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 […]
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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 […]
Kolkata family close to Vajpayee narrates his love for films, ‘phuchkas’
Kolkata : A family in central Kolkata, who had hosted former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee during his visits to the city since 1956, on Thursday reminisced how the veteran politician fell in love with the Farooq Shaikh-Rekha-starrer 1981 film ‘Umrao Jaan’ and ended up watching the movie a number of times during his […]
Vajpayee’s ‘faceoff with death’ and how he captured the agony in verse
New Delhi : Much as he was revered as a stalwart politician, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away at the age of 93 here on Thursday, was widely recognised as a key poet in Hindi, who took poetry beyond the pages of his collections and recited them at numerous public fora. He […]
Govt announces 7-day national mourning for Vajpayee
New Delhi : The Centre on Thursday announced a seven-day national mourning and state funeral for the late former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who will be cremated at Smriti Sthal on the banks of river Yamuna on Friday. The national flag will be flown at half mast throughout India and Indian missions abroad between […]
‘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, […]