Ranchi, Dec 28 (IANS) As Jharkhand prepares to get another coalition government, old friends have become foes while once bitter rivals are set to prop up Shibu Soren as the next chief minister.
The 2009 post-poll scenario is quite different from what one saw five years earlier.
In 2005, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Congress [...]
Lucknow, Dec 22 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Tuesday asked students in Uttar Pradesh to emulate a development model he had successfully implemented in Tamil Nadu years ago to bring urban amenities to rural areas.
Addressing the 7th convocation ceremony of the Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU)here, Kalam sought to introduce the ‘Providing Urban Amenities [...]
New Delhi, Dec 9 (ANI): Students from across the country have voted former President APJ Abdul Kalam as country’s environment ambassador.
The campaign was conducted by an NGO across the country.
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh felicitated Kalam in a programme here.
Speaking on the occasion Ramesh [...]
Pune, Dec.9 (ANI): “Seventh International High Energy Materials Conference and Exhibit (HEMCE-2009)” was inaugurated at Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam Golden Jubilee Auditorium at Pashan here on Wednesday by Padma Shree Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister and Secretary, Department of Defence [...]
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who was Wednesday nominated as the ‘Paryavaran Ambassador’ of India, has said the country’s development should be kept in mind while negotiating the cut in the green house gas emission intensity.
‘We are a billion people and we have our dreams. Our development has to be [...]
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Monday addressed a packed auditorium of students in the Delhi University, regaling them with experiences of his student days.
Though Kalam was invited by St. Stephens college, students from other colleges also came to listen to Kalam’s talk. He mainly spoke on the importance of education [...]
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has denied that he is appearing in an Indo-French film titled ‘I Am Kalam’. But actor Gulshan Grover insists Kalam ‘has given a shot as himself in the movie’.
Kalam’s office said in a statement: ‘Kalam has no plans to act or associate with any film. [...]
Pune, Nov.25 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil created history on Wednesday by becoming the first serving female head of state to fly in an Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft from the Lohegaon Air Force Base here. What was even more remarkable was the fact that she achieved the feat at the ripe age [...]
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Pratibha Patil is 74 years old, the president of the country and she will do what no woman has done before when she flies in a Sukhoi, a frontline Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jet Nov 25.
IAF vice chief Air Vice Marshal P.K. Barbora Tuesday said the force was ‘proud [...]
Patna, Nov 17 (IANS) Co-founder of Infosys and chief of India’s Unique Identification Database project Nandan Nilekani, praised the e-governance work and the initiatives taken by the Bihar government.
‘The government has given importance to e-governance. It is a positive sign,’ Nilekani said here after holding a meeting with top government officials Tuesday.
‘I am happy with [...]
Port-of-Spain, Nov 13(IANS) The work and vision of India’s first minister of education Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad was highlighted during the celebration of International Scholars’ day in Chaguanas in central Trinidad.
Indian High Commissioner Malay Mishra addressed graduates of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural Co-operation (MGICC), the Indian cultural centre, Nov 11.
Mishra praised the work, [...]
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil has been undergoing a fitness regime for the past two-three months for her maiden flight in Indian Air Force’s (IAF) frontline fighter jet Sukhoi Su-30MKI on Nov 25.
The IAF is leaving nothing to chance in the the run up to the flight from Lohegaon air base in [...]
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The Central Information Commission (CIC) Wednesday directed the President’s Secretariat to give ‘file notings’ related to a letter former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam wrote in 2004 expressing displeasure over some persons listed for Padma awards.
The commission asked the President’s Office to delete all references to individuals and discussion of their [...]
New Delhi, Nov 3 (ANI): The second India Disaster Management Congress will be held at the Vigyan Bhavan in the national capital from Wednesday.
The Congress is being organized by the National Institute of Disaster Management in collaboration with the Ministry of Home affairs, National Disaster Management Authority, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, United [...]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) For once, President Pratibha Patil will don a G-suit instead of her trademark sari as she flies in a Sukhoi-30 MKI – a frontline fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) – next month.
Patil, 74, is expected to board one of the Sukhois based in Lohegaon, Pune, and will [...]
Jammu, Oct 6 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil will visit forward positions of the Indian Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir Friday, an official said Tuesday.
‘She is visiting (LoC) to boost the morale of the soldiers guarding the most challenging terrain,’ an army official told IANS.
Patil would visit the forward posts [...]
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Sep 4 (ANI): Former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on Friday unveiled a vision document for the strategic development of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by the year 2020.
Inaugurating a national seminar on ‘Security and Development of the Andaman and Nicobar [...]
New Delhi, Aug.27 (ANI): Former National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra on Wednesday rejected senior DRDO scientist K Santhanam’s assertion that the 1998 Pokhran II nuclear tests were not fully successful.
Mishra told a private television channel that the five nuclear tests conducted in May 1998 were successful and dismissed Santhanam’s statement with regard to them.
“Dr. A.P.J. [...]
New Delhi, Aug.27 (ANI): Senior DRDO scientist K. Santhanam on Thursday reiterated that there was no question about backing away from his assertion that the 1998 Pokhran II nuclear tests were not fully successful, while the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, said the tests conducted eleven years ago were adequate.
Santhanam emphatically said that [...]
Mumbai, Aug 16 (ANI): Bollywood star Salman Khan has criticized US airport authorities for detaining and questioning fellow star Shah Rukh Khan.
Shah Rukh was enroute to Chicago for a parade to mark the Indian Independence Day on Saturday when he was pulled aside [...]
Chicago (USA), Aug 16 (ANI): NRI fans of Shah Rukh Khan here have said that they felt bad about the treatment meted out to the Bollywood superstar by immigrations officials at Newark International Airport.
“It is unfortunate the incident that happened with [...]
Mumbai, Aug 16(ANI): Members of Muslim community on Sunday staged a demonstration against the comment made by Bollywood actor Salman Khan in Mumbai on Sunday.
Reacting to the detention of Shahrukh Khan at Newark International Airport in USA, Salman Khan on Saturday said: “Just because of few Muslims, billions of the community members face problems, [...]
New Delhi, Aug. 12 (ANI): Former President A P J Abdul Kalam has said that reading ‘quality books’ would lead to a ‘knowledge revolution’ in India, and to facilitate that one should spend at least an hour daily for reading books.
Addressing a book festival organised by [...]
Mumbai, Aug. 8 (ANI): Former President Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday refused to buy the argument that there was any brain drain in the country, as a substantial amount of graduates in an academic year choose to work for country’s progress.
“I [...]
