India France Defence Deal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in France on a two-day visit that will firm up crucial defence deals and deepen the India-France strategic ties. Tomorrow, he will join the Bastille Day celebrations, where he is the Guest of Honour.

PM Modi France visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will focus on strengthening India-France ties in various domains including defence and space during his two-day visit to Paris.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to France on Thursday to deepen ties with New Delhi's oldest strategic partner in the West, with a slew of high-profile defence deals expected and a new joint plan to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific.

France is ready to provide additional Rafale jets to India if it requires, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said while noting that the use of the same aircraft by the two strategic partners is a reflection of "real asset and strength" in ties.

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has sharply criticised the Defence Ministry's policy for offsets, which also governs the deal with France for 36 Rafale jets made by Dassault Aviation. The French firm has so far not made good on its offset obligation to the Defence Research and Development Organisation, the national auditor said in a re...

The first batch of five Rafale jets flew out of France today and will arrive in India on Wednesday, July 29, when the fighter jets will officially be inducted and join the Indian Air Force fleet in Haryana's Ambala. The fighter jets, built by French aviation firm Dassault, took off from the Merignac airbase in southern France's Bordeaux today.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's "Shastra Puja" at the Rafale jet handover in France, which has provoked a huge debate online and also digs from opposition parties, drew the support of a lone Congress leader today. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, veering from his party line, tweeted that the minister "is just following customs."

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in France on Tuesday that the Rafale deal was possible due to the decisiveness of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh concluded the annual India-France Defence Dialogue with French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly in Paris, with enhanced strategic ties on top of his agenda.

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday alluded to the meaning of Rafale to explain how the multi-role fighter jets purchased from France will strengthen the Indian Air Force and improve bilateral relations in the decades to come.

India got the formal delivery of the first of the 36 long-awaited Rafale fighter jets bought from the Dassault Aviation in France on Tuesday. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a three-day visit to France, accepted the handover at a facility of Rafale manufacturer Dassault Aviation in Bordeaux. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was preceded ...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is in France for the official handover of the first of the 36 long-awaited Rafale fighter jets for India, discussed stronger strategic ties with French president Emmanuel Macron.

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.

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.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "acting as Anil Ambani's middleman", Rahul Gandhi said today in his latest allegation linked to the Rafale controversy, citing an email that he said revealed the industrialist had visited Paris and met with the French Defence Minister, 10 days before the PM went there and announced the 36-jet deal with France.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in France on a two-day visit that will firm up crucial defence deals and deepen the India-France strategic ties. Tomorrow, he will join the Bastille Day celebrations, where he is the Guest of Honour.

PM Modi France visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will focus on strengthening India-France ties in various domains including defence and space during his two-day visit to Paris.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to France on Thursday to deepen ties with New Delhi's oldest strategic partner in the West, with a slew of high-profile defence deals expected and a new joint plan to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific.

France is ready to provide additional Rafale jets to India if it requires, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said while noting that the use of the same aircraft by the two strategic partners is a reflection of "real asset and strength" in ties.

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has sharply criticised the Defence Ministry's policy for offsets, which also governs the deal with France for 36 Rafale jets made by Dassault Aviation. The French firm has so far not made good on its offset obligation to the Defence Research and Development Organisation, the national auditor said in a re...

The first batch of five Rafale jets flew out of France today and will arrive in India on Wednesday, July 29, when the fighter jets will officially be inducted and join the Indian Air Force fleet in Haryana's Ambala. The fighter jets, built by French aviation firm Dassault, took off from the Merignac airbase in southern France's Bordeaux today.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's "Shastra Puja" at the Rafale jet handover in France, which has provoked a huge debate online and also digs from opposition parties, drew the support of a lone Congress leader today. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, veering from his party line, tweeted that the minister "is just following customs."

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in France on Tuesday that the Rafale deal was possible due to the decisiveness of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh concluded the annual India-France Defence Dialogue with French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly in Paris, with enhanced strategic ties on top of his agenda.

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday alluded to the meaning of Rafale to explain how the multi-role fighter jets purchased from France will strengthen the Indian Air Force and improve bilateral relations in the decades to come.

India got the formal delivery of the first of the 36 long-awaited Rafale fighter jets bought from the Dassault Aviation in France on Tuesday. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a three-day visit to France, accepted the handover at a facility of Rafale manufacturer Dassault Aviation in Bordeaux. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was preceded ...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is in France for the official handover of the first of the 36 long-awaited Rafale fighter jets for India, discussed stronger strategic ties with French president Emmanuel Macron.

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.

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.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "acting as Anil Ambani's middleman", Rahul Gandhi said today in his latest allegation linked to the Rafale controversy, citing an email that he said revealed the industrialist had visited Paris and met with the French Defence Minister, 10 days before the PM went there and announced the 36-jet deal with France.