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Friday, November 1, 2024
TopicAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Topic: Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Israel must vacate the land of Arabs it has occupied: Atal Bihari Vajpayee

On 24 March 1977, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addressed a rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi following the Janata Party's victory in the Lok Sabha elections, which unseated Congress from power for the first time.

Modi’s BJP wants us to forget Vajpayee’s old, weak BJP. IC 814 facts not the real issue

In the Opposition, the BJP always used flaming rhetoric about war and retribution. But when it came to power in the late 1990s, it was revealed as meek, confused, and caught off-guard.

Vajpayee had one question after IC 814 crisis—Why wasn’t the plane grounded in Amritsar?

With telling revelations, memoir, and account of history, Ajay Bisaria's Anger Management is a study of the diplomatic engagement between India and Pakistan.

NDA govt isn’t the villain of IC 814 hijack. Jaswant Singh promised to keep hostages safe

During the hijack, relatives of the hostages were pushing the government to give in to terrorists' demands. They even wanted to trade Kashmir.

Sanjay Raut defends Emergency — ‘matter of national security, Vajpayee would also have imposed it’

The govt Friday announced that 25 June will be remembered annually as ‘Constitution Murder Day’ in remembrance of Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi govt in 1975.

Modi was set to lose 2024 like Vajpayee in 2004. Here’s what changed

If just 1 out of the 66 people watching the sarkari propaganda had changed their mind, the Supreme Leader would have been the Leader of Opposition today.

Public spats, private grumbles — how and why frictions have defined RSS-BJP relations over 7 decades

From differences between MC Sharma-Deendayal Upadhyay to Nadda's latest pushback against RSS, the 70-yr-old relationship between Jana Sangh-BJP & their ideological patron has been fraught.

Modi’s global stature nowhere close to that of Nehru, Indira or Vajpayee, says Yashwant Sinha

Vajpayee must be dismayed looking at Modi govt from heaven, says former Union minister Sinha, questions functioning of EC & ED and govt's claims about India's economy.

When Vajpayee spoke to CII to allay fears—Let not Gujarat violence cloud the good in economy

On 27 April 2002, then-PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivered a speech at the annual session of the Confederation of Indian Industry, assuring the completion of Golden Quadrilateral and telling businessmen how deep and strong the roots of Indian secularism are.

‘Ghar mein ghus ke maarengey’ — what India gained from covert war & what are the costs

While PM Modi has attacked previous govts for fighting terrorism with dossiers, its use was institutionalised by Vajpayee govt. Policy succeeded more than many can grasp.

On Camera

16th BRICS Summit was about building dollar-free world order. India can use it to expand trade

For New Delhi, a USD-free system is not an immediate priority nor an existential necessity to unconditionally support the China-Russia agenda.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.