Atal Bihari Vajpayee

1 Road In Each UP Civic Body To Be Named After Vajpayee: Yogi Adityanath

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 19, 2018

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said yesterday that every urban local body in the state will develop an attractive road, which will be named as the "Atal Gaurav Path" after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

UP Government To Set Up Special Research Centres In Universities: Deputy Chief Minister

Education | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 15, 2018

"Rs 5 crore has been sanctioned for establishing a centre of excellence in DAV College, Kanpur in memory of its alumnus and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee," he said.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Ashes Immersed In Yamuna At Native Village

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday September 8, 2018

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday immersed the ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the Yamuna river in his native village of Bateshwar, Agra.

Lucknow's Hazratganj Chauraha To Be Renamed After Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Lucknow News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Saturday September 8, 2018

Hazratganj Chauraha in Lucknow to be renamed after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as 'Atal Chowk'.

On Kashmir, PM Modi Must Follow Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Mehbooba Mufti

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 5, 2018

Terming resumption of dialogue between New Delhi and Islamabad as "inevitable" for peace in south Asia, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to extend the hand of friendship to his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan.

At Karunanidhi's Memorial Meet, Parties Band Together To Take On BJP

India News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Friday August 31, 2018

It was for the first time after Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure as Prime Minister that the BJP was taking part in a DMK event. Yet, a memorial meet for the Tamil party's patriarch M Karunanidhi in Chennai on Thursday turned into a platform for the opposition to extend efforts at uniting regional parties for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and dislodge t...

Civic Body's New HQ To Be Tallest Delhi Building, Named After Vajpayee

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 29, 2018

The BJP-led South Delhi Municipal Corporation House today cleared a proposal to name its upcoming headquarters, billed to be the "tallest building" in the national capital, after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, officials said.

BJP's Antics A Dishonour To Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Mamata Banerjee

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday August 28, 2018

Taking a dig at the BJP over the processions organised across the country with former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ashes, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that party's "antics" were in a way a "dishonour" to the late leader.

BJP Leaders Meet Telangana Chief Minister, Request For Vajpayee's Statue

Hyderabad News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 28, 2018

Telangana BJP Leaders today met Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and requested him to take steps to install a statue of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Hyderabad.

Nagaland BJP Immerses Vajpayee's Ashes "In Secret" After Opposition

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 28, 2018

After protests by the churches and different tribal bodies, the Nagaland unit of the BJP on Monday restricted the programme to immerse the ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to a secret one in the Christian-dominated state.

"BJP Made Atal Bihari Vajpayee Look Small": Sena On Immersion Of Ashes

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 27, 2018

The Shiv Sena has accused the BJP of giving a "political colour" to the ritual of immersion of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ashes, and claimed that the "staged" affection made the great leader look small after his death.

Vajpayee Didn't Want To Advance 2004 Polls, Feared Defeat, Says Aide

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday August 27, 2018

Then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee sensed defeat by the end of the campaign in the 2004 Lok Sabha polls which the party had forced him to advance, says his long-time aide Shiv Kumar Pareek, recognisable to everyone by his handlebar moustache.

Sena Leader Questions Day Of Vajpayee's Death, Links It To PM's Speech

India News | NDTV News Desk | Monday August 27, 2018

In its latest attack on ally BJP, the Shiv Sena raises questions around the announcement of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's death on August 16.

Discussion On Simultaneous Polls Getting Momentum, Says PM Modi: Highlights

India News | Edited By Soumyajit Majumder | Sunday August 26, 2018

Describing the debate on holding Lok Sabha and assembly polls together a healthy sign for democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said it was an appropriate tribute to former premier Atal Bihari Vajpayee who changed the country's political culture. He said efforts were afoot and discussions being held about simultaneously holding Lok Sabha an...

BJP Leaders Fall Into River Trying To Scatter Vajpayee's Ashes In UP

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday August 25, 2018

Senior BJP leaders, including an MP and a legislator in the state Assembly, had a narrow escape on Saturday evening when the boat they had taken to immerse the ashes of late prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee overturned in a river in Basti in Uttar Pradesh.