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Kalam's last journey, nation bids a teary adieu

Rameswaram : The mortal remains of former President A P J Abdul Kalam, who died on Monday, were taken from his ancestral house here to the local mosque ahead of the funeral as thousands of mourners -- young and old -- poured into the island town to pay their last respects. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi and a host of other dignitaries, including and chief ministers of some states, will attend the last rites to be held around 11 AM after 'Namaz-e-Janaza'. The body of 83-year-old Kalam, who passed away in Shillong on Monday, was taken from the house around...

Man from Palakkad remained loyal to Kalam till end

R K Prasad, Private Secretary to Dr A P J Abdul Kalam for over three decades, is probably among the aides who saw the Missile Man from very close quarters. Prasad has been serving Dr Kalam right from his DRDO days. When Dr Kalam became the President in 2002, Prasad was appointed as Private Secretary, a key post he held for the entire term, till 2007. Known as a no-nonsense man, Prasad was instrumental in fixing most programmes of Dr Kalam. In many ways, he was the bridge between Dr Kalam and the outer world. With the Missile Man's packed schedules threatening to go haywire at times,...

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On the day he died, Kalam showed his humanism

New Delhi: As he drove into Shillong on the day he died, former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was worried that a soldier providing him security had to remain standing in an open jeep. According to his advisor Srijan Pal Singh, Kalam expressed his concern for the soldier while driving from the airport to the Indian Institute of Management. 'Why is he standing? He will get tired. This is like punishment. Can you ask a wireless message to be given that he may sit?' Singh recounted Kalam as saying. It was a telling example of the humanist the...

Social media pays homage to Kalam

Social media pays homage to KalamThe social media was flooded with tributes and accolades as the former president A P J Abdul Kalam passed away when he was giving a lecture at IIM Shillong on Monday. Various posts in Twitter, Facebook, Whattzapp expressing loss and grief kept flooding with comments, photos and memes. In Twitter Santhosh Mishra has posted this.

A missile man passed away, A teacher psd awy, A motivator psd awy, A gentleman passd awy... RIP APJ...

Our greatest wish was to see Dr Kalam participate in Walk of Hope: Sri M

ങൗായമശ: ഞലരമഹഹശിഴ വശ ൊലലശേിഴ ംശവേ ആവമൃമ േഞമിേമ ഉൃ അ ജ ഖ അയറൗഹ ഗമഹമാ, ുെശൃശൗേമഹ ഴൗശറല ടൃശ ങ മ്യെ െഗമഹമാ വമറ ലഃുൃലലൈറ വശ െംവീഹലവലമൃലേറ ൗെുുീൃ േളീൃ ണമഹസ ീള ഒീുല—വേല 7500 സാ ുമറമ്യമൃേമ ളൃീാ ഗമി്യമസൗാമൃശ ീേ ഗമവൊശൃ...

President leads nation in paying tributes to Kalam

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation on Tuesday in paying rich tributes to former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam when his body arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here. The union cabinet met on Tuesday morning to pay tributes to Kalam, who died following cardiac arrest on Monday evening while delivering a lecture at IIM-Shillong. The two houses of parliament were adjourned for two days as a mark of respect to Kalam, who rose from humble beginnings to become one of India's leading...

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ഗമഹമാ' െഹമേെ ൃശലേ െീേ മേസല ുഹമരല ശി ഞമാലംെമൃമാ ീി ഠവൗൃറെമ്യ New Delhi/Chennai:The last rites of former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will take place with full military honours in his hometown Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu on Thursday following his family's wish, it was announced on Tuesday. The home ministry in an...

Pattnaik pays tribute to Kalam with sand sculpture Bhubaneswar: Noted sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik on Tuesday created a sand sculpture at Puri beach to pay tribute to former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who died following cardiac arrest in Meghalaya on Monday while delivering a lecture. He said Kalam...

Recalling an impactful interaction with Kalam No doubt former president Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam remained an enthusiast for sharing his ideas with people till his last breath. At a time when the whole nation laments the demise of this very unique and eminent personality and many recount the positive...

PM to receive Kalam's body in New Delhi Shillong : The body of former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who died on Monday evening here in the capital of Meghalaya, was flown to New Delhi on Tuesday morning. Meghalaya Governor V. Shanmughanathan, Home Minister Roshan Warjri, Assembly Speaker...

Kalam's last rites to be held in Rameswaram on Thursday The last rites of former President APJ Abdul Kalam are likely to be held in his native town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu in keeping with his family's wishes. President Kalam died last night in Shillong where he had gone to address students at the local...

Kerala mourns Kalam Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala today paid rich tributes to former President, A P J Abdul Kalam, who passed away at Shillong this evening. In his condolence message, chief minister Oommen Chandy, said the former President was a person who earned respect of...

Kalam passed away before he could finish a dream book Chennai : Former President A P J Abdul Kalam completed seven chapters of a book in Tamil with a vision for the growth of Tamil Nadu and almost till his end he had discussed about the initiative, his aide said tonight. Similar to Kalam's Vision 2020,...

Kalam was a leading light: Modi New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed his deep condolences over the death of former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, saying he was a leading light who will be always remembered for his services to the country. 'India mourns the...

Kalam, best exemplar of the idea of India: BJP New Delhi: Calling it a nation's 'loss of a visionary', BJP today paid glowing tributes to former President A P J Abdul Kalam with party chief Amit Shah describing him as the 'best exemplar' of the idea of India. Shah said Kalam was a 'rare combination'...

Seven-day state mourning but no holiday New Delhi : Government has announced a seven-day state mourning in honour of former President APJ Abdul Kalam, however there will be no holiday. 'As a mark of respect to the departed dignitary, seven days of state mourning will be observed throughout...

Abdul Kalam passes away in Shillong Shillong: Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, who won popular acclaim as India's president from 2002 to 2007, died here on Monday evening after collapsing during a lecture at the IIM-Shillong. 'Kalam is no more,' Meghalaya Chief Secretary P.B.O. Warjri...

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