The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has been extended for six months in parts of Manipur, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh due to the prevailing law and order situation.
The AFSPA, often criticised as a draconian law, gives armed forces operating in disturbed areas sweeping powers to search, arrest and open fire if they deem it necessary.
India's Permanent Representative to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri said a presentation on the tablet will be held on November 28 at the world body's headquarters here to which UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will be invited.
Revelations about motherboards' origin have cast doubts about its India tag.
Indian-origin CEO of Datawind and the maker of India's low-cost tablet Aakash Suneet Singh Tuli and Massachusettes Institute of Technology professor Anant Agarwal have been named by Forbes magazine among the 15 "classroom revolutionaries" who are using innovative technologies to reinvent education for students and teachers globally.
Datawind is now getting queries from government agencies.
India will showcase the Aakash-2 tablet at the United Nations, amid clarification by the maker of the low-cost tablet over sourcing some parts from China.
From being a $10-million company, Datawind, better known as the manufacturer of low-cost tablet, Aakash, is now aspiring to become a half-a-billion-dollar company in just 12 months.
Punjab Kings' batting sensation Ashutosh Sharma had the self-belief to take his team over the line, though Gerald Coetzee ended his stay at the crease to take Mumbai Indians to their third win of the ongoing Indian Premier League season.
Smartphones are powered with free unlimited Internet browsing for a year.
Low-cost mobile devices maker Datawind is all set to launch its Rs 2,000 smartphone with free Internet offer.
The stars Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted on Monday.
Datawind, maker of low-cost Aakash tablet PC has announced it will offer one-year free unlimited Internet on its Ubislate tablets sold through south Indian retail chain UniverCell.
Namrata Thakker peeks into the travel diaries of these celebs.
The Dil Se Dil Tak actress was in the Bigg Boss house as a part of a task and was warmly greeted by Sidharth Shukla. Rashami Desai gave her a hug but mostly maintained a distance.
Will these contestants dance into your screen when the show starts later this month?
Come July, mobile phone prices are expected to be dearer by up to 10 per cent due to the steep depreciation in the value of rupee against dollar.
With Madhurima Tuli out of the game, Asim Riaz, Rashami Desai and Vishal Aditya Singh's group has gotten smaller. Yet, they put up a good fight against Sidharth Shukla and gang.
Sidharth Shukla and Vishal Aditya Singh get physical during the latest luxury budget task and Bigg Boss cancels it, recaps Namrata Thakker.
Bigg Boss announces that if Madhurima and Vishal can't stay together under one roof then they can decide which one of them will voluntarily walk of the show midway.
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Canadian phone maker Datawind which has supplied about 1,00,000 low-cost Aakash tablets to the government till date says that it would be a challenge to supply the device at Rs 2,500 a unit due to rupee volatility and other factors.
Mahira Sharma lost her cool over the weekend and declared that she hates Rashami Desai!
Though Shehnaaz Gill is one of the most popular contestants of Bigg Boss 13, the Punjabi singer is surprisingly not interested in winning the show. Instead, she wants Sidharth Shukla to take home the coveted trophy.
This week is all about family inside the Bigg Boss House but then why did Rashami Desai breakdown while talking to Arti Singh? The popular television actress is having a hard time not just in BB13 but otherwise too.
Shehnaaz tries to convey her feelings but Sidharth doesn't pay attention and walks away.
Some were brilliant while in others, the performances made them a great watch.
Siddharth will return to the house. Will his comeback affect Asim and Rashami's friendship?
The BB Post Office task resumes on Bigg Boss 13, and the fights get more intense.
Siddharth Shukla gets the power to nominate contestants this week and while some of his decisions were expected, few were surprising as well.
Madhurima is initially nervous but starts introducing herself to everyone.
Siddharth Shukla and Shehnaaz Gill, the two are back to being friends and that's good news for their fans.
Bigg Boss returns in its 14th season on Colors TV.
Salman Khan completes 10 years of hosting Bigg Boss over the weekend and to celebrate the special occasion, the contestants dance on his hit numbers.
During the captaincy task, Asim Riaz and Shefali Jariwala have a showdown after which the latter declares that she no longer wants to share an equation with him.
While the atmosphere in Bigg Boss 13 lightens up courtesy with the Comedy Club task, Shehnaaz Gill and Mahira Sharma get into a ugly fight.
Namrata Thakker is impressed with the format and the jodis.
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