PM Modi’s high stakes push for sovereign AI faces reality checkIndia is striving to build its own artificial intelligence capabilities, aiming for self-reliance and global export. However, the nation fa...
03 Jun, 2026, 07.53 PM IST
Tamil Nadu's spiral: From welfare to freebiesTamil Nadu’s welfare model has expanded into a competitive freebie-driven system, with parties like the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and All I...
23 Apr, 2026, 01.04 AM IST
Tamil Nadu polls: We must chase away 'Delhi team', says UdhayanidhiTamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin framed the upcoming Assembly elections as a battle between the "Tamil Nadu team" and th...
15 Apr, 2026, 02.08 PM IST
AIADMK led alliance will sweep 2026 polls with over 200 seats, says PalaniswamiAIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami predicts a significant win in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. He stated the AIADMK-led allianc...
10 Dec, 2025, 03.39 PM IST
Delhi govt hikes cash awards for Olympic winners, approves free laptop scheme for studentsThe Delhi government has significantly increased cash awards for Olympic and Paralympic medalists from Delhi, with gold medalists now recei...
22 Jul, 2025, 02.54 PM IST
MP CM Mohan Yadav distributes free bicycles to students, to give scooty next monthMadhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav distributed free bicycles to students and announced the distribution of scooties to class 12th to...
11 Jul, 2025, 10.20 AM IST
Shortage of electronic chips delays free laptop distribution to students, says Tamil Nadu MinisterThe minister, while speaking to media persons on Wednesday, said that the government is working on this and will immediately find a solutio...
25 Jan, 2023, 01.01 PM IST
BJP will be wiped out in Uttar Pradesh in next year's Assembly polls: Akhilesh YadavMeanwhile, a group of seven small parties has announced support to the BJP in the upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, close on the he...
28 Oct, 2021, 04.18 PM IST
UP manifestos: Sops to farmers stay put, tech makes inroadsBJP and Congress, which is fighting the polls in alliance with SP, have all promised free wi-fi internet services in all colleges and unive...
12 Feb, 2017, 12.55 PM IST
Ahead of polls, UP government to gift free smartphonesJust a few days after TOI reported that he wished to add smartphones, Akhilesh's government is all set to roll out a scheme to distribute f...
06 Sep, 2016, 10.16 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
Congress urges government to distribute free laptops to all studentsThe government had announced during the formation of the ministry in 2011 that all students would be given laptops from 2011-2012 academic ...
11 Feb, 2015, 12.47 PM IST
Gopal Kanda promises free power to farmers, laptops to students in election manifestoAhead of forthcoming assembly polls in the state, Gopal Kanda-led Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) today announced its election manifesto.
13 Sep, 2014, 07.29 PM IST
Congress offers free television sets, laptops in manifesto for SeemandhraCongress has promised free TV sets and free laptops for students of government colleges, in its manifesto for Seemandhra released Friday.
18 Apr, 2014, 08.18 PM 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