Tag: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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NDA Presidential candidate Kovind meets AB Vajpayee
A day after meeting BJP veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday met former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Kovind's meeting with Vajpayee comes on the day when Opposition parties, headed by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, are meeting to decide their choice of candidate for the July …
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June 22, 2017 -
Kovind meets Advani, Joshi; to visit Vajpayee today
NDA presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday met BJP veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, who were seen as contenders for the candidature. He is scheduled to meet ailing former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Thursday. BJP sources said Kovind (71) paid courtesy visit to the two leaders credited with playing a …
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June 22, 2017 -
‘Only Atal, Modi regimes corruption-free in India’
The BJP on Sunday raked up a "jeep scandal" of 1948 to claim that the party-led NDA regimes under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were corruption-free. "Only two leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi provided corruption-free governments in the country. Even, there was a jeep scandal under first …
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May 28, 2017 -
Selective memory?
It would be both inappropriate and unfair to doubt the sincerity of the Prime Minister’s lauding the courage of his NDA predecessor when “exercising the nuclear option” 19 years ago. Opting for one of his favoured means of communication, Mr Narendra Modi took to ‘twitter’ on National Technology Day (11 May) to say “we remain …
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May 12, 2017 -
PM Modi hails Vajpayee’s courage on Pokhran test anniversary
On Pokhran nuclear test anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the "courage" shown by the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Since 1999, May 11 is commemorated as the National Technology Day to mark India's scientific prowess and technological advancements. "Greetings to everyone, especially our industrious scientists and those passionate about technology, on …
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May 11, 2017 -
PM remembers Vajpayee, Malviya on their birthdays
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday remembered educationist and freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on their birthdays. "Malviya gave new directions to the modern education in India. He was a fine example of resolution and self-confidence," Modi said in his monthly radio address, 'Mann Ki Baat'. Greeting Vajpayee …
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December 25, 2016 -
Modi enjoying majority gained by Atal-Advani efforts: Digvijay
Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading a majority government in Lok Sabha is the result of the efforts of BJP veterans Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L K Advani, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Sunday said. Citing Advani’s rare outburst in the House on repeated disruption of parliamentary proceedings over demonetisation, he said the BJP veteran is …
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December 11, 2016 -
Nitish, Pawar, Deve Gowda on Upadhyay centenary panel
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and former Union Minister Sharad Pawar have been included in the 149-member committee being formed to commemorate the birth centenary of Jan Sangh ideologue Deendayal Upadhyay. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday approved the constitution of two committees for the commemoration of the birth …
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September 23, 2016 -
Smartphone apps account for 50% time Americans spend online
Out of the total time spent online, users in the US spend half the time on smartphone applications and if the tablet applications are added into the mix, the figure rises to nearly 60 per cent, a new report said. "The results are a testament to people’s increasing reliance on native mobile applications to deliver …
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September 3, 2016