The President in his Independence Day eve speech said the government should increase expenditure on education to about six to seven per cent of GDP.
Children should take the lead in making India a developed and prosperous nation by 2020 and inspiring their parents to fight against the menace of corruption, former President A P J Abdul Kalam said on Friday. The former President, who interacted with the children after inaugurating a science exhibition, asked them to take a pledge to fight against corruption.
Erstwhile Indian president A P J Abdul Kalam, will return to the United States for a second time in as many months, this time to celebrate his 76th birthday on October 15 by participating as chief guest in the JSS Spiritual Mission's anniversary celebrations in Gaithersburg, Maryland
Noting India's need to raise power generation capacity to four lakh MW by 2030, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Wednesday sought 'intensive cooperation' with the European Union in the field of energy, including nuclear, to help achieve the goal.
Colonel Dr Anil Athale (retd) writes an open letter to former President A P J Abdul Kalam to intervene in Kashmir and start a dialogue with the people.
President A P J Abdul Kalam will confer The Energy and Resources Institute Corporate Awards on June 26.
The President, at the banquet held in honour of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, said the epicentre of terrorism is in Indias neighbourhood.\n\n
George, who hosts the popular travel show "Sancharam" (Travel) on a Malayalam channel, will soon go to Paris for a training programme with his fellow passengers.
The extended range of the missile which is part of the Strategic Forces Command will give a variety of options to the planners during times of conflict.
President A P J Abdul Kalam on Wednesday emphasised the need to improve India's competitiveness and put it in the top ten among the comity of nations.
A report from Baramulla said a complete shutdown was observed in all major towns in north Kashmir in support of \nthe strike call
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.
The high court had described the judgment of the then additional sessions judge Bhayana's reasoning for acquitting Sharma, as strange and totally wrong.
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Mohan Bhagwat and thousands of supporters in Indian and overseas appealed to yoga guru Ramdev to end his fast against black money corruption due to his falling health.
A bomb hoax delayed by three hours the departure of a special Indian Air Force aircraft carrying President A P J Abdul Kalam to New Delhi.
The agency will also record Kavitha's statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
This is the third time that Tamil Nadu has supplied the necessary soil to the Bengaluru headquartered space agency for performing the tests for its ambitious Moon missions.
Most politicians and even non-politicians have been honoured because of what they were purported to be electorally worth for the ruling party of their time, argues N Sathiya Moorthy.
Toughening its stand, key United Progessive Alliance constituent Trinamool Congress on Thursday said if the Congress names Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee or Vice President Hamid Ansari as its Presidential candidate, it will "contest" the election with A P J Abdul Kalam as its nominee.
Kalam's recommendation says 20 cases are not fit for Presidential pardon.
The India's men and women table tennis teams had easy starts to their respective campaigns with identical 3-0 victories over Barbados and South Africa in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Friday.
On November 30, President Droupadi Murmu presented the Sports and Adventure Awards 2022 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
He will take a look at the fencing work underway in the Rajouri-Poonch sector and also interact with officers and jawans during his day-long stay.
Instead of stooges of political parties occupying the highest office in the land, do we not deserve an impartial statesman as President, Shobha Warrier demands to know.
There's a lot of entertainment coming up for you on OTT in the month of August.
Deepa Gahlot picks 10 Web series that was worth the viewer's while.
Mohammed Ashraf alias Mohammed Shakeel, Mohammed Amran and Abdul Majid also wanted to abduct Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry.
Promising to hold the price line to protect the real income of the poor, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Friday said the country's economy was poised to grow at 7 per cent this year.
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