Vice President Hamid Ansari

Vice President Hamid Ansari says universities must be defended as free spaces

Freedom of our universities has been challenged by narrow considerations & there is a need to defend them as free spaces, Vice President Hamid Ansari said.

Hamid Ansari urges countries to show zero tolerance towards 'State-sponsored terror' at Jakarta

India on Tuesday pressed the countries sharing the Indian Ocean to show zero tolerance towards "State-sponsored terrorism" and isolate and impose "strong sanctions" on the perpetrators and financiers of the menace.

Vice President Hamid Ansari calls for restructuring global legal framework to fight terrorism

Asserting that terrorism can only be defeated by organised global action, India on Wednesday called for restructuring the legal framework by adopting a comprehensive convention on international terrorism.

Hamid Ansari advocates special audit mechanism for 'more serious' implementation of RTE

Vice President Hamid Ansari today advocated special audit mechanisms for effective implementation of RTE Act like in the case of MNREGA

VP Hamid Ansari's Lohia Memorial lecture in Gwalior on dissent holds mirror to Indian govts, present and past

After recently delving into the concerns of minorities — which he has probably discussed rarely in public since his 2006-07 stint as National Commission for Minorities chairman — Vice-President Hamid Ansari has made a foray into a topic gaining a lot of momentum these days: The idea of dissent.

AAP questions RSS-BJP meet, calls it 'mockery' of Constitution

Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday questioned the RSS-BJP meet saying it amounted to "mockery" of the Constitution, and condemned a section of the right wing for attacking Vice President Hamid Ansari over his pitch for "affirmative action" for Muslims.

Trolling Hamid Ansari over Republic Day salute is just lazy, couch potato patriotism

Couch-potato patriotism found new fodder for sustenance. And it manifested itself in trolling the vice president.

Vice President Hamid Ansari to visit Sikkim on 28-29 Aug

A high level meeting was held here today to review the preparations for the proposed two-day visit of Vice President Hamid Ansari to Sikkim beginning on August 28.