8 newly-elected MPs take oath as Rajya Sabha membersEight newly-elected Rajya Sabha MPs, including Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and BJP leader Tarun Chugh, took their oaths on Monday. Ra...
29 Jun, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
Bangladesh envoy Dinesh Trivedi gets Union Cabinet-rank statusDinesh Trivedi, India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh, has been granted a status equivalent to a Union Cabinet minister. This elevation u...
25 Jun, 2026, 05.35 PM IST
MoS George Kurian's resignation fuels Cabinet rejig buzzUnion Minister of State for Minority Affairs George Kurian has resigned, sparking speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle. His Rajya Sabha term ...
24 Jun, 2026, 12.57 AM IST
Karnataka BJP leaders brief Nitin Nabin on MLC poll cross-voting, party yet to identify rebel MLAsKarnataka BJP leaders met the party's national president in Delhi to discuss cross-voting in the recent legislative council elections. A th...
24 Jun, 2026, 12.25 AM IST
Congress MP Mukul Wasnik succeeds Digvijaya Singh as chair of key parliamentary panelCongress MP Mukul Wasnik has taken over as the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sp...
24 Jun, 2026, 12.01 AM IST
Maharashtra MLC polls: Rebel nominee defeats Sena in Nashik, BJP wins in Nanded, Chhatrapati SambhajinagarRebel BJP candidate Gokul Gite secured a surprise victory in the Nashik legislative council polls, defeating the ruling Shiv Sena nominee. ...
22 Jun, 2026, 04.08 PM IST
Rift widens in ruling INDIA bloc after Cong nominee's defeat in RS polls: BJPThe BJP stated the ruling alliance in Jharkhand is fractured after a Congress defeat in Rajya Sabha polls. Cross-voting led to an NDA-suppo...
19 Jun, 2026, 01.16 PM IST
Jharkhand Rajya Sabha polls: RJD claims all four MLAs voted for INDIA bloc candidateReports of cross-voting emerged from Jharkhand Rajya Sabha elections. The RJD stated all its four MLAs voted for the INDIA bloc candidate P...
19 Jun, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
Need to think seriously about this "betrayal": Congress' Rajesh Thakur after Pranav Jha's loss in Rajya Sabha elections in Jharkhand"We had 26 votes, and we got 21 votes, with one vote invalid. In our alliance, 16 votes were ours, four were from JMM, four were from RJD, ...
19 Jun, 2026, 10.26 AM IST
Cross-voting helps Nathwani defeat Congress' Pranav Jha in Jharkhand Rajya Sabha electionsParimal Nathwani, an Independent candidate backed by the NDA, secured a surprise victory in the Jharkhand Rajya Sabha election. He defeated...
19 Jun, 2026, 12.22 AM IST
ZPM's Laltluangkima elected Mizoram's lone Rajya Sabha memberK. Laltluangkima of the Zoram People's Movement has been elected as Mizoram's sole Rajya Sabha member. He secured a decisive victory over h...
18 Jun, 2026, 08.53 PM IST
Jharkhand Rajya Sabha poll NDA moves MLAs to hotel; INDIA Bloc meets at CM houseWith the Rajya Sabha elections looming on June 18, political parties in Jharkhand are strategically securing their MLAs. In a bid to stave ...
17 Jun, 2026, 12.49 AM IST
Congress holds 'Satyagraha' protest at Jantar Mantar against ECI over Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination rejectionCongress workers staged a Satyagraha protest at Jantar Mantar. They are opposing the Election Commission of India's decision to reject Meen...
12 Jun, 2026, 01.43 PM IST
SC points Congress' Meenakshi Natarajan to EC remedy in nomination disputeThe Supreme Court has indicated it generally does not intervene in rejected nomination cases before elections. Candidates usually seek reme...
12 Jun, 2026, 01.13 PM IST
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, three others elected to Rajya Sabha from KarnatakaFour candidates have been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka. AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge and two other Congress lea...
11 Jun, 2026, 07.14 PM IST
All four BJP candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from GujaratFour Bharatiya Janata Party candidates have been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. The main opposition Congress did not fi...
11 Jun, 2026, 06.26 PM IST
BJP's Satish Poonia, Alka Gurjar, Cong's Neeraj Dangi elected unopposed to RS from RajasthanThree candidates have been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. Satish Poonia and Alka Gurjar from the BJP, and Neeraj Dang...
11 Jun, 2026, 04.24 PM IST