IAF pushes for ‘Make in India’ plane projects worth ₹1.5 lakh crore

The Indian Air Force’s pet project for 56 medium transport aircraft by the Tata-Airbus consortium is in the pipeline to get started this year, TOI has reported. Another long-pending “Make in India” plane project worth ₹1.5 lakh crore that involves 114 fighter jets is awaiting the final nod. Read More
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SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging its Dec 14 judgment

The Supreme Court reserved its verdict on the petitions challenging its December 14 judgment dismissing all the petitions demanding investigation into Rafale jet deal. Read More
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Rahul apologizes for attributing ‘chowkidar chor hai’ to SC

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday, extended an unconditional apology to the Supreme Court for attributing his “chowkidar chor hai” jibe to the court after its Rafale judgment. Read More
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Rafale case: Media reports can’t be basis for review, govt tells SC

In a reply to an application filed by review petitioners, the Centre told the Supreme Court that “categorical and emphatic” findings recorded by the top court in its December 14, 2018, verdict in the Rafale deal case has no apparent error warranting its review. Read More
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SC gives Centre 4 days to respond on pleas seeking Rafale review

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi rejected the Centre’s plea to be granted four weeks’ time to file its response to the pleas. Read More
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Rahul to file fresh apology to SC over ‘chowkidar chor hai’ misquote

Congress president Rahul Gandhi said he will apologize to the Supreme Court through a fresh affidavit for wrongly attributing the “chowkidar chor hai” remark and linking it with the top court’s order in Rafale case. Read More
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‘Heat of campaigning’: Rahul sorry for his remark on Rafale SC ruling

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi accepted in the Supreme Court that he had wrongly attributed the “chowkidar chor hain” slogan to the court’s ruling on the Rafale fighter deal. He said he had made the remarks in the “heat of the political campaigning”. Read More
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Supreme Court seeks Rahul’s explanation on contempt plea

The Supreme Court, on Monday, issued a notice to the Congress president, Rahul Gandhi, on a contempt petition filed against him by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, the court has asked Gandhi to explain his remarks made on the Rafale case verdict. Read More
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France gave €143.7m tax relief to Anil Ambani’s firm after Rafale announcement

French newspaper Le Monde reported that a French subsidiary of Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications received a tax waiver from France worth €143.7 million soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India would buy 36 Rafale jets. Read More
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Meenakshi Lekhi sues Rahul Gandhi over ‘chowkidar chor hain’

BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi filed a petition in the Supreme Court for criminal contempt against Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over his “chowkidar chor hain” comment on the Rafale controversy. Lekhi claims Gandhi attributed his own statement as the court’s verdict. Read More
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