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Monday, December 22, 2025
TopicAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Topic: Atal Bihari Vajpayee

What Vajpayee & Manmohan Singh said in the last Independence Day speeches of their terms

Modi's two predecessors stressed on foreign policy, infrastructure and rural welfare.

By ignoring OBCs for party positions, BJP would repeat Congress’ fatal mistake

Share of upper caste vote within the BJP’s Hindu social coalition has continuously declined over the past two decades.

Devil’s advocate Karan Thapar fails to acquit himself

In his rather salacious memoir, the journalist doesn't offer a nuanced perspective about the personalities and events that shaped India. 

Mehbooba Mufti says she never considered Jammu & Ladakh regions different entities

The ex-chief minister says she equally distributed funds among all the regions of the state.

Narendra Modi won’t be too troubled by no-confidence motion, suggests Parliament history

A total of 26 no-confidence motions and 11 confidence motions moved so far, but only three govts have fallen.

‘Achhe page’ is a mirage, just like ‘Achhe Din’

Journalist Saba Naqvi’s new book ‘Shades of Saffron: From Vajpayee To Modi’ has nothing new to offer From the outside, Saba Naqvi’s book looks very promising. It is after...

Vajpayee’s surgical strike killed 16 Pak soldiers much before Modi announced his in 2016

The operation in January 2000 was launched in PoK in retaliation to an attack from across the LoC.

Modi believed Vajpayee’s wooing of Muslims in 2004 was a fruitless exercise

Saba Naqvi's book Shades of Saffron: From Vajpayee To Modi traces the rise and fall of the BJP party and the differences between the two leaders.

Illustrating the Emergency: The darkest time-line in modern Indian history

Imposed by Indira Gandhi’s government, the Emergency lasted for 21 months, one of the darkest periods in Indian history.

It will take years for Kashmir to recover from Narendra Modi’s Hindutva politics

Kashmir valley is on the boil and its religious divide with Jammu is complete.

On Camera

Bondi Beach, Bangladesh lynching — once again, the elephant in the room will be side-stepped

Perhaps there is need for a moral ‘jihad’ against those indulging in the promulgation of terror in the name of religion.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Turkiye delivers second MILGEM-class corvette Khaibar to Pakistan Navy, two others in making

Contract for construction of four MILGEM-class ships was signed in 2018. PNS Bedir is to be delivered by June 2026, while PNS Tariq is due for delivery in first quarter of 2027.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.