He will be remembered for his outreach to Pakistan. In February 1999, India and Pakistan launched the New Delhi-Lahore bus service thanks to his efforts.
Author: NT Bureau
It was an evening at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi in 2011 that an unknown woman till then, Chinnapillai, would never forget. It was the time she met the then Prime Minister A B Vajpayee for the first time.
Flood alert has been sounded in 11 districts of Tamilnadu as rain continues to pound various parts of the State as well as the riparian states.
The Tamilnadu government has declared a public holiday tomorrow as a mark of respect to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who passed away this evening in Delhi.
As part of its centenary celebrations, the State Forest Research Institute, located at Kolapakkam, near Chennai, launched its Forest Genetic Resources Tree Park at Kolapakkam.
The consolidated net sales revenue grew by 26 per cent from Rs 128.41 crore, backed by improved sales revenue from home diagnostics, formulations and OTC businesses, a release from the firm said.
The article which was published in the South China Morning Post says State-run China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation highlights that China is printing foreign currencies on a huge scale, as Beijing seeks to increase its influence on the world economy and geopolitics.
Police have arrested six more persons in connection with the murder of an ambulance driver at Arumbakkam.