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5 Rafale jets fly out of France on 7,000 km trip to India, to be refueled mid-air
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 27, 2020 10:05 PM IST
The Rafale aircraft will cover a distance of nearly 7000 kms from France to India with air-to-air refuelling and a single stop en route in UAE.

Dassault to collaborate on aeronautics with Pune college
By Indo Asian News Service | Pune
PUBLISHED ON OCT 17, 2019 05:48 PM IST
The long-term partnership comprises the launch of the first ‘Network of Excellence’ and ‘Aeronautical Integrated Design from Engineering to Maintenance’, according to a statement.

22-room farmhouse, jet among HDIL assets seized in fresh raids
By Pratik Salunke | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON OCT 08, 2019 06:42 AM IST
The farmhouse, across two and half acres, is on the beachfront in the pristine village of Awas in Alibag tehsil, not far from the bungalow owned by fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, which has already been attached by ED.

Opinion | What the IAF-PAF dogfight reveals
By Shekhar Gupta
UPDATED ON APR 25, 2020 03:36 PM IST
The February 27 aerial duel shows India’s military capability doesn’t match its ambitions. Blame the nation’s tardy defence acquisition process for this.

100-jet order needed to build Rafales in India: Dassault
By Rahul Singh | Hindustan Times, Yelahanka (Karnataka)
UPDATED ON FEB 21, 2019 12:13 AM IST
Interacting with reporters on the opening day of Aero India 2019, Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier said the current order for 36 planes was not enough for the plane maker to set up a production line or manufacture Rafale parts in India.

‘Rafale IGA protects Indian interests’: French Envoy
By Rahul Singh | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 14, 2019 11:47 PM IST
India floated a global tender in August 2007 to buy 126 planes but it stood cancelled after Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared in April 2015 that India would buy 36 Rafale planes from France under a government-to-government deal.

Rafale, the fighter jet with 7 lives, survives amid row
By Rahul Singh | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 14, 2019 11:53 AM IST
Between 2004 and 2015, the aircraft was often close to being ejected from IAF’s jet competition.

Time, questions over quality hit HAL
By Sudhi Ranjan Sen
UPDATED ON FEB 13, 2019 10:25 PM IST
The Opposition, in particular the Congress, has underlined that not manufacturing the fighter planes in India was a national loss. The Congress party has accused the government of deliberately leaving HAL out of the deal.

Dassault-Reliance aims to roll out Falcon jets in 2022
By Rahul Singh | Nagpur
PUBLISHED ON FEB 08, 2019 12:01 AM IST
DRAL is assembling components for the Falcons and will eventually roll out the jets from a 150,000 square-foot production line as part of an offset commitment under the Rafale deal that requires the French plane-maker to source components worth 50% of the contract value locally.

CAG finalising report on Rafale deal
By Rajesh Ahuja | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 31, 2019 07:31 AM IST
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is finalising its report on the Rafale jet fighter deal and is likely to table it in Parliament in the budget session beginning on Thursday, said officials familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified.

Question the government on Rafale
PUBLISHED ON JAN 23, 2019 07:48 AM IST
The handling of the Rafale issue by the Modi government have dealt a deep blow to India’s military modernisation.

‘Yeh public hai, sab janti hai’: Smriti Irani on Chidambaram’s Rafale charge
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 18, 2019 06:40 PM IST
Chidambaram said the government has compromised national security by denying the Air Force 90 fighter aircraft and said “India will pay Rs 186 crore more per aircraft” after the new deal.

NDA govt’s Rafale deal windfall for Dassault, says Chidambaram
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 18, 2019 05:40 PM IST
The former finance minister reiterated his party’s demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the Rafale jet deal, saying the decision is not amenable to court but to a parliamentary panel.

Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie move SC seeking review of December 14 Rafale verdict
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 02, 2019 01:38 PM IST
In their review plea, they alleged that the judgment “relied upon patently incorrect claims made by the government in an unsigned note given in a sealed cover” to the apex court.

Supreme Court verdict on petitions for court-monitored CBI probe on Rafale today
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 14, 2018 08:00 AM IST
The Supreme Court on Friday will deliver its verdict on a bunch of petitions seeking a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the purchase of 36 French-made Rafale fighter jets by the government for the Indian Air Force (IAF).

Revealing pricing details can give enemies an edge, Centre tells Supreme Court in Rafale case
By Bhadra Sinha | New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 14, 2018 05:57 PM IST
The pricing details of the controversial deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France, submitted by the Centre in a sealed cover, is scheduled to be examined by the Supreme Court today.

‘I don’t lie… We chose Ambani’: Dassault CEO Eric Trappier on Rahul’s Rafale allegations
By Asian News International | New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 13, 2018 03:39 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi, in a press conference on November 2, alleged that Dassault invested Rs 284 crore in a loss-making company promoted by Anil Ambani which was used to procure land in Nagpur

Dassault gave Reliance Rs 284 cr to secure Rafale deal: Rahul Gandhi
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 03, 2018 12:07 AM IST
Congress president Rahul Gandhi addressed media on Friday, once again targeting the central government over the Rafale deal.

Supreme Court asks govt to submit Rafale jet deal pricing details within 10 days
By Bhadra Sinha | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON NOV 01, 2018 12:08 AM IST
The government argued that the information is so sensitive that it has not been shared even with Parliament.

Arun Jaitley hits back at Rahul Gandhi over Rafale deal, non-performing assets
UPDATED ON OCT 16, 2018 11:54 PM IST
Arun Jaitley brushed aside Rahul Gandhi’s charges that a private company got an advantage ranging from Rs 38,000 crore to Rs 130,000 crore in the Rafale deal.

Rafale fighter jets to be delivered to India from 2019: Dassault CEO
By Reuters | Orlando, Florida (US)
UPDATED ON OCT 16, 2018 08:05 AM IST
India signed a deal with Dassault in 2016 for the transfer of 36 Rafale jets.

Dassault Aviation says it ‘freely’ chose Reliance for Rafale offsets
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 11, 2018 11:21 AM IST
In a statement issued in France, Dassault Aviation reiterated that it had “freely chosen” Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group as an offset partner for the Rafale deal and sold 36 fighters to India within the framework an inter-governmental agreement between the two countries.

Reliance pact was ‘imperative’ and ‘mandatory’ for Dassault: Report
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON OCT 11, 2018 12:21 AM IST
Mediapart quoted an internal Dassault Aviation document detailing a presentation that deputy chief executive officer Loïk Segalen gave to worker representatives explaining the rationale for setting up a joint venture in Nagpur with Reliance Aerospace.

Opposition to Rafale is against the national interest
By Kanwal Sibal
PUBLISHED ON OCT 05, 2018 07:54 PM IST
It has marshalled its case a little too late to break the momentum of the Opposition’s campaign that serves party interests but not those of the nation.

Congress goes to CAG again over Rafale, demands forensic audit of deal
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 04, 2018 11:28 PM IST
Apart from Sharma, the delegation comprised senior leaders Ahmed Patel, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Jairam Ramesh, RPN Singh and Vivek Tankha.
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‘Go on the offensive, not defensive, on Rafale’, says Union minister Nitin Gadkari
By Ketaki Ghoge | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON SEP 28, 2018 12:40 AM IST
Says Congress has been trying to create confusion about the deal and that government is ‘transparent and corruption-free’

After Hollande clarification, no room for doubt about Rafale: Rajnath Singh
By Press Trust of India | Lucknow
PUBLISHED ON SEP 24, 2018 05:09 PM IST
Union home minister Rajnath Singh accused the Congress of trying to gain political mileage over the Rafale issue with an eye on Lok Sabha elections next year.

‘Truth can’t have 2 versions’: Arun Jaitley on Francois Hollande’s remarks on Rafale deal
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 23, 2018 11:00 PM IST
Finance minister Arun Jaitley said former French president Francois Hollande contradicted his own statements on Rafale deal.

Hollande’s Rafale remarks and Rahul Gandhi tweet a duet that raises questions: Arun Jaitley
By Asian News International | Asian News International
UPDATED ON SEP 23, 2018 11:25 AM IST
Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday alleged that it was not a mere coincidence that the Opposition leaders of India and France were speaking in one voice on the controversial Rafale issue.

Claims, counter claims fly as war over Rafale deal heats up
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 23, 2018 12:08 AM IST
The Congress attacked the Modi government over a report in a French investigative website on Friday, which quoted the former French president as saying that the Indian government proposed the name of Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group as Dassault Aviation’s offset partner.
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