Advani Vajpayee

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha of trying to tarnish the country's image during his foreign visits.

LK Advani, 96, accepts Bharat Ratna, says "honour for me but also for ideals and principles I served"

Pakistan's then President Pervez Musharraf's "overreach" in publicly airing his hawkish views on Kashmir, his lack of intent in containing terrorism led to the collapse of Agra Summit in 2001 and not because of LK Advani's hardline approach.

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's nameplate was removed today from a room in the parliament building, 17 years after he was voted out of office.

A throwback picture of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray with the BJP's LK Advani and Atal Bihai Vajpayee was tweeted today by Union Minister Giriraj Singh to indicate the long road travelled by the estranged ally in Maharashtra. The post came minutes after the Sena claimed that it would form government in Maharashtra with the Congress and Shar...

Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has claimed then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was set to dismiss Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gujarat Chief Minister at the time, after the 2002 post-Godhra riots, but withheld the decision as Home Minister LK Advani had threatened to resign from the Cabinet on the issue.

Amit Shah, who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections for the first time, said he is "blessed" to contest from the seat which leaders like party veterans Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani have represented.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu gave a point-by-point rebuttal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegations levelled against him during a rally in the southern state on Sunday.

Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao baffled many by coining a new term - Sanghstan - which he used liberally at an event in Nagpur. Referring to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP, as "Sanghstan" he said he was proud to be part of it. The RSS, he said, was one of the most inclusive and secular organisations, as it ...

At a prayer meeting for former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today, his closest friend and colleague LK Advani shared memories of a six-decade friendship enriched with books, values, and... Khichdi.

My first experience with Atal-ji after joining the BJP was not very encouraging. I had been in touch with Advani-ji who was the President of the party then about joining the BJP. I worked out the details of my joining in consultation with him.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's signature in politics was achieving pragmatic consensus and this was manifested when under his government, three new states of Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand were formed in 2000 peacefully.

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was hospitalised at Delhi's AIIMS hospital for nine weeks, died today. He was 93. In a moving tribute, his closest friend and deputy for nearly six decades, senior BJP leader LK Advani, said "Atalji will be remembered as the pioneer of the first ever stable non-Congress coalition government at the Cen...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah visited former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who is on life support system at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi once again today. The Prime Minister had visited the BJP patriarch last evening, Mr Shah earlier this morning. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi too visited Mr Vajpa...

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's statement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not give adequate respect to his "mentor" and party veteran LK Advani has generated a huge political controversy.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha of trying to tarnish the country's image during his foreign visits.

LK Advani, 96, accepts Bharat Ratna, says "honour for me but also for ideals and principles I served"

Pakistan's then President Pervez Musharraf's "overreach" in publicly airing his hawkish views on Kashmir, his lack of intent in containing terrorism led to the collapse of Agra Summit in 2001 and not because of LK Advani's hardline approach.

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's nameplate was removed today from a room in the parliament building, 17 years after he was voted out of office.

A throwback picture of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray with the BJP's LK Advani and Atal Bihai Vajpayee was tweeted today by Union Minister Giriraj Singh to indicate the long road travelled by the estranged ally in Maharashtra. The post came minutes after the Sena claimed that it would form government in Maharashtra with the Congress and Shar...

Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has claimed then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was set to dismiss Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gujarat Chief Minister at the time, after the 2002 post-Godhra riots, but withheld the decision as Home Minister LK Advani had threatened to resign from the Cabinet on the issue.

Amit Shah, who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections for the first time, said he is "blessed" to contest from the seat which leaders like party veterans Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani have represented.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu gave a point-by-point rebuttal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegations levelled against him during a rally in the southern state on Sunday.

Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao baffled many by coining a new term - Sanghstan - which he used liberally at an event in Nagpur. Referring to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP, as "Sanghstan" he said he was proud to be part of it. The RSS, he said, was one of the most inclusive and secular organisations, as it ...

At a prayer meeting for former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today, his closest friend and colleague LK Advani shared memories of a six-decade friendship enriched with books, values, and... Khichdi.

My first experience with Atal-ji after joining the BJP was not very encouraging. I had been in touch with Advani-ji who was the President of the party then about joining the BJP. I worked out the details of my joining in consultation with him.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's signature in politics was achieving pragmatic consensus and this was manifested when under his government, three new states of Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand were formed in 2000 peacefully.

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was hospitalised at Delhi's AIIMS hospital for nine weeks, died today. He was 93. In a moving tribute, his closest friend and deputy for nearly six decades, senior BJP leader LK Advani, said "Atalji will be remembered as the pioneer of the first ever stable non-Congress coalition government at the Cen...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah visited former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who is on life support system at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi once again today. The Prime Minister had visited the BJP patriarch last evening, Mr Shah earlier this morning. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi too visited Mr Vajpa...

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's statement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not give adequate respect to his "mentor" and party veteran LK Advani has generated a huge political controversy.