Atal Bihari Vajpayee is an Indian politician who was the 10th Prime Minister of India, first term for 13 days in 1996 and then from 1998 to 2004. A Padma-Vibhushan awardee, he was the first head of government from outside the Congress party to serve a full five-year term from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The leader has also received the highest honour, Bharat Ratna in 2015 and his birthday was declared 'Good Governance Day'. Other than his political views, Vajpayee is well praised for his poetry.
Read MoreAgra: A train connecting Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ancestral village Bateshwar with Etawah was today flagged off, 16 years after the former prime minister had laid the foundation stone for this project. The train was flagged off
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Atal Bihari Vajpayee to personally greet the BJP veteran on his 91th birthday tomorrow soon after his return from his foreign visit.Modi, who is on a visit
Srinagar: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit here will be a "turning point" in the history of Jammu and Kashmir and the people of the state have great
Lucknow: Cautioning dalits against BJP's plans to "impose" the "old varna system", BSP supremo Mayawati today said there was need to stop the saffron party from coming to power both at the Centre and in
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should follow Atal Bihari Vajpayee's policy of friendship with Pakistan to find a solution to Kashmir issue, saying
Srinagar: Pressing for urgent resolution of Kashmir issue, Huriyat Conference chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee while asking the Narendra Modi government to launch a process of "dialogue" and
Mumbai: Pakistan former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri on Tuesday said that screen icon Dilip Kumar had visited Pakistan twice on secret missions for the Indian government.“Kumar's wife Saira Banu told me that Dilip Saahab
New Delhi: The Emergency imposed in 1975 was the "biggest blow" to Indian democracy but it also led to the birth of a new political generation in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on
Gokula Dhundh Brindaban dhundho Barsane lag ghum ke aai Tan mun dhan sub waar ke Hasrat Mathura nagar chali dhuni ramai (Lets look for him in Gokul and Brindaban Or lets look for him in
Patna : Acknowledged as a master orator by both followers and political adversaries alike, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is poised to set a record ahead of the Bihar assembly elections: He is likely to end
New Delhi: Bollywood legend Dilip Kumar had intervened with Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to help defuse the Kargil crisis, a new book by a former Pakistan foreign minister has claimed.The Kumar anecdote is among
New Delhi: Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya was born on Monday September 25, 1916, in Nagla Chandraban village in Mathura district.His father, Bhagwati Prasad, was a well known astrologer. He lost his father when he was less
New Delhi: The headmaster Kamalakanta Das of a primary school in Balasore district of Odisha, declared a day's off to mourn the death of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The former PM is very
Bhubaneswar: Nine-time Congress MP and former Odisha Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang today quit the party alleging humiliation and also appeared to send signals that he was keen on joining BJP.Announcing his decision at a press
Mathura: Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has been invited for an event on May 25 in Mathura where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be present.Deendayal Upadhyay Janmabhoomi Smarak Samiti, which is organising the event,
Srinagar: Expressing sadness over the sluggish pace of cross-LoC ties, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today resolved to take further his peace-building measures to bring people living across the Line of Control
Mumbai: Former Law Minister and Rajya Sabha member, Ram Jethmalani, has urged the Narendra Modi government to refer the long-pending Indo-China border dispute to the International Court of Justice for a decision.“We (India) will have
The story was historic and the trip a memorable one when the ex-PM and Bharat Ratna Awardee Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited China in 2003.Entire world had its eyes on the trip, with lot of expectations
New Delhi: The rise of China as a great power is no longer a matter of speculation; it is a given fact. Most nations today seriously consider the Chinese factor when determining policy. The question
New Delhi: In a statement which is likely to stoke fresh controversy, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief, Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday slammed Narendra Modi- led NDA government for conferring Bharat Ratna on former Prime
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