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Finance Ministry proposes sweeping changes in FDI regime

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New Delhi: Seeking to promote India as an investment destination, the Finance Ministry on Tuesday proposed sweeping changes in the FDI regime, favouring higher sectoral caps in almost all sectors inc

Jayalalithaa conveys deep sense of outrage

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Chennai: Chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday took strong exception to the Centre’s “astounding insensitivity” in once again inviting two Sri Lankan military officers for training at the Defence S

CBI chargesheets Abhishek Verma, wife, firm & ex-IAF man in OS Act case

The CBI on Friday chargesheeted arms dealer Abhishek Verma, his Romanian wife Anca Maria Neacsu, their company M/s Ganton India Pvt Ltd and a former Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force for allegedl

Army foils infiltration bid; 2 militants, 3 jawans killed

Army on Wednesday foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, killing two militants while three Army jawans were also killed.

"A major infiltratio

6 Army Generals ‘wasted’ Rs 100 cr

An internal defence audit by the government’s defence accounts wing has claimed losses of over Rs 100 crore in spendings by six army commanders between 2009 and 2011, but the force has contested th

India pays homage to 1962 martyrs for first time

Paying homage to soldiers who fought in the 1962 Indo-China war, defence minister A.K. Antony on Saturday ruled out any possibility of the repeat of the war and said armed forces were confident of protecting the country against any such threat.

IAF to procure 12 choppers for Siachen operations

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Troops stationed at the Siachen Glacier can look forward to better resource mobilisation as
the Indian Air Force is procuring 12 new light helicopters for deployment there.

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Russia further delays delivery of Admiral Gorshkov to India

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Russia delayed delivery of a trouble-plagued aircraft carrier for at least a year on Friday, a blow to India's efforts to quickly build up naval strength as increasingly assertive Asian rival China ex

BrahMos missile successfully test-fired

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The Navy on Sunday successfully test-fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg, from a warship off the Goa coast.

"The cruis

India successfully test-fires Dhanush missile

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India successfully test-fired nuclear capable Dhanush, the naval version of Prithvi short-range ballistic missile, from a warship off Odisha coast on Friday.

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