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Hamid Ansari: The Pakistani journalist's claim caused a stir

Former Vice President of the country Hamid Ansari is once again in controversy. This controversy arose out of an interview of a Pakistani journalist in which he has claimed that he visited India while Hamid Ansari's Vice President and during this time he also shared many information related to India with Pakistan's ISI.

Jul 14, 2022, 09:48 AM IST

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

"Media speculation initially named former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam as a possible candidate; he, however, denied it. One report quoted the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha saying that the BJP will not support anyone connected to the Congress," former Vice President Hamid Ansari writes in his memoirs.

Jan 31, 2021, 10:39 AM IST

Two happenings in my last week in office tended to cause offence in some quarters: Ex-Vice President Hamid Ansari

Ansari, who demitted office on August 10, 2017 after two terms as Vice President (2007-2017) and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, makes these comments in his latest book "By Many a Happy Accident: Recollections of a Life" in which he talks about growing up to cultivation of the mind and representing India as a diplomat to vice presidency.

Jan 31, 2021, 10:03 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi launches Hamid Ansari's book 'Citizen and Society', says family is India's biggest strength

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that despite citizens turning into netizens due to technology and obliteration of traditional boundaries, the family continues to be the country's biggest strength.

Sep 23, 2016, 14:51 PM IST