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Polls to 55 RS seats from 17 states on March 26
Updated : 6 years, 4 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.
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Manmohan Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad not to attend President's dinner
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 24 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad will not be attending the dinner hosted by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here in honour of US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, said
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Trump wishes to show off his popularity in the world through India visit,
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 24 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP KTS Tulsi on Monday said that US President Donald Trump is visiting India to apparently show off to his people that as many as three million people welcomed him in India, in a mark of his global popularity.
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AAP rules out any alliance for upcoming BMC polls
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 21 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Friday said that the AAP would contest the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections on its own.
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RS Panel's suggestion of barring vote of MPs who rush to Well is undemocra
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Responding to reports that a panel formed to review House rules has suggested that lawmakers who will rush to the Well of the Rajya Sabha will be barred from voting on Bills, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Gupta on Thursday said this is undemocratic and that he do
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Those attempting to create divisions in India will themselves get divided:
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said people who coming from outside and hoping to create divisions in the country will themselves get divided.
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India did not grow fast enough till 1990s due to Nehru's policy: Subramani
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 19 (ANI): BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said that the Indian economy did not grow fast enough after Independence due to Jawaharlal Nehru's insistence on adopting the Soviet economic model.
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No discussion yet with Sonia Gandhi on nomination of Priyanka Gandhi to Ra
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 19 (ANI): No discussion has taken place with Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi regarding the nomination of party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to Rajya Sabha, AICC general secretary Avinash Pande on Wednesday said.
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Cong-ruling states willing to send Priyanka Gandhi to Rajya Sabha as MP: A
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 19 (ANI): Congress leader Avinash Pandey on Wednesday said that all Congress-ruling states including Rajasthan are willing to send party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi to Rajya Sabha as an MP.
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DMK MP compares media houses to Mumbai's red-light area
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 17 (ANI): DMK Rajya Sabha MP RS Bharathi on Monday compared media houses and TV news channel studios to Mumbai's red light area, and accused them of running unimportant debates.
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MP Congress wants Priyanka Gandhi to be sent to Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 17 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh unit of Congress has demanded that party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi be sent to the Upper House of the Parliament from the State.
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Kejriwal's model of development should reach pan India, says AAP MP Sushil
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 17 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Gupta said here on Monday that the pan India expansion of the party is required for the development of the nation on the lines of "Kejriwal's model".
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