Rajya Sabha
- India
Parliament rejects Oppn bid to remove chief poll commissioner, gives no reason
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday, April 6, rejected the impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, with no reasons cited for…
- India
New Rajya Sabha members take oath
New Delhi: NCP-SCP leader Sharad Pawar and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale were among 19 new Rajya Sabha members who took oath here on Monday, April 6. The oath was taken in the…
- India
Raghav Chadha deleted X posts critical of Modi, BJP: Delhi AAP chief
New Delhi: Delhi AAP chief Saurabh Bharadwaj on Saturday, April 4, claimed that party MP Raghav Chadha has deleted his earlier posts on X that were critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
- India
‘Silenced, not defeated’: Raghav Chadha reacts as AAP moves to remove him from RS
New Delhi: AAP MP Raghav Chadha on Friday, March 3, said he has been “silenced, not defeated”, a day after being removed as the party’s deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha. He…
- Telangana
Telangana railway projects pending despite clearances: Renuka Chowdhury
New Delhi: Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury on Thursday, April 2, said several railway projects are pending in Telangana despite clearances, completion of surveys, and submission of detailed project reports. Raising the issue…
- India
AAP seeks Raghav Chadha’s removal, asks to bar him from speaking in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has written to the Rajya Sabha secretariat seeking the removal of its MP Raghav Chadha as the party’s deputy leader in the House, and has…
- India
Nitish Kumar likely to take oath as Rajya Sabha member on April 10
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to take oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on April 10, according to sources from the Chief Minister’s residence. He is likely…
- Kolkata
‘Shocking overreach by govt’: TMC’s Sagarika Ghose on FCRA Amendment Bill
New Delhi: The FCRA Amendment Bill is a “shocking government overreach”, and not a “regulation”, but “control”, TMC Rajya Sabha deputy leader Sagarika Ghose said on Tuesday. In a post on X,…
- India
No proposal of imposing lockdown in India: FM Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday, March 27, said there is no proposal to impose a lockdown in India in the wake of the West Asia war, and asked politicians…
- India
Parliament passes Bill to amend law on transgender persons protection, rights
New Delhi: Parliament on Wednesday, March 25, passed a Bill to amend a law on protection and rights of transgender persons that proposes excluding social orientations from the ambit of the statute, with…
- India
Activists condemn transgender bill passage in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: Activists on Wednesday termed the passage of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, in the Lok Sabha a “black day” for the community, saying that the government…
- India
Nitish Kumar set to be elected JD (U) president
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is set to be elected as JD (U) president unopposed on Tuesday, March 24, with no other candidate filing nomination for the party’s top post.…
- Telangana
Airports not feasible at Telangana’s Palvancha, Basantnagar: Union min tells RS
Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol has informed the Rajya Sabha that constructing airports at Palvancha in Bhadradri Kothagudem district and Basantnagar near Ramagundam is not feasible. Responding on…
- India
PM Modi to speak on West Asia conflict in Rajya Sabha today
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday about the various aspects of the ongoing West Asia conflict and India’s strategy. His address in the Rajya…
- India
Kharge bids farewell to Rajya Sabha retirees, calls for rule review
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday, March 18, bid farewell to retiring members and called for a review of the rules of procedure and conduct…