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Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Top News Headlines of March 27 to start your day
India | Mar 27, 2015, 12:12 AM IST
President to confer Bharat Ratna upon Atal Bihari VajpayeeFormer Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will receive the Bharat Ratna award, India's highest civilian honour, from President Paranab Mukherjee at his residence in Lucknow.Vajpayee will be
President to visit Vajpayee's residence to confer Bharat Ratna on March 27
India | Mar 27, 2015, 11:24 AM IST
NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will receive Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, on March 27.Departing from the protocol, President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Vajpayee's residence on March 27 to confer upon
India asks Pakistan to end 'atmosphere of terror' along border
India | Mar 22, 2015, 09:18 PM IST
Attari: India today asked Pakistan to end the atmosphere of terror along the border, saying that New Delhi wants to maintain friendly relations with the neighbouring country."Pakistan should ponder as to how long this atmosphere

President could travel to Vajpayee's residence to present him the Bharat Ratna
India | Mar 13, 2015, 08:05 PM IST
Sources say President Pranab Mukherjee is likely to visit former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's residence on March 27 to confer him Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour of the country.“It is quite likely that
PMO declines RTI application seeking Modi-Atal letters after 2002 riots
National | Mar 10, 2015, 11:33 PM IST
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Office has refused to disclose the correspondence that took place in 2002 between then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and the then Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi, after the
BJP hails Modi govt for giving a grant of Rs 40,625 cr to HP
National | Feb 25, 2015, 10:42 PM IST
New Delhi:BJP today lauded Narendra Modi-ledregime for rising above partisan politics to grant Rs 40,625crore to Himachal Pradesh in the 14th Finance Commission thatwill help it move forward in development path and willcompensate its loss

Posters ridicule Manjhi, BJP outside Nitish residence
National | Feb 22, 2015, 05:44 PM IST
Patna: With senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar all set to take charge today as Bihar Chief Minister for the fourth time and party workers in a festive mood, several posters and hoardings ridiculing former Chief
Congress is history, AAP not sustainable: Badal
National | Feb 03, 2015, 09:19 PM IST
New Delhi: Attacking Congress and AAP, Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal today said former “is history” while the latter “failed” to run a government despite getting a mandate from the people of Delhi. Addressing
Indo-Pak eco ties a victim of politics: Yashwant Sinha
National | Feb 02, 2015, 03:57 PM IST
New Delhi: Stating India-Pakistan economic ties have been a victim of politics, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said the trade between the two countries can go up to USD 15-12 billion annually if necessary measures

Atal was a good PM but partymen didn't allow him to work: SP
National | Jan 21, 2015, 05:23 PM IST
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today termed Atal Bihari Vajpayee as “good prime minister” who accepted his demand for women's reservation but some of his own partymen did not let him work. “Atalji
1993 Mumbai serial blasts were approved by Nawaz Sharif, claims former diplomat
India | Jan 13, 2015, 10:18 PM IST
New Delhi: In a shocking revelation a former Indian diplomat has revealed that Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif not only knew about the serial blast that shook Mumbai in 1993 but he actually approved it.Former
Advani, Ramdev to get Padma awards?
India | Jan 06, 2015, 01:45 PM IST
New Delhi: Former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani may soon get Padma Vibhushan, country's second highest civilian award, according to some media reports.These reports suggest that Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's name is also being considered

We want stable government in Kashmir, says BJP
National | Jan 01, 2015, 04:28 PM IST
Jammu: The BJP on Thursday said that it was committed to forming a stable government in Jammu and Kashmir and said talks on sewing up a coalition with the PDP were set to begin.Bharatiya Janata
PDP hints at not being averse to BJP
National | Dec 31, 2014, 05:53 PM IST
Jammu: Invoking Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi, the PDP today appeared to be giving clear signals that it may not be averse to discussions on government formation with BJP, which welcomed the gesture.Mehbooba Mufti,
Awaiting formal initiation of dialogue with PDP: BJP
National | Dec 31, 2014, 03:48 PM IST
New Delhi: With positive signs emerging from PDP over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP today said it is awaiting the formal initiation of dialogue with it. The BJP reacted after PDP leader Mehbooba

DMK chief hails decision to confer Bharat Ratna on Vajpayee
National | Dec 25, 2014, 01:44 PM IST
Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi today welcomed the Centre's decision to confer Bharat Ratna on former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and demanded that the honour also be conferred on Dravidian veteran E V Ramasamy,
PM Modi greets Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 90th birthday
National | Dec 25, 2014, 12:02 PM IST
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today greeted former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 90th birthday and said there is no bigger tribute to him than celebrating it as 'Good Governance Day'.Modi visited
Good Governance Day: PM vows to deliver open, accountable administration
National | Dec 25, 2014, 01:34 PM IST
New Delhi: On 'Good Governance Day', Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said efforts are being made for ‘re-engineering' of government processes as part of the promise to provide an ‘open and accountable administration'.He said his
Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A giant in Indian politics
National | Dec 25, 2014, 07:34 AM IST
New Delhi: In the six decades he was in electoral politics, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, awarded the Bharat Ratna on Wednesday, catapulted from one who lost one election after another to a colossus who eventually became
B-Town: Vajpayee, Malaviya truly 'Bharat Ratna'
Bollywood | Dec 25, 2014, 11:54 AM IST
Mumbai: The Hindi film fraterntity Wednesday lauded the Bharat Ratna being conferred on former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and late freedom fighter-educationist Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya. While melody queen Lata Mangeshkar called them 'gems