Tag: Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Vajpayee turns 93; VP Naidu, PM Modi wish him

Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee turned 93 on Monday. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished him on his birthday. “His phenomenal as well as visionary leadership made India more developed and further raised our prestige at the world stage. I pray for his good health,” Modi tweeted. Birthday greetings …

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December 25, 2017

Neetu Chandra to recite Vajpayee’s poems

Actress Neetu Chandra says she has been invited to recite a few poems of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at an event celebrating his 93rd birthday here on Monday. “I am honoured that I have been invited to recite some of Atal Bihari Vajpayeeji’s poems on his 93rd birthday. It’s an honour to be …

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December 24, 2017

Wrote article disputing father on my own, says Jayant Sinha

  Union minister Jayant Sinha has rejected suggestions that he wrote an article disputing former finance minister Yashwant Sinha’s contentions on the state of India’s economy at anybody’s bidding, insisting it was “absolutely out of his own conscience”. Sinha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, yesterday also said his difference of opinion with his father …

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September 29, 2017

Sinha’s views in BJP’s and national interest: Shatrughan

  BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha today came out in support of his party colleague Yashwant Sinha over his criticism of the state of economy, saying he was a true statesman and had shown the government the mirror. The Bihar MP, who has been at variance with the BJP’s stand on a host of issues, also …

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September 28, 2017

‘Parmanu’ is based on true story: John Abraham

Actor-producer John Abraham, who is coming up with a film Parmanu – The Story Of Pokhran, says that it's entertaining but based on a true story. Parmanu – The Story Of Pokhran is based on the nuclear test conducted at Pokhran in 1998 when BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister.  Asked if this …

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July 24, 2017

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