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The Centre filed an application on December 15, 2018, to modify the December 14 verdict of the apex court. (Representational image)

Supreme Court agrees to hear in open court Rafale review pleas

The order did not mention the date of listing the petitions.

27 Feb 2019 2:32 AM

Earlier, SC had dismissed all petitions seeking court-monitored probe into Rafale fighter jet deal with France, saying that there was no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the deal. (Representational image)

SC to hear Rafale review petition in open court

Earlier the top court said that it was not its job to go into the issue of pricing of Rafale fighter planes.

26 Feb 2019 6:46 PM

India needs a leader who can make agriculture profitable and set up irrigation projects, townships and industries, Yashwant Sinha said. (Photo: File | PTI)

‘I am the closest, can deliver on job creation’: Yashwant Sinha on next PM

Sinha said Gadkari would not succeed PM Modi as he and Amit Shah won’t ‘retire’ even if BJP fell below 200-mark in 2019 polls.

22 Jan 2019 9:19 AM

Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie and Prashant Bhushan ask Supreme Court to review December 14 verdict dismissing all PILs alleging irregularities in procurement of 36 Rafale jets. (Photo: File | PTI)

Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie move SC seeking review of Rafale order

They claim order 'relied upon patently incorrect claims made by the govt in unsigned note given in sealed cover' to SC.

02 Jan 2019 12:03 PM

Former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha

Modi ‘unmade’ India: Yaswant Sinha in no-holds-barred book

Sinha, who has been quite vocal about the government’s policies since the past couple of years, quit the BJP in April.

23 Dec 2018 5:40 AM

‘Narendra Modi unmade India’: Yaswant Sinha in no-holds-barred book

Sinha says that PM Modi’s idea of self-employment is a 'distraction from the more serious issue of unemployment and underemployment'.

22 Dec 2018 2:33 PM

‘A national-level pre-poll alliance of all opposition parties, including Congress, should be formed to put up a one-to-one fight against the saffron party and stop division in anti-BJP votes," Yashwant Sinha said (Photo: File)

Poll results destroyed 'Modi magic theory': Yashwant Sinha

BJP has lost three of its bastions - Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan - to Congress in just-concluded assembly polls.

12 Dec 2018 5:50 PM

Institutes are being targeted, says Opposition

Patel’s resignation becomes political issue.

11 Dec 2018 12:32 AM

Govt shares Rafale price details with the SC, makes public timeline of negotiations that preceded the deal in a bid to dispel doubts about alleged wrongdoing.(Representational image)

Rafale jets: Govt hands pricing details to Supreme Court

On Monday, the document on the decision-making process related to the deal was also given to the petitioners.

13 Nov 2018 12:56 AM

He was addressing a farmers’ gathering at Vanthali in Gujarat’s Junagadh district, around 300 km from here. (Photo: PTI)

Don’t forgive PM Modi in 2019 Lok Sabha polls: Yashwant Sinha to farmers

'I want to apologise because I was also part of the BJP when promises were made ahead of 2014 (general) elections,' Sinha said.

01 Nov 2018 10:10 AM

The order came in response to batch of petitions including a joint plea filed by former Union Ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie along with Prashant Bhushan, into the Rafale fighter jet deal. (Representational Image | file)

Reveal pricing, strategic details of Rafale aircraft in 10 days: SC to Centre

SC asked Centre to disclose information of jet deal which can be legitimately put in public domain.

31 Oct 2018 11:08 AM

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, which had directed the Centre to provide in a sealed cover the 'details of the steps' taken in the decision making process leading to the deal, has listed as many as four petitions for hearing on Thursday. (Photo: File)

SC to hear Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie's plea on Rafale today

Two ex-union ministers have sought registration of complaint into Rafale deal alleging 'criminal misconduct' by high public functionaries.

31 Oct 2018 8:03 AM

(Right to left)Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha and AAP MP Sanjay Singh hold a press conference in Nagpur. (Photo: PTI)

CBI feud is to scuttle Rafale probe: Sinha

He further alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has turned the nation into a banana republic.

25 Oct 2018 2:18 AM

India signed an agreement with France for the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft in a fly-away condition as part of the upgrading process of the Indian Air Force equipment. (Representational Image)

Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie, Prashant Bhushan move SC, seek FIR in Rafale deal

They have sought direction to CBI to probe offences mentioned in their complaint in time-bound manner, submit periodic status reports to SC.

24 Oct 2018 9:07 PM

Yashwant Sinha: Current situation worse than Emergency

Yashwant Sinha and some farm activists may sit on a fast to corner the government, sources indicated.

23 Oct 2018 2:45 AM

RSS should wait for SC verdict on Ram temple, says Yashwant Sinha

The former BJP leader questioned the legitimacy of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief’s demand for a Parliamentary law.

23 Oct 2018 1:42 AM

'It is the duty of all of us to unite and fight this challenge. We have to continue our struggle,' Yashwant Sinha said. (Photo: File)

Situation today in country worse than emergency days: Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha exuded confidence that if opposition unity is forged before 2019 LS elections, akin to that in 1977, 'we will win the polls'.

12 Oct 2018 12:16 PM

BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha shakes hands with former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha as SP president Akhilesh Yadav looks on in Lucknow on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Yashwant Sinha calls for repeat of 1977 rout

Sinha further said that, he had worked with Jai Prakash Narain, Chandra Shekhar and Mulayam Singh Yadav.

12 Oct 2018 1:52 AM

‘Onus on Guj to protect migrants’

But, it is the responsibility of a state to maintain law and order situation.

10 Oct 2018 2:08 AM

Yashwant Sinha, Shotgun may run for 2019 polls on AAP tickets

“Shatrughanji is contesting the election. He is not rejecting the idea,” Mr Kejriwal had also said during the same rally.

23 Sep 2018 6:06 AM

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