Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- India
‘Meet Kalam’: Former PM Narsimha Rao’s parting message to successor Vajpayee
New Delhi: As former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao left office in 1996, he handed over a slip to his successor Atal Bihari Vajpayee which read, “Kalam se miliye (meet Kalam)”.…
- Pakistan
Timeline of Ex-President General Musharraf’s engagements with India during his reign
Dubai: Pakistan’s former military ruler General (retd.) Pervez Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil War in 1999, died on Sunday in Dubai after a prolonged illness. The four-star general, who ruled Pakistan in…
- India
Jaishankar hails Vajpayee’s handling of diplomatic situation post 1998 nuclear tests
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday lauded then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s handling of the diplomatic situation following the nuclear tests in 1998 and said that within a…
- India
Tributes pour in for late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 98th birth anniversary
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among the prominent personalities to pay glowing tributes to late prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 98th…
- India
India achieved huge progress under Vajpayee: LS Speaker
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday said the country achieved unprecedented progress in areas such as infrastructure and nuclear power under the leadership of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.…
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Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu pays tribute to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary, at Sadaiv Atal, in New Delhi, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav) New…
- India
Union Minister Jitendra Singh to launch revamped probity portal on Sunday
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh will launch a revamped probity portal and e-books on major initiatives and achievements of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions on Sunday to mark…
- India
BJP leaders greet Advani, party’s longest serving president, on birthday
New Delhi: BJP leaders on Tuesday greeted L K Advani, considered the architect of the party’s rise as a major national force in the 90s, on his birthday. Advani, the BJP’s longest…
- Featured News
What can Unite India: ‘Hindu Spiritualism or ‘Unity in Diversity’?
Sudheendra Kulkarni, ex-aide of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in his piece (‘Reach out for Bharat Jodo’, IE, September 12,) while welcoming the Yatra, is critical of the yatra for it…
- India
Yashwant Sinha resigns from TMC, likely to contest Presidential election
Trinamool Congress (TMC) vice president Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday resigned from all party posts. In an official tweet, he said that he is stepping down for a “greater opposition unity.” I am…
