French Defence Minister Florence Parly arrived in India on September 10 to attend the ceremony marking the induction of the first batch of Rafale combat jets into the Indian Air Force (IAF) and to take forward cooperation in key areas such as the Indo-Pacific and joint exercises.

India-French Defence Ministers to attend Rafale induction in IAF

Five Rafale jets will be inducted into the Indian Air Force at 10 am in Ambala air base. The first batch of five Rafale jets arrived in India on July 29, nearly four years after India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France to buy 36 jets for ₹ 59,000 crore.

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to formally induct Rafale

France and India held a bilateral meet after Defence minister Rajnath Singh formally inducted the five Rafale fighter aircraft into the Indian Air Force (IAF) today at the Ambala air base.

India-France joint press conference on Rafale

The Delhi High Court refused to grant a stay order on streaming of the film 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl'. The film stars Janhvi Kapoor and Pankaj Tripathi and is streaming on OTT platform Netflix.

Delhi HC refuses to grant stay order on 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl'

Janhvi Kapoor starrer 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl' is making the headlines again. Now the Retired Wing Commander IK Khanna, who trained the Indian Air Force’s first batch of female pilots claimed that the movie is far away from the truth.

Gunjan Saxena: IAF officer who trained 1st batch of women IAF pilots says 'movie is far from truth'

India has dispatched over 30 tonnes of technical equipment and material on board an Indian Air Force (IAF) Aircraft to Mauritius to help the island nation deal with the oil spill. Watch report.

India acts under oil spill disaster contingency plan: Sends help to Mauritius

Amid heavy rains with water levels rising to unimaginable levels, Indian security officials on Monday successfully rescued a man who was stranded at an overflowing dam in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

Watch | How Indian military rescued man stranded in dam for 12 hours

The Indian Army and the IAF will maintain a very high-level of operational readiness in all areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, North Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh till a "satisfactory" resolution to the border row with China is arrived at, people familiar with the developments said on Friday.

Indian Army, IAF to maintain very high-level of alertness along LAC: Sources

Three Iranian missiles landed near the Al Dhafra airbase in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday after Iran's Revolutionary Guard staged a mock attack on a fake aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz, in a drill which saw two US bases briefly put on missile alert.

Iran missiles land near UAE airbase where Indian Rafale jets are on overnight halt: Reports

The first batch of the much-awaited Rafale fighter jets that took off from France on July 27 will reach India today.

IAF Rafale fighters to land at Ambala air base today

Four years after an agreement between two countries, India's first batch of Rafale took off from France yesterday. The images beamed television screens as the addition of Rafale fighter aircraft is seen as a shot in the arm for Indian defense forces.

Kashmiri man who played key role in Rafale's India journey

The first batch of five Rafale jets have taken off from France and will reach India on Wednesday (July 29). These fighter jets took off from the Merignac airbase in southern France's Bordeaux today.

First batch of Rafale jets take off from France; will arrive in India on July 29

21 years of Kargil Vijay Diwas: How Indian Army dragged Pakistani infiltrators out

At a time when flood situation remains grim in North Eastern states of India, Indian Air Force has alerted its units and kept them on standby on Tuesday. Sources in the Indian Air Force reveal that Eastern Air Command is monitoring the flood situation in the North Eastern states carefully and has kept its assets like helicopters including the Mi 17 and Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) on standby.

Flood situation in northeast India grim; IAF on standby

Russia is ready to deliver MiG-29 and SU30 MKI fighter jets in the shortest possible timeframe to India. This after it emerged that Indian air force plans to order over 30 fighter jets from Russia which will be a government to government deal and comes amidst the India China border tension.

Russia ready to deliver MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jets to India

Panic gripped across Pakistan on June 9 after social media users wondered whether Indian Air Force fighter jets crossed the LoC and flew over Karachi.

Another Balakot? Pak twitter claims IAF jets spotted near Karachi

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has started construction of a 3.5-kilometer-long runway adjacent to the National Highway (NH-44) in Bijbehara area of South Kashmir. The work on the runway has started on a war footing and the 3.5 kilometre long runway will be used as an emergency runway facility for fighter jets in case of any emergency.

Kashmir: IAF runway being built in Anantnag district

How armed forces warriors thanked corona fighters

The Indian Air force is helping the country in its fight against coronavirus, ensuring the suplies are delivered wherever necessary. Video Courtesy: IAF

Indian Air force helping the nation in it's fight against Coronovirus

India has rescued another group of Indians and foreign nationals from the coronavirus epicentre Wuhan. Evacuees have now been sent to the Indo-Tibetian border police facility in New Delhi.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Air India, IAF evacuates Indians and foreign nationals from Wuhan

Special flights of the IAF and Air India evacuated foreigners and Indians from coronavirus-hit Wuhan in China and cruise ship in Japan. Union Health Minister Harshwardhan said that we are trying our best to evacuate Indians from Wuhan.

Coronavirus Updates: IAF, Air India carry out Evacuations

Coronavirus Outbreak: Indian Health Minister briefs media on evacuation operations undertaken

The Indian Air Force needs to "reorient and retrain" itself to a changed paradigm of war, former Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said on Sunday. He also said the Rafale fighter aircraft and S400 missile defence system will help restore technological asymmetry in India's favour.

IAF has to reorient, retrain to changed war paradigm: Dhanoa

President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday addressed the nation on the eve of 71st Republic Day. The President's address, which began at 7 pm, is being broadcast on the entire national network of All India Radio (AIR) and telecast over all channels of Doordarshan in Hindi followed by the English version.

President Ram Nath Kovind addresses nation ahead of 'Republic Day 2020'

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