India "top priority" for France ahead of G7 Summit, focus on West Asia and strategic defence tiesFrance views India as a top priority partner. Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, French sources emphasized a special relationsh...
11 Jun, 2026, 05.26 PM IST
Rafale fires MICA NG missile designed to hunt stealth jets in first supersonic testFrance has successfully tested its advanced MICA NG missile from a Rafale fighter jet. This new weapon is designed to counter stealth aircr...
05 Jun, 2026, 10.07 PM IST
India issues formal request to France for 114 Rafales in Rs 3.25 lakh crore dealIndia has requested France for 114 Rafale fighter jets. This major deal is valued at approximately 3.25 lakh crore rupees. A significant po...
01 Jun, 2026, 08.19 PM IST
114 Rafale jets deal moves ahead as India finalises LoR for France: ReportIndia is nearing a significant defence deal with France for 114 Rafale fighter jets, with a Letter of Request expected soon. This acquisiti...
26 May, 2026, 05.49 PM IST
Rafale-M roars after Pahalgam: How India’s French fighter deal could turn up the heat on PakistanIndia’s ₹62,000 crore deal with France to procure 26 Rafale-Marine fighter jets marks a major leap in naval aviation and defence self-relia...
01 May, 2025, 08.43 PM IST
India approves Rs 63,000 crore deal to acquire 26 Rafale Marine fighter jets from FranceIndia is poised to acquire 26 Rafale Marine fighter aircraft from France in a government-to-government deal valued at over Rs 63,000 crore....
09 Apr, 2025, 06.08 PM IST
Congress govt too wanted to hide Rafale price: CAG reportInterestingly, the Congress-led UPA government too had signed a deal to hide the price of the jets.
13 Feb, 2019, 01.24 PM IST
Tell us how you decided on Rafale: Supreme Court to Modi governmentThe apex court, however, said that it is not sending any notice to the government at this point of time.
11 Oct, 2018, 10.01 AM IST
SC to hear plea against Rafale deal on October 10A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph Monday said it will hear the PIL filed by lawyer Vineet Dhanda, ...
08 Oct, 2018, 12.06 PM IST
SC adjourns hearing on Rafale deal PIL to October 10A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha and K M Joseph adjourned the matter till October 10 after petitioner advocate M L Sharma told...
18 Sep, 2018, 01.05 PM IST
Government floated fresh tenders to buy 100 combat aircraft: CongressChavan said Modi, in order to benefit his friends Anil Ambani and Gautam Adani, has started playing with the defence ministry.
12 Sep, 2018, 08.14 PM IST
SC to hear next week plea to stay Rafale dealA bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submissions of advocate M L Sha...
05 Sep, 2018, 01.43 PM IST
Govt lying on Rafale, PM is 'bhagidar' not 'chowkidar' in alleged graft: GandhiIn one of his sharpest attacks on the government on the issue of alleged graft, Rahul Gandhi also trained his guns on Narendra Modi.
20 Jul, 2018, 06.15 PM IST
Law Ministry cautions government against terms of Rafale dealIn case of a commercial dispute, the arbitration proceedings should take place in India and not Switzerland as suggested in the draft, the ...
14 Jul, 2018, 04.40 PM IST
India, France set to widen scope of security pactJust a few weeks ago, the defence ministry had said the 2008 security agreement barred it from sharing this information. This set off a pol...
10 Mar, 2018, 06.59 AM IST
Disclosing Rafale deal details will impact military preparedness and compromise national security: GovtThe ministry again reiterated that the deal secured by the Centre is better in terms of capability and price, as compared to the one negoti...
08 Feb, 2018, 12.21 AM IST
Rafale deal: Congress wants contract to be made publicIndia yesterday inked a Euro 7.87 bn deal with France for purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons
24 Sep, 2016, 04.11 PM IST