Ex-Desert Knight 21: Rafale jets spearhead India, France air exercise at Jodhpur

India has said both France and Russia are important and you can't compare both as they are close partners for New Delhi Well placed sources said, "India's strategic partnership with France has its own merits, both are important and special in their own way.

Has France replaced Russia as India's best friend? New Delhi says both are important

Congress President Rahul Gandhi launched a one-line Twitter broadside against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. In his tweet, he wrote: "The sad truth about India's Commander in Thief".

Watch: Rahul Gandhi says ex-French president Francois Hollande has called Modi a 'thief'

Hours after Rahul Gandhi mounted a fresh attack on Narendra Modi and called the prime minister a 'thief for the alleged corruption in the Rafale deal, BJP hit back at the Congress president and described his comments as ''deplorable''.

Rahul Gandhi is playing into the hands of Pakistan: Ravi Shankar Prasad

A senior official said the deal was approved on Wednesday and will be formally signed on Friday (September 23) in New Delhi

Indian cabinet approves purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets: Source