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Paris, Apr 12: India and France have agreed that a Joint Working Group (JWG) on counter-terrorism will meet and formulate the modalities of greater cooperation on the matter, said the Ministry of External Affairs. "What has been agreed to is that as a first step a Joint Working Group on counter-terrorism will meet forthwith and they will try and work out what will be the modalities of greater

Panaji, April 11: The deal struck with France for purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets will bring some relief to the Indian Air Force into which they will be inducted within two years, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today. He described as "great" India's decision to buy these fighters after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande in Paris yesterday

France, Apr 11: India will buy 36 Rafale fighter jets in flyaway condition from France "as soon as possible" after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande on Friday night agreed to conclude an Inter-Governmental Agreement bypassing the protracted negotiations for purchase of 126 such jets. Taking Indo-French strategic relationship to a new level Modi and Hollande also

New Delhi, April 10: India has ended its massive evacuation efforts of its nationals in Yemen, pulling out 5,600 people, including 4,640 Indians and 960 nationals from 41 countries, the government said. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted: "The evacuation operation from Yemen is over. General V.K. Singh is returning tonight. We are closing our Embassy there." Earlier the external

Chennai, Apr 9: The Madras High Court today directed that bodies of six persons, gunned down in an encounter in the Seshachalam forests in Andhra Pradesh, be preserved until tomorrow when it will take up the matter. The bodies would be preserved in a mortuary in Thiruvannamalai District Headquarters government hospital, about 170 km from here. The court's direction was in response to a petition

Lahore, Apr 9: A Pakistani court today suspended the Punjab government's detention order against 2008 Mumbai attack accused and LeT operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi under a public security act and ordered his immediate release. Justice Muhammad Anwarul Haq of Lahore High Court suspended the detention of 55-year-old Lakhvi under Maintenance of Public Order after the government failed to

Mumbai, Apr 9: The Shiv Sena staged a noisy protest on Thursday outside celebrity author Shobhaa De's residence, after she attacked a move to force multiplexes to show Marathi movies in the prime time slot. Carrying banners as well as 'vada-pav' and 'misal', the Sainkis shouted slogans against De.The protesters condemned De's comments opposing the Bharatiya Janata Party-Sena government's diktat to

Hyderabad, Apr 9: B Ramalinga Raju and nine others found guilty in the multi-crore accounting fraud Satyam case on Thursday by a special court in Hyderabad. During the last hearing on March 9, Special Judge BVLN Chakravarthi said, "On April 9, the judgement will be pronounced. I am making it very clear. April 9 will be the final date for the verdict. No question of further adjournments. Court will

New Delhi, Apr 9: The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) on Wednesday upgraded India’s aviation safety ranking to Category-1 status, more than 14 months after removing the country from the elite list citing deficiency in several parameters. The decision of the United States aviation watchdog, conveyed to Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju by US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, paves

New Delhi, Apr 8: Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh has landed himself in another controversy over his remarks dubbing newsmen as "presstitutes", evoking strong reaction today from a media association and the Opposition which demanded that he be "dismissed". Singh, who is currently in Djibouti to oversee evacuation of Indians from Yemen, had yesterday compared the rescue operation