Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday raised with French President Francois Hollande the leak of confidential data on the Indian Scorpene Class submarines being built in Mumbai in collaboration with French defence company DCNS on the sidelines of the G20 Summit here. The two leaders discussed further enhancing of the defence partnership and Modi invited UK firms to India. Mod also invited May to visit India in her new capacity. May accepted the invitation and said would like to make as early a visit to India as possible, sources said. Both leaders also looked forward to an early visit by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to UK, Swarup said.

Source: dna September 05, 2016 11:50 UTC