France has denied reports that Pakistani pilots under an exchange programme with Qatar were being trained to fly Rafale fighter jets. “I can confirm that it is fake news,” tweeted French Ambassador to India Alexanre Ziegler, putting to rest speculations that Pakistani pilots had got hands on the Rafales before[Read More…]
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley calls newspaper report on Rafale jet ‘fudged arithmatic’
New Delhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday described as “fudged arithmatic” a newspaper article on the Rafale fighter jet deal which had said the 36 aircraft signed by the Modi government cost 41 per cent more per aircraft than what was provided in the deal negotiated by the UPA[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi tarnished India’s image, must apologise: Rajnath
New Delhi, The government on Friday accused the Congress of misleading the nation on the Rafale jet deal and tarnishing the country’s image internationally, and demanded an apology from its President Rahul Gandhi. The government’s attack came in the Lok Sabha soon after a Supreme Court bench headed by Chief[Read More…]