New Delhi: Hamid Ansari took oath as India's 14th vice-president at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday.
He was administered the oath of office by President Pranab Mukherjee at a function attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and several union cabinet ministers, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partners and leaders from other political parties.
Ansari, 75, polled 490 first preference votes out of 728 valid votes cast in the election held on August 7, while Jaswant Singh polled 238 votes.
Ansari got more votes than he had secured in the 2007 election. He had the backing by the Congress and its allies in the UPA, including the Nationalist Congress Party, DMK and the National Conference....
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12:07 PM, Aug 11, 2012
The man who gunned down six sikhs and injured many at the Wisconsin gurdwara was a neo-Nazi. UPA candidate Hamid Ansari wins the vice presidential elections, gets a second term with a comfortable majority. ...
11:51 PM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: The UPA looks all set to sail through the Vice Presidential election on Tuesday with the numbers stacked in favour of their candidate Hamid Ansari. The NDA, though, doesn't seem to have much to look forward to. With the battle for the Raisina Hill won with a thumping majority, the road doesn't appear to be difficult for the UPA in the Vice President poll too. AIADMK Chief Jayalalithaa...
06:46 AM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress, a major constituent of UPA, on Monday decided to support the alliance's Vice Presidential poll candidate Hamid Ansari but oppose any decision to open the multibrand retail to FDI and bills on forward marketing in commodities and privatization of pension fund in the monsoon session of Parliament. The decisions were taken at a meeting of Trinamool parliamentary party meeting here. Trinamool has 28 members in Parliament,...
10:38 PM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday announced that his party will back NDA candidate Jaswant Singh in the Vice-Presidential polls. The Chief Minister announced the decision of support after meeting Jaswant Singh on Monday. The vice presidential election will be held on August 7 with UPA nominee and Vice President Hamid Ansari facing NDA candidate Jaswant Singh. While the Biju Janata Dal (BJD)...
04:33 PM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday hosted a lunch for MPs of the ruling alliance and supporting parties on Monday, a day ahead of the vice presidential election. While Samajwadi Party (SP) president Mulayam Singh Yadav was seen sharing the table with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his rival Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati sat next to Sonia during the lunch. Many saw it as an indicator of...
04:15 PM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will host a lunch for MPs of the ruling alliance and supporting parties on Monday, a day ahead of the vice presidential election on August 7, official sources said. Sonia had hosted a similar lunch on July 18, a day ahead of the presidential poll. The sources said though United Progressive Alliance (UPA) nominee and incumbent Hamid Ansari is ahead of his rival Jaswant...
01:03 PM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: The vice presidential election will be held on August 7 with UPA nominee and Vice President Hamid Ansari facing NDA candidate Jaswant Singh. While the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday decided to abstain from voting in the polls, key UPA ally the Trinamool Congress indicated support for Ansari, who is expected to comfortably deafet Jaswant Singh. BJD's decision is seen as a blow for Jaswant Singh who...
12:38 PM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: Vice President Hamid Ansari will file nomination papers on Wednesday for his re-election to the post amid expectations in UPA that he is set for a comfortable win. Ansari will submit four sets of nomination papers to Lok Sabha Secretary General TK Vishwanathan, who is the Returning Officer for the August 7 Vice Presidential election, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President...
01:45 AM, Jul 18, 2012
Jaswant Singh, an ex-Army officer, has headed Finance, Defence and External Affairs Ministries and even served as Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. ...
11:15 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Jaswant Singh, an ex-Army officer, has headed Finance, Defence and External Affairs Ministries and even served as Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. ...
05:09 PM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: NDA could not have got a candidate for Vice Presidential poll with more gravitas than Jaswant Singh, a former Army officer who has headed Finance, Defence and External Affairs Ministries, authored books and even served as Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. Even those who do not support the BJP or the NDA agree that by fielding Singh against UPA Vice Presidential nominee Hamid Ansari the opposition...
04:23 PM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance will finalise its vice presidential nominee Monday amid Najma Heptulla's name doing the rounds, party leaders said. The BJP will consult its allies at a meeting in the capital even as the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has already decided to re-nominate incumbent Hamid Ansari for the post. BJP leaders said that the meeting of NDA allies have been scheduled on...
12:13 AM, Jul 16, 2012
Mumbai: Unlike the presidential elections, the Shiv Sena will remain with the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the vice presidential poll August 7, a party MP said in Mumbai on Sunday. "We have decided to support the NDA for the vice president's elections. Whoever is the vice presidential candidate of the NDA, Shiv Sena will go with that," Sena MP and spokesperson Sanjay Raut told mediapersons. The party is...
10:00 PM, Jul 15, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday expressed confidence that party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will play a "much more proactive role" in the organisation after the Presidential and Vice Presidential polls. "I am absolutely sure that Rahul will play a much more proactive role in mainstream of Congress Party. Let the Presidential and Vice Presidential polls get over," Singh said to a national news channel. "Wait for September...
06:58 PM, Jul 15, 2012
New Delhi: Hamid Ansari will be the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate in the Vice Presidential elections for second term, Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced in New Delhi on Saturday. "Ansari will shortly finish his term as Vice President. He has presided over the Rajya Sabha with dignity. UPA is honored to nominate him for a second term as Vice President," Sonia said. Sources say Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke...
05:55 PM, Jul 14, 2012
