Former Bharatiya Janata Party president M Venkaiah Naidu has said he had wanted Atal Bihari Vajpayee to become the President of India but the latter turned down the proposal.
'We request our friends in the international arena to put a stop to the increasing terrorism through Pakistan,' Vajpayee said.\n\n
Persons of Indian Origin in certain countries will be given dual citizenship and a legislation to facilitate it will be introduced in the Budget session of Parliament beginning next month.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee said India has not diluted its stand on the Palestinian cause.
Top Maharashtra politicians on Thursday called on Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and sought Rs 6,000 crore assistance for an ambitious infrastructure development project for Mumbai.
Varun, however, said he would not campaign against her or Rahul and Priyanka in the coming Lok Sabha polls.
An all-religion prayer was held at his samadhi in Rajghat, Delhi.
As the 2019 Lok Sabha election approaches, some rare photographs from the 1996 election campaign, which saw a Bharatiya Janata Party prime minister for the first time in India's history, albeit only for 13 days.
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's six-day visit to China commencing on Sunday will be especially significant for improving trade between the two countries, Commerce and Industry Minister Arun Jaitley has said.\n\n\n\n
The Union Environment Ministry had on April 22 issued a notification, stating that all constructions in the coastal areas exceeding five crore rupees be cleared by the ministry.
It said it looked forward to the consolidation of the ties through the ongoing composite dialogue 'in an atmosphere free from the menace of terrorism and violence'.
His name for the post was proposed by outgoing BJP chief Venkaiah Naidu and seconded by the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Jaswant Singh.
Former PMs, ambassadors and high commissioners, including from Pakistan, are in the list of high profile invitees for the inaugural function of the 350th anniversary fete of the Taj Mahal.
Unexpected discovery of huge coal reserves beneath NTPC's Karanpura plant site has led to a stand-off between the coal and power ministries.
Referring to Modi's reported remarks that then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did not let the value of the rupee fall, he said the exchange of the rupee was 39.49 to a dollar in March 1998 when the National Democratic Alliance government was first formed.
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He has written a letter to the Pakistan PM in this regard.
The Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also reminded the prime minister of the promise made during his Independence Day speech at the Red Fort this year of holding talks with to resolve the Kashmir issue.
The national capital has already been placed under a multi-layered security blanket.
'We are looking at a solution that will maintain the dignity of the Government of India, the government of Pakistan and the people of Jammu and Kashmir,' says Hurriyat Chairman Moulvi Ansari.
Top leaders of the alliance met at Vajpayee's residence in the morning and decided to extend the boycott to the entire session.
'Who knows what will happen tomorrow,' the Rashtriya Kranti Party leader told reporters.
Chef par excellence Satish Arora recalls his days working as a chef to prime ministers to Chandrima Pal.
Defending the walkout of its members from the Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday alleged that the "brazen" manner in which the Congress leaders behaved showed the government had a "game plan" to scuttle the panel's probe into the 2G spectrum scam.
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.
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