JMM to field candidate for Jharkhand RS seat, Hemant Soren to meet Sonia GandhiTwo seats of Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand will go to the polls as the tenures of Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and BJP MP Mahesh Poddar ...
28 May, 2022, 06.38 PM IST
Allocate Rs 20,000 crore for rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits: AAP MPAam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday asked the government to allocate Rs 20,000 crore for the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits. Dur...
29 Mar, 2022, 05.46 PM IST
No state, UT reported death due to oxygen shortage, govt tells Rajya SabhaThe reply was similar to the one given on July 20. It had triggered a political storm as the Opposition alleged the Centre was trying to hi...
09 Feb, 2022, 06.59 AM IST
Rajya Sabha passes Inland Vessels bill in RS amid dinWhen the House met for the day, RS Chairman Venkaiah Naidu led the members in appreciating the performance of shuttler PV Sindhu who won a ...
02 Aug, 2021, 11.48 PM IST
Pegasus row: TMC MP Santanu Sen snatches statement from IT Minister in Rajya Sabha, tears it into piecesHeated words were exchanged between Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and TMC MP Santanu Sen after the latter snatched a paper from IT Mini...
22 Jul, 2021, 06.06 PM IST
Budget Session: BJP, Congress MPs give Zero Hour noticesWhile giving the Zero Hour Notice in the Upper House, Poddar has demanded to set up headquarters of Steel Research and Technology Mission o...
22 Mar, 2021, 12.02 PM IST
11 Rafale aircraft in India, entire batch expected by April 2022: Defence Minister"11 Rafale aircraft have arrived in India. By this March, India will have 17 Rafale aircraft. By April 2022, all Rafale aircraft (the entir...
08 Feb, 2021, 01.05 PM IST
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to continue as PAC chiefCongress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury will continue as the chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee along with all 30 members...
06 May, 2020, 07.47 AM IST
Vijay Goel demands ban on lottery in countryVijay Goel asserted that lottery is a social evil and poor people suffer.
27 Jun, 2019, 03.47 PM IST
Bill to declare countries as 'sponsor of terrorism' withdrawnThe 'Declaration of Countries as Sponsor of Terrorism Bill', moved by Independent member Rajeev Chandrashekhar, got support from several me...
10 Mar, 2017, 06.49 PM IST
Rebellion hits Congress in Haryana, RK Anand losesSenior Congress leaders Oscar Fernandes and Jairam Ramesh were elected from Karnataka where cross-voting by rebel JD(S) MLAs enabled ruling...
11 Jun, 2016, 09.19 PM IST
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi , Mahesh Poddar win Rajya Sabha seats in JharkhandWhile Naqvi got first preference vote of 2900, the surplus 264 votes went to Poddar making his count 2664 and pushing JMM's Basant Soren to...
11 Jun, 2016, 08.32 PM IST
BJP going all out for winning Rajya Sabha seats; hoping to lure MLAs of rivalsThe party is hoping on the fragile unity of opposition JMM and Congress in Jharkhand to make good of its additional official candidate.
11 Jun, 2016, 02.13 AM IST
BJP using money, muscle power in Jharkhand Rajya Sabha polls: CongressIn Jharkhand, a keen contest is possible where a united opposition can upset the ruling BJP's calculations. But its first candidate Mukhtar...
10 Jun, 2016, 09.37 PM IST
Why seven contests in Saturday’s Rajya Sabha elections promise to be photo-finishesThe dramatic entry of BJP-sponsored Preeti Mahapatra as an independent candidate has made the fight for the eleventh seat interesting in UP.
09 Jun, 2016, 02.37 AM IST
Entry of HNIs raises political stakes for elections to Rajya Sabha; Congress, opposition candidates sweatIn most of the cases, it is BJP, which has lent its tacit support to contestants to queer the pitch of its opponents.
01 Jun, 2016, 06.24 AM IST
BJP fields Suresh Prabhu from Andhra Pradesh; Akbar, Sahasrabuddhe also on Rajya Sabha listOther BJP candidates are Vikas Mahatme from Maharashtra, Shiv Pratap Shukla from Uttar Pradesh and Mahesh Poddar from Jharkhand.
30 May, 2016, 08.22 PM IST