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Bipin Rawat puts third aircraft carrier on backburner citing costs; a look at how absence of the behemoth will impact Indian Navy

Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat on Monday reignited an age-old debate over the domination of aircraft carriers over submarines and vice versa by indicating that the Indian Navy's long-standing demand for a third supercarrier will be on the backburner for a while

From 'Main bhi chowkidar' to 'dictionary of love', how the BJP hijacked Opposition' slogans to its advantage

Many other statements by Opposition leaders also ended up helping the BJP as people found them to be in bad taste.

Sonia Gandhi knew of Rajiv’s assassination plot, her husband had ‘drinking problems’: WhatsApp groups awash with rumours about ex-PM

An investigation of 20 WhatsApp groups has revealed slander, abuse and conspiracies directed at Rajiv Gandhi started circulating on BJP-leaning groups on 6 May, a day after Narendra Modi said that Gandhi had died as 'bhrashtachari number 1'

Narendra Modi doesn't like the name 'Khan Market', Congress mocks Narendra Modi after jibe at Lutyens' elite; Twitterati trolls PM

The Congress on Sunday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that his image as the prime minister had not been created by the 'Khan Market gang', and could not be 'dismantled'.

I was Captain of INS Viraat in 1987 when Rajiv, Sonia, Rahul went to Lakshadweep, there were no foreigners on board, says Vinod Pasricha

Vice Admiral (retired) Vinod Pasricha, who was the captain of INS Viraat in December 1987, categorically denied that former prime minister and late Rajiv Gandhi had used this warship as his 'personal taxi' to enjoy a vacation in the island of Lakshadweep as alleged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

'No doubt it was a vacation, every officer knew that': Navy veterans backing Modi's claim on Rajiv's use of INS Viraat tell Firstpost

Firstpost spoke to former navy Commander VK Jaitly and former Lieutenant Commander Harinder Sikka, who appeared on television channels and backed Narendra Modi's claim

Did Rajiv Gandhi use INS Viraat as his 'personal taxi' like Modi says? Some facts are known, others not yet

Former prime minister late Rajiv Gandhi is suddenly in the centre of a political controversy after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a slew of allegations against the former prime minister in his campaign rallies last week.

INS Viraat row: Two navy veterans back Modi's claim, state Rajiv Gandhi used naval resources after ex-admiral claimed otherwise

Laxminarayan Ramdas refuted Narendra Modi's claim that the late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi had used Indian Naval Ship (INS) Viraat as a 'personal taxi'.

'Why take Canadian citizen Akshay Kumar aboard INS Sumitra?': Congress' Divya Spandana slams Narendra Modi

Divya Spandana's attack on Narendra Modi came a day after he accused late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi of using warship INS Viraat as a "personal taxi" for a family holiday.

Congress' Pawan Khera rebuts Narendra Modi's remarks on Rajiv Gandhi using INS Viraat as 'personal taxi for family vacations'

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said Narendra Modi had tried to shift the blame for "his foolish acts" in the last five years to late Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi and also Jawaharlal Nehru.