New Delhi: In a jibe at the present regime for trying to appropriate historical figures for its advantage, former Vice President Hamid Ansari on Sunday said that a new set of inventors were trying to make a time machine in order to go back in time and change history. However,[Read More…]
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A sense of insecurity among Muslims, says outgoing VP Hamid Ansari
Retiring vice-president Hamid Ansari said on Wednesday that there is a feeling of unease and a sense of insecurity among the Muslims in the country, asserting the “ambience of acceptance” is now under threat. Ansari, whose second five-year term as the Vice-President ends on Thursday, stated that he had flagged[Read More…]
GST bash: BigB, Lata, Tata, Prez, ex-PMs, CMs, MPs among the guests
Touted as the biggest tax reform since independence, the Goods and Service Tax (GST) will be launched by the government in a grand function in Parliament’s Central Hall. The gathering will begin at 10:45 pm. It will continue for around 80 minutes on June 30. Since it is going to[Read More…]
Election for the Vice-President of India will be held on August 5
The elections for the 13th Vice-President of India will be held on August 5. The notification for the poll will be issued on July 4 while nominations can be submitted by July 18, said Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi at a conference held at Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi. The[Read More…]
Freedom of Universities challenged by narrow considerations: Vice Prez
Vice President M Hamid Ansari said on Saturday that the freedom of our Universities has been challenged by narrow considerations and there is a need to defend them as free spaces. “In a period of rampant distrust of matters intellectual there is an imperative need to defend the universities as[Read More…]