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  PM Modi pays tribute to Arun Jaitley while addressing Indian community in Bahrain

  India | August 25, 2019 10:52 IST

  Remembering Arun Jaitley on his demise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to the former Finance Minister, who passed away on Saturday. He also said that it is hard for him to imagine that he lost two of BJP's great ministers in the same month.

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  RIP Arun Jaitley: Kailash Colony mourns its most famous resident

  India | August 25, 2019 10:53 IST

  Despite occupying top government positions, Jaitley had kept his private home as his base, away from the Lutyen's zone that is more identified with the power elite. Born in 1953, Jaitley, son of lawyer Maharaj Kishen Jaitley, had started his journey from Naraina Vihar in West Delhi. His parents had migrated to Delhi from Lahore.

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  RIP Arun Jaitley: Nation will never forget the BJP stelwart

  News | August 25, 2019 10:48 IST

  RIP Arun Jaitley: Nation will never forget the BJP stelwart

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  Grief of Arun Jaitley's demise will forever be with me: Rajat Sharma remembers his dear friend

  India | August 25, 2019 13:37 IST

  On India TV's special show at, India TV Chairman and Editor-In-Chief Rajat Sharma paid tribute to his dear friend Arun Jaitley. "I used to visit Arun Jaitley each day at AIIMS, with the hope of his recovery," Rajat Sharma said.

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  India Inc mourns Arun Jaitley's demise, hails his reform measures

  Business | August 24, 2019 20:42 IST

  Tributes poured in from India Inc with corporate leaders expressing profound grief at the passing away of former Finance Minister and BJP veteran Arun Jaitley here, describing him as a true reformist and great statesman. The former Union Minister died at AIIMS on Saturday, where he was undergoing treatment for several weeks. He was 66.

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  India vs West Indies: Indian players wear black armband in memory of Arun Jaitley

  Cricket | August 24, 2019 19:53 IST

  Arun Jaitley was one of the towering figures in Indian cricket administration.

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  Arun Jaitley's family asks PM Modi not to cut short foreign tour

  India | August 25, 2019 10:54 IST

  The family of former Finance minister Arun Jaitley, who passed away on Saturday, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to cut short his ongoing three-nation tour in its wake.

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  A look at the life and times of Arun Jaitley, a leader devoted to Mother India

  News | August 24, 2019 19:31 IST

  In Arun Jaitley's passing away, India has lost one of its most prestigious jewel. Here is a look at the political career of BJP's Arun Jaitley, a leader devoted to Mother India.

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  Bar lost eminent jurist, legal luminary: Lawyers' bodies on Arun Jaitley's demise

  India | August 25, 2019 10:55 IST

  Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) and Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) also condoled Jaitley's demise and remembered his contribution to the legal fraternity. Jaitley practised as a senior advocate in courts, especially the Delhi High Court before he became a Union minister.

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  Jaitley's Amritsar connection & love for 'Amritsari kulchas'

  India | August 25, 2019 10:55 IST

  "Firstly, I am a Punjabi belonging to Amritsar, and secondly I want to serve my constituency by using my influence with the new government coming," Jaitley had said. His favourite local food was 'Amritsari kulchas', a local delicacy.

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  How Arun Jaitley transformed Indian economy with 10 major reforms

  India | August 25, 2019 10:55 IST

  Arun Jaitley was the only minister who was alloted two heavyweight portfolios - defence and finance, in the first Modi cabinet.

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  Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj: BJP has lost its star power -- all in a month

  India | August 25, 2019 10:56 IST

  Jaitley and Swaraj -- both lawyer-turned-politicians -- had a similar political trajectory -- they both rose under the tutelage of former prime minister, late Atal Bihari Vajpayi, and they both made the current prime minister, Narendra Modi, a force to reckon with. It can, thus, be but a mere coincidence that both the BJP stalwarts passed away within weeks.

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  HM Amit Shah pays tribute to former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

  News | August 24, 2019 16:57 IST

  Home Minister Amit Shah pays tribute to former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who passed away at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, earlier today.

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  Arun Jaitley was soft-spoken and warm-hearted, his demise is a loss to the nation: L K Advani

  India | August 25, 2019 10:56 IST

  Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Saturday fondly remembered Arun Jaitley as a man with a deeply analytical mind who the party depended on for finding solutions to complex issues. Jaitley, 66, died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where he was undergoing treatment for a few weeks.

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  Arun Jaitley ushered in major military reforms as defence minister

  India | August 25, 2019 10:57 IST

  In the first term of the Narendra Modi government, Jaitley was in-charge of defence ministry from May 26 to November 9 of 2014, before Manohar Parrikar was brought in from Goa to helm it. Jaitley, the then finance minister, was again given charge of the defence ministry on Mar 14, 2017 after Parrikar quit the Union Cabinet to become Goa chief minister.

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  When Arun Jaitley took on Opposition over 'proof' of Balakot airstrike in Aap ki Adalat

  India | August 25, 2019 10:58 IST

  He was known as the well mannered, erudite politician who was well respected for his expertise on number of national issues. Arun Jaitley helmed ministries such as Finance, Information and Broadcasting to name a few. But he was not the one to mince words if anything came in the way of India's national interests.

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  Country has lost an outstanding parliamentarian: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

  India | August 24, 2019 16:02 IST

  The country has lost a great leader who always worked for the betterment of society, Singh said. In his condolence letter to Jaitley's wife, Sangeeta Jaitley, Manmohan Singh said, "I have learnt with profound sorrow about the sad and shocking news of the untimely demise of our beloved Arun Jaitley." 

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  Virat Kohli and Co. to wear black armbands to condole Arun Jaitley's demise

  Cricket | August 24, 2019 16:00 IST

  The senior BJP leader and former cricket administrator passed away after a prolonged illness in the Capital on Saturday morning.

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  Lost someone whom the nation needed for many years: Kapil Sibal remembers Arun Jaitley

  India | August 25, 2019 11:45 IST

  Sibal said Jaitley was a man of exceptional qualities and abilities and was wedded to an ideology since his university days and was "fateful to that ideology till his last breath".

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  'Jaitley a combination of extraordinary knowledge, sharpness of mind': Shaktikanta Das

  India | August 25, 2019 11:45 IST

  Last year after a prolonged stand-off between the finance ministry and the RBI which was then headed by Urjit Patel, Jaitley had brought in Shaktikanta Das as the RBI Governor after Patel resigned before his term.