Hamid Ansari News

The Narendra Modi government will face its first acid test on Rajya Sabha floor management on Monday when the insurance Act amendment bill comes up in the House.

Vice President Hamid Ansari and Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Shahnawaz Hussain offered prayers on Tuesday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and extended their greetings to the people.

Vice President M. Hamid Ansari Monday greeted the nation on Id-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

Vice President M. Hamid Ansari Monday greeted the nation on Id-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

The high marbled dome of the Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan reverberated with music and some scintillating Kathak dance - watched by President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other invited guests at a special book release event.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets with India's Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 28, 2014 .

NEW DELHI: AIADMK on Monday forced adjournment of the Rajya Sabha twice during Question Hour over former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju's reported allegation that political pressure during the previous UPA regime had led to elevation of a judge despite charges of corruption against him.

New Delhi, July 21: The Rajya Sabha was disrupted on Monday as AIADMK members raised the issue of corruption in judiciary.

After considerable vacillation that brought little credit to the world's largest democracy, the Indian parliament is now set to discuss the violence and bloodshed in Gaza on Monday, July 21. Earlier, even as the spiral of violence continued, the Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said: We have diplomatic ties with both nations.

Vice President M. Hamid Ansari Saturday inaugurated a workshop for first time Rajya Sabha MPs, urging them raise the Indian parliament's level of performance to global standards, an official statement said.

New Delhi, July 16: External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has written to Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari requesting that a short discussion on the Gaza attacks by Israel be "de-listed" from the House's agenda.

The two leaders, who arrived almost at the same time in Fortaleza on Monday evening for attending the BRICS summit, engaged shortly thereafter for what was described as "good discussions and good meeting".

The upper house of Indian Parliament Rajya Sabha on Monday was adjourned after members of the house created uproar over the meeting of yoga guru Ramdev's aide with Hafeez Saeed in Islamabad.

In this file photo taken May 16, 2014, Vietnamese expatriates and Filipinos display placards as they join together in a rally in front of the Chinese Consulate at the financial district of Makati city in the Philippines to protest the recent moves by China to construct an oil rig near the Vietnamese-claimed Paracels off the contested Spratlys group ... (more)

Today, we are meeting here to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the initiation of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.

Terming Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh's ongoing and Vice President Hamid Ansari's just-concluded China visit as significant, former union minister Jairam Ramesh said Thursday India needs to deepen the political dialogue and that Indian states should engage with provinces in the neighbouring country.