Tag: Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Jaipur: Twenty years ago, India scripted a success story on May 11 and May 13, 1998 when five nuclear tests were performed in Rajasthan’s Pokhran under the guidance of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who had assumed power only a little while ago. It was a completely secret exercise only known to a select […]

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s condition continues to be critical on Thursday as a bulletin is expected shortly from the AIIMS where he has been admitted for the last nine weeks. “Vajpayee’s condition has worsened over the last 24 hours. His condition is critical and he is on life support system,” said […]

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s condition has worsened over the last 24 hours and is on life support system, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said on Wednesday. “Atal Bihari Vajpayee has been admitted for the last nine weeks at AIIMS. Unfortunately, his condition has worsened over the last 24 […]

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Monday for “examination and management” triggering VIP visits including that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah and Congress President Rahul Gandhi. “Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has been admitted to AIIMS […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 93rd birthday. “Birthday wishes to our much-loved and respected former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee,” Kovind tweeted. Naidu said: “Convey my heartfelt greetings to Bharat Ratna, Shri […]

Lucknow: Actress Neetu Chandra says she has been invited to recite a few poems of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at an event celebrating his 93rd birthday here on Monday. “I am honoured that I have been invited to recite some of Atal Bihari Vajpayeeji’s poems on his 93rd birthday. It’s an honour to […]

New Delhi: The BJP on Monday denied any rift in the BJP-PDP alliance government in Jammu and Kashmir and assured the Mehbooba Mufti-led government of its continued support. “There is no rift in the BJP-PDP alliance,” BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav told the media here after Peoples Democratic Party supremo and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah today handed over urns containing ashes of Atal Bihari Vajpayee to the party’s state unit chiefs for leading ‘Asthi Kalash Yatra’ in their states as its top brass embarked on an exercise to firm up the legacy of the saffron stalwart. Home Minister Rajnath […]

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and educationist Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya were on Wednesday chosen for the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna

Bhubaneswar: Odisha unit of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) is gearing up for a grand ‘Asthi Kalash Yatra’ after the urn containing ashes of former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee reached Bhubaneswar this evening. Odisha BJP president Basant Panda received the urn from External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj at a function held at New Delhi […]

Bhubaneswar: Former prime minister, late Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s ashes will be immersed in Puri on August 23. Odisha BJP unit president Basant Panda will be arriving with the urn (Asthi Kalash) containing the ashes in Bhubaneswar tomorrow. The ashes will be kept at Odisha BJP headquarters for public ‘darshan.’ Later, the ashes will be taken […]

Bhubaneswar: The ashes of former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be immersed in the Bay of Bengal near Puri today as part of the BJP’s ‘Asthi Kalash Yatra’ across the country in commemoration of the iconic leader. As per reports Asthi Kalash- the urn containing the ashes of the late PM will be […]

A picture, they say, tells a thousand words. Just look at the picture above for proof. It is sad to see Lal Krishna Advani, the man who played a key role in the BJP’s transformation from a pariah till the 1980s to the pre-eminent political party in the country today, standing like a supplicant with […]

In his death, Atal Bihari Vajpayee may have provided the BJP just the shot in the arm it needed ahead of the 2019 elections. While he was alive and ailing, very few in the party bothered about him. In fact, it is entirely possible that had he not been ailing and confined to his home, […]

It has been a long-standing Indian tradition not to speak ill of the dead, no matter how unsavoury some of the deeds of the person in his lifetime were. So, let us discount all that has been said about Atal Bihari Vajpayee since he breathed his last at AIIMS, New Delhi at 5.05 pm on […]