FlightBot: Flightglobal: The Indian Air Force has denied reports that the Dassault Rafale has been eliminated from the country’s medium multi-role combat aircraft competition....
Author: Siva Govindasamy
Date: 20 April 2009
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For the record, it was not the Indian media which reported Rafale's
elimination first. Wall Street Journal and AFP were the first to break
the news and quoted senior Indian officials that they had spoken to.
Here is a link to the Wall Street Journal story
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090416-711053.html
Shouldn't the Indian defense official that you are now quoting explain what caused the confusion earlier. Without it all the reports so far will appear suspect.