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Substantive democracy as Ambedkar visualized is elusive: Hamid Ansari
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 24 (ANI): Former vice president Hamid Ansari on Saturday said electoral democracy on the FPTP (first-past-the-post) pattern is a reality but substantive democracy, as Dr BR Ambedkar visualized it, is elusive.
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Kapil Sibal hits out at PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 7 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Friday said that the idea of demonetisation, adopted by the Government in 2016, had crippled the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth.
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India has lost a great son: Pranab Mukherjee
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 16 (ANI): Expressing grief over the demise of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's, former President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that India has lost a great son and an era had come to an end.
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Teary-eyed Sumitra Mahajan remembers Somnath Chatterjee
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan got emotional while remembering former speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who passed away in Kolkata on Monday.
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Focus on issues, Congress tells leaders
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The Congress on Friday urged party leaders to focus on issues facing the country rather than making controversial statements.
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Shared warm, good relations with PM Modi: Hamid Ansari
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 12 (ANI): Former vice president Hamid Ansari on Thursday said that he shared warm and cordial relations with Narendra Modi when he took over as the Prime Minister in 2014, adding that there was no conflict between them.
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Govt data shows select schemes not reaching Muslims: Ansari
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Former vice president Hamid Ansari on Thursday said certain government schemes were not reaching certain minority communities, based on government data.
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Ansari stays away from Tharoor controversy
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Former vice president Hamid Ansari on Thursday chose to stay away from the controversy surrounding Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's 'Hindu Pakistan' remark.
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Relations with Iran beyond energy: Hamid Ansari
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 12 (ANI): Former vice president Hamid Ansari on Thursday said that Iran is not only an important energy partner for India, but it is much beyond that.
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Rahul hosts first iftar party as Congress President
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Congress President Rahul Gandhi hosted an Iftar party on Tuesday, which saw the presence of former presidents Pranab Mukherjee and Pratibha Patil, and former vice president Hamid Ansari.
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Efforts to change history by some will not succeed: Hamid Ansari
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Former vice president Hamid Ansari said on Sunday that efforts of those people who want to change country's history would not succeed.
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Hamid Ansari refuses to talk on 'nonsense' Jinnah controversy
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 2 (ANI): Former Vice President Hamid Ansari on Wednesday termed the on-going controversy on Muhammad Ali Jinnah's portrait as a 'nonsense issue'.
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