Amid opposition protests, Parliament passes two Agriculture Bills
Sep 20, 2020, at 09:23 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Rajya Sabha on Sunday passed two farm sector Bills -- Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020--amid massive uproar by the Opposition.
Amid protests farm bills to be taken up in Rajya Sabha today
Sep 20, 2020, at 02:42 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Three agriculture-related bills, which have been already passed in the Lok Sabha amid farmers' protests and opposition walk-outs, will be taken up in the Rajya Sabha on Sunday.
China disregards bilateral agreements: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Ladakh standoff
Sep 17, 2020, at 07:32 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said China disregards bilateral agreements while speaking on the ongoing border standoff between the two Asian giants in Ladakh, media reports said.
Ex-PM Manmohan Singh among 14 RS MPs on leave over health issues
Sep 16, 2020, at 10:24 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram are among 14 Rajya Sabha Members of Parliament granted leave over health issues.
Parliament: Congress, TMC corner Narendra Modi government over Covid-19 handling
Sep 16, 2020, at 07:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress and Trinamool Congress, the two largest opposition parties in the country, on Wednesday attempted to corner the Narendra Modi government over its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Parliament's upper house, Rajya Sabha.
Sep 15, 2020, at 04:28 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Opposition parliamentarian Jaya Bachchan on Tuesday slammed actor-turned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Kishan who on the opening day of Parliament's monsoon session said "drug addiction is in the film industry too".
Opposition attacks BJP government over its 'No Question Hour' move in Parliament
Sep 02, 2020, at 06:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Several opposition parties have slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre after the ruling dispensation decided to cancel the "Question Hour" in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament amid Covid-19.
Bypoll to Uttar Pradesh RS seat on Sep 11 due to death of Amar Singh
Aug 21, 2020, at 08:27 pm
Lucknow/UNI: The Election Commission on Friday announced by-election for one Rajya Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh on Sept11 which fell vacant after the death of Samajwadi Party member Amar Singh last month.
Aug 17, 2020, at 06:24 pm
New Delhi/UNI The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has been working overtime to ensure full preparedness to hold the Monsoon Session of Parliament in compliance with social distancing norms amid the Covid 19 pandemic.
UP: BJP candidate Jai Prakash Nishad files nomination paper for Rajya Sabha bypolls
Aug 13, 2020, at 07:26 pm
Lucknow/UNI: BJP candidate Jai Prakash Nishad on Thursday filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha by-election slated to be held on Aug 24.
Stay updated with latest policies: PM Modi's advise to newly elected RS MPs
Jul 23, 2020, at 05:48 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday interacted with the 18 newly-sworn in Rajya Sabha MPs from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at his residence and asked them to be updated with latest policy issues.
Venkaiah Naidu administers oath to 45 newly-elected Rajya Sabha MPs
Jul 22, 2020, at 07:08 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday administered the oath to 45 out of 61 newly-elected members of the Rajya Sabha in the Chamber of the House.
Shibu Soren and Deepak Prakash win Rajya Sabha polls from Jharkhand
Jun 20, 2020, at 12:23 am
Ranchi/UNI: Three time former Jharkhand chief minister and JMM supremo Shibu Soren and state BJP president Deepak Prakash won the Rajya Sabha elections from Jharkhand on Friday.
Jyotiraditya, Diggy and Solanki elected to RS from MP
Jun 19, 2020, at 11:50 pm
Bhopal/UNI: BJP candidates Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sumer Singh Solanki and Congress candidate Digvijaya Singh were declared elected to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh on Friday.
NPP nominee Dr. Kharlukhi elected as RS member from Meghalaya
Jun 19, 2020, at 11:07 pm
Shillong/UNI: National People’s Party (NPP) candidate Dr. Wanwei Roy Kharlukhi was on Friday elected as the Rajya Sabha member from Meghalaya defeating his Congress rival, Kennedy Khyriem by 20 votes.
Polling for 19 Rajya Sabha seats underway, BJP eyes majority in upper house
Jun 19, 2020, at 11:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The crucial polls for 19 seats in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, are currently underway on Friday.
HD Deve Gowda back in Parliament as all Karnataka Rajya Sabha candidates elected unopposed
Jun 13, 2020, at 11:37 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda will be back in Parliament as he along with three other candidates from Karnataka for the Rajya Sabha polls were elected unopposed last evening.
Jun 11, 2020, at 06:07 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has accused the BJP of luring Congress and independent MLAs with Rs 25 crore each in a bid to destabilise the ruling government of the state, said media reports.
Ahead of Rajya Sabha polls, two Gujarat Congress MLAs resign
Jun 04, 2020, at 05:36 pm
Gandhinagar/IBNS: In a jolt to the grand old party ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls scheduled to be held on Jun 19, two Gujarat Congress MLAs resigned on Thursday making it tough for the outfit to win a second seat in the upper house from the western state, media reports said.
LS may convene in Central Hall, RS in LS chamber
Jun 03, 2020, at 12:42 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Social distancing, being followed in India with some other countries post Covid-19, is likely to be 'experienced' during the Monsoon session of Parliament-expected to be convened in July.
Rajya Sabha Secreteriat partially resumes functioning on 27th day of lockdown
Apr 20, 2020, at 08:06 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Rajya Sabha Secretariat on Monday partially resumed functioning on the 27th day of the nationwide lockdown amidst necessary safeguards against the spread of coronavirus as partial relaxations came into effect with the Secretary-General firming up the work agenda for the lockdown period.
Rajya Sabha elections deferred over Coronavirus outbreak
Mar 24, 2020, at 12:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The elections to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament, have been postponed over the outbreak of the deadly Novel Coronavirus.
Former PM Manmohan Singh seeks leave from RS citing ill health
Mar 23, 2020, at 04:23 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Monday sought leave from the Rajya Sabha citing ill health.
Mar 19, 2020, at 01:57 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the sloganeering by the Opposition, mainly Congress, and a barrage of criticisms from the field of judiciary, former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Thursday took oath as the Rajya Sabha MP becoming the third Supreme Court judge to enter the upper house of Parliament.
Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi takes oath as Rajya Sabha MP
Mar 19, 2020, at 11:12 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Four months after retiring, former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Thursday took oath as the Rajya Sabha MP here.
AIADMK, DMK nominees elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu
Mar 18, 2020, at 04:46 pm
Chennai/UNI: Three candidates each from the ruling AIADMK and the Opposition DMK were today declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from the Tamil Nadu Assembly.
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid Congress uproar
Mar 18, 2020, at 01:29 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The proceedings of the Rajya Sabha were adjourned till 2 pm on Wednesday following an uproar by the Congress Members over the alleged detention of its sitting member by a state police.
Supreme Court's prestige, dignity not enhanced during former CJI Ranjan Gogoi's tenure: Tarun Gogoi
Mar 18, 2020, at 11:01 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Former Assam Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Tarun Gogoi said the prestige and dignity of the Supreme Court didn't enhance during the tenure of former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi.
Mar 12, 2020, at 09:24 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday reiterated that scientific methods will be used to identify the culprits of Delhi violence and assured that the perpetrators of riots will be punished regardless of their political affiliations or religion.
BJP names Jyotiraditya Scindia as Rajya Sabha candidate
Mar 11, 2020, at 06:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after Jyotiraditya Scindia joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, the ruling outfit named him as their Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.