A host of leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Bharatiya Janata Party patriarch at the hospital.
'When you attend an RSS function, the nation is your first priority.'
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has ordered two Sherwanis from a Pakistani designer couple with the kind of embroidery he had seen on late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's Sherwani.
The sojourn was cancelled due to foggy weather conditions in the north. The PM also wanted to prepare for the SAARC summit.
Shreyas Talpade has reacted strongly to his death rumours and urged people to stop doing so as it can cause 'real harm'.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Saturday met at a public function and interacted briefly.
'Our problem is not a budget deficit but a trust deficit. We need to trust our institutions and industries to innovate and lead. That is the way forward for India.'
Vajpayee is understood to have extended India's continued support to the rebuilding of Afghanistan.
In an interview to Financial Times, the prime minister also expressed 'disappointment' with Pakistan's failure to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism.
In his invitation the Israeli prime minister told his Indian counterpart that he would be 'among friend' in Israel.
Just under a year after he was dislodged from the prime minister's post by a Congress-led coalition, some people want him out of the BJP too.
The 6-lane bridge spanning approximately 22 km can accommodate 70,000 commuters daily at a speed of 100 kmph.
In 2021, the Centre renamed the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. But many wonder, why despite the public sentiment the country's highest civilian honour continues to elude the man who put Indian hockey on the world map.
He also said the issue of terrorism figured when his Pakistani counterpart Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali spoke to him over telephone on Monday night.
The IPL match between the Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings witnessed some extraordinary fielding efforts.
Maharashtra Finance Minister Ajit Pawar presented the state budget, announcing the construction of numerous memorials dedicated to historical figures like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and others. These memorials aim to preserve and celebrate the legacy of these prominent figures, contributing to the state's cultural and historical landscape.
Vajpayee's last rites will be performed at the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal in New Delhi at 4 pm on Friday.
The stage is set for a direct contest between NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan and joint opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy for the vice-presidential election. The BJP-led alliance has a clear edge in the poll necessitated due to the sudden resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar.
As per the advice of doctors, 84-year-old Vajpayee is being admitted at AIIMS for routine follow up and investigations, a release issued by the former prime minister's office said.
Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul and his Chennai Super Kings counterpart Ruturaj Gaikwad have been fined Rs 12 lakh each as their teams maintained a slow over-rate in their Indian Premier League match in Lucknow on Friday.
The Supreme Court's opinion on the presidential reference can impact on any number of cases if and when governors, if not the President, take a literary view of the Supreme Court's 'ppinion' on their 'discretionary powers' without reference to the rider on 'reasonable time', points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was on Tuesday admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences after he complained of giddiness.
The former PM added that Advani's remarks on Jinnah were 'misinterpreted'.
India's first National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra, who died in New Delhi on Friday night, was a pivotal figure in shaping foreign policy during National Democratic Alliance government and a troubleshooter of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The courtesy call comes ahead of the PM's visit to Pakistan.
Anupam Gupta, counsel for Liberhan Commission from 1999 to 2007, said Vajpayee cannot be indicted because he was neither given notice or summoned.
What piques the narrative is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah decide on crucial matters, they play it close to their chest, and revel in springing a surprise.
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's health is improving and he will be completely fit by the time the Lok Sabha elections will be held, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lalji Tandon said in Lucknow on Monday."There are a few months left for the (Lok Sabha) poll. By the time it will be held, Vajpayee will be completely fit," he said.
BJP leaders to stage rally against rising inflation.
Ruling out any future alliance with the National Democratic Alliance, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Friday said his party was part of the dispensation when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was at the helm, but not now.
