The Hindu Rafale Deal

The Supreme Court will decide today whether classified documents sourced by the media without authorisation can be considered evidence and a basis for re-examining its December verdict, which gave a clean chit to the Narendra Modi government over the deal for Rafale fighter jets. Citing internal notes of the defence ministry, a series of reports pu...

The Supreme Court will today deliver its verdict on whether classified documents sourced from the Defence Ministry by the media without authorisation can be used as "evidence" in the Rafale fighter jet case.

The Supreme Court will today resume hearing petitions calling for a review of its Rafale case judgement from December that said there was no reason to doubt the decision-making process amid Congress allegations of corruption in the 2016 jet deal. The top court had in December dismissed petitions alleging that the government had gone for an overpric...

The action of petitioners who wanted a review of the verdict in the Rafale case brought classified documents into public domain, the Centre told the Supreme Court today. It put national security at risk and such unauthorised photocopying of secret documents amounts to theft, the Centre said, targeting The Hindu newspaper over its investigative stor...

The Indian Newspaper Society, the top body of the print media industry, expressed its outrage over the government's stand before the Supreme Court on the Rafale deal reportage and called for repealing of the Official Secrets Act today.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday alleged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government was trying to silence the media through "unconstitutional means", condemning the Centre's threat of invoking action under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) against The Hindu newspaper in the Rafale case.

The Editors Guild of India has "unequivocally" condemned the Attorney General's remarks before the Supreme Court pertaining to the documents based on which the media had reported on the Rafale deal, saying any attempt to use the Official Secrets Act against the media is as "reprehensible" as asking journalists to disclose their sources.

Documents related to the Rafale jet deal have been stolen from the Defence Ministry, the government told the Supreme Court today, targeting The Hindu newspaper over its investigative stories on the purchase of 36 fighter jets from France amid opposition allegations of corruption.

India needs Rafale jets to defend the country "from Pakistani F-16 fighters that recently bombed us", the government said today at an open court hearing on petitions asking the Supreme Court to review its clean chit to the fighter jet deal with France.

A report in The Hindu newspaper on Wednesday said at least three senior Defence Ministry officials among the seven-member Indian Negotiating Team strongly disagreed with the government stand.

N Chandrababu Naidu In Andhra Bhawan: On a day The Hindu newspaper published a report on anti-corruption conditions being dropped from the supply clause of the Rafale jet deal, Rahul Gandhi launched another fierce attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the spot where Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu sat on a daylong fast.

Key conditions for anti-corruption penalties and an escrow account for payments were dropped days before the Rafale deal was signed, The Hindu newspaper has reported, describing them as major and unprecedented concessions from a government that has repeatedly stressed on fighting corruption in defence deals.

The BJP today amped up its twitter blitz on the Congress with a list of what it said were "lies peddled" by party chief Rahul Gandhi. All concerned Rafale, which occupied headlines yesterday after a report by The Hindu cited an internal note of the defence ministry that expressed strong reservations about the "parallel negotiations" conducted by of...

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today launched an all-out attack on the Congress and dismissed as "selective journalism" a news report by The Hindu that said the defence ministry objected to the "parallel negotiations" by the Prime Minister's Office into the Rafale deal.

A news report on an internal note of the defence ministry - which recorded its objections to "parallel negotiations" by the Prime Minister's Office into the multi-billion dollar deal for Rafale fighter jets -- triggered a huge political row today. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said the report by The Hindu established that the PMO was directly involve...

The Supreme Court will decide today whether classified documents sourced by the media without authorisation can be considered evidence and a basis for re-examining its December verdict, which gave a clean chit to the Narendra Modi government over the deal for Rafale fighter jets. Citing internal notes of the defence ministry, a series of reports pu...

The Supreme Court will today deliver its verdict on whether classified documents sourced from the Defence Ministry by the media without authorisation can be used as "evidence" in the Rafale fighter jet case.

The Supreme Court will today resume hearing petitions calling for a review of its Rafale case judgement from December that said there was no reason to doubt the decision-making process amid Congress allegations of corruption in the 2016 jet deal. The top court had in December dismissed petitions alleging that the government had gone for an overpric...

The action of petitioners who wanted a review of the verdict in the Rafale case brought classified documents into public domain, the Centre told the Supreme Court today. It put national security at risk and such unauthorised photocopying of secret documents amounts to theft, the Centre said, targeting The Hindu newspaper over its investigative stor...

The Indian Newspaper Society, the top body of the print media industry, expressed its outrage over the government's stand before the Supreme Court on the Rafale deal reportage and called for repealing of the Official Secrets Act today.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday alleged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government was trying to silence the media through "unconstitutional means", condemning the Centre's threat of invoking action under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) against The Hindu newspaper in the Rafale case.

The Editors Guild of India has "unequivocally" condemned the Attorney General's remarks before the Supreme Court pertaining to the documents based on which the media had reported on the Rafale deal, saying any attempt to use the Official Secrets Act against the media is as "reprehensible" as asking journalists to disclose their sources.

Documents related to the Rafale jet deal have been stolen from the Defence Ministry, the government told the Supreme Court today, targeting The Hindu newspaper over its investigative stories on the purchase of 36 fighter jets from France amid opposition allegations of corruption.

India needs Rafale jets to defend the country "from Pakistani F-16 fighters that recently bombed us", the government said today at an open court hearing on petitions asking the Supreme Court to review its clean chit to the fighter jet deal with France.

A report in The Hindu newspaper on Wednesday said at least three senior Defence Ministry officials among the seven-member Indian Negotiating Team strongly disagreed with the government stand.

N Chandrababu Naidu In Andhra Bhawan: On a day The Hindu newspaper published a report on anti-corruption conditions being dropped from the supply clause of the Rafale jet deal, Rahul Gandhi launched another fierce attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the spot where Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu sat on a daylong fast.

Key conditions for anti-corruption penalties and an escrow account for payments were dropped days before the Rafale deal was signed, The Hindu newspaper has reported, describing them as major and unprecedented concessions from a government that has repeatedly stressed on fighting corruption in defence deals.

The BJP today amped up its twitter blitz on the Congress with a list of what it said were "lies peddled" by party chief Rahul Gandhi. All concerned Rafale, which occupied headlines yesterday after a report by The Hindu cited an internal note of the defence ministry that expressed strong reservations about the "parallel negotiations" conducted by of...

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today launched an all-out attack on the Congress and dismissed as "selective journalism" a news report by The Hindu that said the defence ministry objected to the "parallel negotiations" by the Prime Minister's Office into the Rafale deal.

A news report on an internal note of the defence ministry - which recorded its objections to "parallel negotiations" by the Prime Minister's Office into the multi-billion dollar deal for Rafale fighter jets -- triggered a huge political row today. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said the report by The Hindu established that the PMO was directly involve...