Mysore/Mysuru: Good Governance Day (Sushasan Divas) is observed in India on Dec. 25 to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said KR BJP MLA T.S. Srivatsa. He was speaking at the City BJP Office recently after releasing the poster of a blood donation camp to commemorate the birth anniversary of…
A.B. Vajpayee remembered on his 96th birth anniversary
December 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Felicitation to pourakarmikas, progressive farmers, distribution of sweaters to roadside vendors and sanctioning of loan to small vendors marked the 96th birth anniversary celebrations of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee by City BJP Unit here this morning. Various units of BJP celebrated Vajpayee’s birth anniversary in different way. The farmer’s wing celebrated by honouring…
Homage to Atal Bihari Vajpayee
September 5, 2020By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Mysore It was my good fortune to have met Vajpayee twice in New Delhi. He had not yet become the Prime Minister but was an MP. My first meeting with him was formal and not important. The second meeting was…
Did Vajpayee name ‘Tejas’ after Tejaswini Ananth Kumar?
March 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: On Jan. 4, 2001, the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee christened the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) as Tejas that means radiance in Sanskrit. At a glittering ceremony in Bengaluru, Vajpayee witnessed the flying display of the LCA’s two prototypes, Technology Demonstrator-I and Technology Demonstrator-II, for about 10 minutes and chose Tejas, one…
Hinkal Flyover junction to be named after Atal Bihari Vajpayee
November 19, 2018Mysuru: Although the works on Hinkal Flyover is almost complete, it seems that its inauguration may be delayed further and this time the gala event will depend on the availability of VVIPs both from the State and the Centre. While local authorities including District Minister G.T. Devegowda want Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to open the…
Vande Mataram: A musical tribute to Atalji
October 5, 2018Over 1,000 students of Vijaya Vittala Educational Institutions (VVEI), Mysuru, took part in mass rendition of ‘Vande Mataram’ to offer their salutations to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away on Aug.16. VVEI Chairman R. Guru, DDPU Dr. Dayanand, BEO – Mysore South Shivakumar, Trustees Paniraj and M. Jagannath Shenoy, Hon. Secretary R….
My interaction with Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Reminiscences
August 24, 2018By Prof. J. A. K. Tareen, Former Vice-Chancellor of Kashmir University Kashmir University, which was in shambles in 2001 as a result of direct impact of militancy in the Valley, was on the verge of shutting down for one academic year, with no convocation for six long years, and students had nowhere to go for…
The Prime Minister as Gentleman
August 21, 2018By T.J.S. George My Lord, Never let me climb so high that I’m unable to embrace a stranger. The humanism in Atal Bihari Vajpayee made him taller than a Prime Minister. In the vastness of his mind the ephemerality of political glory counted for what it was. He once said: You might become an ex-Prime…
Discovering Vajpayee’s Quiet Pillar of Support Mrs. Kaul
August 20, 2018When Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s companion Rajkumari Kaur passed away in May 2014, Girish Nikam, who began his journalistic career with Star of Mysore and at that time working with Newstime, Hyderabad, had written an article titled “Mrs. Kaul here, you don’t know who I am?” which was published in Rediff.com. We are republishing that article…
Nurses Award presentation ceremony postponed
August 18, 2018Mysuru: On account of National mourning following the demise of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Mysuru District unit of Karnataka Government Nurses Association has postponed Florence Nightingale Award presentation ceremony which was earlier scheduled to take place on Aug. 18. The next date will be announced soon, according to a press release. For details,…
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