," he added. Rahul Gandhi and his Congress party have been attacking the Modi government over the Rs 58000 crore Rafale fighter jet deal alleging corruption and favouritism.

Rafale deal: Rahul a serial liar, manufacturer of fake news, says Goyal

Piyush Goyal said the govt was not concerned with who Dassault gave the offset contract to

Rafale row: Sitharaman visits French Dassault facility building the jets

Sitharaman held wide-ranging talks with her French counterpart Florence Parly on ways to deepen the strategic and defence cooperation between the two countries

Rafale deal: Why did Dassault choose Reliance over HAL? The CEO responds

Our joint venture with Reliance has 10% of offset in Rafale deal: Dassault CEO

In midst of Rafale deal row, Sitharaman holds talks with French counterpart

Official sources said the two defence ministers held a one-on-one meeting followed by delegation level talks

Row over Rafale deal continues; Rahul aims barbs at BJP, govt hits back

The Modi government has insisted it had no role in Dassault's choice of Reliance Defence

Dassault junks Mediapart report, says it picked Reliance on its own

The deal has faced scrutiny both on the price and the decision to choose billionaire Anil Ambani's Reliance as a local partner with no aeronautical expertise

Rahul on Rafale deal: Modi corrupt, Sitharaman's France visit huge cover-up

Rahul Gandhi described Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's trip to France as part of a 'huge cover-up' by the government

Row over jets contract: Rafale deal a quid pro quo, says French media

Mediapart, a French news website, says it has accessed an internal document from Dassault which states that partnering Anil Ambani's defence firm was a quid pro quo to Delhi for winning a €7.8-bn

Rahul Gandhi to address HAL employees on Oct 13 on Modi govt's Rafale deal

Gandhi will also take part in a rally being organsied in Bengaluru on the fighter aircraft deal

Did govt's move to buy jets from Dassault meet norms, asks Supreme Court

The SC has asked for the details to be submitted in three separate sealed covers on or before October 29

Congress accuses Modi govt of 'manipulating' process of Rafale deal

The Opposition led by the Congress has been accusing the government of benefiting Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence Ltd. from the Rafale deaL