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Indian Navy’s MiG-29K fighter jets to be deployed in Northern Ladakh sector amid border row with China
• 5 years agoDiplomatic and military talks between India and China are continuing for complete disengagement of troops from a number of friction points in eastern Ladakh.
IAF demand for 200 more planes rendered redundant by fall in conventional war, rise of cyberspace conflict
Aakar • 6 years agoThe fighter plane is a 100-year-old technology, having been first used in World War I in 1914.
'India cannot remain dependent on imported weapons': Rajnath Singh seeks active participation of private sector in defence industry
• 6 years agoRajnath Singh on Friday said he will not be afraid of taking decisions for fear of attracting complaints of corruption.
Days after taking to the sky in Tejas aircraft, Rajnath Singh to fly sortie in Rafale fighter jet on 8 Oct during France visit
• 6 years agoTop military brass of France as well as senior officials of Dassault Aviation, the makers of Rafale, will also be present at the handing over ceremony.
Rahul Gandhi's false statements about SC order on confidential Rafale documents is contempt of court, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Fp Staff • 6 years agoNirmala Sitharaman said that Rahul Gandhi committed contempt of court by passing false statements about the Supreme Court verdict concerning confidential documents in the Rafale case
'Thief' must have returned 'stolen' Rafale documents before they were 'photocopied': P Chidambaram on AG's allegations
• 6 years agoHis jibe came a day after the attorney general said that the Rafale documents were not stolen from the defence ministry, and that what he meant in his submission before the Supreme Court on Wednesday was that petitioners in the application used "photocopies of the original" papers, deemed secret by the government.
Rafale row: Congress, BJP spar over AG’s U-turn on ‘stolen documents’ comment, accuse each other of lying for political gains
• 6 years agoThe Congress and the BJP on Friday sparred over Attorney General KK Venugopal 's claim that the Rafale documents were not stolen from the Defence Ministry with the Opposition party dubbing it a "lie" and the ruling party slamming Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his attack on the government over the issue.
'Nobody will get any information from us on source of Rafale documents': N Ram weighs in on The Hindu 'stolen document' controversy
• 6 years agoOn 8 February, Ram wrote in The Hindu that the defence ministry raised strong objections to "parallel discussions" conducted by the PMO (Prime Minister's Office) during the negotiations over the Rs 59,000 crore Rafale deal between India and France
Rafale deal case: Supreme Court to consider listing of pleas seeking review of its verdict
• 6 years agoSupreme Court said it would consider listing of pleas seeking review of its 14 December verdict dismissing the need for an investigation into the Rafale deal
No scam in Rafale deal, fighter jets will be delivered to India in two years, says Dassault CEO Eric Trappier
• 6 years agoEric Trappier said, “There is no scandal with Rafale. We were asked for 36 Rafale jets which we are going to deliver to India in the next two years. The first jet will be delivered this year in September and then one fighter jet will be given every month."