Month: April 2025

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The mega Rs 63,887 crore (Euro 6.6 billion) deal with France for the direct acquisition of 26 Rafale-Marine fighter jets, which will primarily operate from the deck of indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, will be inked on Monday.With French defence minister Sebastien Lecornu unable to make it to India as previously scheduled, the deal for 22 single-seat Rafale-M jets and four twin-seat trainers, which includes some weapons, simulators, crew training, MRO (maintenance, repair and operations) and five-year performance-based logistics support, will be inked by senior Indian and French officials in New Delhi. The inter-governmental agreement will be inked "remotely" by the two defence ministers. The deal includes some spares and equipment for the 36 Rafales already inducted by IAF under the Rs 59,000 crore contract in Sept 2016, as reported by TOI earlier. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A Delhi court refused on Friday to issue notice to former Congress presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and others in the National Herald money-laundering case for now.The court of special judge (PC Act) Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue Courts was hearing an ED plea that claimed that cognisance of the chargesheet could not be taken without hearing the accused according to new provisions in the law."Giving a chance to them (accused) to come (before the court) and give their point before cognisance is taken (sic)," SV Raju, additional solicitor-general appearing for ED, submitted before the court. The judge, however, said he could not pass such an order before the court is satisfied that a notice is required. Before the court passes any order, it has to see if there is any deficiency, the judge said. After […]

[ad_1] Houses of 3 Pahalgam terrorists demolished In a stern message to local terrorists and their families, J&K administration on Friday demolished the houses of three terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack.The houses of Adil Hussain Thoker alias Adil Guree in Bijbehara of Anantnag; Asif Sheikh in Awantipora; and Ahsan Sheikh in Pulwama were quietly razed on Thursday and Friday night.The administration ensured that none of their family members was inside when the houses were destroyed. In fact, a source indicated they were aware of the impending demolition as they had vacated the houses beforehand with their important belongings.The detonation was controlled to ensure adjacent dwellings were not damaged; the precision meant to convey the message that the authorities had no malice towards the general public. There may be more demolitions, according to the source. "The action is clearly aimed […]

[ad_1] SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday asked Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi to hunt the perpetrators of the jihadi attack on tourists at Pahalgam on Tuesday."Every perpetrator and supporter of the Pahalgam terror attack, whatever his location or affiliation, must be hunted and they must pay the heavy price for the cowardly and dastardly act against our citizens," Sinha told General Dwivedi during a review meeting in Srinagar that was also attended by other officials.The Army chief reached Srinagar a day after PM Modi declared, while addressing a public meeting in Bihar Thursday, that India will "identify, track and punish every terrorist and their backers". LG said while the nation is proud of its security forces, all of them need to rise to the challenge by working in close synergy to identify perpetrators, enablers and over-ground […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A day after India formally communicated to Pakistan that it was keeping Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) between the two countries in abeyance, Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday held a meeting on how swiftly the decision could be implemented and finalised a detailed roadmap, including quick desilting of rivers and dams as an immediate step to prevent the flow of river waters to the neighbouring country.The meeting, attended by Jal Shakti minister C R Paatil and senior officials, is learnt to have discussed implementation modalities in view of creating additional water storage infrastructure and speeding up work on hydro-power projects as medium- and long-term measures so that waters of the western rivers - Indus, Jhelum and Chenab - can be adequately used by India.Desilting of rivers and dams will be done on priority. It will augment […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah Friday dialled state CMs, apprising them of Centre's decision to revoke all existing valid visas issued to Pakistani citizens across 14 categories - not including long-term visa, and diplomatic and official visa - with immediate effect and asking them to ensure that all affected Pakistanis in their jurisdiction are traced and made to leave India within the specified deadlines spanning from April 26 to 29."The Union home minister has personally spoken to almost all CMs, emphasising the strict time-limits set for Pakistanis on revoked visas to check their respective foreigners' registration records to identify Pakistani citizens currently in India, trace them at their reported addresses and ensure that they are on a flight back to Pakistan or to a third country by April 26 in case of Saarc visa and April 27 […]