France: News
03 Oct 2018
Narendra ModiRafale, a good package, will be game-changer for subcontinent: Dhanoa
Amid the raging row over the Rafale fighter jet, Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa today clarified that the deal was a "good package" and the aircraft will be a "game-changer" for the subcontinent.
24 Sep 2018
India#RafaleDeal: French official criticizes Hollande, but doesn't deny his claims
Just days after former French President Francois Hollande's comments about the controversial Rafale deal triggered a political slugfest in India, the French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, has said that Hollande's comments "render no service to France."
23 Sep 2018
Narendra ModiAfter France, India could ink pact with Russia for 'Gaganyaan'
After an agreement with France, India is likely to ink a pact with Russia for sharing of expertise on ISRO's ambitious human space mission project 'Gaganyaan'.
23 Sep 2018
Narendra ModiRafale-deal: Government's defense and opposition's attacks make political discourse ugly
The bombshell, which former French President Francois Hollande dropped about the Rafale deal, has snowballed into a full-blown political controversy, with the opposition demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's resignation and Centre denying all charges.
22 Sep 2018
Narendra ModiRafale-deal: Hollande's bombshell catches BJP in crossfire, opposition strengthens attack
Comments of France former President Francois Hollande that Indian government proposed Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence as its partner in the multi-million dollar Rafale deal has caught the Narendra Modi led Centre in a crossfire, with the opposition demanding his resignation.
10 Sep 2018
FootballFootball: India Under-19's performances need to be lauded
The Indian U-19 football team, under coach Floyd Pinto, may have suffered defeats along the road in their Four-Nation Tour 2018, but their performances need to be praised.
10 Sep 2018
ParisParis Knife attack: 7 people injured, 4 in critical condition
Two British tourists, among seven others, were wounded in Paris after they were attacked by a man carrying a knife and an iron bar, said the police. Four are in critical condition.
08 Sep 2018
Sierra LeoneFrance detains Liberia's ex-militant commander for crimes against humanity
France detained a suspected former militant commander from Liberia's (Africa) civil war and charged him with crimes against humanity for atrocities including torture and cannibalism, police said yesterday.
06 Sep 2018
FIFA World CupI deserve the Ballon d'Or: Antoine Griezmann
France and Atletico Madrid forward, Antoine Griezmann, has opened up about the possibility of him winning the Ballon d'Or.
06 Sep 2018
IndiaIndia and France announce 'Gaganyaan', ISRO's first human space mission
India and France today announced a working group for Gaganyaan, ISRO's first manned mission announced by PM Narendra Modi on Independence Day.
30 Aug 2018
IndiaIndia likely to replace UK as world's fifth-largest economy: Jaitley
India is likely to surpass the UK to become the world's fifth largest economy next year on growing consumption and strong economic activity, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today.
28 Aug 2018
Maharashtra53-year-old Nashik Police Commissioner completes Ironman triathlon in France
Nashik Police Commissioner Ravinderkumar Singhal has successfully completed the Ironman triathlon which involves a set of physically grueling activities.
20 Jul 2018
Narendra Modi#RafaleDeal: France supports PM, but RaGa stands by his statement
Congress President Rahul Gandhi has reportedly denied France's statement regarding the Rafale Deal and said he stands by his statements.
11 Jul 2018
IndiaIndia overtakes France to become 6th largest economy
In a significant feat, India has pushed France aside to claim the position of the 6th biggest economy in the world, World Bank data for 2017 reveals.
04 Jul 2018
BarcelonaBarcelona deny former president bought an illegal liver for Abidal
Barcelona have denied all reports, which claim that former president Sandro Rosell illegally bought a liver for defender Eric Abidal, back in the year 2012.
02 Jul 2018
ParisParis thief flies out of prison in dramatic 10-minute escape
Paris will be talking about July 1, 2018 for long, when it saw one of its most dramatic jailbreaks of all time: gunmen landed inside a prison in Réau in a helicopter and flew away with one of the country's most notorious thieves, an inmate there, in 10 minutes.
01 Jul 2018
FIFA World CupWhat happens in knock-outs in case there is a tie?
The knock-out stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup started on Saturday as France overcame Argentina and Uruguay downed Portugal.
27 Jun 2018
Indian NavyAround the world in 311-days: Indian Navy Officer's next voyage
Last time when Commander Abhilash Tomy made it to news was in 2013, when he became the first Indian to circumnavigate the world, non-stop and unassisted.
24 Jun 2018
CanadaFrench-teen accidentally crosses US-Canada border while jogging, detained for 2-weeks
A casual jog on the beach quickly and unexpectedly turned into "the fright of (her) life" for a French teenager vacationing in Canada.
18 Jun 2018
ParisWoman shouting "Allahu Akbar" stabs two in French supermarket
A month after a knife attack in Paris, a woman in a La Seyne-sur-Mer supermarket in southern France injured two people yesterday when she cried "Allahu Akbar" and attacked them with a boxcutter knife.
08 Jun 2018
SuicideEmmy Award-winning CNN host Anthony Bourdain kills himself in France
Anthony Bourdain, the Emmy award-winning, world-traveling CNN host, committed suicide this morning, the network said. He was 61.
05 Jun 2018
Narendra ModiRafale deal: Sitharaman refutes scandal allegations; says allegations are politically=motivated
Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today, addressing a press conference said that there was absolutely "no scandal" in the Rafale fighter jet deal with France and allegations of the wrongdoings relating to it were politically motivated.
28 May 2018
ParisParis: 'Spiderman' saves child hanging from balcony, gets French citizenship
Move aside Tom Holland, the Internet has fallen in love with a new 'spiderman' who risked his life and saved a dangling child from a balcony in Paris.
13 May 2018
ParisMan shouting "Allahu Akbar" kills one, injures four in Paris
One person was killed and four injured on the rue Monsigny in Paris yesterday, when a man stabbed them with a knife shouting "Allahu Akbar."
03 May 2018
Emmanuel MacronAustralian First Lady flattered by French President 'delicious' comment
France President Emmanuel Macron's describing Australian First Lady Lucy as 'delicious' may have raised eyebrows, but she found his statement flattering.
20 Apr 2018
WorldMeet the first person to undergo two face transplants
At 43 years old, France's Jerome Hamon is the world's the first person to have had two face transplants.
18 Apr 2018
FacebookFrench government developing its own secure WhatsApp-like messaging app
France is reportedly developing its own instant messaging app for government officials.
18 Apr 2018
MoonIndian and French space agencies working on joint inter-planetary missions
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) of France are reportedly working together on inter-planetary missions to Mars, Venus, and other asteroids.
09 Apr 2018
CyclingBelgian cyclist Michael Goolaerts dies aged 23
The cycling fraternity is mourning the death of Belgian cyclist Michael Goolaerts.
24 Mar 2018
ISISFrench officer who swapped places with a hostage passes away
A French police officer who had offered himself to an extremist gunman in exchange for a hostage has succumbed to his injuries and passed away, the French interior ministry said on Saturday.
23 Mar 2018
ISISFrance shooting: Gunman shoots policeman; hostages taken at a supermarket
A gunman has reportedly shot at a policeman in southwest France before another man took hostages at a supermarket in two separate incidents in the same area on Friday, said security sources.
11 Mar 2018
Emmanuel MacronHarsimrat urges PM to discuss turban laws with French president
Union minister for food processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss raise with French President Emmanuel Macron the issue of a law in France that asked Sikh community to remove their turbans while being photographed for all official identification.
10 Mar 2018
IndiaFrance's Emmanuel Macron arrives in India, gets Modi's hug
PM Narendra Modi's greeting of foreign head-of-states indicates a distinct pattern. If he disapproves or doesn't consider them strategically important, he doesn't meet them at the tarmac with his now-famous jhappis, as Canadian PM Justin Trudeau discovered the hard way.
08 Mar 2018
Emmanuel MacronFrance to raise the age of sexual consent to 15
In a landmark move, France recently announced that it will set 15 as the legal age of sexual consent. Now sex with anyone younger will be considered as rape.
01 Mar 2018
GoogleGoogle received 2.4mn "Right to be Forgotten" requests since 2014
According to Google's latest transparency report, the tech giant has received 2.4 million "Right to be Forgotten" requests since 2014, when the law regarding the same was first passed.
18 Jan 2018
United States of AmericaFrench start-up makes world's first hydrogen-powered bike
French start-up Pragma Industries is reportedly manufacturing the first hydrogen-powered bicycles in the world called Alpha bikes.
12 Jan 2018
IndiaGallup International Survey: Modi ranked 3rd; ahead of Trump, Putin
PM Modi adds another feather to his cap. Gallup International's annual survey "Opinion of Global Leaders" has put him at number three among world leaders.
06 Nov 2017
ParisGo O'Naturel: Paris opens its first nude restaurant
It comes as a mild surprise that despite France being among the first European nations to have organized nudist groups in the early 1900s, it would take Paris so long to have a nude restaurant.
01 Nov 2017
Emmanuel MacronFrance: President Macron approves controversial anti-terror law
French President Emmanuel Macron has formally approved a new counter terrorism law giving sweeping powers to law enforcement authorities.
21 Oct 2017
EducationHit by terror attacks, France introduces religious education in schools
After having suffered a series of jihadist attacks since January 2015, the secular nation of France is carefully developing religion as part of its academic curriculum in schools, to better prepare and sensitize its young population.