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  Was never in the running for President: Hamid Ansari in his memoirs

  India | January 28, 2021 12:59 IST

  Former Vice President M. Hamid Ansari has stoutly denied that he was in the running for President to succeed Pratibha Patil, depreciating the "Byzantine" process that dragged his name into the picture -- and even played golf on the day the decision was to be announced.

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  Vice President Hamid Ansari greets citizens on Eid-ul-Zuha

  India | October 05, 2014 12:05 IST

  New Delhi: The Vice President of India Hamid Ansari has greeted the citizens of our country on the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Zuha. In his message, he has said that the festival, which symbolizes the spirit

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  Taking Sino-India ties to 'new high' priority for China: Xi Jinping

  World | July 01, 2014 17:52 IST

  Beijing: Ahead of his first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping hassaid taking bilateral ties to a “new high” is a priority for his government, as he sought India's support to

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  Vice President Hamid Ansari to visit China this month

  India | June 11, 2014 8:10 IST

  New Delhi: Vice President Hamid Ansari will travel to China this month to attend a special commemoration June 28 of 60 years of the Panchsheel treaty between the two countries.His will be the first high-level

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  Vice president favours voters' right to reject candidate

  Politics | January 26, 2013 15:48 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 25: Vice President Hamid Ansari Friday called for addressing limitations of the country's electoral system and favoured giving the right to reject candidates to voters to boost participation in the election process.Addressing

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  Cong no to sparing PM for Prez post, rebuffs SP-TMC

  Politics | June 21, 2012 18:56 IST

  New Delhi, June 14: In a rebuff to SP and TMC, Congress today ruled out sparing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the Presidential race as it rejected the three names proposed by the two allies,

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  Mamata unlikely to meet PM

  Politics | June 21, 2012 18:53 IST

  New Delhi, June 14: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee, who has teamed up with SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav to come up with their own names for the Presidential poll, is unlikely to meet Prime Minister

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  For Presidential polls, Gandhi meets Patnaik, Lalu Backs Ansari

  India | April 24, 2012 19:59 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 24: The debate over Presidential candidate picked up further momentum with RJD chief Lalu Prasad pitching for Vice President Hamid Ansari while other parties kept the cards close to their chest.  In