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TopicAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Topic: Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Yogi govt relents, will pay Rs 2.5 cr bill for Vajpayee ash-immersion event

Former PM Vajpayee passed away on 16 August 2018 at the age of 93. His ashes were immersed on 23 August in Lucknow.

No one in Yogi govt wants to foot Rs 2.5 crore bill for Vajpayee’s ash immersion

Lucknow Development Authority that organised the function was told it will be compensated later. But Yogi govt doesn’t seem to be ready to pay.

How Pokhran nuclear tests kicked off a year that changed India-Pakistan ties forever

On 11 May 1998, India conducted 3 nuclear tests in Pokhran, Rajasthan, which began a 12-month cycle of tension, peace overtures and the Kargil conflict.

Amit Shah to be allotted Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s residence on Krishna Menon Marg

Former PM Vajpayee had moved to the bungalow where he stayed for nearly 14 years.

The lesser-known events in India and Pakistan leading up to the Kargil war of 1999

The conflict brought the two volatile neighbours to the brink of nuclear war. the brink of nuclear war.

After an election all about Modi, it’s President Kovind who may decide India’s fate

With 2019 election results almost certain to throw a hung Parliament, who President Kovind invites first could make all the difference.

Modi’s BJP has learnt the hard lessons & 2019 is not going to be like 1996

It was advantage BJP in 1996 and yet the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government lasted just 13 days.

Why 2019 may not turn out to be like 2004

Like Modi’s opponents, Modi is also aware of the 2004 risk and has taken care to address it.

NDA govt took measures, including keeping prices under check, to help the middle class: PM Modi

The prime minister said that it was his government after Atal Bihari Vajpayee's that had brought prices under control unlike the erstwhile Congress government.

Unlike Vajpayee & Advani, gen next BJP leaders groomed by Modi-Shah don’t look promising

Vajpayee and Advani proved themselves great leaders who spotted talent, honed future leaders. The leaders Modi and Shah are grooming fail to inspire confidence.

On Camera

Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.