Rajya Sabha
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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…
- Telangana
No central funds for Mission Bhagiratha, which inspired Modi’s Jal Jeevan Mission
Hyderabad: Telangana is yet to receive any assistance for Mission Bhagiratha, the Centre informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday, March 16. Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil was responding to a question…
- India
Rajya Sabha polls: BJP’s Sanjay Bhatia, Congress’s Karamvir Boudh elected
Chandigarh: BJP’s Sanjay Bhatia and Congress party’s Karamvir Singh Boudh have been declared elected to two Rajya Sabha seats in a keenly watched election as developments unfolded over allegations of violation of…
- India
Bihar’s longest-serving CM Nitish Kumar elected to Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Bihar’s longest-serving chief minister Nitish Kumar and new BJP president Nitin Nabin were elected to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar as the ruling NDA swept the elections held in three…
- India
Trinamool stages walkout in RS over EC’s midnight bureaucratic shuffle in Bengal
New Delhi: Following a midnight shuffle of bureaucrats, the tensions between the Trinamool Congress and the Election Commission of India (ECI) escalated with Trinamool MPs staging a day-long walkout from the Rajya…