Tag: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Avoidable Intrigues
Vajpayee was to use his brilliant 'Sherpa' and handpicked Foreign Minister, Jaswant Singh, for thawing and warming relations with Saudi Arabia, in particular. Jaswant, with a manifest sense of history and destiny would soon charm the House of Saud with his own desert ancestry and lifelong interest in horses
March 5, 2021 -
Jai Ram unveils Vajpayee’s statue in Shimla
Thakur said despite being away from active politics for over a decade at the time of his demise, lakhs of youth joined the last journey of Vajpayee which shows his deep impact in the lives of the people of the country.
December 26, 2020 -
PM, Prez pay tributes to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary; PM releases book on BJP stalwart
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah also paid tributes.
December 25, 2020 -
Alliance no longer as ‘envisioned’ by former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Harsimrat Kaur Badal
‘If pain and protests of 3 crore punjabis fail to melt the rigid stance of GoI, it's no longer the NDA envisioned by Vajpayee ji and Badal sahib,’ she said.
September 27, 2020 -
3,186 ceasefire violations by Pakistan reported along LoC; highest in 17 years
Apart from this, there were also 242 incidents of cross-border firing from January 1 to August 31, in the Jammu region, along the international border with Pakistan.
September 19, 2020 -
As tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 2nd death anniversary, PM Modi tweets video montage of old pics
Born on December 25, 1924, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was seated on the chair of Prime Minster for the first time in 1998 or 13 days. Later, with majority, he headed the NDA government in the Centre from 1999 to 2004.
August 16, 2020 -
Narendra Modi becomes longest serving non-Congress PM; 4th longest serving overall
Today, PM Modi surpassed late Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s tenure who served for 2268 days in his combined terms.
August 13, 2020 -
Manmohan Singh calls ex-PM PV Narasimha Rao ‘father of economic reforms in India’
Dr Singh, while addressing the inaugural function of the year-long birth centenary celebrations of the late Prime Minister organised by the Congress's Telangana unit, said he is particularly happy that the programme coincides with the presentation of the first budget of Rao's government by him in 1991.
July 25, 2020 -
Those who damaged public property, need to introspect, says PM Modi on anti-CAA protests
PM Modi laid the foundation stone of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University in Lucknow.
December 25, 2019 -
Health fair for poor to mark Atal birth anniversary
Organised by the health Department, in association with the Narayan Seva Sansthan (NSS), the Mela offers services that include maternal health, child health, immunisation, family welfare and leprosy diseases.
December 25, 2019 -
PM Modi, President Kovind, Amit Shah paid tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee
'The words of Vajpayee were powerful, but his silence had even more power,' said PM Modi.
December 25, 2019 -
PM Modi inaugurates Rs 6000 crore Atal Bhujal Yojana, Rohtang Tunnel renamed Atal Tunnel
Addressing the issue of scarcity of water, PM Modi also said that in New India, the government is working on ‘five different levels’ to fight the water scarcity.
December 25, 2019 -
ISRO may attempt landing Chandrayaan 3 next year: Reports
On September 7, ISRO attempted a soft landing of Chandrayaan-2's lander Vikram on the unchartered lunar south pole, before losing contact.
November 14, 2019 -
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