New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid on Friday greeted the nation ahead of the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima.

Samarkand (Uzbekistan), May 24 (ANI): Vice President Hamid Ansari visited the ancient city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan on Thursday. He was received by Samarkand Governor Mirzaev Zoyir Toirovich.

New Delhi, May 23 (ANI): Vice President Hamid Ansari will visit Ethiopia to attend the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Organisation of African Unity/African Union (AU) on May 25.

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Vice President Hamid Ansari today left on a four-day visit to Uzbekistan during which the two nations will discuss issues of cooperation in counter-terrorism, Afghanistan and development projects in the region will come up for discussion.

New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari will undertake an official visit to Uzbekistan from May 21 to 24.

New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Li Keqiang, will pay a three-day state visit to India beginning on May 19 at the invitation of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari has deeply condoled the passing away of renowned scholar and social activist Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer.

New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar unveiled the statue of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder N T Rama Rao in Parliament on Tuesday.

Jaipur, May 4 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Saturday said India has been active in international forums relating to environmental protection, and is party to 94 multilaterals environmental agreements such as the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), among many others.

Jaipur, May 4 (ANI): Vice President Hamid Ansari said Saturday that the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has an important role to play in efforts towards improving the environment by not only commenting on the effectiveness of the rules and regulations, but also by offering suggestions to the government for the purpose.

New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): The Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, held delegation-level talks with his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid here on Friday on issues of bilateral importance.

New Delhi, May 2 (ANI): Vice President, Hamid Ansari released a book entitled "Fida-e-Lucknow - Tales of the city and its people" authored by Parveen Talha, a former member of the UPSC, at a function here today.

New Delhi, Apr. 26 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari released a book entitled 'A Leaf Turns Yellow : The Sufis of Awadh' edited by Muzaffar Ali at a function here today.

New Delhi, Apr. 25 (ANI): The officer trainees of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 2012 Batch and Royal Bhutan Civil Services called on Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari here on Thursday.

New Delhi, Apr. 23 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari has deeply condoled the passing away of former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice J.S. Verma, saying his contributions in the legal field, especially on social issues, such as crimes against women and human rights in general, will be remembered for a long time to come.

New Delhi, April 23 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari have greeted the nation ahead of Mahavir Jayanti, which will be celebrated on Wednesday.

New Delhi, Apr. 23 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari has greeted the citizens on the auspicious occasion of Mahavir Jayanti.

New Delhi, April 21 (ANI): Vice President Hamid Ansari, on Sunday convened an all-party meet to ensure the smooth functioning of the house during the second half of the budget session of parliament that commences from Monday.

New Delhi, Apr 20 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Saturday said that he is deeply saddened and outraged at the brutal rape of the 5-year old child in Delhi.

New Delhi, Apr. 18 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari has greeted the citizens on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami, which marks the birthday of Lord Rama.

New Delhi, Apr. 17 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari has deeply condoled the passing away of V.S. Ramadevi, former Governor of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.

Dushanbe, Apr 17 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari has said that the Government of India has decided to collaborate with the Tajik Technical University to create a center of IT excellence with a super computer.

Nurek, Khatlon (Tajikistan), Apr 17 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari visited Nurek Dam, regarded as the tallest in the world, in the course of his four-day goodwill visit to Tajikistan on Tuesday.

Dushanbe, Apr. 15 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Monday said he had emphasized India's commitment to the strategic partnership between New Delhi and Dushanbe, and discussed cooperation on security issues as well as in countering cross-border terrorism with Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon.

Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Apr 15 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, who is on a goodwill visit to Tajikistan, would discuss militancy stemming from Pakistan and Afghanistan and ways to boost bilateral trade with the resource-rich central Asian country.