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Dassault Aviation: India selects Navy Rafale
1 year, 5 months ago

Dassault Aviation: India selects Navy Rafale

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi finished his two-day France tour, Dassault Aviation has informed that the Indian government announced the selection of the Navy Rafale to equip the Indian Navy with a latest-generation fighter. On Saturday, Dassault Aviation Chairman and CEO Eric Trappier said, "As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of our partnership with the Indian Forces, I would …

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India selects naval version of Rafale: Dassault Aviation
1 year, 5 months ago

India selects naval version of Rafale: Dassault Aviation

The Hindu  

The Indian government announced the selection of the naval variant of Rafale jets to equip the Indian Navy with the latest-generation fighter, Dassault Aviation, French aerospace major and maker of the aircraft, said on July 15. "The Indian government announced the selection of the Navy Rafale to equip the Indian Navy with a latest-generation fighter," Dassault Aviation said in a …

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Mediapart's new 'expose' on Rafale deal involves payments during UPA era
3 years, 1 month ago

Mediapart's new 'expose' on Rafale deal involves payments during UPA era

Op India  

Mediapart, a media portal in France, has published what it calls ‘fake invoices’ that are alleged to have helped Dassault secure the deal for the 36 Rafale jets with the Indian Government. Mediapart can reveal that detectives from India’s federal police force, the Central Bureau of Investigations, and colleagues from the Enforcement Directorate, which fights money laundering, have had proof …

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CBI not investigating Rafale ‘kickbacks’, claims Mediapart
3 years, 1 month ago

CBI not investigating Rafale ‘kickbacks’, claims Mediapart

The Hindu  

French portal Mediapart has alleged that Dassault paid at least €7.5 mn to middleman Sushen Gupta from 2007 to 2012 through “overbilled” IT contracts with a shell company to secure the €7.87 bn deal Rafale deal with India. The probe agencies have accused Mr. Gupta of being instrumental in the routing of commissions in the 2010 AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal …

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French Journal Mediapart Publishes Fake Invoices That Helped Secure Rafale Deal
3 years, 1 month ago

French Journal Mediapart Publishes Fake Invoices That Helped Secure Rafale Deal

The Quint  

Along with other damning revelations, Mediapart alleges that Sushen Gupta received secret commissions from AgustaWestland, an Anglo-Indian helicopter, via an offshore company registered in Mauritius called Interstellar Technologies Ltd. The Mauritian government, however, agreed to send certain "documents relating to this company, including contracts, invoices and bank statements" to the CBI and the ED, and that is how both investigative …

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Watch | IAF inducts second squadron of Rafale fighter aircraft at West Bengal's Hashimara base
3 years, 4 months ago

Watch | IAF inducts second squadron of Rafale fighter aircraft at West Bengal's Hashimara base

India TV News  

In a boost to the Indian Air Force, induction of the second squadron of Rafale fighter aircraft was done at the Hashimara air base in West Bengal. India has so far received 26 Rafale aircraft out of the 36 it has ordered from Dassault Aviation, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said Wednesday. The first batch of five Rafale …

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India has received 26 Rafale aircraft till date: Govt
3 years, 4 months ago

India has received 26 Rafale aircraft till date: Govt

The Hindu  

India has so far received 26 Rafale aircraft out of the 36 it has ordered from Dassault Aviation, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said Wednesday. The multi-role Rafale jets, built by French aerospace major Dassault Aviation, are known for air superiority and precision strikes. The first batch of five Rafale jets arrived in India on July 29, 2020, …

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France begins judicial probe into Rafale deal with India: French media
3 years, 5 months ago

France begins judicial probe into Rafale deal with India: French media

Live Mint  

A French judge has been appointed to lead a "highly sensitive" judicial investigation into alleged "corruption and favouritism" in the ₹59,000 crore Rafale fighter jet deal with India, French investigative website Mediapart reported. Following the development, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come forward and order a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the …

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Dassault Rafale deal: France's PNF appoints judge to probe 'corruption' in sale of 36 fighter jets to India
3 years, 5 months ago

Dassault Rafale deal: France's PNF appoints judge to probe 'corruption' in sale of 36 fighter jets to India

Firstpost  

The PNF had intially refused to investigate the sale of Dassault’s Rafale jets, prompting French investigative website Mediapart to accuse it and the French Anti-corruption Agency of “burying” suspicions surrounding the September 2016 deal Paris: A French judge has been tasked with investigating a controversial 2016 multi-billion-dollar sale of Rafale fighter jets to India on “corruption” suspicions, the national financial …

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French judge tasked with probing Rafale jet sale to India
3 years, 5 months ago

French judge tasked with probing Rafale jet sale to India

The Hindu  

A French judge has been tasked with investigating the controversial 2016 multi-billion-dollar sale of Rafale fighter jets to India on "corruption" suspicions, the French national financial prosecutors' office said on Friday. The PNF had intially refused to investigate the sale, prompting French investigative website Mediapart to accuse it and the French Anti-corruption Agency of "burying" suspicions surrounding the September 2016 …

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Supreme Court To Hear Fresh PIL Seeking Probe Into Rafale Deal After Two Weeks
3 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court To Hear Fresh PIL Seeking Probe Into Rafale Deal After Two Weeks

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list after two weeks a PIL seeking inquiry into the Rafale deal in the light of recent reports in a French news portal alleging payment of bribe by Dassault Aviation to an Indian middleman.Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma, who filed by petition, mentioned the matter before the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde today.Without …

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Rafale deal | Sushen Gupta not involved, says his counsel
3 years, 8 months ago

Rafale deal | Sushen Gupta not involved, says his counsel

The Hindu  

Counsel of arms dealer Sushen Gupta has termed the series of reports in the French media of kickbacks in the 2016 €7.87 billion Rafale deal between India and France as “false, baseless and mischievous”. Counsel of Mr. Gupta, who is said to have received the kickbacks, said the reports seemed to be “motivated” and Mr. Gupta or his companies were …

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French portal Mediapart publishes yet another dubious report on Rafale
3 years, 8 months ago

French portal Mediapart publishes yet another dubious report on Rafale

Op India  

The last few years have seen a significant build-up of leftist French tabloid Mediapart’s profile in India. The shadiness of the trashy tabloid in question apart – nobody in the Congress or Congress aligned, self-proclaimed “neutral” journalists could have foreseen how the Mediapart’s Rafale investigation was going to boomerang on them – essentially implicating them in corruption. Their first great …

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French Portal: 1 Million Euros gifted to middleman for Dassault
3 years, 8 months ago

French Portal: 1 Million Euros gifted to middleman for Dassault

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a fresh controversy over the Rs 59,000-crore Rafale fighter jet deal, French investigative news portal Mediapart has claimed that its manufacturer Dassault Aviation agreed to pay one million euros to a middleman who is now under investigation in India in connection with another defence deal. The report said as AFA inspectors combed through Dassault accounts in 2017, …

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Congress demands probe after report on Rafale payment
3 years, 8 months ago

Congress demands probe after report on Rafale payment

Live Mint  

A report in French online journal Mediapart late on Sunday claimed that Dassault Aviation, which manufactures the Rafale jet, paid €1 million to Sushen Gupta, described as a “middleman”, in connection with the ₹59,000 crore deal for 36 jets for the Indian Air Force. The report said AFA inspectors were surprised when they came across a “suspect payment” of €508,925 …

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Rafale deal | €1 mn paid to middleman in Rafale deal, says French report
3 years, 8 months ago

Rafale deal | €1 mn paid to middleman in Rafale deal, says French report

The Hindu  

A French media report that stated that France’s anti-corruption agency, Agence Française Anticorruption, had found that aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation had paid €1 million to an Indian company in connection with the 2016 Indo-French Rafale deal, prompted the Congress on Monday to demand an independent investigation and answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala, however, claimed …

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Pvt Sector Role, No Choice for State-owned Firms: How Tejas, Rafale are Making India 'Atmanirbhar'
3 years, 11 months ago

Pvt Sector Role, No Choice for State-owned Firms: How Tejas, Rafale are Making India 'Atmanirbhar'

News 18  

On January 13, 2021, PM Modi-led Cabinet Committee on Security gave the green signal for procurement of 83 Light Combat Aircraft, LCA Tejas MK IA for a deal whose cumulative value would be around Rs 48,000 crore. And though it is certainly not the first major domestic defense deal for domestic companies, given a large array of missiles are already …

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Rafale deal: CAG pulls up MBDA and Dassault for violating offset clause
4 years, 3 months ago

Rafale deal: CAG pulls up MBDA and Dassault for violating offset clause

Deccan Chronicle  

CAG report on “management of defence offsets” said on Wednesday that French company Dassault Aviation and European missile maker MBDA has not transferred technology to DRDO which they had initially proposed in the 59,000 crore deal for 36 Rafale jets. CAG in its report submitted in Parliament said that in many cases, it was found that the foreign vendors made …

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After Make in France, now DRDO is dumped: Congress attacks Centre over CAG report on Dassault
4 years, 3 months ago

After Make in France, now DRDO is dumped: Congress attacks Centre over CAG report on Dassault

India Today  

Congress has launched another attack on the Modi government over the CAG audit in which it has pulled up Dassault Aviation and MBDA for not fulfilling the technology transfer to DRDO. The new CAG report admits that ‘technology transfer’ shelved in Rafale offsets. The new CAG report admits that ‘technology transfer’ shelved in #Rafale offsets. Modi ji will say-!https://t.co/5vUkRsuIa7 — …

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Story of Rafale, Its Importance for India and Weaponry Explained - All You Need to Know - News18
4 years, 3 months ago

Story of Rafale, Its Importance for India and Weaponry Explained - All You Need to Know - News18

News 18  

Indian Air Force today inducted the Dassault-Made 4.5-gen multi-role fighter jet ‘Rafale’ in presence of Minister of the Armed Forces of France Florence Parly and Defence Minister of India Rajnath Singh. Rafale is a Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft that willboost India’s air dominance exponentially, currently safeguarded by fighter jets like Russia made Sukhoi Su-30MKI and MiG 29, along with French …

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Independence Day 2020: A Look at IAF's Mighty Fighter Jet Fleet- Rafale, Sukhoi and More
4 years, 4 months ago

Independence Day 2020: A Look at IAF's Mighty Fighter Jet Fleet- Rafale, Sukhoi and More

News 18  

The first batch of long-awaited five Rafale fighter jets recently arrived in India and was inducted at the Indian Air Force’s Ambala airbase. 1/2#RafaleJet pic.twitter.com/0TWU5zlgvQ— Indian Air Force July 27, 2020 As India celebrate its 74th Independence Day, we look at all the active fighter jets used by the Indian Air Force, from Sukhoi Su-30MKI to the Tejas LCA and …

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The Rafale Saga: Delayed Timelines, Cost Escalation and An Executive Decision
4 years, 4 months ago

The Rafale Saga: Delayed Timelines, Cost Escalation and An Executive Decision

News 18  

A proposal for the purchase of 126 MMRCA was first mooted by the IAF to the Vajpayee-led NDA government in 2000. The defence minister confirmed that Dassault Aviation would supply 18 Rafale MMRCA in fly-away condition and that the remaining 108 fighters would be manufactured by HAL under TOT and that the contract would be signed after March 2012. When …

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Those Trying to Threaten India Should be Worried: Rajnath's Veiled Warning to China after Rafales Land
4 years, 4 months ago

Those Trying to Threaten India Should be Worried: Rajnath's Veiled Warning to China after Rafales Land

News 18  

The arrival of five Rafale jets will make the Indian Air Force much stronger to deter any threat facing India and those wanting to threaten the country's territorial integrity should be worried about its new capability, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday. Taking to Twitter, Singh said that the touchdown of Rafale jets in India marks the beginning of …

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Rafale Reaches IAF Ambala Airbase, Here's How This Fighter Jet Can Increase India's Strength
4 years, 4 months ago

Rafale Reaches IAF Ambala Airbase, Here's How This Fighter Jet Can Increase India's Strength

News 18  

The five Dassault-made Rafale fighter Jets have reached India and landed at the Ambala airbase. Here’s a look at the history and specifications of the Dassault Rafale to understand what makes this Fighter Jet so special for the Indian Air Force- A look at why India wants the Rafale combat aircraft. Rafale is a Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft that is …

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