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Govt says Le Monde report linking Rafale deal with Reliance tax relief in France making 'conjectural connection'
• 6 years agoIndia's defence ministry has said that the French media report linking a tax exemption given to a Reliance subsidiary and the Rafale fighter jet deal between the countries was inaccurate.
'Chowkidar chor hai': Supreme Court likely to hear BJP's criminal contempt petition against Rahul Gandhi in Rafale row today
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe Supreme Court is likely to take up BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi's contempt petition against Congress president Rahul Gandhi on the Rafale row.
Anil Ambani firm got 143.7 million euro tax waiver after Rafale deal announcement, claims French newspaper Le Monde
• 6 years agoReliance Communications rejected any wrongdoing and said the tax dispute was settled under legal framework which is available for all companies operating in France.
Rafale case: Using leaked documents in review petition jeopardised national security, amounts to theft, Centre tells SC
• 6 years agoCentre told the Supreme Court in an affidavit on Wednesday that those documents filed in Rafale review petition are 'sensitive to national security' and those who conspired in photocopying the papers have committed theft
'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.
Rafale papers not stolen, only photocopied, clarifies AG Venugopal; Rahul Gandhi calls for criminal investigation
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAttorney General KK Venugopal attempted 'damage control' on Friday when he said that the "stolen Rafale documents" statement was "wholly incorrect". On Wednesday, Venugopal had claimed in the Supreme Court that documents related to the Rafale deal were stolen from the defence ministry and also threatened to invoke the Official Secrets Act and take "criminal action" against news media publications.
Rafale row: Legal wrangles must not divert attention from shortage of aircraft, efforts to modernise IAF
Bikram Vohra • 6 years agoRafale row: If India is again going to be mired in a scandal and finger-pointing, New Delhi will lose sight of its primary objective which is to modernise the Indian Air Force
Chidambaram demands publication of Rafale deal papers; invokes US Supreme Court judgment in Pentagon Papers case
• 6 years agoChidambaram demanded publication of all documents related to the Rafale aircraft deal, saying Article 19 of the Constitution ensured freedom of speech and expression
Rafale row: Prashant Bhushan tells Supreme Court CAG gave redacted pricing detail for the first time in history
• 6 years agoIt is for the first time in CAG's history that it has given redacted pricing to Parliament in the Rafale fighter jet deal, activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan told the Supreme Court