Congress announces six candidates for Rajya Sabha biennial polls, Singhvi renominated from TelanganaThe Congress party has revealed six candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Senior leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi is among those n...
05 Mar, 2026, 09.46 AM IST
Chhattisgarh: Congress renominates tribal leader Phulo Devi Netam for Rajya Sabha pollsChhattisgarh Congress has renominated Phulo Devi Netam for the Rajya Sabha polls. She is an incumbent member. The elections are scheduled f...
05 Mar, 2026, 09.19 AM IST
Chhattisgarh: BJP's Devendra Pratap Singh files nomination for Rajya SabhaDevendra Pratap Singh is a scion of the erstwhile Gond tribal royal family and an active member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. His gre...
14 Feb, 2024, 04.47 PM IST
Rajya Sabha passes bill to include Dhanuhar, Dhanuwar communities in ST listThe Rajya Sabha passed a bill on Tuesday to include Dhanuhar, Dhanuwar, Kisan, Saunra, Saonra and Binjhia communities in the list of Schedu...
25 Jul, 2023, 04.54 PM IST
Chhattisgarh Mahila Congress chief Phulodevi Netam resignsThe development comes nearly a week after Chhattisgarh Congress president Mohan Markam was replaced with Lok Sabha MP Deepak Baij in an org...
18 Jul, 2023, 05.34 PM IST
Chidambaram resigns from his seat in MaharashtraP Chidambaram was allotted one seat by senior ally, the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu. Flanked by senior DMK ministers, Chidambaram filed his no...
16 Jun, 2022, 02.31 PM IST
Congress candidates Rajeev Shukla, Ranjeet Ranjan elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from ChhattisgarhOf the five Rajya Sabha members from Chhattisgarh, the term of two - Chhaya Verma (Congress) and Ramvichar Netam (BJP) - is to expire next ...
03 Jun, 2022, 04.51 PM IST
Wary of cross-voting in Rajya Sabha polls, Congress may take Haryana MLAs to ChhattisgarhThe party legislators arrived at the residence of Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda in Delhi Thursday. However, Adampur legislator Kuldeep Bis...
02 Jun, 2022, 06.54 PM IST
Gandhis can't see beyond their coterie, remarks BJP on Congress' Rajya Sabha nominationsIn-charge of BJP's National Information and Technology Department Amit Malviya tweeted, "The Chintan Shivir clearly didn't serve any purpos...
30 May, 2022, 12.25 PM IST
Discontent brews in Congress after party announces 10 candidates for Rajya Sabha pollsCongress MLA from Sirohi in Rajasthan, Sanyam Lodha has raised the question and said that the party will have to explain why no one was nom...
30 May, 2022, 10.47 AM IST
Top leaders in race as Congress may get 11 Rajya Sabha seats, improve position in Upper HouseOf the 55 vacancies arising in the Rajya Sabha in the next two months, seven Congress members -- Chidambaram (Maharashtra), Ramesh (Karnata...
26 May, 2022, 11.13 AM IST
Congress's K T S Tulsi, Phulo Devi Netam elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from ChhattisgarhThe declaration of the two candidates elected to the Rajya Sabha was made on the last date for withdrawal of nominations. "The deadline for...
18 Mar, 2020, 07.52 PM IST
Can BJP increase its Rajya Sabha tally? Yes & NoIn the Rajya Sabha, the BJP has only 82 members, well short of the 120 required for a simple majority. Though the BJP-led National Democrat...
06 Mar, 2020, 07.35 PM IST
Rajya Sabha polls: Congress fields Akhilesh Prasad Singh from BiharThe Congress had yesterday cleared the names of 10 of its candidates in which it preferred local state leaders over some bigwigs for the up...
12 Mar, 2018, 02.23 PM IST
Chhattisgarh BJP against any association with Ajit Jogi for Rajya Sabha polls“Chhattisgarh chief minister (Raman Singh) did not agree to it,” a senior central BJP leader told ET, referring to the leadership’s move.
04 Jun, 2016, 01.47 AM IST
Ramvichar Netam , Chhaya Verma elected to Rajya Sabha from ChhattisgarhThe deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended this afternoon. "Both have been elected unopposed," said the Assembly's Principal Secretar...
03 Jun, 2016, 08.19 PM IST
Top ministers meet; discuss Maoist attack, land billThe senior ministers discussed further steps to be taken to check the Maoist menace which continues to pose a big challenge for security ag...
12 Apr, 2015, 04.19 PM IST