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Before nominating APJ Abdul Kalam as India’s 11th President, BJP suggested Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who declined, citing democratic precedent. Vajpayee built consensus across parties, maintained a strong bond with Lal Krishna Advani, and handled crises like the 2001 Parliament attack

Khammam-based Vibrants of Kalam plans to install 10-foot statues of former President APJ Abdul Kalam in all erstwhile districts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The initiative aims to inspire youth and commemorate his legacy through annual events.

ISRO Chairman and Secretary of the Department of Space, Dr V. Narayanan, was honoured with the prestigious G.P. Birla Memorial Award in recognition of his contributions to India’s space programme. The award, formerly known as the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Served as Agni programme director and also as director of Advanced Systems Laboratory in Hyderabad

Telangana villages became role models to the country by winning a number of awards. Congress came to power by backdoor by telling lies to the public.

The state government's department of information and public relations has built the statue. A Bharat Ratna awardee, Abdul Kalam (1931-2015) was the 11th President from 2002 to 2007.

APJ Abdul Kalam, who was the 11th President of India, has been hailed as the "Missile Man of India" for his contribution.

Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan was also present here to grace the event.

Hanamkonda: Stating that attempts were being made to undermine the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi by projecting an assassin as the hero in place of him, Kakatiya University (KU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Thatikonda Ramesh said Gandhi was the jewel of the Vysya community in India who fought for freedom from the clutches of the British. He also […]

Amaravati: The Telugu Desam Party has decided to support the NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu in the presidential poll. Announcing this here on Monday, TDP national president N Chandrababu Naidu said that his party was always committed to social justice. In this context, he recalled that the TDP had in the past supported K.R. Narayanan and […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Government will set up a Centre of Excellence for Automobile Engineering at Zaheerabad. It will train local youth in the automobile segment to help them find employment with players like Mahindra, MG, One Moto, Olectra and others that have set up or setting up their units at Zaheerabad, announced Industries and IT Minister […]

Hyderabad: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is reportedly considering using images of Rabindranath Tagore and APJ Abdul Kalam, alongside Mahatma Gandhi, on the new series of currency notes. According to a report by the New Indian Express, the Central Bank and the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India (SPMCIL) have sent two sample […]

Warangal: Founded by a group of like-minded friends in 2013, Sulakshya Seva Samithi, an NGO, has been spreading smiles on the faces of the orphans, elderly destitutes and others in the erstwhile Warangal district. Speaking to Telangana Today, founder president of the Samithi, Santosh Manduva said he chose this journey of serving the needy after […]

The Andhra Pradesh BJP co-in charge Sunil Deodhar on Saturday said that the 'Jinnah Tower' in Guntur should be renamed while stressing that the party isn't against Islam, but fundamentalism and appeasement politics.

Hyderabad: The flyover near Owaisi junction which was inaugurated on Tuesday has been named after former President APJ Abdul Kalam. MA&UD Minister, KT Rama Rao tweeted, “A short video on the just inaugurated Owaisi-Midhai Junction flyover built under #SRDP by #GHMC. We have decided to name it after Hon’ble former president APJ Abdul Kalam Ji […]

Balasore: India on Saturday successfully tested the new generation nuclear-capable ballistic missile ‘Agni P’ from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the Odisha coast, the Defence Research and Development Organisation said. The ‘Agni P’ is a two-stage canisterised solid propellant ballistic missile with dual redundant navigation and guidance system, it said. “Various telemetry, radar, electro-optical […]

Several prominent people took to their social media platforms to convey remembrance of the former President.

Hindu spiritual leaders never looked down upon other religions, and politicians need to embrace this idea

Hyderabad: Final production batch of Long Range Surface to Air Missiles (LRSAM), designed and developed by DRDO in collaboration with various industry partners and integrated by BDL, was flagged off at DRDL, APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex, here on Sunday. LRSAM is jointly developed by DRDO and IAI Israel to equip latest ships of Indian […]

Sahith Reddy, with roots in Karimnagar district, is UAE’s National Point of Contact for Space Generation Advisory Council in support of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications.