Page 3 - Latest Updates on Atal Bihari Vajpayee
A record of salutary economic reforms
Former PM Vajpayee's large heartedness and ability to transcend ideological barriers enabled him to implement far-reaching economic reforms, says the author in the first of a three-part series
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Vajpayee didn't want to advance 2004 polls, sensed BJP's defeat: Shiv Kumar
Shiv Kumar Pareek rejected suggestions that Vajpayee kept himself away from active politics due to the shock defeat in 2004
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How BJP will interpret and disseminate Vajpayee's political legacy
In an era in which political communication is characterised by grand gestures and mega-events, the BJP did not allow people to forget Vajpayee for a minute after his death through Modi's persona
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BJP members fall into river as boat tilts while immersing Vajpayee's ashes
The incidents happened in Uttar Pradesh's Kuano river in Basti
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Chatterbox: Chronicles of a death foretold
Vajpayee's greatest coup was his trip to Moscow: A visit that bestowed the Soviet stamp of approval on the Janata government
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Lucknow bids final adieu to Vajpayee as former PM's ashes immersed in Gomti
Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ashes were carried in a grand procession from the airport to the ceremony spot, passing through the main intersections of the city
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Vajpayee's ashes handed over to BJP state heads for immersion in 100 rivers
The yatra was being organised as party workers and people in the country wanted to pay tribute to the late prime minister
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Chhattisgarh's upcoming capital to be named after Atal Bihari Vajpayee
The Bilaspur University and the express highway in the existing capital city will also be named after Vajpayee
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'Vajpayee govt's reforms helped in strong GDP growth in UPA regime'
The growth momentum was unsustainable and indeed the economy had slowed sharply by 2012-14
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Opposition leaders give lessons in governance at Vajpayee's condolence meet
Opposition leaders said Vajpayee was a unifier, a democrat and believed in secular values
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A mass leader
Vajpayee's career altered the trajectory of India's history
The two 'uncles'
Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Ronald Wilson Reagan led their nations against all odds
Did the Congress make a mistake by disowning former PM Narasimha Rao?
Should the Congress leadership have buried its differences with Rao and claimed his legacy just like Modi has done with Vajpayee?
Former PM Vajpayee's ashes to be immersed in Ganga at Patna on August 22
This is part of the BJP's decision to immerse the former prime minister's ashes in nearly 100 rivers across the country
Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The best prime minister the Congress never had
Vajpayee was the most respected member of the Sangh and yet he had evolved along the path of modernism. He slid out of his RSS coil with deliberation; he did not shuffle out of it
How Atal Bihari Vajpayee won hearts, political battles with his 'tehzeeb'
Such wit and tehzeeb, which was also the Vajpayee's hallmark, is missing in the present parliamentary debates
Israel condoles death of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, calls him a 'genuine friend'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also conveyed his condolences calling the former Indian prime minister 'a true friend of Israel'
Vajpayee's ashes to be immersed in Haridwar tomorrow, prayer meet on Aug 23
The prayer meeting in Delhi will be attended by leaders from different political parties and noted citizens
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Atal Fan Club: When eminent Urdu poets rooted for Vajpayee's win in Lucknow
Vajpayee in 2004 went on to retain his seat for the fifth straight time in Lucknow by defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Dr Madhu Gupta
MIM member, Bihar varsity professor thrashed for criticising Vajpayee
A BJP corporator said Mateen had been creating nuisance and had also earlier opposed the singing of the national song in the House
