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PTI
Rafale Deal: French Journal Makes Fresh Claims of Dubious Contracts and False Invoices
08 Nov 2021
Mediapart alleged that despite the existence of false invoices in the fighter jet deal, the Indian probe agencies decided not to pursue the matter.
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French Judge Opens Investigation into Alleged Corruption in Rafale Deal: Report
03 Jul 2021
The Mediapart report has also revealed that the first MoU between Dassault and Anil Ambani’s company was actually signed on March 26, 2015, while PM Modi’s decision to scrap the earlier contract for…
D. Raghunandan
Rafale Deal Gets Murkier with yet Another Exposé
17 Apr 2021
The silence of both French and Indian governments, and regulatory agencies, on the three-part series by French investigative portal, Mediapart, is telling indeed.
PTI
CPI(M) Demands Probe into Rafale Fighter Jet Deal After French Report Signals Kickback
06 Apr 2021
Rahul Gandhi also attacked the government, says ‘no one can escape karma’ after French report claims Euro 1.1 million was paid to a "middleman".
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Dassault Paid 1 Million Euros as 'Gift' to Indian Middleman in Rafale Deal, Found in Anti-Corruption Audit: Report
05 Apr 2021
Promptly after the Rafale deal was finalised in 2016, Dassault had agreed to pay one million euros to one of its sub-contractors in India, Defsys Solutions.
D. Raghunandan
CAG Report on Defence Offsets Policy Reveals Failures on All Fronts
02 Oct 2020
India currently lacks a professional and technically competent system to identify technology and industrial gaps in the Indian defence procurement ecosystem
Newsclick Team
Bharat Ek Mauj: Rafale Welcome, 'Black Magic' on Sushant and Film on Galwan
03 Aug 2020
In this episode of 'Bharat ek Mauj', Sanjay Rajoura talks about the grand welcome that was doled out to the Rafale jets while COVID-19 numbers crossed 18 lakh.
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6 Months into Retirement, Ex-CJI Gogoi Nominated to Rajya Sabha by Centre
17 Mar 2020
"There is a viewpoint that post-retirement appointment is itself a scar on judicial independence of the judiciary,” a bench headed by the former CJI had said in 2019.
Anurag Bharadwaj
Will India’s Corporates Ever Support Society?
14 Jan 2020
Speaking out is the right thing to do, but corporate India is owning its crony tag.
Ujjwal K Chowdhury
Rafale 2.0: No Investigation Means No Justice
15 Nov 2019
Even if not court-monitored, other serious probes can and must happen.