The Centre has told the Supreme Court that there was no question of either registration of an FIR or investigation by CBI in the Rafale fighter jets deal as the apex court had already concluded that there was no reason for intervention by it on the "sensitive issue".

No question of FIR registration or CBI probe into Rafale deal: Centre to Supreme Court

Indian Air Force Rafale office broken into in France in possible espionage attempt Unidentified persons broke into the Indian Rafale project management team office in France on Sunday night in a possible espionage attempt to steal data related to the aircraft critical to India's national security plans.

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A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions seeking review of its December 14 judgment last year which had dismissed the pleas challenging India's agreement with France to procure 36 Rafale fighter jets.

Supreme Court reserves verdict on Rafale review petitions 

The Supreme Court Monday said it was "little perplexed" over the separate listing, contrary to its order, of the pleas seeking review of its verdict in Rafale case and the contempt plea against Congress president Rahul Gandhi for wrongly attributing to the apex court his "chokidar chor hai" remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Supreme Court says perplexed over separate listing of contempt case against Rahul Gandhi, Rafale review pleas

The Central government has filed fresh affidavits in the Rafale review case in the Supreme Court stating that the apex court's judgement, which was pronounced last year on December 14, upholding 36 Rafale jets' deal was "correct," news agency ANI reported.

'Monitoring by PMO cannot be construed as interference,' says Centre in fresh affidavits in Rafale review case

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday issued a formal notice to the Central government asking it to file its reply on the Rafale review petitions by May 4. The matter has been posted for hearing on May 6.

Supreme Court asks Centre to reply on Rafale review petition, posts matter for hearing on May 6

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to Congress president Rahul Gandhi in connection with a contempt petition filed against him by the Bharatiya Janata Party on the Rafale controversy.

Supreme Court to Rahul Gandhi: Explain ''Chowkidar Rafale Chor'' comments

The Ministry of Defence on Saturday quashed a report by French media that said that an Anil Ambani-owned company received massive tax cuts in France after Rafale deal.

Inaccurate, tendentious and mischievous attempt to disinform: Defence ministry quashes French report linking Ambani tax cut and Rafale deal

France's ambassador of India, Alexandre Ziegler, has denied the report in a section of media that Pakistani fighter pilots were trained by France to fly the Rafale jets for Qatari Air Force.

Did Pak pilots train on Rafale jets? 'Fake news' says French ambassador

The Supreme Court will Wednesday pronounce verdict on the preliminary objections raised by the Centre that the documents on which it was claiming "privilege" cannot be relied upon to re-examine the verdict in the Rafale fighter jet deal with France.

Supreme Court verdict Wednesday on Centre's preliminary objection in Rafale review pleas

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said Monday that once the Rafale is inducted into the Indian Air Force, Pakistan "will not come anywhere near the LoC". He added that "the deterrence of our air defence will increase manifold" and that Pakistan will not "have an answer" to the Rafale.

When Rafale comes, Pakistan will not come anywhere near LoC: IAF chief BS Dhanoa

Rafale would would increase India's air defence deterrence levels: IAF Chief

Asserting that the Congress has boxed itself into a corner on the issue of national security, the BJP Thursday dubbed its president Rahul Gandhi's attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Rafale issue an attempt to shift the focus due to people's "revulsion" against it.

Rahul trying to divert attention by attacking Modi on Rafale issue: BJP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday hit out the opposition for questioning his statement that the presence of Rafale fighters would have given greater firepower to the IAF during the February 27 aerial engagement with Pakistan.

Use common sense, PM Modi tells Opposition on his Rafale remarks

The Supreme Court will on March 6 hear review petitions over its earlier verdict on the Rafale deal. The court, in its verdict, had refused to order a probe into the deal on the procurement of 36 Rafale jets from France.

Supreme Court to hear petitions seeking review of Rafale judgement on March 6

The Supreme Court Thursday said that it would consider listing of a plea seeking review of its verdict in the Rafale case. The apex court on December 14 last year dismissed a clutch of PILs, including the one filed by former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and lawyer Prashant Bhushan, saying there was "no occasion to doubt" the decision-making process of the Centre in the procurement of 36 Rafale jets from France.

Rafale verdict: Supreme Court says it may hear plea asking for a review

When people ask me if the NDA government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done anything wrong in the procurement of Rafale fighter jets from France's Dassault, my typical answer is: "I don't think so, but.

Narendra Modi emerges from Rafale in better shape than Rajiv Gandhi from Bofors

With the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Air Force, Performance Audit on “Capital Acquisition in Indian Air Force” tabled in Parliament, Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley has gone on the offensive and called the Congress party’s bluff.

Congress must come clean on corruption charges against Robert Vadra first and then talk about Rafale deal

Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday took a dig at the Congress over its constant attack on the Rafale deal. Claiming that the party has ''vested interests'' in delaying the aircraft deal, Jaitley blamed the UPA government for compromising with the national security of the country.

Government stand vindicated, says Arun Jaitley on Rafale deal

The government is scheduled to table the CAG report on Rafale jet fighter deal, which has generated a massive political controversy, in Parliament Tuesday, sources said.

Government to table CAG report on Rafale deal in Parliament Tuesday

At a time when the Narendra Modi government is under attack over the Rafale deal, it is emerging that the policy for signing inter-governmental agreements without "classically" following the Standard Operating Procedure or Standard Contract Document was laid down by the previous Congress-led UPA government in 2013.

Modi government followed UPA's policy on inter-governmental agreements: Official sources on Rafale deal

The Shiv Sena Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should answer whether the Rafale deal was meant to strengthen the Air Force or a financially-troubled industrialist.

PM should answer if Rafale deal meant to strengthen IAF or industrialist: Shiv Sena

A combative Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday termed as “incomplete” and “distorted” the news item published by a newspaper about “parallel negotiations” by the PMO in the Rafale fighter deal and wondered whether “doubts” were being deliberated created in the minds of people because of some “corporate warfare”.

He has no moral authority to question PM while being on bail himself: Sitharaman slams Rahul Gandhi

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