Am ready said by Abdul Kalam to swear Sonia Gandhi as PM in year 2004

NEW DELHI: APJ Abdul Kalam was ready to swear Sonia Gandhi as the Prime Minister after the 2004 polls when he was the President despite pressure from various political leaders before Manmohan Singh was nominated to head the UPA government.

Kalam's stand on the political situation after the Lok Sabha elections lifted the veil on an episode that has been intensely speculated upon that he was reluctant to appoint the Italian-born Gandhi as the country's PM.

In a forthright account of his five-year tenure as President in a book titled " Turning Points", Kalam recalls that had Gandhi staked a claim herself he would have appointed her as it was the only "constitutionally tenable" option available to him. Read more about..

Portrait: Olivier Ferrand, a committed and influential

Recently elected, the creator of Terra Nova was one of the strengths of the new generation of PS, a human network and belief. Man of influence and multi-degree of creative think tank Terra Nova, Olivier Ferrand, died Saturday 30 ...

Le Figaro White will not extend

The long head to head, held in Paris on Thursday between Laurent Blanc and The Christmas Graët, the President of the French Football Federation, will have approved the separation between the former defender of the Blues and the Federation.

NBA-Winners and Losers from Draft Day

Dissecting winners and losers at the NBA draft is always fun to ponder. You won't know if you made the right decision for five years, but it's still fun to take a look at.
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Now that the 2012 NBA draft is all said and done, let's take a look at some winners and losers.

Adele New Child Pics

New York - Adele is celebrating another milestone - a pregnancy.

The superstar singer's representative confirmed on Friday that the 24-year-old is expecting a child with boyfriend Simon Konecki. The message was posted on her official website, which crashed due to a large amount of traffic after the news was announced.

"I'm delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together. I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we're over the moon and very excited but please respect our privacy at this precious time," she said on the website.

It's unclear how far along the British singer is.

Adele won six Grammys earlier this year for her best-selling 21 album. Though that disc was based on heartbreak, she has since found love with Konecki.

List Of Players Caught & Ban by BCCI

Sending out a strong signal against those guilty of corruption in the game, the BCCI on Saturday slapped a life ban on Ranji top wicket-taker T P Sudhindra while also handing varying degrees of punishments to four other players caught in the IPL spot-fixing scandal.Sending out a strong signal against those guilty of corruption in the game, the BCCI on Saturday slapped a life ban on Ranji top wicket-taker T P Sudhindra while also handing varying degrees of punishments to four other players caught in the IPL spot-fixing scandal.

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