Tag: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani dies at 95
He served as law minister and as Minister of Urban Development in former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s cabinet.
September 8, 2019 -
Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s life story to hit the big screen
Vajpayee, a senior BJP leader and one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), died on August 16 in 2018 after a prolonged illness.
August 27, 2019 -
Chandrayaan-2 successfully placed in moon’s orbit in complex operation, to land on Sept 7
Chandrayaan-2, India’s second moon mission spacecraft, lifted off successfully onboard the 'Bahubali' rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh on July 22.
August 20, 2019 -
Tributes paid to Vajpayee on his first death anniversary
The leaders, including BJP President Amit Shah and Working President J.P. Nadda, paid their floral tributes at 'Sadaiv Atal', the memorial of the former prime minister in Rajghat here, which was unveiled on his 94th birth anniversary last year.
August 16, 2019 -
Sushma Swaraj changed the face of Indian film industry forever
Under her ministership, Sushma's most notable decision came in the form of giving film production an "industry status".
August 7, 2019 -
Vajpayee wanted Pakistan Army camp hit after Parliament attack
The contingency plan selected was to destroy a huge Pakistani Army training camp for terrorists located across the LoC and deep inside Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK).
June 29, 2019 -
Elevating example
If ever in his political life Atal-ji had adhered to lofty principles, his family underscored them after his death.
June 10, 2019 -
BJP respects freedom of press: Prakash Javadekar
New I&B minister said, leaders like J.P. Narayan, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani fought hard to restore freedom of press.
May 31, 2019 -
Ahead of oath ceremony, Modi pays tribute at Rajghat, National War Memorial
PM-designate Narendra Modi also visited Sadaiv Atal Samadhi, the memorial of late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, along with BJP president Amit Shah and other party leaders
May 30, 2019 -
Mehbooba Mufti wants India to initiate dialogue with Pakistan on Kashmir issue
Earlier, Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq announced that the conglomerate led by him was "ready to support all Indo-Pak efforts aimed at ending hostility and seeking a peaceful solution" to the Kashmir issue
May 20, 2019 -
Vajpayee wanted to sack Narendra Modi in 2002 post Godhra riots: Yashwant Sinha
The former Union finance minister also dismissed as a non-issue the controversy over the alleged misuse of INS Viraat by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
May 11, 2019 -
‘Vajpayee’s farsightedness led to Pokhran success’: President, PM greet nation on National Technology Day
On this day, late President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam led the Indian team of scientists to successfully test-fire the Shakti-1 nuclear missile at Rajasthan’s Pokhran test range.
May 11, 2019 -
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was invincible but we won: Sonia Gandhi at Rae Bareli
The 72-year-old Gandhi, who was accompanied by her son and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, was in Rae Bareli to file her nomination papers.
April 11, 2019 -
Farewell message
It is, however, unclear how seriously the party will heed Advani’s advice to “look back and look within”, for truth be told, the current breed of political activists ~ across all parties ~ would prefer to reverse the order of “nation, party and self”.
April 7, 2019 -
Needless gung-ho
Insisting that India was capable of retaliation, Mr Doval said “What shall we do, what should be our intention, our path, our reaction, the country’s leadership is capable of deciding...whether the action is against terrorists or those who support these terrorists. We can face every kind of challenge,” he said.
March 24, 2019 -
NSA Ajit Doval ‘spilled the beans’, indicted BJP govt for releasing Masood Azhar in 1999: Congress
The Congress cited an interview of NSA Ajit Doval in which he had said that the then BJP-led government was responsible for Azhar's release in 1999 after an Indian Airlines plane was hijacked to Kandahar
March 12, 2019 -
Trial by fire
Yet hope must spring eternal: and despite “issues” like nationalism, farm distress, dubious handling of a defence purchase, and the potentially explosive Ayodhya controversy, the people of India would be anxious that the 17th Lok Sabha generates light rather than the divisive heat that has charred the past five years.
March 12, 2019