New Delhi, Jan 9 : Former Defence Minister and senior Janata Dal (United) leader George Fernandes was admitted to a hospital in the capital on Saturday for routine check up. He has been suffering from neurological complications for the last few months.

Authorities at the Max hospital, where George has been admitted for medical attention, however, assured that there was ‘nothing much to worry about and he is likely to be discharged from the hospital by the evening’.

Fernandes, 80, visited the hospital on Friday for a medical check-up.

Fernandes contested the Lok Sabha election in 2009 as an independent candidate from Muzzaffarpur in Bihar. (ANI)

New Delhi, Jan 9 - Veteran political leader George Fernandes was admitted to a hospital here Saturday with neurological complications but a doctor said there was nothing to worry.

Fernandes was taken to the Max hospital. "It is nothing serious and he is expected to be discharged by the evening," a spokesperson for the hospital told IANS.

The official said the former MP suffered from neurological problems.

The 80-year-old went to the hospital Friday for a check up. Fernandes contested the Lok Sabha election in 2009 as an independent candidate from Muzzaffarpur in Bihar. (IANS)

New Delhi, Nov. 27 : Former Defense Minister George Fernandes and Rajya Sabha member has appreciated the 5th Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet which was held in Rome between November 18 to 19 this year.

Writing in the latest issue of ‘the OtherSide’, Fernandes that it pleased him to notice the 5th Convention being underway since he had established the first such group in India.

Five years after Justice (retd.) S. N. Phukan submitted his report on the Tehelka scam, the Central Information Commission has asked the Centre to provide him a copy of the report for the former defence minister George Fernandes, whose name had figured in the case.

New Delhi, Sep 14 : Much has been written during the last one week about the directions by the Government of India to the Ministers and Congress Members of Parliament to travel economy class during their tour within the country or abroad.

Much also has been made about the ''directions'' communicated to the Minister of External Affairs S. M. Krishna and Minister of State Shashi Tharoor to shift from their rooms in five star hotels even though they were paying for the rental personally.

New Delhi, Aug 24 : Former Defence Minister George Fernandes demanded an apology from the Congress Party, as his name was not figuring in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) charge sheet in the coffin scam.

Congress, which was an opposition party in 2002, severely criticised Fernandes as having role in the Coffin Scam, and even boycotted him in the Parliament.

In a signed press statement Fernandes accused Congress for demoralising the troops to gain the political advantage.

New Delhi, July 21 : Former Defence Minister and socialist leader George Fernandes has rubbished media reports of being put up in a servant’s quarters during a recent visit to Dharamsala to meet officials of the exiled Tibetan Government.

New Delhi, May 27 : Former Janata Dal (United) leader George Fernandes, who recently contested and lost the general elections as an independent from Muzaffarpur constituency in Bihar, has said there is an urgent need to care for the aged, as this has been a part of Indian culture and humanity.

New Delhi, Apr. 21: Veteran socialist leader and erstwhile president of the Janata Dal (United), George Fernandes, has complained bitterly about the incumbent party leadership for sidelining him and preventing him from voicing concerns about issues pertaining to Bihar in particular, and the nation overall.

Muzaffarpur, Mar 26 : Senior Janata Dal- United (JDU) leader and former Union Minister George Fernandes has announced that he will contest the 2009 elections from the Muzaffarpur parliamentary constituency as an independent.

The NDA Convenor announced his decision to contest after consulting with party supporters here.

Fernandes was denied a ticket from his party for "failing health".

The JD (U) chief Sharad Yadav said that Fernandes was not in a condition to contest the Lok Sabha polls.

New Delhi, Sept. 24 : Criticizing columnists for suggesting that certain sections of Indian society should be encouraged to dismember the country because of some so called “adverse” administrative decisions, former Defence Minister George Fernandes has said that India’s geographical boundaries cannot be redrawn because of the desires of such secessionists.

In an article that appears in “The Other Side”, a journal of socialist though and action, Fernandes said: “A few feature articles in newspapers and magazines cannot redraw the geography of India overnight just to show that we are radical and fashionable.”

New Delhi, May 7 : India should take the initiative and join other countries which are concerned about the situation in Tibet, and raise the issue of granting full autonomy status to that troubled region in the United Nations, said former Defence Minister George Fernandes.

New Delhi, Feb 27: Former Defence Minister, George Fernandes today joined the All India Navodaya Vidyalaya Staff Association (AINVSA) in their protest here today to demand pension and gratuity.

Addressing the gathering, Fernandes said: "The teachers have come from different parts of the country. They have been deprived of their rights. We will have to see who is behind this action against the teachers. The struggle, which has started today, will continue till the battle is won."

New Delhi, Feb. 20: Former Defence Minister George Fernandes has warned that if the government of the day does not take steps to relieve the Naxals of their economic woes, “ soon they may find the Naxal flag on Delhi”.

In an article for the recently revived journal of socialist thought and action “ The Other Side”, Fernandes says that when he was the country’s Defence Minister under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime (1998-2004), Naxal activities in Assam had reached uncontrollable levels, and to neutralise that threat, he roped in the Army to reach out to the Naxals.

New Delhi, Dec 31: Former Defence Minister and convenor of National Democratic Alliance (NDA), George Fernandes in his New Year message has announced the revival of 'The OtherSide' journal, a decade after its publication was stopped.

Fernandes, who is also the chairman of the Editorial Board of the journal, in his message said that many leaders and his supporters had urged him to 'resurrect' the journal, which focuses on issues pertaining to socialist thought and action.