India-South Korea shipbuilding collaboration to receive mega boost from Presidential visit next weekSouth Korean President Lee Jae Myung visits India from April 19-21. The visit prioritizes shipbuilding, especially LNG tankers, under the '...
16 Apr, 2026, 07.21 PM IST
BJD suspends 6 MLAs for cross-voting in RS polls, to seek disqualification from Odisha AssemblyThe BJD has suspended six MLAs for cross-voting in the recent Rajya Sabha elections. This action follows a party meeting where the decision...
21 Mar, 2026, 10.02 PM IST
After two additional seats, NDA just four short of attaining Rajya Sabha majority mark of 121The BJP has secured victory in 30 out of 56 Rajya Sabha seats set to become vacant in April, with 20 uncontested wins and 10 through Tuesda...
28 Feb, 2024, 12.57 PM IST
RS election in Karnataka: Will there be cross-voting?The Rajya Sabha election scene in Karnataka heated up after the BJP-JD(S) combine fielded its second candidate (Kupendra Reddy), even thoug...
26 Feb, 2024, 09.47 PM IST
EC announces biennial Rajya Sabha elections for 56 seats on February 27Biennial elections for 56 Rajya Sabha seats in 15 states are scheduled for February 27, with the retirement of 50 members on April 2 and si...
29 Jan, 2024, 07.27 PM IST
Bypolls to RS seats in Kerala, West Bengal on Nov 29Bypolls to one Rajya Sabha seat each from Kerala and West Bengal will be held on November 29, the Election Commission said on Sunday. The b...
31 Oct, 2021, 02.55 PM IST
Election for 3 Rajya Sabha Kerala seats falling vacant on June 21The election would be held on June 21 for which the notification would be issued on June 4, the poll panel said.
30 May, 2018, 02.01 PM IST
AIMIM to support TRS in Telangana in biennial elections to RSIn the 119-member Legislative Assembly, the party-wise strength is: TRS-82, INC-19, MIM-7, BJP-5, TDP-3, Independent-1, CPI(M)-1 and CPI-1.
10 Mar, 2018, 07.00 PM IST
Gujarat Election Result: Narrow win to cost BJP two Rajya Sabha seatsFour of the party’s Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat will retire on April 2, 2018. Having bagged 99 assembly seats, the party will be able ...
19 Dec, 2017, 10.50 AM IST
Andhra Pradesh: TDP bags all 9 council seats after win in Kadapa, Kurnool and SPS NelloreThe biggest shock for the YSRC came today in its stronghold Kadapa where its candidate Y S Vivekananda Reddy was defeated by TDP's B Ravi b...
20 Mar, 2017, 01.56 PM IST
Outcome of state polls will alter Rajya Sabha arithmetic in 2018The year will see nine more vacancies in August — three from Gujarat and six from West Bengal. But, these vacancies will not have much of a...
05 Jan, 2017, 06.56 AM IST
Piyush Goyal, P Chidambaram elected to Rajya Sabha from MaharashtraUnion Power Minister Piyush Goyal and senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram were today elected to Rajya Sabha fr...
03 Jun, 2016, 04.01 PM IST
Rajya Sabha poll: A K Antony, Veerendra Kumar file papersA K Antony and JD(U) state president M P Veerendra Kumar today filed nomination papers as UDF nominees for the biennial Rajya Sabha polls f...
10 Mar, 2016, 02.01 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council poll: TDP, CPI(M) finalise candidatesThe TDP and CPI(M) have finalised their candidates for the biennial election to Krishna-Guntur Teachers' constituency of AP Legislative Cou...
13 Feb, 2015, 11.45 AM IST
RS polls: DMK seeks Congress backing for KanimozhiT R Baalu met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and requested her to support the candidature of Kanimozhi, party supremo M Karunanidhi's daug...
19 Jun, 2013, 03.01 PM IST
- Rajya Sabha poll for filling 3 seats from Kerala, 1 from UP on June 25
Elections to fill up three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala and the by-election for one seat to the Upper House from Uttar Pradesh would be he...
01 Jun, 2012, 05.04 PM IST
- Cong RS tally to dip further
The Congress’ electoral defeat in Karnataka is expected to bring more bad news for the party.
30 May, 2008, 02.23 AM IST