Atal Bihari Vajpayee Death
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Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 5th death anniversary today
News | Aug 16, 2023, 12:38 PM ISTToday is the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Today, on the death anniversary of Atal ji, tribute meetings are being organized across the country. To pay tribute to Atalji in Delhi, wreath-laying and prayer meetings are always being organized at Atal near Vijay Ghat.
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Alvida Atal | 'Really Incredible Person': BJP, Oppn shower praises on former PM in prayer meeting
India | Aug 20, 2018, 11:20 PM ISTThe meeting is being held a day after the immersion of a part of former PM's ashes in holy River Ganges at Haridwar.
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Alvida Atal: Former PM Vajpayee's ashes immersed in Ganges at Haridwar
India | Aug 19, 2018, 06:38 PM ISTOne of the most charismatic leaders in independent India, Vajpayee passed away in Delhi on Thursday at the age of 93. He was cremated with full State honours at the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal in the national capital on Friday.
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Alvida Atal: Top leaders, foreign dignitaries bid emotional farewell to Vajpayee
India | Aug 17, 2018, 09:33 PM ISTDuring the procession, people chanted slogans like "Atal Bihari Amar Rahe" as Vajpayee's cortege made its way from the BJP headquarters to the cremation ground.
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Alvida Atal: Ashes of former PM to be immersed in rivers of all UP districts
India | Aug 17, 2018, 07:40 PM ISTVajpayee was elected from the Lucknow constituency in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004 and had represented the state’s capital in the Lok Sabha for five consecutive terms.
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'Gun can solve no problem, brotherhood can': Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 14 unmissable speeches
India | Aug 17, 2018, 11:03 AM ISTA master orator, Vajpayee used witty remarks with aplomb for political satire on his opponents that often won him accolades and hearts of many.
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Video: When Narendra Modi ran like a child to hug 'father figure' Vajpayee
India | Aug 17, 2018, 10:40 AM ISTModi can be seen emerging from the background and giving a warm hug to Vajpayee in the premises of the party office. Vajpayee then pats on Modi's back and smile.
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How Pakistani media covered Atal Bihari Vajpayee's death
World | Aug 17, 2018, 10:09 AM ISTAtal Bihari Vajpayee's popularity in Pakistan was evident by the way the media of that country covered the news of his death.
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India-US bilateral relationship continues to benefit from Vajpayee's vision: Mike Pompeo
World | Aug 17, 2018, 08:56 AM ISTUS Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said Indians will reflect on Vajpayee's many contributions that led to India's rise as a global and economic power.
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'Can hear his voice echo within me, how should I believe he is no more': PM Modi's emotional blog for Vajpayee
India | Aug 17, 2018, 09:54 AM ISTHe led the nation through several crises while holding together a tenuous coalition with his inclusive politics and superlative oratory.
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In pics: Charismatic Vajpayee no more, a trip down memory lane
India | Aug 17, 2018, 08:02 AM ISTFormer Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who led the nation through several crises while holding together a tenuous coalition with his inclusive politics and superlative oratory, passed away at the age of 93, on August 16.
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee's mortal remains consigned to flames with full state honours | As it happened
India | Aug 17, 2018, 09:43 PM ISTPresident Kovind, PM Modi paid their last respects to Vajpayee at Smriti Sthal.
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Alvida Atal: BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain remembers former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
India | Aug 16, 2018, 11:41 PM IST“Atal ji was happy as a father would be, when I won the by-election from Bhagalpur,” said the BJP leader.
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Alvida Atal: Political entities bid emotional goodbye to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee
India | Aug 16, 2018, 08:35 PM ISTLeaders left the boundaries of their political parties and mourned the passing away of the former prime minister.
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Alvida Atal: Vajpayee nursed BJP into a banyan tree in Indian politics, says Amit Shah
India | Aug 16, 2018, 07:05 PM IST“A rare politician, brilliant speaker, poet and patriot, his demise is not just a irreparable loss for the BJP but also for the entire country,” said the BJP president.
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Alvida Atal: A parliamentarian for 12 terms; 10 in Lok Sabha, twice in Rajya Sabha
India | Aug 16, 2018, 06:57 PM ISTIn December 2005, Vajpayee had announced his retirement from electoral politics at a party gathering in Mumbai. He was a parliamentarian for nearly 47 years.
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Alvida Atal: Vajpayee, the first external affairs minister to deliver speech in Hindi at the UN General Assembly
India | Aug 16, 2018, 06:44 PM ISTVajpayee, in his role as foreign minister and prime minister, visited the UN headquarters to deliver speeches to the UNGA on seven occasions from 1977 to 2003.
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Watch: When Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Jagjit Singh collaborated for a music video
Celebrities | Aug 16, 2018, 06:39 PM ISTThe music video has poems from Atal Bihari Vajpayee's book named Meri Ikyavan Kavitaayein (My 51 Poems).
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Late former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sridevi and other Bollywood stars
Celebrities | Aug 16, 2018, 06:29 PM ISTUnseen pictures of Late former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee with Bollywood celebrities will make you nostalgic
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee No More; From Sanjay Dutt to Dia Mirza, celebs pay tribute to the former Prime Minister
Celebrities | Aug 16, 2018, 07:51 PM ISTAs tributes pour in from all the corners on social media, Bollywood celebrities also took to Twitter to remember Atal Bihari Vajpayee.