Hamid Ansari News

New Delhi, Nov 14 : A Jet flight for underprivileged children and several other functions were organised across the country today to celebrate India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's 120th birth anniversary, celebrated as Children's Day.

NEW DELHI: In the first high-level bilateral meeting after the recent elections in both countries, Foreign Ministers of Iran and India will discuss prospects of closer cooperation in the energy sector and developing transit routes to Russia, Central Asia and Afghanistan during Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki's two-day visit next week.

New Delhi, Nov 12: At the invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper will pay an official visit to India from November 15 to 18.

New Delhi, Nov.11 : Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will arrive in Mumbai this evening on a short six hour visit before emplaning for national capital New Delhi for talks with the Indian leadership, which are scheduled for Thursday.

HYDERABAD: Y. Pardhasaradhi, Head, Department of Public Administration, Osmania University has been awarded T.N. Chaturvedi for the best article published in the Indian Journal of Public Administration in the year 2008.

'We have to go hungry and sleep in ambulances' - FILE PHOTO: V. SREENIVASA MURTHY LONG HAUL: An ambulance with government doctors on board follows a VIP convoy.

Vice-President Hamid Ansari addresses a workshop on 'Parliament and the Media' at the Parliament Annexe in New Delhi on Wednesday.

New Delhi 'Guru Nanak Jayanti', the birthday of Guru Nanak Devji, is being celebrated today with religious zeal and gaiety across the country.

New Delhi, Nov 1: Vice President Hamid Ansari on Sunday greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of Guruparab, the birthday of Guru Nanak Devji.

Rangpo/Sevoke, Oct. 30: Eighty-year-old Ratna Bahadur Rai wants to live for at least five more years.

Gangtok: Vice President Hamid Ansari on Friday laid the foundation stone of the first ever railway line to Sikkim at Rangpo.

Gangtok, Oct 29 : Vice President Hamid Ansari inaugurated the Regional Conference on 'Right to Education with Special Reference to Sikkim and its impact on Legal Awareness Campaign' here today.

Vice President Hamid Ansari arrived here Wednesday on a hectic three-day visit to Sikkim during which he will lay the foundation stone of a rail link between Rangpo in the Himalayan state and Sevoke in West Bengal.

New Delhi, Oct 27 : No religion condones terrorism and those attempting to attribute its origin to Islam display 'downright prejudice', Vice President Hamid Ansari said Tuesday.

New Delhi: Vice President Hamid Ansari has said that it is important to remember that those advocating extremist, fundamentalist and terrorist causes constitute a tiny minority.

New Delhi: Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari yesterday released Urdu translation of a pioneering work in Fiqh, Fiqh Encyclopedia, in a solemn ceremony organized at India Islamic Cultural Centre under auspices of Islamic Fiqh Academy .

NEW DELHI: Vice President Hamid Ansari on Friday expressed concern over the less frequent safety inspections in mines and wanted correction in the situation at the earliest by recruiting people with requisite talents.

New Delhi, Oct 23 : Vice President Hamid Ansari will present the National Safety Awards for the year 2007 here today.

The two Prime Ministers agreed on the need to reinvigorate bilateral relations in all areas and directed that all the established institutional bilateral mechanisms should function effectively, in time bound manner and lead to concrete outcomes for the benefit of both countries.

In a fresh development in the Justice Soumitra Sen impeachment process, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has written to Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairperson Hamid Ansari to bring some new facts to his notice in connection with the case.