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President confers Bharat Ratna on former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a statesman who endeared himself to people across the political spectrum, was on Friday conferred with the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest...

15 things you should know about Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, considered the gold standard of leadership in the BJP, is the first leader from the country's political right to be conferred with the Bharat...

Before Kalam, BJP floated Vajpayee's name for Prez: Book

'Vajpayee believed that for any popular prime minister, becoming President by virtue of majority would not be a good sign for Indian parliamentary democracy. It would set a very wrong precedent,...

60 Years On This Week, Indira Gandhi Became Prime Minister

In a culture where children take up the profession of their father, her becoming a politician was seen as natural and acceptable. IMAGE: Indira Gandhi takes oath as the prime minister of India on...

What was Vajpayee like as prime minister?

Former RA&W chief A S Dulat, who served as Atalji's adviser on Kashmir, gives us an insider's glimpse of a prime minister he has hailed as the 'greatest after Nehru'. IMAGE: Movie legend Dev...

Vajpayee moots Sino-Indian IT alliance

Highlighting India's achievements in the field of information technology, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Thursday suggested an "effective alliance" between India and China in the IT sector...

Finance minister not to attend Ficci AGM

Finance Minister Jaswant Singh has declined the invitation of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry to attend its platinum jubilee annual general meeting on December 13.Senior...

Chinese firms power onto Indian roads

Over the past few months, significant infrastructure contracts have gone to Chinese firms, suggesting a reversal of the discreet official deterrence that was imposed on investments from that...

A business boost for Sino-Indian ties

During the past 2200 years, we have devoted about 99.9 per cent of the time to friendly cooperation between our two countries. -- Wen Jiabao, China's Premier during his meeting with the visiting...

FIIs show renewed faith in Indian story

Foreign institutional investors seem to be showing renewed faith in the Indian markets, which could lead to a considerable increase in net inflows in the next couple of months.Fundmen are viewing...

Shah Rukh on Vajpayee: 'I have lost a part of my childhood'

'He was one of India's greatest leaders loved and respected by all. He will be missed.' IMAGE: Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Photograph: Reuters Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed into the...

The Accidental Prime Minister: Sheer propaganda!

Nothing 'accidental' about this movie, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf. The Atal Bihari Vajpayee government had an opportunity to introduce a bill in Parliament to disallow a person of foreign origin to...

Main Atal Hoon Review: Playing It Safe

Had it not been for Pankaj Tripathi, who must have worked hard to get those Vajpayee intonations and mannerisms so perfectly well, Ravi Jadhav's flattering portrait of Vajpayee would have been more...

Rathore, Tendulkar, Anand, Sehwag mourn Vajpayee

Sports fraternity mourns former PM Vajpayee's demise India's sporting fraternity, led by Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, on Thursday, joined the...

Here's what Vajpayee told Ganguly & Co before 2004 Pak tour

Atal Bihari Vajpayee asked the players to win hearts too apart from matches IMAGE: Late former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, right, gave a bat to Sourav Ganguly during a meeting...

Team India wear black armbands as mark of respect to Vajpayee, Wadekar

IMAGE: India captain Virat Kohli walks out to bat on Day 1 of the third Test. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter The Indian cricketers wore black arm bands on the first day of the third Test against England...

India ready to host 2012 Olympics: Vajpayee

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said that India was ready to host the 2012 Olympic Games and that he would consider Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's offer of Hyderabad as...

Indian team to go ahead with Pak tour

The Indian cricket team will go ahead with its tour of Pakistan, External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha said in New Delhi on Saturday.Sinha was speaking to reporters after attending a meeting...