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Lucknow, Feb 6: The Uttar Pradesh government has asked members of the state's legislative assembly and council to purchase tablets for a paperless budget session. According to Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma, each legislator will be reimbursed Rs 50,000 to buy Apple iPads. There are 403 MLAs and 100 MLCs in the state. "All MLAs and MLCs in the state will get iPads. Each iPad is expected to

New Delhi, Jan 6: Veteran actor Susan Sarandon on Saturday extended her support to the ongoing farmers agitation and said she stands in solidarity with the protesters. The "Thelma & Louise" star is the latest international celebrity to back the protest, after a tweet by pop star Rihanna triggered a wave of support for the protesting farmers by a number of global personalities, activists and

New Delhi, Feb 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the country's judiciary, saying that it has performed its duty well in safeguarding people's rights, upholding personal liberty, and also in the situations when national interests need to be prioritised. He also said that the Supreme Court has conducted the highest number of hearings via video-conferencing in the world during the

Srinagar, Feb 5: High speed 4G internet services are being restored across Jammu and Kashmir, a senior government official said on Friday, more than 18 months after they were snapped to prevent a backlash against the centre's move to revoke the former state's special status. "4G mobile internet services being restored in entire J&K," tweeted Jammu and Kashmir administration spokesperson Rohit

New Delhi, Feb 5: The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that it is agreeable to give an extra chance as a one-time relaxation to UPSC civil service aspirants, who had appeared in their last attempt in the 2020 exam amid the COVID-19 pandemic and are otherwise not age-barred. Relaxation, only to the extent of providing one extra attempt for Civil Service Examination (CSE), specifically

New Delhi, Feb 5: The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to comedian Munawar Faruqui in a case lodged at Indore in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. A bench headed by Justice R F Nariman also issued a notice to the Madhya Pradesh Government on Munawar's plea challenging the high court order refusing to grant regular bail to him. In the proceedings conducted

After dozens of highly paid celebrities and sports personalities pile on to support the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government after international backlash against the handling of the Indian farmers' protests, a few on social media sailed against the current by questioning the 'logic' behind the agitation being an "internal issue." The development comes after pop star Rihanna's Wednesday

New Delhi, Feb 4: Delhi Police have filed a case against Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg over her tweets supporting the farmers' protest. Popular artist Rihanna tweeted on February 2 about the farmers' protests ongoing in New Delhi for 71 days, asking "why aren't we talking about this?" A day later, young climate activist Greta Thunberg took to Twitter to extend her support to farmers in

Microblogging site Twitter on Thursday removed some of the tweets of Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut on farmers' protest. The move comes a day after the actor went into a rampage on Twitter over pop singer Rihanna's recent post on farmers' protest at the Singhu border in Delhi. "This Tweet is no longer available because it violated the Twitter Rules," the company said. Rihanna on February 2 tweeted

New Delhi, Jan 3: Farmers' agitation sites just outside Delhi resemble "international border" now with authorities building makeshift walls, planting huge metal spikes on roads and deploying concertina wire fences, protesters alleged on Wednesday, even as officials defended the heavy-barricading citing law and order issues. The heightened security measures and various restrictions have been