Su-30MKI – the mainstay fighters of the Indian Air Force (IAF) which is manufactured by HAL under licence from Russia – is about Rs 150 crore costlier than the ones made in Russia, according to the document, a copy of which has been reviewed by Hindustan... read more

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. read more

India signed a deal with Dassault in 2016 for the transfer of 36 Rafale jets. read more

Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday visited a production facility of French aerospace major Dassault Aviation near Paris where the Rafale jets to be supplied to India are being manufactured, official sources said. read more

Union minister Piyush Goyal hit back at Rahul Gandhi and Congress over their allegations in connection with the Rafale deal, calling it an “issue-less party”. read more

Separately on Thursday, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reiterated the government’s claim that it had no idea that Dassault Aviation would team up with Reliance. read more

Rahul Gandhi sharpened his attack on the government, calling the Prime Minister a “corrupt person” who came to power “on the promise of fighting corruption”. read more

Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s criticism comes hours after Dassault Aviation rebutted a French media report that was seen to imply that the French aviation firm had been told to partner with Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group. read more

Live updates on Rahul Gandhi’s press conference. read more

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... read more

While defence cooperation between India France has touched new heights, New Delhi wants to strengthen defence manufacturing partnership. read more

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 Aerospac... read more

The Congress is set to up its ante against the Rafale deal in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with Rahul Gandhi likely to meet the employees’ union of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited during his visit to Bengaluru on October 13. read more

Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman will begin a three-day visit to France on Thursday during which both sides are expected to deliberate on further boosting their already close defence and security ties. read more

The Supreme Court will hear the PIL filed by lawyer Vineet Dhanda, who is seeking a direction to the Centre to reveal details of the deal and the comparative prices during the UPA and NDA rule in a sealed cover to the apex court. read more