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- Anand Sharma, Jethmalani file papers for Rajya Sabha poll
Jaipur, June 7: Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma and noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani were among the six contestants who filed their nomination papers for the biennial Rajya Sabha electio....
- Jairam Ramesh, five others elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha
Hyderabad, June 7: Union Minister of State for Environment Jairam Ramesh, former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Nedurumalli Janardhan Reddy and four others were today elected unopposed to Rajya ....
- Oscar Fernandes files Rajya Sabha nomination papers
Bangalore, June 5: Senior Congress leader Oscar Fernandes today filed his nomination papers for the June 17 Rajya Sabha polls for four seats from Karnataka and said a decision on whether to fie....
- Soni in Congress list of six for Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, June 4: The Congress today announced six names for the coming elections to the Rajya Sabha, with Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni renominated from Punjab.
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- Satish Sharma files nomination for Rajya Sabha polls
Lucknow, June 2: Former union minister Satish Sharma today filed his nomination papers for the forthcoming biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.
Known as former pr....
- Satish Sharma gets Congress ticket for Rajya Sabha polls
New Delhi, May 31: The Congress today announced nomination of Captain Satish Sharma for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh.
"Sonia Gandhi has approved the name ....
- Rajya Sabha mandate a Congress priority
New Delhi, May 30: Two months after Congress chief Sonia Gandhi was re-appointed its president, the National Advisory Council (NAC) is yet to get its members. And it may still take a few weeks ....
- Withdraw from Rajya Sabha polls: Sonia tells Chiranjeevi
New Delhi, May 29: Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) chief Chiranjeevi today sought two days time from Congress president Sonia Gandhi on her request that his party refrain from contesting the upcoming ....
- Jaya Bachchan turns down Rajya Sabha nomination
Lucknow, May 28: Actress-politician Jaya Bachchan has turned down the Rajya Sabha nomination offered to her by the Samajwadi Party, party leaders here said today.
Bachchan, who was re....
- 'Fernandes was assisted in taking Rajya Sabha oath'
New Delhi, May 21: A Right to Information (RTI) response has revealed that former defence minister George Fernandes, who is suffering from Alzheimer's, had symptoms of physical disability e....
- Rajya Sabha members accuse Gill of misinforming IOC
New Delhi, May 19: Contradicting claims made by Sports Minister M.S.Gill, Rajya Sabha members today said they never asked the ministry to limit the tenures of the office bearers of the Indian O....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die
New Delhi, May 7: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die today at the end of the budget session of parliament that started on February 22.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari adjourned ....
- Raja's 'lobbying' for cabinet berth disrupts Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, May 6: A media report suggesting that Communications Minister A. Raja had lobbied with a power broker for a cabinet berth rocked the Rajya Sabha today, forcing a brief adjournment of....
- Rajya Sabha clears way for Tamil Nadu legislative council
New Delhi, May 5: The Rajya Sabha today approved a bill for creating a legislative council in Tamil Nadu with members from AIADMK and the Left parties opposing the move.
The Tamil Nad....
- Aiyar expresses regret for remarks in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, May 5: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar today expressed regret over his remarks against Arun Jaitley, the leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, that caused disruptions in the ho....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned over 2G spectrum scam
New Delhi, May 3: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice today as opposition members demanded that Telecom Minister A. Raja be dismissed over the alleged irregularities in the allocation of 2G spe....
- Sugar prices, withdrawal of MPs quota spark anger in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, April 30: The high prices of sugar and the withdrawal of a quota for MPs in central schools sparked anger among opposition members in the Rajya Sabha today but failed to move the gov....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned over remarks against Ambedkar
New Delhi, April 30: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice today over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's alleged "unwarranted remarks" against Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar, after a Co....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned over Tytler acquittal
New Delhi, April 29: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 p.m. today with angry Akali Dal members protesting against the acquittal of Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots ca....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned over PR firm owner's phone tapping
New Delhi, April 28: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned today over the alleged phone tapping of a public relations firm owner on the allocation of 2G telecom spectrum.
The trouble erupted ....
- We're through: Pawan Kumar Bansal
New Delhi, April 27: "We're through", a confident Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal asserted today ahead of the cut motions to be moved by the opposition on the fuel....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned over price rise, IPL
New Delhi, April 27: The Rajya Sabha adjourned today as angry opposition members protested against the spiralling prices of essential commodities and the IPL controversy.
The trouble ....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned over phone tapping issue
New Delhi, April 26: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned today with opposition members protesting against reports of the government tapping phones of politicians.
Trouble erupted soon after....
- Jinnah, Savarkar equally responsible for partition: Aiyar
New Delhi, April 24: Rajya Sabha MP Mani Shankar Aiyar today held Pakistan's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Vinayak Damodar 'Veer' Savarkar....
- Mamata Banerjee enlivens Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, April 23: Laced with dollops of humour, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's command performance enlivened the Rajya Sabha today and almost turned question hour into a discussion o....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned over IPL row
New Delhi, April 23: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned today over the opposition's demand for a parliamentary probe into the Indian Premier League (IPL) row and the alleged involvement of polit....
- Alagiri absence now rocks Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, April 23: A day after the issue disrupted the Lok Sabha, the absence of Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister M.K. Alagiri rocked the Rajya Sabha today when he failed to show up during ....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned after member's death
New Delhi, April 21: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned today following the death of its member Krishan Lal Valmiki of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
As soon as the house assembled, Cha....
- Verbal byplay enlivens Rajya Sabha proceedings
New Delhi, April 20: An apparently unsavoury remark briefly enlivened proceedings in the Rajya Sabha today with a Congress member engaging a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP in a verbal duel til....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned over Tharoor IPL row
New Delhi, April 16: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned today over the opposition demanding a debate on the IPL row involving Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor.
As soon....
- Rajya Sabha pays homage to Chhattisgarh martyrs, adjourned again
New Delhi, April 15: Rajya Sabha MPs stood in silence for two minutes to pay homage to the 76 security men killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh before being adjourned for the second time till 2 p.....
- Over 50 percent Rajya Sabha members are crorepatis
Bhopal: More than half of the Rajya Sabha members are crorepatis (multi-millionaires) and 17 percent are facing criminal charges according to their own declarations in their affidavits, says Na....
- 37 Rajya Sabha members have criminal background: Study
New Delhi: As many as 17 percent of Rajya Sabha members have criminal cases pending against them with the Congress party having the highest number of tainted parliamentarians in the upper house....
- Campaign in support of Jogi's son for Rajya Sabha
Raipur: Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi's loyalists in the Congress have launched a campaign so that the party nominates his son Amit Jogi as candidate for the Rajya Sabha from....
- Rajya Sabha panel to examine rules to protect women
New Delhi: In view of rising cases of domestic violence against women, a parliamentary committee is examining the rules framed to implement a law to protect women from such violence and has inv....
- Polling for two Rajya Sabha seats begins in Assam
Guwahati: Voting for two Rajya Sabha seats in Assam began today amid charges and counter-charges of horse-trading, even as the ruling Congress claims it will win both the seats with at least 11....
- Assam opposition divided before Rajya Sabha polls
Guwahati: The ruling Congress in Assam has kept the opposition on tenterhooks over Friday's Rajya Sabha polls, with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) suspending a legislator who has vowed to vot....
- Government yet to move on women's bill talks
New Delhi: The government is yet to initiate discussions with "all concerned" on the women's reservation bill, cleared by the Rajya Sabha and slated to be presented in the Lok Sabha....
- Aiyar, Javed Akhtar nominated to Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Former union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar and lyricist Javed Akhtar were among five people nominated to the Rajya Sabha today by President Pratibha Patil.
The three others n....
- CPI-M's Jharna Das elected to Rajya Sabha
Agartala: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) led-Left Front nominee Jharna Das (Baidya) was today elected to the Rajya Sabha unopposed.
"As 50-year-old Das was the only cand....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned till April 12
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned today for the inter-session recess and will meet again on April 12 for the remaining part of the budget session.
Deputy Chairman K. Rahman Kha....
- Rajya Sabha will not sit on March 17 and 18
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha would not meet on Wednesday and Thursday and was likely to be adjourned today itself for a recess till April 12.
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman K. Rahman Khan ....
- Chairman, PM bid farewell to retiring Rajya Sabha members
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari today led the house in bidding farewell to 13 members whose term is ending on April 2.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of Opposition....
- Antony files nomination for Rajya Sabha polls
Thiruvananthapuram: Defence Minister A.K. Antony today filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections.
Antony, a three-time chief minister of the state, is contesting the Rajya Sa....
- Rajya Sabha revokes suspension of four SP MPs
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha today revoked the suspension of four Samajwadi Party (SP) members, amongst the seven MPs against whom action was taken for their unruly behaviour before the debate on....
- CPI-M fields young faces for Rajya Sabha polls
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) today named Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan's political secretary K.N. Balagopal and professor T.N. Seema,....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned twice over MPs' suspensions
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice today following persistent demands from opposition MPs for revoking the suspension of seven members who had been physically evicted from the house....
- Ansari wins praise for handling Rajya Sabha ruckus
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari, a relative newcomer to politics, won praise from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and others for the manner in which he controlled the ruckus in the R....
- Seven MPs suspended from Rajya Sabha for the remaining session
New Delhi: Furious at the continuous disruptions over the women's reservation bill, Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari today suspended seven MPs for the remaining part of the session and adj....
- Women's quota bill put to vote in Rajya Sabha without debate
New Delhi: India's upper house of parliament, Rajya Sabha, today put to vote the women's quota bill reserving a third of seats in parliament and state assemblies for women amid vocal ac....
- Jaitley rues 'shameful incidents' in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: The BJP "unequivocally" supported the women's reservation bill, party MP Arun Jaitley said in the Rajya Sabha today, but added that the privilege of supporting it had bee....
- Suspended MPs squat inside Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned again when the seven MPs who had been suspended earlier today for unruly behaviour continued to squat on the floor and effusively greeted vice chairman ....
- PM's electronic voting panel in Rajya Sabha fails
New Delhi: There was much amusement in the Rajya Sabha today as the electronic panel on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's desk failed during voting on the Women's Reservation Bill and he ....
- PM calls Ansari to express regret at 'unruly behaviour'
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari to express regret at the "unruly behaviour" of some MPs who had torn the women's reservation ....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned over women's reservation issue
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the second successive day today as a handful of opposition members noisily voiced their protest against the women's reservation bill.
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- BJP, CPI-M welcome suspension of MPs
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India -Marxist (CPI-M) welcomed Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari's decision to suspend seven MPs disrupting the house....
- Rajya Sabha defers voting on women's bill
New Delhi: The Rayja Sabha today deferred voting on the Women's Reservation Bill after supporting opposition parties insisted on a debate before it is put to vote.
After repeated ....
- More marshals deployed in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Additional marshals were deployed in the Rajya Sabha today after members opposed to the women's reservation bill tried to snatch papers from Chairman Hamid Ansari.
When....
- Potato prices generate heat in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: The falling prices of potatoes generated much heat in the Rajya Sabha today with the opposition saying not enough was being done to protect the interests of farmers and the governmen....
- Antony's Rajya Sabha election in doubt as IUML eyes seat
New Delhi: Defence Minister A.K. Antony's re-election to the Rajya Sabha from his home state Kerala is in doubt as the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), a Congress ally, wants the seat for....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned over fuel price hike
New Delhi: The uproar on hike in fuel prices today forced the adjournment of Rajya Sabha with the opposition led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanding that the hike be rolled back.
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- Election to Himachal Rajya Sabha seat next month
Shimla: The election to one of the three Rajya Sabha seats from Himachal Pradesh would be held next month with union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma completing his term, an official....
- Rajya Sabha again adjourned over price rise
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the second successive day today with the opposition demanding a discussion on rising prices of essential commodities under a rule that requires voti....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned over price rise
New Delhi: An angry opposition today forced the adjournment of the Rajya Sabha on the price rise issue, saying it should be discussed as a "substantial motion".
As soon as the....
- BJP names Rajya Sabha candidate for Gujarat seat
Gandhinagar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named Pravin Naik, former Surat unit president, as its candidate for a Rajya Sabha seat from Gujarat. He will file his nomination papers here o....
- Rajya Sabha forms panel to probe charges against Dinakaran
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha today announced formation of a three-member judicial panel headed by Justice V.S. Sirpurkar of the Supreme Court to probe the allegations of land grabbing against Kar....
- Chidambaram, Congress MPs applaud BJP member in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha today witnessed the rare site of Congress ministers and MPs applauding a suggestion by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member on improving the country's civil defe....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned following death of BJP MP
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day today following the death of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP S. Acharya. Acharya, 80, had been ailing for some time and died at 1.45 a.m. to....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned over price rise
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice today, over the issue of Telangana and shooting prices of essential commodities.
As soon as the house assembled at 11 a.m., Telugu Desha....
- Headley saga figures in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-American terror suspect charged with scouting targets for the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, figured in the Rajya Sabha today with the CPI-M demand....
- Shady characters should not become judges: Law minister
New Delhi: Stating that people with a "shady character" should not become judges, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said today the government would introduce legislation in parliament to t....
- Can minister speak in Rajya Sabha without being its member?
New Delhi: A discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the Liberhan Commission's report suddenly came alive at its fag end today with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) objecting to a junior minister ....
- Telangana issue again rocks Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: The Telangana issue briefly rocked the Rajya Sabha today with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members objecting to Home Minister P. Chidambaram making a statement on the creation of a s....
- BJP forces Rajya Sabha adjournment on Telangana issue
New Delhi: Saying that the condition of fasting Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leader K. Chandrasekhara Rao was "very, very serious", BJP MPs in the Rajya Sabhya today vociferously dema....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned over reservation report
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned today after angry opposition members demanded the tabling of a report on reservations in jobs for Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians.
The trou....
- Opposition walks out of Rajya Sabha on climate change
New Delhi: The opposition today walked out of the Rajya Sabha protesting what it termed "the turnaround" in India's stance on climate change, even as the government sought to assure....
- Uproar in Rajya Sabha over rising prices
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha today witnessed noisy scenes over rising prices of essential commodities, infuriating Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
As the house convened, Congress mem....
- Left protests lead to Rajya Sabha adjournments
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice today over a central government team being sent to study the law and order situation in West Bengal.
The trouble began immediately after....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned over Bundelkhand ruckus
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned today morning when a question on what the government was doing in the four 'bimaru' states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned again over Koda scam
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till noon today over demands from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that the Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam allegedly involving former Jharkhand ch....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned over Misra panel report on reservations
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for a while today over demands that the Ranganath Misra Commission report on reservation for Dalits and Muslims be tabled in parliament.
Ali A....
- I must be foolish to leak report: Chidambaram
New Delhi: He would be "very foolish" to leak the Liberhan Commission probe into the Babri Masjid demolition and "embarrass" himself, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said in the Ra....
- Rajya Sabha adjourned again over Liberhan report
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the second time today over demands for the tabling of the report of the Liberhan Commission that probed the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition.
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- Ajay Chautala resigns from Rajya Sabha
Chandigarh: Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) secretary general Ajay Singh Chautala resigned his membership of the Rajya Sabha today.
Chautala, elder son of INLD leader and former chief ....
- Rajya Sabha website inaccessible to visually impaired: NGO
New Delhi: The newly launched website of the Rajya Sabha has several glitches which make it difficult for the visually impaired to access information posted on it, an NGO said today.
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- MP brides' virginity tests heat up Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: The virginity tests conducted on brides before a mass wedding in Madhya Pradesh generated much heat in the Rajya Sabha today - not so much because they were conducted at all but for ....
- Sukhoi Su-30 jet crash raises heat in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: The crash of an Indian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30 combat jet in Rajasthan this April, the first accident involving the plane since it was inducted 12 years ago, generated much heat in th....
- Administrative glitch forces Rajya Sabha adjournment
New Delhi: An administrative glitch forced a 10-minute adjournment of the Rajya Sabha today after AIADMK members took umbrage over the manner in which their notice for a discussion on last we....
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