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‘Eulogising Hindu Haters’: BJP attacks Congress over Ansari’s ‘Ghazni’ remark

The BJP spokesperson shared a clip of Hamid Ansari from an interview
Updated on Jan 30, 2026 06:00 pm IST

On mimicry row, Congress says PM Modi once mocked Hamid Ansari | 10 points

Kalyan Banerjee said he did not mean to insult Jagdeep Dhankhar and he was not aware of Rajya Sabha proceedings or Dhankhar's conduct in the Rajya Sabha as he is a Lok Sabha MP.
Updated on Dec 21, 2023 06:28 am IST

‘Should’ve been done earlier': Hamid Ansari on India sending relief to Palestine

Former Vice President of India Hamid Ansari.
Published on Oct 22, 2023 09:26 pm IST

Historic Bills, stirs mark Venkaiah Naidu’s tenure as Rajya Sabha chairperson

“I can operate only if you cooperate,” M Venkaiah Naidu had said in 2017 in his opening remarks as chairperson of the Rajya Sabha after being elected vice-president of India. (ANI)
Updated on Aug 07, 2022 01:11 am IST

BJP slams Hamid Ansari, releases photo with Pakistan journalist

BJP slams Ansari, releases photo with Pakistan journalist
Published on Jul 16, 2022 12:36 am IST

Hamid Ansari says never met Pakistani journalist as BJP questions ‘photo’

Hamid Ansari stood by his earlier statement that he never met Nusrat Mirza in the wake of fresh allegations against him. 
Published on Jul 15, 2022 04:16 pm IST

BJP backs fresh claims of lawyer against Hamid Ansari: ‘He felt offended when’

On row over Hamid Ansari, advocate Dr Adish Aggarwala, organiser of the 2010 event, said journalist Nusrat Mirza was not invited. 
Published on Jul 15, 2022 11:55 am IST

On Ansari, Droupadi row, Pawan Khera says, 'One was vice president, another…'

Congress has come under fire in the two controversies over former vice president hamid Ansari and a Congress leader's comment of Droupadi Murmu. 
Updated on Jul 15, 2022 10:47 pm IST

Congress on BJP's ‘insinuations’ against Hamid Ansari: ‘The level that PM will…'

Former VP Hamid Ansari said that invitations to foreign dignitaries by India's vice-president are on the advice of the government.
Published on Jul 14, 2022 06:33 am IST

Cong condemns BJP's 'insinuations and innuendos' against Ansari, Sonia

Former vice president Hamid Ansari.
Published on Jul 13, 2022 08:18 pm IST

'Litany of falsehood': Hamid Ansari on BJP allegations over Pak journo's claims

File photo of former Vice President Hamid Ansari.
Updated on Jul 13, 2022 08:23 pm IST

What ex-vice prez Ansari said is wrong: Law minister Kiren Rijiju on IAMC event

Union law minister Kiren Rijiju. (PTI)
Published on Jan 28, 2022 08:43 pm IST

Former V-P expresses concern over rights’ situation in India, govt rebuts

A file photo of former vice-president Mohammad Hamid Ansari in New Delhi. (Reuters)
Updated on Jan 28, 2022 04:33 am IST

News updates from HT: Rajasthan speeds up work to set up Barmer oil refinery

The Pachpadra refinery is being jointly developed by HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL) -- 74:26 joint venture between HPCL and the government of Rajasthan.
Updated on Jan 29, 2021 01:20 pm IST

‘Hostility between govt, Opposition hampers House’: Ex-vice president Ansari

Open communication between the government and the Opposition is the prerequisite of parliamentary democracy, Ansari said.
Published on Jan 29, 2021 04:09 am IST

When Parliament makes bad laws, judges do lawmakers’ job: Hamid Ansari

Hamid Ansari lamented that Parliament and assembly sessions have become more of a “ritual”.
Updated on Jan 19, 2020 10:03 am IST

‘Like my mother’, says Indian man Sushma Swaraj helped bring back from Pak

The 33-year-old was arrested in November 2012 and handed a three-year sentence in 2015 for possessing a fake Pakistani identity card.
Updated on Aug 07, 2019 02:28 pm IST

In the cause of peace, Kulbhushan Jadhav must not die

Judges at the International Court of Justice during the final hearing in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case in the Hague, the Netherlands, February 18
Updated on Feb 25, 2019 08:14 am IST

Government failed to help farmers: P Chidambaram

The Centre has failed to help farmers and has instead instilled a climate of fear in the country, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said. (Photo by Raj K Raj/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on Feb 08, 2019 11:45 pm IST

‘Couldn’t meet SRK, will return’: Pak national sent back after 19-month jail

Two Pakistani nationals,
Updated on Dec 26, 2018 06:34 pm IST

Pakistan ordeal over, now to better future: Hamid Ansari

Hamid Ansari and his family reach at Mumbai International Airport,Andheri in Mumbai
Published on Dec 22, 2018 12:49 pm IST

Don’t fall in love on Facebook, says Indian national Hamid Ansari who spent 6 years in Pakistani jail

Having spent almost six years in a Pakistani jail, software engineer Hamid Nihal Ansari’s advice to youth is simple: Don’t fall in love over Facebook.
Updated on Dec 21, 2018 11:25 am IST

Woman for whom Indian techie Hamid Ansari sneaked into Pakistan testified in court to clear his name

Hamid Ansari, 33, was arrested in Pakistan in 2012 for illegally entering the country from Afghanistan to meet the woman he befriended online.
Updated on Dec 20, 2018 10:59 pm IST

Learnt 3 lessons from time in Pak jail, says Hamid Ansari on return to Mumbai

Hamid Nihal Ansari, who returned to India after spending six years in a Pakistani jail, at Mumbai airport on Thursday where he was welcomed by friends and family.
Updated on Dec 20, 2018 02:16 pm IST

‘Meri madam mahaan’: Freed Indian Hamid Ansari, his mother meet Sushma Swaraj

Hamid Ansari, who was released by Pakistan on Tuesday, met external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on December 19.
Updated on Dec 19, 2018 10:38 pm IST

Feels good to be back home: Freed Indian Hamid Ansari after reaching Delhi

Hamid Ansari, who spent years in jail on charges of spying and was released by Pakistan on Tuesday, has reached New Delhi, reports news agency ANI.
Updated on Dec 19, 2018 08:30 am IST

Day of celebration for family as Indian techie Hamid Ansari is home after six years in Pakistani jail

Hamid Nehal Ansari being embraced by her mother Fauzia after crossing into India through the Attari border.
Published on Dec 18, 2018 10:26 pm IST

Freed Indian Hamid Ansari reaches Attari after six years in Pakistani jail, family says time for celebration

Hamid Ansari (wearing a cap), a teacher at the Mumbai Management College, had entered Pakistan on November 12, 2012, to meet a woman whom he had befriended on social media.
Updated on Dec 18, 2018 07:11 pm IST

Activist Jatin Desai at Wagah to receive Indian Hamid Ansari freed by Pakistan

Hamid Ansari, 33, a Mumbai resident, was released from a Pakistani jail on Tuesday to be repatriated to India, six years after he was detained by intelligence agencies
Updated on Dec 18, 2018 05:21 pm IST

Pakistan releases Indian national Hamid Ansari after 6 years in jail, expected to cross Wagah border soon

Hamid Nehal Ansari, an Indian national who spent three years in a Pakistani jail on charges of espionage after being arrested in 2012, will be back home on Tuesday.
Updated on Dec 18, 2018 01:33 pm IST