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Chandigarh: Unite under umbrella body, PU urges alumni groups
The suggestion to form an umbrella body was given by chancellor and Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar during his multiple visits to the university as he observed “alumni network doesn’t do enough for it”
Published on Apr 25, 2025 09:34 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
No constitutional visualisation of any authority above Parliament: Jagdeep Dhankhar
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar again underlined that Parliament is supreme vis-à-vis framing laws days after he raised questions about the judiciary acting as a “super Parliament”
Published on Apr 22, 2025 04:00 PM IST
‘Parliament is supreme’: VP Dhankhar stirs judicial ‘overreach’ debate again
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar emphasised that elected representatives are the ultimate authority regarding the Constitution.
Updated on Apr 22, 2025 01:32 PM IST
‘We are alleged to be encroaching upon parliamentary, executive functions’: SC
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey recently made disparaging remarks against the judiciary.
Updated on Apr 21, 2025 08:39 PM IST
Dhankhar calls Article 142 ‘nuclear missile’ for Judiciary. What is it?
Jagdeep Dhankhar condemned the Supreme Court's ruling that mandates a timeline for the President to give assent to state bills.
Published on Apr 19, 2025 08:27 AM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Nikita Sharma
Opposition criticises VP Dhankhar’s remarks on judiciary; BJP hits back
Kapil Sibal criticised Jagdeep Dhankhar’s objection to Article 142, which empowers the Supreme Court to pass any order necessary to ensure “complete justice.”
Updated on Apr 18, 2025 10:32 PM IST
‘Ye to ulti baat…’: Sibal hits back at VP Dhankhar’s ‘super parliament’ remark
This comes amid Dhankar hitting out at the apex court, saying that it cannot become a ‘super parliament’ and begin directing the President of India.
Updated on Apr 18, 2025 04:33 PM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Shivam Pratap Singh
Why no FIR in Justice Varma case, questions Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar
Dhankar said that if the same case had come up at a common man’s home, the enquiry would have gone on a blazing speed.
Updated on Apr 18, 2025 04:46 AM IST
Why no FIR in burnt cash discovery at judge's house case, questions Dhankhar
Why no FIR in burnt cash discovery at judge's house case, questions Dhankhar
Published on Apr 17, 2025 03:59 PM IST
PTI |
VP walks out of Parl meet amid Oppn-govt standoff
RS Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday left a meeting to discuss the weekly agenda midway, citing lack of decorum amid arguments between the government and the Opposition over the agenda.
Published on Mar 29, 2025 06:46 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Jagdeep Dhankhar rejects Congress’s privilege notice against Amit Shah
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh had moved the notice against Shah for “casting aspersions” on Congress Parliamentary Party head Sonia Gandhi
Published on Mar 27, 2025 01:04 PM IST
PTI |
PM Modi visits AIIMS to check on VP Dhankhar's health, prays for his recovery
Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar was admitted to the cardiac Department at the AIIMS on Monday
Updated on Mar 09, 2025 03:41 PM IST
Opt for careers that align with your interest, aptitude: V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar
Addressing students in Sirsa during the convocation ceremony of Jan Nayak Chaudhary Devi Lal Vidyapeeth (JCD), Dhankhar said that there was a time when parents used to make the career choices for their children but now youngsters have many options to choose from.
Published on Mar 06, 2025 08:54 AM IST
HTC, Rohtak
VP Dhankar questions ‘confrontational stance on languages’ amid row over NEP
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said Indian languages are a ‘gold mine of literature’ with ‘classical texts serving as testaments to their significance
Updated on Mar 02, 2025 09:42 PM IST
Dheer Chawla
‘Learn more about Constitution, move towards nationalism’: VP Jagdeep Dhankhar
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar asserted that except Parliament, no one, including the judiciary, has the right to amend the Constitution.
Updated on Feb 23, 2025 08:08 AM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
‘How can CJI in a democracy …’: VP Dhankhar questions judiciary's powers
The Vice President said that the Chief Justice of India shouldn't be involved in any executive appointment in a democracy like India.
Updated on Feb 15, 2025 05:12 AM IST
RS Chair vows action amid Constitution illustrations row
BJP MP Radha Mohan Das Agrawal raised the issue of 22 illustrations missing in most Constitution copies sold in the country now.
Published on Feb 12, 2025 06:21 AM IST
‘They should not look…’: How Dhankhar praised farmers for their contribution
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar urged farmers to stand on their own, saying that a strong economic position for them leads to national prosperity.
Published on Feb 09, 2025 05:11 PM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Varnika Srivastava
Jagdeep Dhankhar warns against forces seeking to ‘amplify caste divides’
Jagdeep Dhankhar cautioned against divisive forces based on caste and culture, stating that manipulated faith is exploitative.
Published on Feb 08, 2025 04:16 PM IST
PTI |
Mahakumbh stampede: 'Shame, shame' chants amid President's speech by Dhankhar
VP Jagdeep Dhankhar was reading President Droupadi Murmu's address in English during a joint sitting of Parliament
Updated on Jan 31, 2025 04:11 PM IST
Name Panjab University economics dept after Manmohan Singh: Bansal to V-P
In a letter to the Vice-President, Bansal said Dr Manmohan Singh was a student at Panjab University that he later served with distinction as a member of faculty in the department of economics
Updated on Jan 07, 2025 10:14 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Dhankhar on no-confidence motion: ‘Bypass surgery with a vegetable knife’
Jagdeep Dhankhar also commented on low productivity in the Parliament.
Published on Dec 24, 2024 05:54 PM IST
Deutsche Welle | HT News Desk
Students detained over call for burning effigy at Panjab University
While on Friday, Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring had met the V-P over holding the senate elections, there was no mention of the issue in Dhankhar’s speech
Updated on Dec 22, 2024 08:04 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Warring meets Dhankhar, calls for Panjab University senate polls
Warring pointed out that the senate elections are not merely procedural but integral to the efficient functioning of the institution, directly impacting students, faculty and the university’s future trajectory
Updated on Dec 21, 2024 09:38 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Rajya Sabha: No-confidence motion against Jagdeep Dhankhar junked
On December 10, about 60 INDIA bloc MPs had submitted a notice for a motion to remove Dhankhar as Rajya Sabha chairman.
Updated on Dec 20, 2024 09:55 AM IST
BJD not to support no-trust motion against Jagdeep Dhankhar, says party MP
Without the support of the BJD, the no-trust motion against Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar is unlikely to be passed in the House
Published on Dec 15, 2024 06:20 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
RS adjourned again as Dhankhar, Kharge spar
Rajya Sabha adjourned amid heated exchanges between government and Opposition, with accusations of disrespect and caste-based insults dominating the session.
Updated on Dec 14, 2024 06:50 AM IST
Smriti Kak Ramachandran, New Delhi
Rajya Sabha adjourned after Mallikarjun Kharge, Jagdeep Dhankhar face-off in House
Dhankhar accused the Opposition of “insulting a farmer’s son,” while Kharge retorted that he was belittled for being “a Dalit and the son of a farm labourer”
Published on Dec 13, 2024 03:57 PM IST
‘RS chairman consistently suppressed freedom of expression of Oppn’: Kharge
On Tuesday, INDIA bloc parties submitted a notice to bring a notice in the Rajya Sabha for the removal of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Published on Dec 12, 2024 06:27 PM IST
Efforts are on to divide country, insult its institutions: RS Chair
There is an ongoing effort to divide the country and insult its institutions which must be defeated, vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar said in Jaipur on Wednesday
Updated on Dec 12, 2024 04:59 AM IST
Smriti Kak Ramachandran, New Delhi