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New Delhi, Aug 17: The US, Russia and Japan today condoled the demise of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Vajpayee, one of India's most charismatic leaders, who led the nation through several crises while holding together a tenuous coalition with his inclusive politics and superlative oratory, died here today at the age of 93. The American Embassy here, in a statement, said the US

New Delhi, Aug 16: Statesman and pragmatist, orator and poet, a man of peace and conviction. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a towering nationalist who softened the often sharp edge of his party's politics with a gentle sophistry of words, earning him the sobriquet "ajaat shatru" or the man with no enemies. The first prime minister from a non-Congress party to complete a full term in office, Vajpayee

New Delhi, Aug 16: In a video uploaded on social media, two men have claimed responsibility for the attack on JNU student leader Umar Khalid in an upmarket area in Delhi on Monday, and said they will surrender before police tomorrow. Police are on the lookout for the two men seen in the video uploaded on Facebook on Wednesday. In the video, the two men, who identified themselves as Darwesh Shahpur

New Delhi, Aug 16: Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away in New Delhi on Thurday, was known for his oratory skills. Here are some excerpts from his speeches on a range of subjects, from nuclear tests and Kashmir to education and freedom of the press *Education, in the truest self of the term, is a process of self-discovery. It is the art of self-sculpture. It trains the

New Delhi, Aug 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited AIIMS to inquire about the health condition of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, his second visit in less than 24 hours. As anxiety grew about the state of the 93-year-old leader's health, a stream of leaders, including Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, BJP chief Amit Shah and Union ministers Sushma Swaraj and Rajnath

New Delhi (India), Aug 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday morning spoke to Kerala Chief Minister Pinaryi Vijayan to discuss flood situation in the state. He also asked the Defence Ministry to step up the rescue and relief operations across the state. "Spoke to Kerala CM Shri Pinarayi Vijayan again this morning. We discussed the flood situation in the state. Have asked Defence Ministry to

Kochi, Aug 16: The public transport system collapsed in many parts of central Kerala with the Southern Railways and Kochi Metro on Thursday suspending their operations due to floods. Rise in flood waters in Periyar river due to continuous rains and opening of all shutters of all major dams including Mullaperiyar, Cheruthoni, part of Idukki reservoir, and Idamalayar, have severely hit life of

Bengaluru, Aug 16: Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy is likely to convene an all-party meeting soon to discuss the next course of action on the Mahadayitribunal verdict. The Karnataka government is open to all options, including filing an appeal in the Supreme Court. The Mahadayi tribunal headed by Justice JM Panchal on Tuesday granted Karnataka 13.4tmcft of water against its claims of 36.5tmcft. This

New Delhi, Aug 16: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has been put on life support system as his health deteriorated late on August 15, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences said in a statement. “Former Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee has been admitted for the last nine weeks at AIIMS. Unfortunately his condition has worsened over the past 24 hours. His condition is critical and

Technologies that will help in sending an Indian astronaut to space by 2022, as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day address on Wednesday, have already been completed, ISRO Chairman K Sivan said. "We have already done development of crew module, crew escape, environment control, life-support system and space suite, as also GSLV-Mark III (the rocket to be used for