Hamid Ansari News

New Delhi, March 9 : India Sunday condoled the death of Afghanistan's First Vice President Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, describing him as a close friend of India.

"Our framers worked hard to gift us a Constitution that has stood us in good stead.

Rajya Sabha MP K D Singh, reportedly a confidant of Mamata Banerjee and in-charge of the Trinamool Congress's Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir units, hosted a large reception in Delhi last week to celebrate the wedding of his son Karan Deep Singh.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for expansion of relations with Iran in all spheres during a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New Delhi on Friday.

We canonize our leaders, says Ansari New Delhi, Feb 28 : Indians develop "reverential attitudes" towards personalities because we canonize them, Vice President Hamid Ansari said Friday.

New Delhi, Feb 28: Indians develop "reverential attitudes" towards personalities because we canonize them, Vice President Hamid Ansari said Friday.

Saudi Arabia and India signed a historic pact on Thursday to enhance cooperation between the countries in the defense sector.

New Delhi, Feb 26 : India and Saudi Arabia Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding on defence cooperation for greater exchange of information and training.

New Delhi, Feb 25: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will arrive here Wednesday on a three-day official visit, during which the two countries will sign an agreement on defence and on cooperation in hydrocarbons and security.

New Delhi, Feb 22: Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will pay an official visit to India Feb 26-28, the highest level political visit from the kingdom after the 2006 landmark trip by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations.

New Delhi, Feb 15 : President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday called for integrated leprosy services in geographically focused areas to eradicate the disease while Vice President Hamid Ansari urged for generating awareness about its misconceptions.

New Delhi, Feb.15 : Canada's Governor General David Johnston will be on a week-long visit to India from February 22 to March 2 at the invitation of President Pranab Mukherjee.

New Delhi, Feb 14: King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa is paying a state visit to India Feb 18-20, during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on bilateral, regional and global issues.

Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and visiting Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi Tuesday launched here in the presence of some 500 people the India China Year of Friendly Exchanges.