Almost a month after Pakistan tried to attack Indian military establishments following the Indian Air Force’s ‘pre-emptive’ air strikes on terror camps in Pakistan’s Balakot, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said that the neighbouring nation’s forces won’t come near the Line of Control or border once India inducts the Rafale fighter jet. The Indian government had signed a deal for 36 Rafale aircraft with the French government in 2016 and the first batch is expected to be delivered later this year. (Hindustan Times)read more

The Congress on Wednesday said the time has come to lodge a first information report (FIR) against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly causing loss to public exchequer by waiving the bank guarantee to Dassault Aviation in the Rafale fighter jet... read more

Leading the party’s charge, Rahul Gandhi alleged “the trail of corruption” in the Rafale fighter jet deal “begins and ends with” Modi. read more

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that defence procurements done by the government can’t be examined by judiciary. read more

The Congress accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of misusing his office to give benefit to Dassault Aviation which caused loss to public exchequer. read more

The petition referred to the CAG’s audit of the deal and states that at the time of the Supreme Court’s verdict, no CAG report existed. read more

India has ordered 36 Rafale fighter planes from Dassault Aviation of France as part of the IAF’s modernization drive. read more

The Mirage 2000s, the officials said, struck their target with Israeli-origin SPICE 2000 bombs from a stand-off distance, which wasn’t immediately known. read more

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. read more

“There is no scandal in the Rafale deal. We are going to deliver 36 aircraft. If the Government of India wants more aircraft, we will be pleased to deliver..” Dassault CEO Eric Trappier. read more

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. read more

The biennial international expo is being held at the Yellahanka base of the Indian Air Force (IAF) near the Bengaluru international airport. read more

Between 2004 and 2015, the aircraft was often close to being ejected from IAF’s jet competition. read more

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. read more

CAG report on Rafale deal was tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday amid renewed attack on the Modi government over the 2016 defence contract. read more