Indian govt proposed Reliance Defence as partner in Rafale: French media quoting Hollande
In a significant development, a French media report quoted former French President Francois Hollande as purportedly saying that the Indian government proposed Reliance Defence as the partner for Dassault Aviation in the ₹58,000 crore Rafale jet fighter deal and France did not have a choice.
India calls off New York meeting with Pakistan
India called off a meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj with her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi in New York, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
India on Thursday accepted Pakistan’s proposal for talks between the Foreign Ministers on the sidelines of the ongoing annual U.N. General Assembly session in New York.
Sensex ends in red after 1,000-point flash crash
The BSE Sensex tumbled about 280 points to close below the 37,000-mark on Friday after investors were jolted by an over 1,000-point plunge in afternoon trade.
The 30-share benchmark, which opened on a strong footing, suddenly tanked 1,127.58 points, or 3.03%, to hit a low of 35,993.64 at 1309 hours, before staging an equally sharp recovery.
Five Lashkar militants killed in J&K’s Bandipora district, say police
Five Lashkar-e-Taiba militants who recently infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir were killed in an encounter on September 21, police said.
The encounter took place at Sumlar area in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Police said the five had crossed the Line of Control recently and were on their way to other parts of the Kashmir Valley.
Bishop Franco Mulakkal's interrogation in Kerala nun rape case enters third day
The interrogation of bishop Franco Mulakkal, who has been accused by a Kerala nun of raping her, got under way for the third day at the hi-tech interrogation cell in the Crime Branch (CB) office at Tripunithura in Kochi.
86 die as ferry sinks in Lake Victoria in Tanzania
Eighty-six people are killed as a ferry sank in Lake Victoria in Tanzania, according to John Mongella, commissioner for the Mwanza region of the country. He says the death toll is likely to rise as search and rescue operations were under way on Friday.
Cyclonic storm ‘Daye’ crosses Odisha coast, rains to continue till Saturday
Cyclonic storm ‘Daye’ crossed the coast near Gopalpur in Odisha early Friday, triggering heavy downpour accompanied by high velocity wind in several parts of the state.
Javadekar says Surgical Strike Day not mandatory
Union Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar said on Friday that the celebration of September 29 as Surgical Strike Day in universities was not compulsory but claimed that it was decided on the advice of many students.
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