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Head-on | Of serving foreign, not Indian, interests: How Hamid Ansari is symptom of a deeper malaise
Minhaz Merchant • 3 years agoModi-itis is an affliction that deranges minds in a group of ageing former power brokers, durbaris and dalals deprived of privilege and pelf
Why there’s a sudden surge in international efforts to destabilise Modi government
Gautam Sen • 3 years agoThe international campaign against the Modi administration is mainly sponsored by Western governments as well as the Sino-Pakistani alliance even if the visible face of the downstream protagonists may appear more innocuous
Hamid Ansari comments on human rights irk BJP: What you need to know about controversy
Fp Staff • 3 years agoThe former vice-president expressed his concern over the rising trend of Hindu nationalism at a panel discussion organised by the Indian American Muslim Council, which in the past has raised issues pertaining to the safety of Muslims in India
Former VP Hamid Ansari, four US lawmakers express concern over human rights situation in India
• 3 years agoThe comments were made at a virtual panel discussion organised by the Indian-American Muslim Council on Wednesday
Hamid Ansari says two events in his last week as Vice President of India caused 'offence in some quarters'
• 4 years agoIn his book, Ansari, who demitted office in August 2017 referred to his speech at the 25th Convocation of the NLSIU and a TV interview, where he spoke about apprehensions of insecurity among minorities
Books of the week: From a translation of Phoolsunghi to Robert Elgood’s The Maharaja of Jodhpur’s Guns, our picks
Aarushi Agrawal • 4 years agoOur weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.
When Parliament makes bad laws, judges end up doing what lawmakers should do, says former VP Hamid Ansari
• 5 years agoWhen Parliament makes bad laws, they end up in courts where judges do what the lawmakers should be doing, former vice president Hamid Ansari said on Saturday
Year on from Hamid Ansari's return home after spending 6 years in Pakistani jail, he's still getting used to life in Mumbai
Parth Mn • 5 years agoToday, (18 December, 2019) marks a year since Hamid Ansari returned home after spending six years in a Pakistani jail over allegations of being a spy
Sushma Swaraj set high standards for MEA by taking diplomacy to people, was always just a tweet away
Kritvip • 6 years agoSwaraj — who was also the most followed foreign minister in the world — took several path-breaking measures during her term, such as the expansion of the passport infrastructure and the enhanced engagement with the Look East policy.
Jawaharlal Nehru helped democracy survive in India, tweets Rahul Gandhi on former PM's death anniversary: Narendra Modi, Sonia, Pranab Mukherjee pay tribute
Fp Staff • 6 years agoJawaharlal Nehru death anniversary: From Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former president Pranab Mukherjee, former vice-president Hamid Ansari to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, UPA chairperson Sonia, prominent politicians and leaders paid tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru on the former prime minister's 55th death anniversary on Monday.