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New Delhi, May 22: In an attempt to attract overseas funds, the Centre on Thursday said non-repatriable investments by non-resident Indians (NRIs), overseas citizens of India (OCIs) and persons of Indian origin (PIOs) will be treated as domestic investments and will not be subject to FDI caps. The Cabinet approved some amendments, including changes in definition of NRI, to be incorporated in the

New Delhi, May 22: Asserting that terrorists have to be neutralised only through terrorists, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said India will take "pro-active" steps to prevent a 26/11 type attacks hatched from foreign soil. "There are certain things that I obviously cannot discuss here. But if there is any country, why only Pakistan, planning something against my country, we will

Chennai, May 22: J Jayalalithaa was today elected by AIADMK lawmakers to take over as chief minister of Tamil Nadu at a party meeting in Chennai this morning. The 67-year-old leader, who was not present at the meeting, is likely to take oath tomorrow. 144 of 150 party lawmakers attended the meeting at the AIADMK headquarters where five rebel MLAs from actor-politician Vijayakanth's DMDK were also

Hyderabad, May 21: Asserting that the Bihar Assembly polls will be the "third nail" in BJP's coffin, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh exuded confidence on the prospect of all "secular forces" joining hands to defeat the saffron party in the politically crucial battle. "Bihar elections would be the third nail in BJP's coffin. First nail was Delhi (Assembly) elections and the second nail was the

New Delhi, May 21: Only one-third of the total Indian population with access to the internet are women, says a survey conducted by Google. The survey revealed that 49 percent of women do not see any reason to access the internet. "While there is low awareness about the benefits of Internet amongst women in India, there are many who want to get online to succeed in life," said Sandeep Menon

New Delhi, May 21: A Mirage-2000 fighter landed on the Yamuna Expressway on Thursday, a feat that the Indian Air Force (IAF) described as a display of its capability to land jets on highways. "The IAF has been considering the use of national highways for emergency landing by fighter aircraft. This capability was demonstrated by the IAF," an IAF officer said, adding that the jet had got airborne

New Delhi, May 21: In a first, a Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force today successfully landed on the Yamuna Expressway near Mathura as part of trials to use national highways for emergency landing. The aircraft landed at about 6:40 AM, senior IAF officers said, adding that the force has plans to activate more such stretches on highways in the future. The IAF has been considering

New Delhi, May 21: Budget carrier AirAsia India will spread its wings to the national capital with the launch of its services from New Delhi on Thursday, nearly a year after it commenced operations in the country. The airline had last month, while announcing its plans to operate services from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here, had said that New Delhi would serve as its hub for the North

New Delhi, May 20: Escalating his confrontation with the AAP government, Lt Governor Najeeb Jung today cancelled all appointments made by it in the last four days, asserting he was the sole authority in matters of ordering transfer and posting of bureaucrats. In a letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Lt Governor challenged AAP government's order to bureaucrats not to follow his directives

New Delhi, May 20: Taking his fight against the LG to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today asked him to allow the city government to function "independently" even as he accused the Centre of trying to run the Delhi administration. In a letter to Modi, Kejriwal mentioned the posting and transfers made by Lt Governor Najeeb Jung and said the elected government must have