Hamid Ansari

Jairam Ramesh seeks breach of privilege proceedings against PM Modi

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has sought breach of privilege proceedings against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajya Sabha for allegedly making "derogatory" remarks against former chairman of the Upper House Hamid Ansari. In his letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, Ramesh also alleged that no prime minister has ever attacked a former speaker of Lok Sabha or chairman of Rajya Sabha in the manner in which Modi has done. "I wish to bring to your notice a serious incident of breach of privilege and contempt of the House on the part of the Prime Minister of India. On July 2, 2024, prime minister while replying to the discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address in Lok Sabha inter alia stated: 'No matter how many numbers they claim, when we came in 2014, our strength in the Rajya Sabha was very low, and the Chair's inclination was somewhat on the other side'," the Congress leader said. Notwithstanding the fact that the prime minister did not specifically too

LS polls: Former-PM Manmohan Singh, LK Advani cast votes from home

Former vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari, former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh, former deputy prime minister LK Advani and former Union minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi have cast their votes using the home voting facility, the Delhi poll body said. The office of the chief electoral officer (CEO) of Delhi on Thursday kicked off the home voting facility for elderly voters and persons with disabilities (PwDs) and it will go on till May 24. According to the data shared by the office, 1409 voters cast their ballots from the comfort of their homes across all seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi on Friday, which was the second day of the facility being started. The West Delhi constituency reported the highest number of home votes, with 348 voters participating. Among them, 299 were elderly individuals. With the completion of the second day, a total of 2,956 voters have exercised their right to vote from home, the CEO office said. "Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh and .

The bizarre hounding of former vice-president Hamid Ansari

The Congress party kept strategically quiet on the arrest of Teesta Setalvad. After its initial reaction, it seems the party now does not want to get too involved in defending Ansari, either

Litany of falsehood unleashed: Ansari on charge of inviting Pak journalist

In a statement, he also rejected the allegation, made by the BJP citing comments of a former RAW functionary, that he had compromised national interest as India's ambassador to Iran

India vibrant democracy, don't need certificate from others: MEA to Hamid

The external affairs ministry reacted to comments by former vice-president Hamid Ansari and four US lawmakers over the human rights situation, saying India is a robust and vibrant democracy

For Hamid Ansari, nationalism and patriotism are words of explosive content

"Nationalism in its strident form is inseparable from the desire for power. It is an 'ideological poison' that has no hesitation in transcending and transgressing individual rights," he said.

Time machine inventors trying to go back to rewrite history: Ansari

However, Ansari stressed, that could not be done because efforts made to change history anywhere in the world have not succeeded

Stung by Ansari's last interview, Modi and BJP take potshots at outgoing VP

Outgoing VP Hamid Ansari has said that there is a sense of insecurity among India's Muslims

Hamid Ansari gets accolades & brickbats on last day as vice-president

Ansari could freely pursue his basic ideology now after shedding Constitutional duties, says PM Modi

You are free to speak according to your core thinking: Modi to Ansari

Ansari stirred a debated after he cited insecurity among Muslims

Hamid Ansari steps down as VP, with words stirring a national debate

Ansari, 80, was first elected Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman in 2007

BJP attacks Hamid Ansari for 'insecurity among Muslims' comment

Nobody expects such "petty comments" from a person holding such a high post: BJP general secretary

A sense of insecurity is creeping in among Muslims: Hamid Ansari

Interview with outgoing Vice-President of India

Varsities' freedom challenged, need to defend them as free spaces: Ansari

The vice president made the speech at the Panjab University

Hamid Ansari unhappy as ministers go missing during Question Hour

'This is not a happy state of affairs,' Ansari said expressing his annoyance.

Hamid Ansari: Without equality there wouldn't be much of a future

Rising inequality is seen as a contributing cause for the rise of authoritarian leaders

Law for healthcare rights is need of the hour: Hamid Ansari

The Vice President said that there is gross under-investment in health system

Large population has led to stress on water resources: Hamid Ansari

Country's proverbial poverty is largely related to the results from hydro-meteorological conditions, inequitable spatial distribution, said Ansari

Can't be recipient of terror attacks always: Hamid Ansari

He also said that India wants restructuring of the legal framework by adopting a comprehensive convention on international terrorism

India moots reforms in global political, economic, security institutions

Hamid Ansari said many of the global institutions do not yet give voice to Africa or the world's largest democracy