New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): Former President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee and daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee on Thursday were elated at their father being conferred with the highest civilian honour of Bharat Ratna at a grand ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said that after a long time the Upper House witnessed "narrowing of divergence" in terms of Bills passed by both the Houses of Parliament and termed the 249th session as "best" in the last 17 years.
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu Wednesday paid rich tributes to former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who died on Tuesday, and observed two minutes silence as a mark of respect to her memory.
New Delhi (India), August 7 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha was on Wednesday adjourned sine die after witnessing record business during the session with the Upper House passing 32 bills as against 35 in the Lok Sabha.
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid tributes to former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj at her residence in Delhi.
New Delhi (India), Aug 5 (ANI): Presiding officers of both the Houses of Parliament on Monday appealed to the government to expand and modernise the Parliament House to make it the most "magnificent and attractive" by 2022.
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said that a request would be made to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to undertake the modernisation of Parliament house.
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday told the members that from the next session onwards he would not allow anyone in the House to read Zero Hour submissions.
New Delhi (India), July 30 (ANI): The government on Tuesday scored a major victory in the Rajya Sabha on the back of cracks in the opposition when the House passed the triple talaq bill after rejecting the opposition demand to refer it to the select committee and to remove the criminality cl
New Delhi (India), July 29 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday dismissed the Opposition's allegation that the Rajya Sabha was a party in hurriedly passing legislation without proper scrutiny, while stressing the need for the codification of guidelines for the scrutiny of Bills b
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday broke down while making obituary references for former Union Minister S Jaipal Reddy, who passed away on Sunday in Hyderabad.