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Saturday, October 4, 2025
TopicRafale deal

Topic: Rafale deal

Fugitive arms dealer & Robert Vadra’s ‘friend’ Sanjay Bhandari lives in plush London flat

Robert Vadra & Sanjay Bhandari's names were dragged into the Rafale deal controversy by the BJP last week.

Bollywood’s silence over Tanushree’s allegations & India celebrates the Sabarimala verdict

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

HAL doesn’t fly because Sukhois aren’t Rafales

If they were, the Great Indian Bureaucrat would be the Marshal of the Air Force. Bofors mummified our defence acquisitions, Rafale could entomb it now.

Turning a blind eye towards sedition law, and the ‘upcoming’ Ayodhya verdict

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

NCP leader Tariq Anwar resigns, cites Sharad Pawar’s remarks on Rafale and Modi as trigger

Tariq Anwar, who formed NCP along with Sharad Pawar and P.A. Sangma, says party chief's statements have given NDA a new lease of life.

Actually, the Indian Air Force has never been without a Dassault aircraft

IAF has been using fighter jets made by Dassault, a French company since 1953. It deployed Mirage 2000 to drop laser-guided bombs during Kargil war.

Rahul Gandhi hits out at Modi govt for targeting official who objected to Rafale deal

The Congress president also alleged that the officer was penalised, while those who sided with the government were rewarded.

Supreme Court’s balancing act on Aadhaar, and adultery law’s fall

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

A quick guide for BJP on how NOT to defend the Rafale defence deal

Opposition too has a lesson to learn. When the government is on the defensive, you go for the jugular, not below the belt.

BJP indulging in baseless political witch-hunt against me for four years: Robert Vadra

Vadra said that BJP's allegations of corruption levelled against him were 'wholesale farce'.

On Camera

English didn’t enslave India. It was the harbinger of a new creative consciousness: A Ranganathan

Rabindranath Tagore stood apart from his contemporaries by infusing poetry and universalism into Indian nationalism, opposing chauvinism and blind obedience, wrote A Ranganathan in 1962.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Army chief’s big warning to Pakistan: Stop sponsoring terrorism if you want to exist geographically

Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.