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Hamid Ansari
‘India’s diversity a fact of life that can’t be wished away’
The book is a recollection from memory, says Hamid Ansari on his autobiography
07 Feb 2021 12:45 PM
She'll be in my heart: Hamid who was freed from Pak jail due to Swaraj's efforts
One such person is Hamid Ansari, an Indian national who was freed from a Pakistani jail due to efforts of Sushma Swaraj.
07 Aug 2019 12:47 PM
She'll be in my heart: Hamid who was freed from Pak jail due to Swaraj's efforts
One such person is Hamid Ansari, an Indian national who was freed from a Pakistani jail due to efforts of Sushma Swaraj.
07 Aug 2019 12:47 PM
Put safeguards into secrets law
The law was intended to prevent espionage and was to be used against public servants supplying information to the enemy.
12 Mar 2019 2:36 AM
Ansari returns home, says need to find job, wife
Ansari’s brother Khalid informed the media that his brother was sleeping and won’t be able to address media as he hadn’t slept since four days.
21 Dec 2018 1:31 AM
Want to move on, won't reopen 'old wounds': Hamid Ansari on return to home
Ansari was arrested in Pak in 2012 for allegedly entering country from Afghanistan reportedly to meet a woman he had befriended online.
20 Dec 2018 6:29 PM
Techie repatriated after 6 years’ confinement in Pak
Ansari was lodged at Mardan jail in Lahore and was handed over to Indian officials at the Wagah border.
19 Dec 2018 1:43 AM
Mumbai engineer Hamid Ansari returns home after 6 years in Pakistan jail
Ansari’s 3-yr jail term ended on Dec 15, 2018, but he was unable to leave for India as his legal documents were not ready.
18 Dec 2018 6:22 PM
Techie Hamid Ansari’s parents leave for Delhi
Peshwar court in Pakistan has given one-month deadline to their federal government to complete formalities for the deportation of Indian prisoner.
17 Dec 2018 1:05 AM
PIPFPD appeals Pak PM to release Ansari
Ansari, an IT engineer from Mumbai was detained and charged with espionage when he sneaked into Pakistan from Afghanistan in the year 2012.
12 Dec 2018 2:20 AM
PM’s remark at farewell departure from practice: Hamid Ansari
Ansari feels ‘Indianness’ is facing a challenge.
09 Jul 2018 12:28 AM
PM Modi's remarks at my farewell departure from normal practice: Ansari
In his last interview before he demitted office, Ansari had pointed out that Muslims in the country were experiencing a 'feeling of unease'.
08 Jul 2018 5:02 PM
Pranab Mukherjee, Kejriwal not invited for Rahul Gandhi's Iftar party
Former vice president Hamid Ansari too has not been invited for Congress' Iftar party on Wednesday.
11 Jun 2018 7:40 PM
Spy chiefs & the quest for peace
The book is a discussion including agreements and differences larded with riveting banter between the former spy chiefs of India and Pakistan.
30 May 2018 1:25 AM
Inventors’ bid to ‘rewrite’ history will fail: Hamid Ansari
The book, edited by senior Congress leader A. Gopanna, was launched by former President Mukherjee and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
28 May 2018 1:13 AM
AMU turns into fortress as students sit on protest
A statement by the AMUTA executive committee has strongly condemned the “deliberate criminal activity carried out by the outsiders.
04 May 2018 7:06 AM
Jaitley says PM didn't question Manmohan Singh, Ansari's commitment
‘Any such perception is erroneous; we hold these leaders in high esteem, as well as their commitment to India,' Jaitley says.
27 Dec 2017 3:12 PM
Mother of Indian jailed for illegally entering Pak writes to Prez to remit jail term
The Indian engineer was sentenced after he sneaked into Pakistan from Afghanistan to meet a girl he had befriended on the internet.
04 Dec 2017 6:16 PM
A ray of hope in dark times
As a mother, Fauzia feels only relief that Zeenat has been reunited with her own family.
24 Oct 2017 12:12 AM
After scribe is freed, hope for Indian in Pak jail
Hamid Ansari from Mumbai has been held captive in a Pakistani jail since the past five years.
22 Oct 2017 6:00 AM
Missing Pak journalist who fought for Indian national returns after 2 yrs
Zeenat Shahzadi was pursuing Hamid Ansari’s case, who had been jailed for illegally entering Pak to meet a girl.
21 Oct 2017 10:58 AM
Hamid Ansari said nothing wrong
Modi said Ansari’s family had a long association with the Congress and the Khilafat movement.
13 Aug 2017 12:35 AM
RS TV CEO Gurdeep Singh Sappal resigns, Prasar Bharti CEO to take over
Three years after the inception of the Rajya Sabha TV in 2008, Gurdeep resumed office of the CEO in 2011.
12 Aug 2017 8:26 PM
An unfortunate row as Ansari bows out
The nation should be happy that its highest constitutional functionaries are not afraid to speak home truths to the government.
12 Aug 2017 12:23 AM
Venkaiah Naidu, Hamid Ansari spar on ‘unease of minorities’
Outgoing V-P warns of ‘tyranny’ if criticism is not allowed; BJP hits back, VHP likens Ansari to Jinnah.
11 Aug 2017 2:24 AM
The demon within we must still fight
The Rajya Sabha resolution pledged to build a “strong, self-reliant, secular and democratic India”.
11 Aug 2017 12:16 AM
Venkaiah Naidu takes on Hamid Ansari's 'Muslims insecure' remark
Ansari had said that there is a feeling of unease and a sense of insecurity among Muslims in the country.
10 Aug 2017 4:01 PM
Muslims in India experiencing feeling of unease: Hamid Ansari
Ansari made these remarks in the wake of incidents of 'intolerance' and cow vigilantism in the country.
10 Aug 2017 3:03 PM
Hamid Ansari criticises rising intolerance, hypernationalism
He also criticised the imposition of hyper-nationalism on the masses.
10 Aug 2017 2:21 AM
Venkaiah Naidu beats Gopalkrishna Gandhi to become India’s 13th Vice Prez
Venkaiah Naidu is the second BJP leader to become vice- president, after late Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.
06 Aug 2017 1:23 AM
President advises govt against use of ordinance route
Stresses on right to debate, dissent at farewell function.
24 Jul 2017 5:12 AM
MPs to get tips on green, home-grown tech
Environment and science exhibition to be an eye-opener for MPs.
24 Jul 2017 1:10 AM
Ensure that attackers brought to justice, says President Pranab Mukherjee
The President strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the yatris.
12 Jul 2017 1:03 AM
Opposition parties to meet on July 11 for talks on Vice-Presidential polls
The Election Commission has fixed July 18 as the last date for making nominations.
06 Jul 2017 1:18 PM
EC issues notification for vice prez polls
Neither the ruling NDA nor the Opposition has so far announced their respective candidates for the post of vice president.
04 Jul 2017 2:02 PM
Would not contest V-P poll, says M Venkaiah Naidu
Vice President M. Hamid Ansari’s term is ending on August 10.
28 Jun 2017 1:26 AM
Leila Seth, first woman Chief Justice of a high court, passes away at 86
Born in Lucknow to an engineer of the railways in 1930, Justice Leila Seth was a pioneer in almost every step she took.
07 May 2017 12:57 AM
Poland supports India's bid for elite NSG membership, UNSC seat
This was convey by Polish PM to Hamid Ansari when the two leaders met here to discuss issues of bilateral and mutual interests.
27 Apr 2017 6:52 PM
Need to defend universities as free spaces: Hamid Ansari
He was delivering the 66th Convocational Address at the Panjab University in Chandigarh.
25 Mar 2017 4:12 PM
Rajya Sabha adjourns for the day following death of sitting member
"We deeply mourn the passing away" of a sitting member and four former members, Ansari said after which the House stood in silence.
09 Mar 2017 12:05 PM
India to pitch for maritime trade at Jakarta meeting
China is locked in a dispute with some of the southeast Asian countries over maritime rights of water in southeast Asia.
06 Mar 2017 2:24 AM
Indian illegally enters Pak to meet girl, lands in jail; parents knock PMO door
Love and desperation drove Mumbai engineer Hamid Ansari to illegally cross over to Pakistan.
30 Dec 2016 11:39 AM
Biju Patnaik hockey championship thrown open
Organisers claimed that it was the largest hockey tournament in terms of participation across the globe.
11 Dec 2016 12:58 AM
Parliament pays tribute to J Jayalalithaa; adjourns for the day
The central government will also accord state funeral to Ms Jayalalithaa, who died on Monday.
07 Dec 2016 4:47 AM
First World Sanskrit prize goes to Thai royal
The event on Monday will further cement the strong cultural ties between the two countries that have existed since ancient times.
20 Nov 2016 1:23 AM
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