Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has accepted the resignation of Rajya Sabha member from Odisha, Sujit Kumar following his expulsion from the Biju Janta Dal.
President Droupadi Murmu congratulated Dharambir and Pranav Soorma for clinching medals in the men's club throw F51 final at the ongoing Paris Paralympics.
Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar launched a fresh attack on Rajya Sabha MP and Supreme Court advocate Kapil Sibal on Sunday over his'symptomatic malaise' remarks.
Coming down heavily on Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said that he was pained that someone holding a position in the Supreme Court Bar, a Member of Parliament, can term such acts of violence against women as "a symptomatic malaise".
Captain Gopichand Thotakura, India's first civilian space tourist, called on Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar here on Monday. He travelled to space as part of the crew for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin's New Shephard-25 (NS-25) mission.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar stressed that the imposition of emergency was a sacrilege of Dharma that can not be countenanced, condoned, overlooked or forgotten.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar emphasised the critical role of forensic science in the justice system and said that it is more than just a tool to bring perpetrators to justice.
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, on Friday, extended his warm greetings to countrymen on the maiden National Space Day. Taking on to the social media platform X he said "Greetings to all fellow citizens on the first National Space Day!"
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar offered condolences on the loss of lives in the reactor blast at a pharma company in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Atchutapuram in Andhra Pradesh's Anakapalli on Wednesday. At least 17 were killed and several others sustained burn injuries.