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Rafale deal row: By skulking in shadows, Narendra Modi giving Rahul Gandhi leeway to hurt BJP
Bikram Vohra •While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has no call to respond to Rahul Gandhi’s challenge to have a debate on the Rafale deal, by the same token he does have the responsibility to the people of India to speak out
'Rahul Gandhi played on Quattrocchi's lap, his audiotape on Rafale is fake': Key quotes from Arun Jaitley's rebuttal in Lok Sabha
Fp Staff •Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's attack came after Congress president Rahul Gandhi cited a purported audio tape of a Goa minister but refused to authenticate it. Here are the five key statements the Union minister made in the Lower House.
After Sacred Games controversy, petitioner files plea seeking regulation of OTT web series content
Ians •The lawyer, Nikhil Bhalla, has filed the public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the removal of two contents from Sacred Games that according to him "tarnished" the image of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Congress manufactured fake row over Rafale deal to overcome limitations of its leadership, writes Arun Jaitley
Arunjat •What does the party do if its leader has inherent and inbuilt limitations? Its strategy, therefore, is one of distortion. If you have no issue, manufacture one. Hence the Rafale’s fake controversy.
Bofors case: 27 years after its formation, parliamentary panel likely to finalise report on controversy in Budget Session
•A parliamentary panel looking into the Bofors gun deal for almost 27 years is likely to finalise its report on the issue in the current Budget Session
AG's views against CBI filing appeal in Bofors case not binding: Govt tells Parliamentary panel
Ians •Sources said the CBI is likely to decide in the next three days whether it will file a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the case or it will go ahead as a respondent in an existing case.
Mumbai CBI court convicts two for cheating, criminal conspiracy in Bofors scandal-related case
•In an offshoot of the Bofors guns purchase case, two executives of a private company on Sunday have been convicted by a Special CBI court in Mumbai for criminal conspiracy and cheating the Swedish company.
Pokhran M-777 gun explosion happened because of faulty ammunition, reveals probe
•A preliminary investigation has found that faulty ammunition was the reason behind the explosion on the Army's new long-range ultra-light (ULH) howitzer M-777 in Pokhran.
Bofors case: Supreme Court likely to begin final hearing on 1986 Howitzer gun deal scandal in October
Ians •Supreme Court is likely to hear in October a plea against Hinduja brothers for their alleged involvement in the kickbacks in purchase of Bofors howitzer guns
Bofors scandal: Public Accounts Committee asks defence ministry for missing files to check CAG compliance
•PAC) has asked the Defence Ministry to trace and share with it all missing files related to the Bofors scandal, according to its two members.