Hyderabad: The ambience at the St Anns Junior College for Girls was euphoric as former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam visited the college on Monday. He was invited to the college as a part of the ongoing National Year of Mathematics celebrations. Dr Kalam interacted with the students and inspired them in his unique way by narrating various experiences. Sharing his thoughts on Srinivasa Ramanujan, the great mathematician, after whom...
01:31 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Kanpur: Lakshmi Sehgal, a close associate of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, died on Monday in Kanpur. The 97-year-old who was the first captain of Rani of Jhansi Regiment, the women's wing of Azad Hind Fauj or Indian National Army, had been ailing for some time and was undergoing treatment at the Kanpur Medical Centre. Sehgal was admitted to the hospital after suffering a heart attack on Thursday and her blood...
11:54 AM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: As India gets set to get its 14th President, CNN-IBN looks at the tiny, interesting bits of facts surrounding the Rashtrapati Bhawan, the voting process and the post itself. The President, the Presidential palace, the poll: All about it - From 1950-2012, there have been 12 Presidents and 3 acting Presidents in India. - Historically, the ruling party's Presidential nominees have been elected. - Dr Rajendra Prasad is...
08:55 AM, Jul 22, 2012
Kolkata: Within a few months of debuting on the social networking website, former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's Facebook page is now followed by more than a million people all over the world. Ever since it was launched in February, 81-year-old Kalam has been regularly posting his thoughts, ideas, travel experiences and photographs on the official page at www.facebook.com/OfficialKalam. "Thank you friends... we are now one million strong community...lets keep...
01:10 AM, Jul 21, 2012
Shimla: Making a strong plea for a world free from nuclear weapons, former president A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday said "universal pressure" should be built to ensure destruction and non-proliferation of such arms. "Universal pressure should be built for a nuclear-free world," Kalam said while addressing a gathering at the historic Gaiety Theatre in Shimla. "Nuclear energy is required for power but nuclear weapons lead to mass destruction...
08:20 PM, Jul 14, 2012
It has become almost a fashion to create a sensation or hype before any book concerning political or historical matters is launched so that maximum sales can be effected. ...
11:59 PM, Jul 12, 2012
New Delhi: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam has become the latest personality to make foray into social networking site, Facebook, where he will share his thoughts on issues concerning the country's development and his interaction with various sections of people. 81-year-old Kalam, who is already on video sharing website YouTube, will be a regular on Facebook and make his observations about making India a developed nation before 2020. Called the...
01:22 PM, Jul 11, 2012
New Delhi: Defending Narendra Modi, veteran BJP leader LK Advani on Sunday accused the media of indulging in vilification of the Gujarat Chief Minister while reporting on former president APJ Abdul Kalam's book where he discusses his visit to the state after the 2002 riots. Referring to Kalam's latest book Turning Points, Advani in his blog on Sunday said that no other politician has been as systematically and viciously maligned...
04:46 PM, Jul 08, 2012
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Sunday wrote a blog wherein he said that no political leader in India's political history had been so systematically and viciously maligned as Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Writing further, Advani said that the NDA had never opposed former president APJ Abdul Kalam's decision to visit Gujarat at the height of riots in 2002. This seems to another attempt by Advani to...
02:43 PM, Jul 08, 2012
One of the top two contenders for The Greatest Indian since Mahatma Gandhi are Dr B R Ambedkar and APJ Abdul Kalam. ...
11:10 PM, Jul 06, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Monday hit out at former president APJ Abdul Kalam for making a statement after so many years that he was ready to swear in Congress chief Sonia Gandhi as the Prime Minister after the 2004 polls; calling him "hypocrite" and "shallow". Another NDA member, JD(U), had targeted Kalam over the issue on Sunday. "After saying that he was ready to swear in Italian...
03:32 PM, Jul 02, 2012
APJ Abdul Kalam revealed that he would have made Sonia Gandhi the Prime Minister in 2004, had she staked claim. ...
05:34 PM, Jul 01, 2012
New Delhi: JD(U) president Sharad Yadav on Sunday hit out at former president APJ Abdul Kalam for his comments that he was ready to appoint Sonia Gandhi as the Prime Minister in 2004 despite intense lobbying against her. Yadav, who is also the NDA convenor, said "his (Kalam's) conscience has woken up late. It is for self-aggrandisement. We used to respect him a lot but now are very saddened after...
12:01 PM, Jul 01, 2012
That Vivek has ventured into a mass campaign christened 'Green Kalam Project' is known to many. Under the guidance of former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam he had already planted more than 13 lakh trees in a span of less than three months. "Though I was given a target of 10 lakh trees by Abdul Kalam ji we were able to achieve this feat principally and practically only with the...
10:58 AM, Jul 01, 2012
New Delhi: The issue of Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin came back to haunt her again on Saturday with former president APJ Abdul Kalam's latest book 'Turning Points, A Journey Through Challenges'. In one of the chapters of the book - 'Controversial Decisions' - Kalam has written that if Sonia had made "any claim for herself (for prime ministerial post in 2004), I would have had no option but to appoint...
08:35 PM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) on Saturday dismissed as "not so relevant today" the remark made by former President APJ Abdul Kalam in his book that he was ready to swear in Sonia Gandhi as the Prime Minister after the 2004 polls had she wanted so. "Had he (Kalam) spoken this in 2004, it would have carried a different level of moral force. The remarks do not carry that...
06:55 PM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: In the aftermath of the 2002 riots in Gujarat, the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee appeared to be not keen on President APJ Abdul Kalam's official visit to the state, according to a book. Giving an inkling of what the Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart thought about his visit in his soon-to-be-released book "Turning Points", Kalam said there were also suggestions at the ministry and bureaucratic level against...
06:46 PM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: APJ Abdul Kalam was ready to swear in Sonia Gandhi as the Prime Minister after the 2004 polls when he was the President despite pressure from various political leaders before Manmohan Singh was nominated for the post--a decision that "surprised" him. Kalam's stand on the political situation after the Lok Sabha elections lifted the veil on an episode that has been intensly speculated upon that he was reluctant...
06:32 PM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: Presidential hopeful and former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma has once again raised the issue of Congress President's Sonia Gandhi's foreign issue. Sangma launched his diatribe in Guwahati on Saturday following former president APJ Abdul Kalam's revelation that he (Kalam) could not have blocked Sonia's elevation as the Prime Minister after the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) won the Lok Sabha elections in 2004 had she wanted to. ...
04:44 PM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: In his latest book, former president APJ Abdul Kalam has sought to dismiss speculation that he was the prime reason why Sonia Gandhi refused the PM's post in 2004. In the chapter titled 'Controversial Decisions' of his book 'Turning Points, A Journey Through Challenges', Kalam has written that if Sonia had made "any claim for herself, I would have had no option but to appoint her". It was...
11:58 AM, Jun 30, 2012
