Rajya Sabha
- India
Congress extends support to Sharad Pawar for Rajya Sabha polls
Mumbai: The Congress on Wednesday, March 4, declared its support for Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate for Rajya Sabha polls from Maharashtra, where…
- Politics
Athawale, Tawde among BJP’s four Rajya Sabha picks in Maharashtra
Mumbai: The BJP on Wednesday, March 4, announced four candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra, including Union minister Ramdas Athawale and former state minister Vinod Tawde. Besides Athawale and…
- India
BJP chief Nitin Nabin to contest Rajya Sabha polls from Bihar
New Delhi: BJP national president Nitin Nabin was on Tuesday, March 3, nominated as the party’s candidate from Bihar for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has…
- India
DMK finalises seat-sharing pact with two parties
Chennai: The DMK finalised seat-sharing pacts with two smaller parties – the IUML and MMK – allotting two seats each to the parties respectively. The party is in negotiations with the Congress…
- India
Menaka Guruswamy could be India’s 1st LGBTQ MP as TMC nominates her
Senior Supreme Court advocate Menaka Guruswamy has been nominated by the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) as one of its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, a move that could see…
- India
Sharad Pawar suffers from mild dehydration, hospitalised in Pune
Pune: NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar was admitted to a private hospital in Pune on Sunday, February 22, after suffering from mild dehydration, doctors said. The condition of the 85-year-old Rajya Sabha…
- India
AIMIM signals Rajya Sabha bid from Bihar as poll equations heat up
Patna: Following the announcement of Rajya Sabha elections for 37 seats across the country, political mobilisation has intensified in Bihar, with the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) indicating that it may field…
- Telangana
Singhvi, Suresh Reddy’s Rajya Sabha seats in Telangana up for grabs
New Delhi: Biennial polls to 37 Rajya Sabha seats, including two in Telangana, which are falling vacant in April, will be held on March 16, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said…
- Telangana
Telangana sees fourth highest illegal migrations to foreign countries
Hyderabad: Telangana ranked fourth among states with illegal migrations to foreign countries. As per the data presented by the Ministry of External Affairs in the Rajya Sabha, Andhra Pradesh recorded the highest…
- Telangana
Telangana yet to pay Rs 814 cr for 4 railway projects: Centre
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has informed the Rajya Sabha that the Telangana government has yet to deposit Rs 814 crore towards four railway projects being executed under the cost-sharing mechanism, leading…
- India
Kharge seeks restoration of expunged portions of speech, Chairman says no
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday, February 13, raised the issue of large portions of his speech during the debate on the motion of thanks…
- India
Part 1 of stormy Budget Session ends: Parliament to meet again on March 9
New Delhi: The tumultuous first leg of the Budget Session of Parliament, which saw heated exchanges over the India-US interim trade deal and unpublished memoir of former army chief MM Naravane, concluded…
- Telangana
Rs 146.5 cr sanctioned for tourism projects in Telangana under PRASHAD
Hyderabad: The Union government on Thursday, February 5, said that four tourism projects worth Rs 146.50 crore have been sanctioned for Telangana under the PRASHAD scheme. Replying to a question by Congress…
- India
Congress will never be able to dig my grave: PM Modi in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, February 5, launched a scathing attack on the Congress, saying the Opposition party is unable to digest its successive electoral defeats and his rise,…
- India
Took refuge in lies: Rahul slams PM Modi over his Rajya Sabha address
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his address in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, saying he was “so afraid of the truth that…