Guwahati: Former President A P J Abdul Kalam on Friday said the country's economy was resilient to withstand global pressures in the current economic slowdown. "India has the potential to come out of this difficult situation because of its inherent strengths. The strengths are the purchasing power of 400 million middle class citizens and 600 million youth willing to take up challenging missions," he said at the 14th convocation of...
04:42 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday asked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to support APJ Abdul Kalam for the post of President instead of NCP leader PA Sangma whom she had already chosen. In a statement, Swamy said she should support Kalam for the post of president. "She should phone him up and persuade him to become her candidate. Sangma has lost all moral authority to be...
05:37 PM, May 23, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has finally broken her silence on the crucial question of who the Trinamool Congress would support for the Presidential election. In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, Mamata said Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, West Bengal Governor Gopal Gandhi and former President APJ Abdul Kalam were acceptable to her. "I love Meira Kumar. She is very soft spoken. Gopal Gandhi...
08:19 AM, May 21, 2012
Karaikudi: Advocating the need for energy security, former president APJ Abdul Kalam on Sunday said India's power requirement will increase to four lakh MW by 2030 and focus should be on renewable energy generation to meet the situation. With the growing population, by 2030 the country would have a population of 1.4 billion and the energy requirement would increase from 1,99,000 MW to 4,00,000 MW, he said inaugurating the Centre...
12:22 AM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: For the first time in the recent weeks, an official word has come from the Congress on party troubleshooter Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's nomination in the presidential race. Senior party leader Renuka Chowdhury on Thursday said that Pranab remains indispensable to the government. Chowdhary said, "He's such an active mind. We need him. I want to see him in many posts. Cannot imagine this government without Pranab." CPI(M)...
02:23 PM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Renuka Choudhury insists that Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee seeking a bailout to support the presidential nominee is not arm-twisting but a part of 'give-and-take' required in coalition politics. But government sources are worried that a concession to Mamata may lead to similar demands from other states including Bihar which too has asked for a bailout package. The West Bengal Chief Minister is in Delhi and...
01:44 PM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday afternoon to demand a financial bailout package for the state. She has given a 15-day deadline, which ends on May 6, to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government to accept her demand for a three-year moratorium on West Bengal's outstanding loans, inherited from the Left Front government. But UPA sources...
11:29 AM, May 03, 2012
Even as the Congress is hoping to build a consensus, cracks are emerging within the NDA over the candidature of Pranab Mukherjee and Hamid Ansari for the President's post. ...
11:58 PM, May 01, 2012
Ranchi: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam has criticised the call for a strong Lokpal Bill. He said that the Lokpal Bill would only serve to fill up the jails. "What Lokpal will do is that if it finds anyone guilty it would put them in jail, and jails will be filled up. What we want is nobody should go to jail as we want good human beings," Kalam said. Launching...
11:45 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP has rejected the Congress efforts to bring in either Finance Minister Pranab Mujherjee or and vice President Hamid Ansari for the post of President. In its first open declaration on the issue, the BJP said it will back former president APJ Abdul Kalam or support an apolitical candidate backed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) Chief Mamata Bannerjee and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar. BJP leader...
06:33 AM, May 01, 2012
The BJP has clearly said that it will not support a Congress candidate for the President's post. ...
10:48 PM, Apr 30, 2012
As the Congress tries to build a consensus over the Presidential candidate, the BJP on Monday made its stand clear, ruling out support for any Congress candidate including Pranab Mukherjee and Hamid Ansari. ...
09:19 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: As the Congress tries to build a consensus over the Presidential candidate, the BJP on Monday made its stand clear, ruling out support for any Congress candidate including Pranab Mukherjee and Hamid Ansari. While the Congress is yet to take a firm decision, the BJP has already rejected the two names of Pranab and Vice President Hamid Ansari, sensing that the UPA may find it difficult to convince...
08:35 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday rejected the names of Vice President Hamid Ansari and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for the post of President, saying "Pranab is a Congressman and Ansari is not of same stature". The BJP also appeared not averse to the name of former president APJ Abdul Kalam for the top constitutional post, saying the party will support his candidature if the Trinamool Congress...
05:21 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam has not ruled out the possibility of being in the race to be the next President of India. On being asked whether he was ready to become the President again, he said that one must wait. This came as many parties like the SP have pushed for his candidature. Interestingly, President Kalam had the last time refused a second term. The latest statement...
09:42 PM, Apr 28, 2012
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