No new taxes in Akhilesh’s maiden UP budget
June 1st, 2012 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 1 (IANS) Presenting his maiden budget Friday amid uproar and a walkout by the main opposition Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa, Patnaik bond, stress cooperation among states
May 11th, 2012 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 11 (IANS) Stating that Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was like a brother, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday stressed the importance of cooperation amongst states in ... Read more...
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Akhilesh’s laptop, tablet poll sop to materialise soon
April 28th, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 28 (IANS) Taking a step towards providing free laptops and tablets to students who have passed class X and XII, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has formed ... Read more...
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UP cabinet approves Samajwadi Party’s polls sops
March 16th, 2012 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 15 (IANS) In its first cabinet meeting, the Uttar Pradesh government Thursday approved the promise made by the Samajwadi Party (SP) in its manifesto to distribute free laptops ... Read more...
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Akhilesh assumes charge, shunts out Mayawati loyalists
March 15th, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 15 (IANS) Swinging into action within an hour of taking over as Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav Thursday undertook a major shake-up of the bureaucracy, showing the ... Read more...
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Mulayam, Mayawati neglected Muslims, development: Rahul Gandhi
January 28th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Unnao/Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 28 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday blamed both Samajwadi Party (SP) president Mulayam Singh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati for "gross ... Read more...
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No reply from central government on funds sought: Jayalalithaa
August 10th, 2011 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 9 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday criticised the central government for not providing any special assistance to the state for its developmental and welfare schemes.Intervening ... Read more...
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NRI businessman offers rural students scholarships
August 5th, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 5 (IANS) An Oman-based Keralite businessman will offer scholarship for rural students from across the country to do a post-graduate course in management at the Asian School of ... Read more...
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Free laptops will have Tamil Nadu state logo burnt on chip
June 18th, 2011 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 18 (IANS) In an attempt to prevent beneficiaries of its free laptop scheme from selling the product or its diversion to the open market, the Tamil Nadu ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa asks PM for Rs.10,200 cr for free laptops
June 14th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 14 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday asked the central government for a special grant of Rs.10,200 crore to implement her party's poll promise of ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu announces freebies, welfare schemes
June 3rd, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 3 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Governor S.S. Barnala Friday announced a slew of welfare measures, including free laptops, green housing scheme for poor and direct crediting of old age ... Read more...
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Cash for votes:Bribes or sharing of spoils?
April 20th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 20 (IANS) A staggering sum of Rs.49 crore ($11 million) seized during raids ahead of the Tamil Nadu elections still lies unclaimed. A pointer to the goings-on ... Read more...
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BJP promises free laptops, fixed deposits in Tamil Nadu
March 26th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 26 (IANS) Free laptops, stationery for students, sanitary napkins for women and Rs.100,000 deposit for female child born in a below poverty line (BPL) family... the Bharatiya ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu freebie wars: AIADMK ups DMK’s promises
March 24th, 2011 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 24 (IANS) It is raining promises of freebies in Tamil Nadu polls. AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa Thursday exceeded her arch rival DMK's promises to the voters ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa offers 20 litres of water, 20 kg of free rice to BPL families in Tamil Nadu
March 24th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Mar. 24 (ANI): All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader J Jayalalithaa on Thursday opened her poll bag of freebies that more than matched the ruking Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party's ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi promises laptops for students if elected
March 24th, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
Tirivarur (Tamil Nadu), Mar.24 (ANI): Campaigning for the upcoming assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi announced sops for students and senior citizens.He promised free laptops to all first-year students ... Read more...
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DMK expands promise to give laptops to engineering students (Lead)
March 24th, 2011 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 23 (IANS) DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Wednesday promised free laptops to all the first-year students of government-owned and government-aided professional colleges in the ... Read more...
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DMK expands promise to give laptops to engineering students
March 24th, 2011 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 23 (IANS) DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Wednesday expanded the poll promise of free laptops to all the first year students of government-owned and ... Read more...
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DMK offers free rice, grinders to poor, laptops to students
March 20th, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 19 (IANS) From free grinders to 35 kg free rice every month for 1.6 million poor families, free bus passes for senior citizens to free laptops for Dalit ... Read more...
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