Ghulam Nabi Azad is an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress and was the Minister of Health and Family Welfare. Presently, he serves as the Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha.He has served as the Parliamentary Affairs Minister of India in the government of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh until 27 October 2005, when he was appointed as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. He also led the party successfully in the 2002 Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir.
Following a spate of protests and allegations of corruption in ticket distribution, Tanwar quit Congress, attributing his departure to a deep crisis in the party triggered by internal contradictions.. IndiaTimes - Published
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, BJP veteran L K Advani, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad were among others who offered.. IndiaTimes - Published
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who returned from a visit to Jammu and Kashmir recently, said on Monday that an "environment of fear" is prevailing there and people are suffering due to the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said there is no democracy in J&K and people are living in fear after the Centre scrapped the state's special status on August 5. "I have not seen.. IndiaTimes - Published
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday reached here on the second-leg of his six-day tour of Jammu and Kashmir and said the situation in the Valley is "very bad". Azad, the leader of.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ahmed Patel met former finance minister P Chidambaram at Tihar Jail on Wednesday morning, sources said. They were accompanied by Chidambaram's son and Congress MP,.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has said his trip to J&K will be a "humanitarian" trip to reach out to the common people of his state and he will submit a report to the apex court on his return... IndiaTimes - Published
Senior Congress leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday thanked the Supreme Court for allowing him to visit Srinagar, Baramulla, Anantnag and Jammu. DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes
The Supreme Court said the former J&K CM can visit four districts -- Srinagar, Jammu, Baramulla, Anantnag -- to meet people. Senior advocate AM Singhvi, who was appearing for Azad, told the court that.. IndiaTimes - Published
The delegation comprising Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma and K C Venugopal from Congress, Tiruchi Siva of DMK, Trinamool’s Dinesh Trivedi, NCP’s Majeed Memon, Left leaders Sitaram.. IndiaTimes - Published
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha. The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu. Top Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul.. IndiaTimes - Published
At 8.15pm, a battery of Congress seniors trooped in. Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mallikarjun Kharge, Salman Khurshid, Abhishek Singhvi, Kapil Sibal, Vivek Tankha and organisation secretary K C.. IndiaTimes - Published
"It's not right for democracy. If mainstream political parties won't visit, then who will go?" Azad asked. DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes
Sonia Gandhi on Saturday assumed presidency of Congress again. The proposal, moved by Ghulam Nabi Azad, P Chidambaram and Anand Sharma and endorsed by Manmohan Singh, to Sonia to return to the post she.. IndiaTimes - Published
"Paise dekar aap kisiko bhi saath le sakte ho (Anyone can be brought along with money)," Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said when asked about NSA Ajit Doval's visit to J&K amidst crackdown in the.. IndiaTimes - Published
The government on Tuesday moved in Rajya Sabha the triplr talaq bill which seeks to make the practice of instant triple talaq illegal with up to three years in jail for the husband. DNA - Published
We've absolutely no intentions in meeting Mallikarjun Kharge, Ghulam Nabi Azad, any Congress dignitaries from Maharashtra and Karnataka or any political leader as we anticipate a serious threat from.. DNA - Published
"The entire country is anguished at the way the President at the national level and Governor at the state level are conducting themselves. The way democracy is being finished in this country," Ghulam.. DNA - Published
Sources said UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi asked the leaders to mitigate the crisis in the southern state and save the government. Azad was the one who along with Ashok Gehlot stitched together the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday took a dig at Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad saying that the BJP is in power in "enough state governments" and that President's Rule in Jammu and Kashmir was.. DNA - Published
On Monday, Azad took a jibe at the prime minister's "New India" vision saying "old India" had no hatred, anger and lynchings. He urged him to return to "Old India" where people of all religions live in.. DNA - Published
"Give us that 'old-India' back when there was no hatred, no lynching, where all communities used live like friends and were ready to sacrifice their lives for each other," Ghulam Nabi Azad said. DNA - Published
JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda on Thursday said that the Karnataka coalition was the idea of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, not his party's. Reacting to views.. IndiaTimes - Published
"BJD, Shiv Sena, Akali Dal, National People's Party, Mizo National Front, Lok Janshakti Party, YSRCP, JDU, AIADMK and Apna Dal have given the notice to support Birla's candidature for the post of Lok.. IndiaTimes - Published
The party said the meeting of senior leaders in the afternoon did not discuss the leadership issue as was being speculated. Senior Congress leaders, including AK Antony, Ahmed Patel and Ghulam Nabi.. IndiaTimes - Published
Top Congress leaders, including Ghulam Nabi Azad, P Chidambaram, Ashok Gehlot, Mallikarjun Kharge, Randeep Surjewala and others, will be present at the meeting. DNA - Published
At a brainstorming session hosted by AICC general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia, leaders from Ghaziabad clashed in front of all, hurling allegations and counter allegations at each other. Comments.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Congress Friday said it is committed to constituting a progressive and secular government and ready to lead a coalition, a day after its senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said the party is not averse.. IndiaTimes - Published
A team of four Congress leaders is said to have been formed for coordinating on the issue, sources said. The team, comprising senior Congress leaders Ahmed Patel, P Chidambaram, Ghulam Nabi Azad and.. DNA - Published
Congress president Rahul Gandhi, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Congress general secretary for Uttar Pradesh West Jyotiraditya Scindia and senior party leaders.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and NC patron Farooq Abdullah jointly told the media while the Congress will contest the Jammu and Udhampur Lok Sabha seats, National Conference will fight from.. IndiaTimes - Published
He said peace talks between India and Pakistan cannot be held now in view of the heightened tension between the two neighbours, although nobody is in favour of war as "our government has made it clear.. IndiaTimes - Published
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