Rajnath called the French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly and the two leaders agreed "to strengthen bilateral defence cooperation between India and France"
The air chief also said that while India had an edge over Pakistan in terms of Beyond Visual Range Missile capability at the time of Kargil, "we allowed that to slip"
One new squadron, which will be raised in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, in the coming months, will be equipped with new Sukhoi-30MKI fighters, built by HAL in Nashik
In its order on December 14, 2018, the apex court had said that there was no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the procurement relating to the Rafale jets.
This comes after the SC on November 14 dismissed the review petitions challenging its verdict in the Rafale case
Carrying posters and placards, BJYM activists shouted slogans against the Congress party and Gandhi.
BJP leaders and workers raised slogans against the Congress party
BJP workers will hold a protests at the district level
Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Judge Sanjay Kishan Kaul authored the first part of the judgment
Here is how the Rafale deal progressed since the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance came to power
The Congress alleged that the BJP was "misleading the nation" on the Rafale judgement and said that they should allow CBI to investigate the Rafale deal case "without any political pressure".
'Chor comment by Rahul Gandhi of Congress was repeated several times for political gains', said FM
'Now, it has been proved that disruption of Parliament over #Rafale was a sham', tweeted Amit Shah
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Gandhi, who was then the president of the Congress party, allegedly said that the apex court had accepted that 'chowkidar' (a reference to Prime Minister Modi), is a "chor' (thief)
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The Supreme Court on December 14 last year had dismissed petitions seeking court-monitored probe into the alleged irregularities in the Rs 58,000 crore deal
On May 10, the apex court had reserved the decision on the pleas, including one filed by former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie and activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan
Many experts feel the focus of tax reforms has to now shift to tax administration
The minister addressed CEOs of leading French defence industries and called on them to collaborate in modernising India's shipyards and defence platforms through the infusion of technology