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However, sources said that the final call has not been taken yet and it will be taken only after approval for security as Rahul Gandhi is accorded Z-plus security.

The ministry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on this on Thursday.

Calling his visit to France "special", PM Modi said that he will join President Macron for Bastille Day celebrations in Paris as the Guest of Honour.

Modi's visit alongside Indian troops joining the annual Bastille Day military parade, marks "a new phase in the strategic partnership between France and India", Macron's Elysee Palace office had said

The deal to buy 26 Rafale M jets and three additional Scorpene submarines from France are expected to be announced during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to France during July 14-16.

Other prominent invitees likely to attend the function would be Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

The Navy had been pressing for acquiring these fighter aircraft and submarines urgently as they have been facing shortages in view of the security challenges around the country.

The Pakistani agent tried to get classified and sensitive information regarding the Brahmos Launcher, Drone, UCV, Agni Missile Launcher and Military Bridging System, among other things, it said.

Incidents of power failure were also reported from many parts of the city, which resulted in the nonfunctioning of signals and manning of signalised intersections by traffic personnel.

Sharad Pawar said that the Nasik district has a history and legacy that always stood with secular and progressive ideology despite many odds.

Forty-two African nations have received about $32 billion which translates into a little less than 40 per cent of all credit extended by India during the last decade.

He credited his party for creating a separate Chhattisgarh state, which according to him, understood the needs of the people better.

Following the verdict, Gandhi, elected to the Lok Sabha from Wayanad in Kerala, was disqualified as MP under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act.

In Chhattisgarh, also ruled by Congress, Om Prakash Mathur will lead the party’s election preparations. Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya will be the co-incharge.

Srinagar: The decision to allot 5 marlas of land to homeless people has sparked a row with the political parties asking the administration to come clean on who is homeless and how it is counting the number of homeless in the Union…

In a bid to counter the Congress’s criticism of the move to award the Gandhi Peace Prize to the Gita Press, the PM said Mahatma Gandhi was "emotionally attached" to it and had written for it himself.

This marked the final leg of the outreach expedition, covering approximately 5.000 km and traversing remote areas and tough terrains of Ladakh.

Suga met Prime Minister Modi along with the Ganesha group of Japanese MPs and Keidanren (Japanese Business Federation) CEOs.

The government calls an all-party meeting usually on the eve of every session's beginning.

Dismissing Ajit Pawar’s claim of being the real NCP president, Pawar said: “Anyone can say anything. There is no truth in it.”