Pranab meets Advani, says ‘thank you’

July 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama called on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader Lal Krishna Advani at his official residence here today. The visit was termed as a courtesy call.

June 17th, 2009 ON BOARD AIR INDIA ONE - Putting months of bitterness in the run up to elections behind, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said he and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani had apologised to each other over "hurtful" remarks.

June 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Veteran BJP leader L K Advani on Tuesday asked the party's 58 first-time MPs to maintain purity in their conduct and cautioned them against falling to any temptation. Advani was addressing the BJP parliamentary party meet in New Delhi.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party leader (BJP) L.K. Advani, leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Friday called for a new beginning in government-opposition relations and said it was a possible to reach such a "common goal".

May 17th, 2009 BHOPAL - Responding to speculations of L.K. Advani quitting as the leader of opposition, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj Sunday said it would be 'painful' to replace him.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party's losing Prime Ministerial candidate, L.K. Advani, made a telephone call to UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and congratulated her on the combine's victory in the 2009 elections.

May 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - US Charge d'Affairs Peter Burleigh on Wednesday met BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani here and discussed the bilateral ties and regional matters, particularly developments in Pakistan. A US Embassy spokesman said Indo-US relations and its future prospects figured in the discussions between Advani and Burleigh.

April 30th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani cast his ballot at a polling station in Shahpur in the Ahmedabad (West) Lok Sabha constituency Thursday morning, came out, and said he was confident that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would come to power after the ongoing general elections.

April 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party leader Varun Gandhi met senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani on Saturday for the first time since his release from the Etah District Jail on Thursday. During their meeting, Advani reportedly told Varun to respect the undertaking he had put before the Supreme Court.

April 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Criticising Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani for raising the issue of black money stashed abroad, the Congress party Saturday said he was not aware of the legal procedures to repatriate such funds.

March 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janshakti Party Chief Uma Bharati on Thursday met the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L. K. Advani on Thursday, and said it was like a daughter going back to her fathers' home.

February 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Taking a subtle dig at the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), BJP's prime ministerial hopeful L.K. Advani Tuesday generously praised External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and wondered aloud what the government would have done without him.

February 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday said the 'aam admi', or common man, has been badly let down during the five years of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) rule.

February 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government would be incapable of taking 'firm and timely decisions' in the times of the global economic crisis as it has only a 'part-time finance minister' in Pranab Mukherjee, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial hopeful L.K. Advani said Thursday.

February 7th, 2009 NAGPUR - In an oblique reference to the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani said Sunday that his party was 'not run by dynasty'.