In a rebuff to the Samajwadi Party and the Trinamool Congress, the Congress on Thursday ruled out sparing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the Presidential race as it rejected the three names proposed by the two allies, sending signals that it was not in a mood to bow before them.
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Vaiko has convened a two-day international seminar on the alleged atrocities against Sri Lankan Tamils in New Delhi on January 10-11, 2009.
Political parties may be backing P A Sangma to mount pressure on the Congress high command to pick Pranab Mukherjee for the top post, says Neeraja Chowdhury
The funeral of late former President A P J Abdul Kalam will be held in Rameswaram, his birth place in Tamil Nadu, on July 30 with full military honours.
National Thermal Power Corporation has bagged the ISTD-FICCI Award for excellence in HR practices.
The agency will also record Kavitha's statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The Bill has been pending with the Governor for over a year after the Assembly passed it last April 6 amidst uproarious scenes and boycott by the opposition parties.
While nation mourns the death of the "People's President", an orphaned girl from a far flung village of Odisha remembers the gesture of A P J Abdul Kalam towards her HIV positive siblings ten years ago.
"EC has added Saina Nehwal and Mary Kom to its list of national icons. Till now we had former President APJ Abdul Kalam and Indian cricket captain M S Dhoni as icons. I am hopeful that our new icons will make debut appearances in Gujarat polls. The work is going on with them for promotional messages to be released soon," EC Director General Akshay Raut said.
12 people, including five Delhi police personnel, were killed in the attack.
The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values, the fourth such center in the world, seeks to promote the Dalai Lama's vision of a better world by sponsoring interdisciplinary programs and deliberations on ethics. Attending the two-day event, among others, will be former Indian President A P J Kalam.
Can an active politician like Pranab Mukherjee ever be an apolitical President. Join Dilliwalla on Wednesday, June 25, 2012 at 2pm IST for some answers.
In an interview with CNN-IBN, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seemed reluctant to embrace Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as her party's choice for the post of the President of India.
A P J Abdul Kalam, 83, was a daring President who undertook a submarine sortie, flew Sukhoi jet, visited Siachen glacier.
Dr Singh on Wednesday said Lalu would not be asked to resign "for now".
Tata was ranked second only to former president APJ Abdul Kalam in the list of 100 most trusted individuals in India.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi left the Enforcement Directorate office after about four hours of questioning in the National Herald money-laundering case on Tuesday.
The President's election is hitting the headlines because all the parties believe that in the 2009 general election no single party will get a majority. In such a scenario the President's role becomes crucial
Vadra has been questioned multiple times by the federal probe agency in a different money laundering case.
P M Ajayan, one of the top 50 scientific researchers in the US, holds forth on nanotech and how it can help India in energy and health care sectors.
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.
Bhai Mohan Singh, the grand old man of India's pharmaceutical industry and founder of Ranbaxy laboratories, passed away on Monday evening at the age of 89.
Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner, who is in India on an official visit, on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The trader's association, CAIT, which has called for a 3-day nationwide strike from Wednesday, has decided to present a petition to President APJ Abdul Kalam opposing the service tax levied on traders and the proposed value added tax from April 1, 20
Saurabh has topped NASA's International Scientist Discovery exam.
Bollywood pays tribute to former president APJ Abdul Kalam.
We asked readers what they would do if they had only three years to live life to the fullest? While the contest closes on November 23, here are some more interesting responses.
As the news of Kalam broke, condolences and tributes poured in from all corners of the country, reflecting the huge popularity he enjoyed both in and out of the highest office of the country that earned him the sobriquet of the "people's President."
President Kalam met the young finalists of the talent show.
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