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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

Vajpayee's Kashmir dream will be realized: Modi
India | Jul 04, 2014, 01:45 PM IST
Katra (Jammu and Kashmir): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday that former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's dream of restoring peace in Jammu and Kashmir will be realised.Modi made the comments after flagging off the
PM Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir worries officials
National | Jul 03, 2014, 04:48 PM IST
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Jammu and Kashmir for a day's trip on Friday. He is expected to visit Jammu, Katra, Srinagar and Uri.Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir Friday
New UP governor rattles political leaders
National | Jun 27, 2014, 01:39 PM IST
Lucknow: He is only a few days old in the Raj Bhavan here. But Uttar Pradesh's acting Governor Aziz Qureshi is already courting controversy.Given additional charge of the state along with Uttarakhand, Qureshi, a former

Emergency 'worst chapter' of Indian democracy: Jaitley
National | Jun 26, 2014, 03:37 PM IST
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday described the Emergency rule of 1975-77, proclaimed on this day in 1975, as the "worst post-independence chapter" of Indian democracy."The Emergency displayed the weakness of the Indian constitutional
Gopinath Munde should have worn seat belt: Harsh Vardhan
National | Jun 04, 2014, 04:13 PM IST
New Delhi: Wearing seat belt could have saved Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde who died in a road accident, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today said and announced a major campaign to spread awareness on
Modi pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, meets Vajpayee
National | May 26, 2014, 11:37 AM IST
New Delhi: Ahead of his swearing-in, Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi Monday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi and visited former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence here.Modi had said in a tweet Sunday: "Tomorrow

Modi to take oath at Rashtrapati Bhavan forecourt, over 3,000 invitees
India | May 21, 2014, 07:58 AM IST
New Delhi: The magestic forecourt of the historic Rashtrapati Bhavan is gearing up for a gala swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi next Monday as the 15th Prime Minister of the country in the presence of
Will never interfere in functioning of BJP govt: RSS
National | May 18, 2014, 04:16 PM IST
Jaipur: RSS today said it will not interfere in the functioning of the BJP-led government at the Centre, dismissing suggestions that it was running the party through “remote control”.“Sangh has not given any guidelines to
BJP prepares for celebrations, Congress office deserted
National | May 16, 2014, 07:35 AM IST
New Delhi: Jubilant even before the results of the Lok Sabha election are declared Friday, the BJP office in Delhi was Thursday decked up and party workers got ready with fire crackers and sweets. In

Kashmir furiously debates Modi's rise and rise
National | May 15, 2014, 05:46 PM IST
Srinagar: BJP leader Narendra Modi's probable rise to the top job in India invokes both hope and uncertainty among people in Jammu and Kashmir.Whichever way the locals view Modi, nobody doubts that once in power,
Stopped Vajpayee from going ahead with river-linking: Maneka
National | May 14, 2014, 06:38 PM IST
Pilibhit (UP): Terming the ambitious river-linking plans of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as “extremely dangerous”, party MP Maneka Gandhi has said it was she who had stopped former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee from
Rajnath Singh meets RSS leaders
National | May 11, 2014, 01:01 PM IST
New Delhi: A day after Narendra Modi's long meeting with top RSS brass, BJP president Rajnath Singh today met senior Sangh leaders at the RSS office here. Singh is believed to have discussed party strategy

Modi meets Vajpayee after campaign ends
National | May 11, 2014, 11:09 AM IST
New Delhi: BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi Saturday said that he had gone to seek the blessings of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Delhi after the end of the poll campaign."After addressing final
Modi, Rajnath meet Bhagwat
National | May 11, 2014, 11:09 AM IST
New Delhi: BJP prime ministerial candidate candidate Narendra Modi and president Rajnath Singh met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat here to "exchange notes" as the Lok Sabha campaign drew to a close.Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh spokesperson Ram
Fourth phase of UP poll to seal fate of Sonia, Rajnath
National | Apr 29, 2014, 05:00 PM IST
Lucknow: Polling for 14 seats in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh would be held tomorrow to decide the fate of 233 candidates, including political heavyweights Sonia Gandhi and Rajnath Singh.

Why no talk of Vajpayee's niece joining Congress: Chidambaram
National | Apr 27, 2014, 05:38 PM IST
Vadodara: Seeking to downplay the issue of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's half-brother, Daljeet Singh Kohli, joining BJP, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today asked why nobody made a fuss over Karuna Shukla, former PM Atal
BJP blocks its website access in Pak, its PM candidate's is on
National | Apr 22, 2014, 02:31 PM IST
Islamabad: People in Pakistan cannot access the BJP website as the saffron party has blocked its Internet page though its high-profile Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's portal can be accessed for those who want to
Modi would have sidelined even Vajpayee, says Rahul at Karauli (Rajasthan) rally
National | Apr 20, 2014, 05:59 PM IST
Karauli (Rajasthan): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said that Narendra Modi would have sidelined even Atal Bihari Vajapee the way he has sidelined Advani and Jaswant Singh.Addressing an election rally at Karauli in Rajasthan,
Varun files nomination from Sultanpur LS seat
National | Apr 15, 2014, 04:55 PM IST
Sultanpur (UP): BJP General Secretary Varun Gandhi today filed his nomination papers from Sultanpur Lok Sabha seat, which is close to the Nehru-Gandhi bastions of Rae Bareli and Amethi, after holding a massive roadshow here.
Vajpayee-Advani replaced by Modi-Adani: Rahul
National | Apr 15, 2014, 07:23 PM IST
Hingoli (Rajasthan): Vajpayee-Advani partnership has been replaced by Modi-Adani one, Rahul Gandhi said today, taking a jibe at Gujarat Chief Minister and his alleged favours to the Adani group.Addressing a rally here, he said Modi