President A P J Abdul Kalam suggested on Friday setting up of three special economic zones in Meghalaya for Rs 2500 crore (Rs 25 billion) additional revenue to the state's kitty and creation of 25000 employment opportunities.
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday faced angry farmers in Nalanda, who pelted stones while demanding compensation from the state government for land acquisition for a proposed international university.
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam's letter, which he sent to Foreign Minister S M Krishna in last July, has now come into public domain, slamming Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen for forcing him out of his brainchild project of the Nalanda University in Bihar as its first visitor.
The Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance on Friday indicated that it will try to mobilise support of non-Congress parties for A P J Abdul Kalam, whose name has been floated by SP and Trinamool Congress.
In an apparent breach of security, former President A P J Abdul Kalam was forced to walk for nearly 15 minutes in search of his car in the premises of a private medical college in Kochi, after attending a function on Thursday.
BJP's announcement has come at a time when the climate is warming up for the assembly polls in four states, including Uttar Pradesh where Muslims are a key factor.
"I have written to the President seeking justice," said the aggrieved son.
A closed reduction of the fracture was done on Kalam under short general anaesthesia, Commandant of the Army Hospital, Research and Referral, said.
As the race for the President reaches it non-exciting climax, it is clear that no political constituent is winning with dignity, says Sheela Bhatt.
The leaders said that five members of the ruling NDA were facing disqualification for holding offices of profit.
Mohammed Ashraf alias Mohammed Shakeel, Mohammed Amran and Abdul Majid also wanted to abduct Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.
The chocolate model of the missile man, weighing about 400 kilogram, is not for sale. It has been installed by Puducherry's chocolate boutique "Zuka" at its premises in Puducherry.
The Left has never been comfortable with Kalam and had even put up the late Captain Lakshmi Sehgal when the NDA sought to make him a consensus candidate in 2002 and the Congress had no option left but to support him.
The 75-year-old Kalam, who is in Greece on a three-day state visit, began his morning on Friday with a visit to the prestigious Hellenic Aerospace Industry.
The nine VCs include that of the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, according to a tweet by Kerala Raj Bhavan on behalf of the Governor.
President A P J Abdul Kalam will visit Amritsar on Tuesday to attend the quadri-centennial celebrations of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib.
President A P J Abdul Kalam's Website registered a record 1 crore hits on August 15.
Former president of Atlas Cycles Salil Kapoor allegedly died by suicide at his home in Lutyens' Delhi on Tuesday. In a purported suicide note recovered from the spot, he mentioned "financial burden" on him and harassment by four people, the police said, adding said they were investigating the matter from all possible angles.
The president said that the "dynamism and innovativeness" of the judicial system is vital for the country's development
Kalam asks scientists to predict natural disasters
This forms part of the contribution of Rs 2.23 lakh made by employees of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Observing that good governance was being recognised as an important goal by many countries, the President said the Internet revolution has proved to be a powerful tool for good governance initiatives.
The text of President A P J Abdul Kalam's address to the joint sitting of Parliament.
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.
In the address, the President dwelt on a wide range of issues facing the country and depicted the 'ambience in the nation (in) 2007' and the one that was possible in 2020.
Lamenting that the country is busy in elections throughout the year, former president A P J Abdul Kalam said parliamentary, assembly and panchayat elections should be held on a single day.
Central Mumbai on Friday witnessed traffic snarls due to security measures in view of the public meeting of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and a rally by Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar besides President Kalam's visit to the city.
Former president Dr Abdul Kalam has accepted an invitation of the Canada-India Foundation (CIF) to be the chief guest at their gala dinner on April 18 at Toronto's 'Liberty Grand' when this newly minted advocacy group will award Sam Pitroda their 'Chanchlani Global Indian Award'. The award will be in the form of a unique trophy accompanied with $50,000 that will go to the charity of the award recipient's choice, said CIF Convener Ajit Someswar.
"Any judgment as per the law of the country will be processed and carried out. Law is the final authority," Kalam firmly told media persons on Saturday night while returning from Athens.
The outlay for the President, his secretariat and household establishment has been pegged at Rs 17.33 crore, an increase of Rs 38 lakh over the 2004-05 revised estimates.
Paperless scheme for policy documents, called dematerialisation, will enable easy storage of policies by the policy holders, the President said.
It took several e-mails, but the students of Ved Vyasa School finally managed to got their man, in this case President A P J Abdul Kalam.
Missile man and former President APJ Abdul Kalam on Sunday said the country is suffering from the 'fifth nation syndrome' as it is always the fourth or fifth nation to launch any mission like the space mission or nuclear programme.
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