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A man of great stature and few words, Atal Bihari Vajpayees birthday on December 25 is commemorated as Good Governance Day. (Photo: File | PTI)

Cremation at 4 pm, funeral procession from BJP HQ

The three-time Prime Minister passed away at the AIIMS on Thursday evening at the age of 93 due to prolonged illness.

17 Aug 2018 1:42 AM IST

Former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee waves from the maiden Delhi-Lahore bus service on his arrival at Lahore. (Photo: PTI)

The man who saw tomorrow: How Lahore bus was born

Nobody but a handful of Pakistani generals, who had boycotted the welcome ceremony as he got off the bus, did.

17 Aug 2018 1:35 AM IST

A file photograph of Atal Behari Vajpayee at the PMO.

A 'liberal' pragmatist & last of the Nehruvians

Vajpayee said if he were to criticise a person the way he criticised Nehru, that person would stop talking to him.

17 Aug 2018 1:12 AM IST

Former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee with L.K. Advani during a Metro ride.

1st Delhi Metro corridor was PM Vajpayee's gift to Delhi

The DMRC currently ferries about 27 lakh commuters per day through its various corridors that now even connects cities...

17 Aug 2018 1:50 AM IST

A file photograph of Atal Behari Vajpayee at the PMO.

A true statesman of the highest calibre

If Vajpayee's successors can show his broadness of vision, we will be a better society and country.

17 Aug 2018 2:26 AM IST

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BJP plans poetry events to remember Atal Behari Vajpayee

The saffron party workers will host poetry events at 4,000 places across all legislative Assembly and parliamentary...

31 Aug 2018 1:34 AM IST

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SDMC to name new HQ after Atal Behari Vajpayee

The SDMC headquarters is currently in the Civic Centre building named after Jan Sangh ideologue Shyama Prasad Mukherjee.

30 Aug 2018 5:30 AM IST

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal

Renaming maidan won't fetch BJP votes, says CM

Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari and the mayor of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, Adesh Kumar Gupta, have denied any...

26 Aug 2018 1:31 AM IST

Manoj Tiwari , BJP Delhi president and Lok Sabha member (Photo: G.N. Jha)

No plan to rename Ramlila Maidan after Vajpayee: BJP

Delhi BJP seeks explanation from North Delhi mayor Aadesh Gupta.

26 Aug 2018 1:29 AM IST

Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath said the CBI has turned into a Shakha of the RSS. (Photo: PTI)

Of Kamal Nath's temple visits & Aiyar's silence

Senior BJP leaders and workers have failed to observe the solemnity of the occasion.

26 Aug 2018 12:09 AM IST

Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayees daughter Namita Kaul Bhattacharya and son-in-law Ranjan Bhattacharya immerse his ashes in the Ganga at Har ki Pauri in Hardwar on Sunday. BJP president Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath are also seen. (Photo: PTI)

Ashes of hope: Why the BJP needs Atal as icon

In all 75 districts of UP, memorial events will be organised to scatter Vajpayee's ashes in a river.

25 Aug 2018 5:40 AM IST

Shades of Saffron: From Vajpayee To Modi by Saba Naqvi, Westland, Rs 599

Immensely readable, but only about Atal

Some explanations are rather too pat, some observations are superficial, but it is that sort of a book.

2 Sept 2018 12:10 AM IST