Something called a fake free lunchBut here's a new version of the freebie that is an unqualified menace: the fake freebie. This is not some cunningly conjured wrangle by whi...
11 Oct, 2022, 01.28 AM IST
Lenovo India bags order from Tamil Nadu for 1.5 mn laptopsThis entire order is expected to be completed over the next few months, Lenovo India Director (Commercial Named Account Business) Stephen S...
09 Jun, 2019, 04.06 PM IST
Buoyed by Tamil Nadu's free laptops scheme, Lenovo targets top slot in IndiaLenovo has been supplying dual operating system laptops to the Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu for the free laptops scheme.
22 Sep, 2015, 04.55 PM IST
Tamil Nadu government allots Rs 1,080 crore for distribution of free laptops"About 29.56 lakh students benefited from the scheme. For the current financial year, Rs 1,080 crore has been allotted", he said in the Ass...
02 Sep, 2015, 12.14 AM IST
Tamil Nadu Government to give 11 lakh laptops by December 2015: MinisterTamil Nadu Government has proposed to give away 11 lakh laptops under the free laptop scheme to students by December, one of the flagship s...
31 Aug, 2015, 05.43 PM IST
Government to distribute 11 lakh laptops in 2014-15, 2015-16AIADMK in its poll manifesto for the 2011 assembly polls had announced it would present free laptops to students of government aided high s...
18 Feb, 2015, 05.10 PM IST
Mulayam Singh Yadav: Our laptops were used to spread Modi’s messageThe SP government started the free laptop scheme for all intermediate pass students of the state and tablets for those clearing the high sc...
18 Nov, 2014, 12.06 PM IST
‘Mulayam wala laptop’ up for sale on e-tailing siteThe scheme was launched by the Akhilesh Yadav government in 2012 under which laptops were distributed among students in the state.
27 Oct, 2014, 10.46 AM IST
90 per cent students covered under free laptop scheme in 2012-13The Chief Minister has ordered that 5.65 lakh higher secondary school and polytechnic students be issued laptops in 2013-14, it said.
09 Oct, 2013, 03.20 PM IST
'Free laptop scheme to provide equal opportunity to students'The government is distributing free laptops to provide equal opportunity to students lagging behind the resourceful ones, Akhilesh said.
27 Jul, 2013, 07.58 PM IST
UP owes Hewlett Packard Rs 900 crore for ‘free' laptopsWith a Rs 900-crore bill pending, HP has threatened to stop further supplies till dues are settled, government sources said.
13 Jul, 2013, 01.59 AM IST
Planning Commission cautions states against doling out freebiesThe Planning Commission has cautioned states against doling out freebies such as free laptops, tablets, and mobiles in the name of developm...
27 Jun, 2013, 06.19 AM IST
Odisha to launch free laptop scheme on August 15Odisha government today announced that its much awaited free laptop scheme for the meritorious plus II students would start from the Indepe...
25 Jun, 2013, 07.19 PM IST
Microsoft ropes in IMRB to study UP govt's free laptop schemeThe scope of IMRB team's study would be: objective of the scheme, its planning, tender process, procurement and distribution.
17 Jun, 2013, 02.33 PM IST
Free tablets turn out to be a bitter pill for Akhilesh Yadav, only HCL in raceThough the free laptop scheme of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav took off recently, a year since he came to power, the government is still fi...
12 Apr, 2013, 10.03 AM IST
UP CM Akhilesh Yadav uses free laptop scheme for advertismentWhen the laptop is switched on, user is greeted with a picture of Akhilesh Yadav followed by that of his father, Mulayam Singh Yadav.
12 Mar, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Akhilesh Yadav launches free laptop scheme for studentsCM feels that UP should move forward and towards progressive education using laptops and internet.
11 Mar, 2013, 02.44 PM IST