Long before he became an election commissioner, Chawla had accepted funds from MPs local area development funds for some trusts run by him and his family.
Archana Dutta will take over from S M Khan, who served as the press secretary to former President APJ Abdul Kalam
The high point of the President's visit was the signing of three important agreements in natural gas, satellite-based remote sensing and promotion of Buddhist studies.
Besides strengthening the IMD's infrastructure, Mohapatra said his priority will be to improve the dissemination of weather-related information -- from nowcasts to weather forecasts -- focus on sector-related forecast and give impact-based prediction in all areas.
President A P J Abdul Kalam will inaugurate a two-day Indo-US Nanotechnology conclave on February 22-23.
PURA is a word that Kalam has been repeating for the past two years. Unfortunately, the politicians in our country and the bureaucrats have not taken up the war cry that Kalam has initiated.
Kalam had sent Guru's mercy plea to the home ministry for its views.
Disclosing his future plans, Kalam said he will be donning five caps in his post-President period.
A memorandum presented to President A P J Abdul Kalam by the artistes, including vice-chairperson K N Pannikar and Carnatic vocalist Balamurali Krishna, said: "From day one, Sonal Mansingh went on a steamroller trip of taking unilateral decisions."
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has dismissed the possibility of confederation between India and Paksitan, as remarked by President A P J Abdul Kalam, describing "it may be their (Indian rulers') way of thinking".
The idea of the University was first mooted in the late 1990s, but it was Kalam's initiative in early 2006 that gave shape to the project at the ancient site of Buddhist learning.
After months of dilly dallying President A P J Abdul Kalam has finally given his appproval to an accommodation in New Delhi close to Rashtrapati Bhavan, according to sources in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
President AJP Abdul Kalam says India can wipe out poverty through a network of connectivities encompassing a knowledge grid, a healthcare grid, e-governance grid and the knowledge grid.
As the President has been repeatedly informed about the 'gross violations of human rights' in Manipur, the student communities were expecting some action from him, they added.
Jayalalithaa had flown from Chennai in a last ditch effort to ask Kalam to contest the election as the joint candidate of the UNPA and National Democratic Alliance.
India is the first country in the world to field a supersonic surface-to-surface cruise missile.
The topic of discussion was 'Youth Plays an Active Role in National Development.'
"We will not support Kalam. He has lost place in my heart," Sena supremo Bal Thackeray said.
It is not clear if they discussed the Presidential polls.
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Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami said that the election shall be held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote and the voting would be by secret ballot.
The chief patron of opposition National Conference told reporters here that as per media reports, Afzal appeared to be\ninnocent and he had not been given a chance to defend himself.
Emphasising India's committed support to the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka, President A P J Abdul Kalam Wednesday night said New Delhi favoured a peaceful and negotiated settlement of the ethnic issue of the island nation.
Dr Kalam continues to live in the imagination of the people of this nation and remains a role model for the youth and missile and space scientists who are diligently following his vision to achieve new laurels for India, notes S M Khan, who served as President Kalam's press secretary.
Paperless scheme for policy documents, called dematerialisation, will enable easy storage of policies by the policy holders, the President said.
When Rediff.com requested former President A P J Abdul Kalam to compose a Republic Day message for our readers, he promptly sent us this, which we are honoured to publish.
The Election Commission on Friday cleared Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram of the charge that they held offices of profit.
Islamic spiritual leader Aga Khan, who runs a large number of philanthropic institutions in India, on Wednesday met President A P J Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed developmental issues.
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