Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee (File Photo)

25-ft high Vajpayee statue to be installed in Lucknow

Lucknow :  A 25 feet high statue of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be installed in the Lok Bhawan in the Uttar Pradesh capital here, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Tuesday. He was speaking at a function held to celebrate the 94th birth anniversary of the late leader. Governor Ram Naik and […]

File Photo: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Vajpayee’s ashes to be immersed in Haridwar

New Delhi : Late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s foster daughter Namita and grand-daughter Niharika collected his ashes from the Smriti Sthal here on Sunday which will be later immersed in Haridwar. The “asthi visarjan” (immersion of ashes in river) ritual of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be held in Haridwar on Sunday […]

File Photo: Atal Bihari Vajpayee

‘Vajpayee was in Bengaluru prison during Emergency’

Bengaluru : Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s association with India’s tech hub Bengaluru was memorable, as he spent 19 months in the city’s central prison during the Emergency period in 1975-77, said an official on Thursday. “Vajpayee was lodged in the Bengaluru central prison in the city centre for 19 months from June 26, […]