On his daylong visit to Tamil Nadu, Rahul Gandhi stepped up attack at PM Modi accusing him of trying to undermine the Tamil culture to further his party’s ideology.  read more

The poster also urges the PM to speak up on the mystery surrounding the missing files. Congress leader Haseeb said the government was now in a defensive mode over the Rafale deal read more

Nirmala Sitharaman backed AG Venugopal after he clarified his statement in the apex court that petitioners seeking review of Rafale verdict relied on “stolen” documents. read more

The Editors Guild in a statement, denounced the ‘threats’ against the media on the Rafale deal reportage and urged the government to refrain from taking any action that might undermine the media’s freedom and independence. read more

Union Minister Arun Jaitley has hit out at Rahul Gandhi’s latest attack at PM Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal. “The facts were completely wrong, the motivation was wrong,’ he said adding that the party “has boxed itself into a corner due to comments of Congress leaders.” Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused PM Modi of performing ‘bypass surgery’ in Rafale deal and asked for a probe against him. “Congress leaders are getting high TRP on Pakistan television channels but there is revulsion as far as domestic opinion in India is concerned,” Jaitley added.read more

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launched the party’s electoral campaign in Punjab with a rally in Moga where he criticised the prime minister on a variety of topics ranging from the Rafale deal to farm loan waivers. read more

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday fired a fresh salvo against PM Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal, demanding a probe against him. “Why can’t there be a criminal investigation against him also?” asked Gandhi, referring to the Centre’s decision to probe the leak of official documents from the defence ministry. Rahul Gandhi’s attack comes a day after the government’s top law officer told the Supreme Court that the documents cited by lawyer Prashant Bhushan were ‘stolen’. The top court was hearing requests to review its December verdict that rejected the demand for a probe into the deal to purchase Rafale fighter jets from French aviation firm Dassault Aviation. “Take action against those involved in this missing documents case but also initiate an inquiry on the PMO making parallel negotiations as cited in the papers,” Gandhi said at a media conference in the national capital.read more

Arun Jaitley hit back at Rahul Gandhi following his demand for probe against PM Modi in Rafale deal. read more

Experts say the sources of documents or information have not mattered in the past so long as such leaks were made in public interest or to bring to light irregularities in government transactions, and hadn’t been obtained for the purpose of espionag... read more

Arguing for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, attorney general KK Venugopal said at an open court hearing that the “documents relied on by the petitioners in their review petitions were stolen from the ministry and should not be relied... 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 Congress accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of misusing his office to give benefit to Dassault Aviation which caused loss to public exchequer. read more

PM Narendra Modi said that he wanted to tell all those opposing him that they were free to criticise him and point out shortcomings but they should not harm the country’s security interests read more

SC agreed to hear in open court petitions seeking a review of its December 14 verdict that dismissed public interest petitions questioning the 2016 deal India signed with France to procure 36 Rafale fighter jets and seeking a court-monitored investigation... read more