Former President APJ Abdul Kalam passes away

Former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam died in Shillong on Monday evening after being admitted to a private hospital in Meghalaya in a critical condition. Kalam, who served as the 11th President on India from 2002 to 2007, collapsed at the Indian Institute of Management-Shillong while delivering a lecture to the students of the B-school.

"The former president was brought almost dead to our hospital," John Sailo Ryntathiang, director of Bethany Hospital, said. According to sources, the former President collapsed around 6.30 pm and was taken to the hospital. He died around 7.30 pm, hospital sources said.