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JPC on 'One Nation One Election' to meet experts on Aug 11
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Among the experts invited to share their views are Prof. G Gopal Reddy from Miranda House, University of Delhi; Prof. Sushma Yadava of the Central University of Haryana; Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, former Rajya Sabha member; Prof. Sheila Rai of Rashtriya Samaj Vigyan Parishad; and Prof. Nani
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JPC meeting on 'One Nation, One Election' to be held today
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the 'One Nation, One Election' Bill is scheduled to meet on July 30, with noted economist N K Singh set to depose before the panel. Singh is a former Rajya Sabha Member, Chairman of the Fifteenth Finance Commission of India, former Member of the
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Telangana: Congress MLA appeals KCR govt to reinstall Ambedkar's statue re
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 16 (ANI): Senior Congress leader in Telangana and former Rajya Sabha member V Hanumanth Rao on Friday appealed the state government to re-install the statue of BR Ambedkar which was earlier removed by the municipal authority in 2019 in Punjagutta.
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Congress president should be from Gandhi family, says Hanumantha Rao
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 2 (ANI): Ahead of party president elections, Senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao on Thursday stressed that the party chief should be from the Gandhi family.
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Telangana Cong leader files complaint against BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya o
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 22 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha member V Hanumanth Rao on Tuesday filed a complaint against BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya for his remark to employ Agniveers for security at the party office in Begum Bazar Police Station in Hyderab
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Sitaram Yechury says CPI-M only party that releases party's resolution pub
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 7 (ANI): Former Rajya Sabha member and member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sitaram Yechury on Friday stated that CPI-M is the only party that releases party's resolution publicly and aims to strengthen inner-party democracy.
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Rift in Telangana Congress after former Rajya Sabha member turns down disc
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 6 (ANI): Ex-MP Madhu Yashki has condemned former member of Rajya Sabha MA Khan for turning down the post of vice-chairman of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee Disciplinary Committee.
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V Hanumantrao writes to PM, urges lifting of creamy layer policy on OBC r
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 31 (ANI): Former Rajya Sabha member from Telangana and Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao on Friday has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding lifting the creamy layer (socially advanced layer) policy on Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservations.
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RS members to pay for unused rail bookings if no cancellation; multiple re
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): A former Rajya Sabha member made 63 train bookings costing over Rs 1.69 lakh in January last year but availed only seven, sources said, noting that the Rajya Sabha Secretariat has taken cognizance of such large-scale multiple bookings and members have been a
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Journalist, former RS member Patil Puttappa passes away
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Hubli (Karnataka) [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Veteran journalist and former Rajya Sabha member Patil Puttappa breathed his last at the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) hospital in Hubli on Monday.
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Nitish should issue statement rejecting CAA, NPR, NRC, says JD(U) leader P
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI): In testimony to the growing rift between JDU's rank and file, party spokesperson and former Rajya Sabha member Pavan K Varma has demanded the party president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to make a public statement rejecting the 'divisive' CAA, NPR
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Dr Karan Singh requests Vice President not to abandon Parliament building
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 28 (ANI): Former Rajya Sabha member and Congress leader Dr Karan Singh on Monday wrote to Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, requesting him not to consider abandoning the existing Parliament building for a new one.
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