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New Delhi, Sept 23: India and France today signed the Euro 7.87-billion deal for Rafale fighter jets, equipped with latest missiles and weapon system besides multiple India- specific modifications that will give the IAF cutting edge capability over arch rival Pakistan. The deal was signed by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and his visiting French counterpart Jean Yves Le Drian sixteen months

Mumbai, Sep 23: Police have issued sketches of suspects spotted moving suspiciously near a Naval base at Uran in neighbouring Raigad district, even as multi-agency search operations are on to trace them a day after a high alert was sounded along the Mumbai coast and adjoining areas. Based on the description given by some school children at Uran who spotted the armed suspects, their sketches were

Chennai, Sep 23: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was admitted to a private hospital after she complained of “fever and dehydration”. The 68-year-old AIADMK chief was taken to Apollo Hospitals late last night and her condition is stated to be “stable” now, the hospital said, adding she is “under observation”. “The honourable chief minister of Tamil Nadu was admitted to Apollo Hospitals

Raigad/Mumbai, Sep 23: Navi Mumbai/Mumbai: The city and its adjoining areas were placed on high alert after two students separately reported seeing up to half a dozen masked, armed men with backpacks at Uran, 47km from Mumbai, around 6.30am on Thursday. The sighting, coming four days after the Uri army camp attack, witnessed the Navy, which has an armament depot and commando base at Uran, on the

Singapore, Sep 22: Gujaratis seem to be among the most dominant communities when it comes to wealth creation, with Ambanis, Adanis, Shanghvis and Patels cornering a large number of top positions on the list of India's richest 100 released by Forbes today. Industrialist Mukesh Ambani was named India's richest person for a ninth year in a row with a sharp increase in networth to USD 22.7 billion

Singapore, Sep 22: Yoga guru Ramdev's close associate Balkrishna has entered India's richest 100 club with USD 2.5 billion networth owing to his 97 per cent holding in Patanjali Ayurved, while new-age retailer Flipkart's co-founders Sachin and Binny Bansal made a surprise exit from the list.Acharya Balkrishna has made his debut on the Forbes list of India's 100 Richest People at 48th position. "

Aam Aadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti was arrested on Thursday for allegedly inciting a crowd to damage AIIMS' fence and misbehaving with the hospital's security personnel earlier this month. The chief security officer of AIIMS had on September 9 given a written complaint stating that "Bharti provoked a mob to damage the fence of the hospital with a JCB at Gautam Nagar Nallah road in order to give

United nations, Sep 22: India today called Pakistan a "terrorist state" and accused it of carrying out "war crimes" against Indians through its "long-standing policy" of sponsoring terrorism, hours after Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif racked up Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly session. In a strong rebuttal, India said the terrorists designated by the UN continued to roam Pakistan's

Ludhiana, Sep 22: Top Punjab Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh leader Brigadier (Retd) Jagdish Gagnejapassed away on Thursday morning, after battling for life at the Hero DMC Heart Institute for over 45 days. The senior RSS leader died after suffering from a kidney infection, reports news agency. Gagneja, the senior vice president of the Punjab unit of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, was shot thrice in the

New York, Sep 22: Strongly reacting to Pakistan Prime Minister's remarks at the UN, India today described them as non-factual and full of "threat bluster" and said glorification of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani by him at the world forum is an act of "self-incrimination" by Pakistan. "We just heard a speech full of threat bluster and rising immaturity and complete disregard of facts," Minister of