Search For "rajya sabha members"
Rajya Sabha ethics committee authorises secretariat officials to receive c
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 25 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha Ethics Committee has authorised two officials of the Secretariat to receive complaints of alleged ethical misconduct and violation of code of conduct against members, according to an official release.
Read More
Naidu nominates 65 Rajya Sabha members to various parliament committees, S
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday nominated 65 members to different parliament related standing committees including the new members of the House who took oath on Wednesday.
Read More
3 BJP, 1 Congress leader elected as Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], June 20 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Narhari Amin, Ajay Bhardwaj, Ramilaben Bara, and Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil have been elected as the Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat.
Read More
Naidu lauds RS members for their role in battle against COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said that he is "glad to know that all Rajya Sabha members are playing an active role in the national battle against COVID-19."
Read More
'It's wonderful' ex-CJI Gogoi tells neighbour Sonal Mansingh on his first
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): "It's wonderful" is how former Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi who took oath as a Rajya Sabha member on Thursday described his feeling on being nominated to the upper house to his new neighbour - Sonal Mansingh.
Read More
Polls to 55 RS seats from 17 states on March 26
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 25 (ANI): Biennial elections to the Council of States to fill the seats of 55 Rajya Sabha members from 17 states, retiring in April 2020, will be held on March 26, Election Commission of India stated on Tuesday.
Read More
BJP issues whip to party's Rajya Sabha MPs for Tuesday
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 10 (ANI): The BJP on Monday issued a three-line whip to all its Rajya Sabha members, asking them to be present in the House tomorrow and "support the stand of the government".
Read More
Over 51 Rajya Sabha members to retire in April
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI): More than 51 Members of Rajya Sabha will retire in April 2020, including Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh, veteran NCP leader Sharad Pawar and Union Minister of state for social welfare Ramdas Athawale.
Read More
Opposition MPs question investigative agencies role in cases against Chida
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 6 (ANI): Rajya Sabha members K T S Tulsi and Manoj Jha have questioned the role of the investigative agencies in the action taken against Congress leader P Chidambaram and raised the issue of 'rule of law' in the country.
Read More
Sushama Swaraj greets MPs for supporting resolution on Article 370
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 5 (ANI): Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday greeted Rajya Sabha members who voted in favour of the government's resolution to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution.
Read More
Swamy calls for terminating RS membership of Vaiko over his anti-Hindi com
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has written to Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairperson Venkaiah Naidu urging for the termination of the Rajya Sabha membership of newly elected MDMK Member of Parliament Vaiko, who he claimed had breached the Constitution o
Read More
Amit Shah, RS Prasad, Kanimozhi cease to be Rajya Sabha members
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): BJP president Amit Shah, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and DMK leader Kanimozhi have ceased to be members of Rajya Sabha after their election to the Lower House of Parliament.
Read More