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  Vice President greets nation on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr

  India | July 28, 2014 12:10 IST

  New Delhi: Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Monday greeted the nation on the eve of auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, which will be celebrated on Tuesday in India.While sending his best wishes to the citizens

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  Ruckus over Gaza: Rajya Sabha adjourned twice during Question Hour

  Politics | July 17, 2014 13:39 IST

  New Delhi: Congress-led Opposition today created ruckus in Rajya Sabha over a discussion on violence in Gaza not being listed in the day's agenda, leading to two adjournments during the Question Hour.As soon as the

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  Ruckus over Gaza: Rajya Sabha adjourned twice during Question Hour

  India | July 17, 2014 13:27 IST

  New Delhi: Congress-led Opposition today created ruckus in Rajya Sabha over a discussion on violence in Gaza not being listed in the day's agenda, leading to two adjournments during the Question Hour.As soon as the

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  Fresh uproar in Rajya Sabha over journalist meeting Hafiz Saeed

  Politics | July 22, 2014 17:38 IST

  New Delhi: For the second consecutive day, the reported meeting of a journalist considered close to RSS with 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed disrupted proceedings in Rajya Sabha today, leading to two adjournments during Question Hour.Opposition

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  Rail budget 'leak': RS Chairman wants matter to be looked into

  Politics | July 12, 2014 11:17 IST

  New Delhi: After Congress members cried foul over “leakage” of Railway Budget to media, Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari today said the matter needs to be looked into to ascertain if norms of official secrecy

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  India, China ink agreement on industrial parks

  World | June 30, 2014 13:57 IST

  Beijing: India and China Monday inked three agreements, including one to set up Chinese industrial parks in India.The agreements were inked in the presence of visiting Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari and his Chinese counterpart

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  India & China have to narrow down differences: Hamid Ansari

  World | June 29, 2014 10:45 IST

  Beijing, China:  India and China have to narrow down differences and build on convergences by exploiting the potential of Panchsheel, the five principles of peaceful coexistence propounded by the two countries along with Myanmar in

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  China shows Arunachal Pradesh as its territory in map, India reacts strongly

  India | June 29, 2014 7:22 IST

  New Delhi: Reacting strongly to reports that China has in its recent map shown Arunachal Pradesh as its territory, India on Saturday said "cartographic depiction" does not change reality on the ground and asserted that

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  Despite India's reservations, China launches study to build rail link to Pakistan via PoK

  World | June 28, 2014 12:31 IST

  Beijing: China has reportedly commissioned a “preliminary research study” to build an international rail link connecting its border province of Xinjiang to Pakistan, a contentious project from India's perspective as it runs through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir

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  Hamid Ansari to visit China for 60th anniversary of Panchsheel

  India | June 20, 2014 17:11 IST

  New Delhi; Vice President Hamid Ansari will visit China next week to attend events marking the 60th anniversary of Panchsheel treaty signed between the two countries in 1954 in Beijing.Ansari is visiting China from June

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  Rajya Sabha Chairman drops punitive proceedings against 5 BSP members

  Politics | June 11, 2014 17:56 IST

  New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari today dropped punitive proceedings against five BSP members who had yesterday created ruckus in the House after the party led by its chief Mayawati strongly opposed the move.“I

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  Kamal Nath sworn-in as Protem Speaker of Lok Sabha

  Politics | June 04, 2014 12:13 IST

  New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath was today sworn-in as the Protem Speaker of the newly constituted Lok Sabha by President Pranab Mukherjee here.  67-year-old Nath, a nine-term MP, was administered the oath at

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  PM meets Vice President Hamid Ansari

  India | June 01, 2014 23:06 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called on Vice President Hamid Ansari here.  Modi drove to Ansari's residence for the first formal meeting after he became the Prime Minister.  An official spokesperson termed it

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  President, PM pay tribute to Ambedkar

  Politics | April 14, 2014 14:55 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Vice President Hamid Ansari Monday paid tribute to B.R. Ambedkar on his 123rd birth anniversary.With several other leaders present, the dignitaries paid floral tributes to

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  President calls for eradicating leprosy

  India | February 16, 2014 8:38 IST

  New Delhi: 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 to dispel misconceptions about it.They were speaking

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  RS chaos: can we not respect the dead, asks Ansari

  Politics | February 06, 2014 17:37 IST

  New Delhi: “Can we not respect the dead even?” asked an anguished Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari on Thursday as he deplored the disruption by members of a discussion on the death of a student

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  Ansari, PM, Sonia condole Ola's death

  Politics | December 15, 2013 16:38 IST

  New Delhi: Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today condoled the passing away of Union Labour and Employment Minister Sis Ram Ola, who died at a Gurgaon hospital

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  Development of Urdu is responsibility of every Indian: Ansari

  India | November 24, 2013 7:15 IST

  Mumbai: Vice-President Hamid Ansari yesterday inaugurated a national conference on Urdu at Bhiwandi near here and stressed the need for development of the "beautiful language"."Bhiwandi is a historical place where people from different parts of

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  Vice President calls on Prince of Arcot

  India | November 13, 2013 7:09 IST

  Chennai: Vice President M Hamid Ansari yesterday met the Prince of Arcot, Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali, at his ancestral home 'Amir Mahal'.    "The Prince hosted a Banquet in honor of the Vice President at the

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  Safety of nuclear installations need to be raised: Ansari

  India | November 07, 2013 19:50 IST

  New Delhi: Vice President Hamid Ansari today made a strong pitch for raising the safety bar of nuclear installations in the country in the wake of mishaps abroad.  “From what has happened in nuclear accidents