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India, France Conclude Confidentiality Agreement
Even as the opposition is demanding that the government reveal at what cost the Rafale fighter jets were procured from French firm Dassault Aviation, India and France on Saturday signed an agreement regarding the exchange and reciprocal protection of classified or protected information.....
Singhvi, Ketkar Among 10 Congress Candidates For Rajya Sabha Polls
The Congress on Sunday announced names of 10 candidates for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections in seven states, including Abhishek Manu Singhvi from West Bengal and senior journalist Kumar Ketkar from Maharashtra.....
India Condoles Loss Of Lives In Kathmandu Air Crash, Offers Help
India on Monday condoled the loss of lives in a Bangladesh airline's crash in Nepal's capital Kathmandu and offered any assistance required.....
Modi Government Trying To Bulldoze Financial Business, Opposition Tells Speaker
The opposition on Tuesday complained to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan that the Narendra Modi government was trying to bulldoze the entire financial business without a discussion on it and was "hell bent" on passing the Finance Bill "without proper scrutiny".....
Shock Defeat For BJP In UP, Bihar By-polls
In results that can set the tone for the 2019 general elections, the BJP on Wednesday received a severe drubbing in the Lok Sabha and assembly by-elections in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar losing four of the five seats, including the prestigeous Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary constituencies, after non-BJP parties teamed up in alliances against the saffron party in the two states.....
Ayodhya Parties Free To Settle Dispute, Says SC As It Begins Deciding Title Suit
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the parties to the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masji dispute were free to settle the contentious issue between themselves but it will not ask them take it as a way forward except for deciding the title issue.....
Terror Funding: NIA Questions Six, Including Hizbul Chief's Son
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday questioned Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin's eldest son and five others in connection with the 2011 terror funding case.....
Pakistan Raises Kashmir At UN, Attacks India
Using a two-pronged tactic in the Human Rights Council, Pakistan has raised the Kashmir issue while speaking on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and then for itself.....
TDP Ready To Back No-confidence Motion Against Modi Government
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said that his TDP was ready to support no-confidence motion against the BJP-led NDA government while the party's politburo on Friday is expected to take a decision on pulling out of the alliance.....
Parliamentary Panel For Compulsory Military Training For Job Aspirants
Taking note of alarming shortage of officers and other ranks in the armed forces, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence has recommended five-year compulsory military service for those aspiring for gazetted jobs in the state and central governments.....
