Hamid Ansari News

New Delhi, Dec 6: Vice President M. Hamid Ansari on Friday condoled the passing away of South Africa's first elected black President and a global anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.

Calcutta, Dec. 5: Two young men with a bike, a 10-year-old Hero Honda Splendour, and a pocketful of dreams will travel across the country, covering 30,000km in three months on their endeavour, Expedition Ekatva.

At 8 am on Wednesday, the city was preparing for what was probably the most enthralling and unpredictable election in the recent past.

New Delhi, Dec.4: Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy on Wednesday met the External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid to discuss key bilateral issues between the two countries.

New Delhi, Dec 4 : President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday released a postal stamp and First Day cover on INS Vikramaditya, the aircraft carrier that was commissioned in the Navy last month.

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari has said that in a country of India's size and diversity, there is no option but to devolve governance to the local levels in order to deal with myriad local issues and services, which need local solutions and delivery, with active participation of the intended beneficiaries.

Japan's Emperor Akihito and his wife Empress Michiko arrived here on Saturday on a six-day visit to India.

Vice-President Hamid Ansari Friday said there was a need for "self-regulation" of the media or "external corrective" measures.

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir on Wednesday, in his farewell, called on Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari and conveyed the sincere desire of the leadership and people of Pakistan for the improvement of relations between the two countries.

New Delhi, Nov.27: Vice President Hamid Ansari on Wednesday said there is consensus that knowledge would be the key driving force in the 21st century.

Washington, Nov. 25: A landmark agreement yesterday temporarily freezing Iran's nuclear programme has dramatically altered the atmospherics that await the foreign secretary when Sujatha Singh arrives here on her maiden bilateral visit in two weeks time.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on November 20. PHOTO COURTESY OF VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY After arriving in New Delhi on November 19, the Party chief met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Shri Hamid ... (more)

New Delhi, Nov.20 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met the General Secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party, Nguyen Phu Trong, on Wednesday, who is on a four-day state visit, with an aim to boost bilateral ties and discuss possibilities of forging a strategic partnership.

Following the controversy erupted into the allegations of sexual assault against Tehelka founder and editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal , the Goa government on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the case.

New Delhi, Nov 19 : President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi Tuesday led the nation in paying homage to late prime minister Indira Gandhi on her 96th birth anniversary.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong will visit India from November 19-22 to further boost ties between the two countries.

New Delhi, Nov.16 : The media landscape has undergone an exponential transformation in the last two decades, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari on the occasion of National Press Day on Saturday.

New Delhi, Nov 16 : President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice-President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday greeted the nation on the occasion of Guru Nanak's birthday to be celebrated on Sunday.

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Saturday described the freedom of speech and the freedom of expression as being among the four corners that define India's democratic identity.

New Delhi, Nov 15: India and Vietnam will seek to further boost their close ties with the visit of Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, to India Nov 19-22.