Atal Behari Vajpayee Government

Political insiders have know for a while that Swaraj,a fiery orator in the league of Atal Behari Vajpayee, who has been uncharacteristically subdued during the Modi government's term, wanted to opt out.

To the saffron brigade, I say, look to your own leader, Atal Behari Vajpayee, and see how biting was in his criticism of a government at war, how frank and open he was in his critique of government policy, and learn from him the lessons in democracy that he and Nehru taught and practiced - and that you are denying us today.

The worst outcome of this whole exercise has been that we ourselves have hyphenated India with Pakistan. It has taken a great deal by successive governments to kill the idea of that hyphenation.

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee favoured a dhoti and kurta teamed with a Jawahar jacket and chappals or slippers. On a police proforma that the government says is routinely filled by prominent politicians for security reasons, BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi are listed as Mr Vajpayee's close associates.

In Parliament today, the Congress confronted the government over what it has titled 'Snoopgate 2' - the alleged political espionage against its vice president Rahul Gandhi by the Delhi Police.

Mehbooba Mufti, whose People's Democratic Party has emerged the largest group in Jammu and Kashmir after state polls, appeared to reach out to the BJP today as she repeatedly invoked former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's vision and said, "Prime Minister Modi has a big responsibility."

The Prime Minister today told his party's law-makers that December 25, the birthday of iconic BJP leader Atal Behari Vajpayee, will be commemorated as "Good Governance Day".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told BJP MPs that former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's birthday, which falls on December 25, would be observed as 'Good Governance Day'.

In a bid to publicise and implement social welfare schemes initiated under the Narendra Modi-led government, the BJP has formed a committee for active coordination between the party and the government.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday that the time has come for India to adopt an "Act East Policy" as she began her three-day visit to Vietnam during which she will hold talks with the top leadership of the Communist nation.

Narendra Modi's attack on the UPA government on economic growth has the Congress and the BJP hurling statistics and words at each other this morning.

Nine-year-old Sangeeta Porbadiya has recently received a new school bag from the government in Gujarat. The canvas satchel has a photo of iconic BJP leader and former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee; right next to it is a picture of Narendra Modi, the state's chief minister.

The Congress-led minority government of Narasimha Rao wanted to conduct nuclear tests in 1996 but had not anticipated it would lose the general election that year, revealed former president APJ Abdul Kalam.

Just how Suresh Kalmadi became the man in charge of organising the Commonwealth Games in India has become India's latest whodunit. Documents with NDTV show how Suresh Kalmadi misled both the NDA and UPA governments to take control of the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Political insiders have know for a while that Swaraj,a fiery orator in the league of Atal Behari Vajpayee, who has been uncharacteristically subdued during the Modi government's term, wanted to opt out.

To the saffron brigade, I say, look to your own leader, Atal Behari Vajpayee, and see how biting was in his criticism of a government at war, how frank and open he was in his critique of government policy, and learn from him the lessons in democracy that he and Nehru taught and practiced - and that you are denying us today.

The worst outcome of this whole exercise has been that we ourselves have hyphenated India with Pakistan. It has taken a great deal by successive governments to kill the idea of that hyphenation.

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee favoured a dhoti and kurta teamed with a Jawahar jacket and chappals or slippers. On a police proforma that the government says is routinely filled by prominent politicians for security reasons, BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi are listed as Mr Vajpayee's close associates.

In Parliament today, the Congress confronted the government over what it has titled 'Snoopgate 2' - the alleged political espionage against its vice president Rahul Gandhi by the Delhi Police.

Mehbooba Mufti, whose People's Democratic Party has emerged the largest group in Jammu and Kashmir after state polls, appeared to reach out to the BJP today as she repeatedly invoked former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's vision and said, "Prime Minister Modi has a big responsibility."

The Prime Minister today told his party's law-makers that December 25, the birthday of iconic BJP leader Atal Behari Vajpayee, will be commemorated as "Good Governance Day".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told BJP MPs that former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's birthday, which falls on December 25, would be observed as 'Good Governance Day'.

In a bid to publicise and implement social welfare schemes initiated under the Narendra Modi-led government, the BJP has formed a committee for active coordination between the party and the government.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday that the time has come for India to adopt an "Act East Policy" as she began her three-day visit to Vietnam during which she will hold talks with the top leadership of the Communist nation.

Narendra Modi's attack on the UPA government on economic growth has the Congress and the BJP hurling statistics and words at each other this morning.

Nine-year-old Sangeeta Porbadiya has recently received a new school bag from the government in Gujarat. The canvas satchel has a photo of iconic BJP leader and former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee; right next to it is a picture of Narendra Modi, the state's chief minister.

The Congress-led minority government of Narasimha Rao wanted to conduct nuclear tests in 1996 but had not anticipated it would lose the general election that year, revealed former president APJ Abdul Kalam.

Just how Suresh Kalmadi became the man in charge of organising the Commonwealth Games in India has become India's latest whodunit. Documents with NDTV show how Suresh Kalmadi misled both the NDA and UPA governments to take control of the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.