New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday called the "abolition of states and their conversion into union territories" a far-reaching step and urged the Central government to consult the Rajya Sabha before taking such "drastic" steps.
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the role of Rajya Sabha will not be forgotten when Bills pertaining to Article 370 and Article 35(A) that granted special powers to Jammu and Kashmir were passed in the Upper House of Parliament.
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Underlining that the Rajya Sabha is eternal and never gets dissolved, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the Upper House of the Parliament represents diversity and the importance of the country's federal structure.
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha lawmaker Sanjay Raut on Monday paid tribute to Arun Jaitley on behalf of his party chief Uddhav Thackeray and said that they have learnt about the importance of relations from the BJP stalwart.
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmaker Derek O'Brien went down the memory lane and recalled late BJP leader and former union minister Arun Jaitley's witty sense of humour while paying tributes to him at the Rajya Sabha.
New Delhi [India], Oct 18 (ANI): Paying tributes to Arun Jaitley on the first day of the winter session of the Parliament, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Rajya Sabha lawmaker Tiruchi Siva on Monday recalled the BJP stalwart as 'an ocean of knowledge, a master of vocabulary and a person of integri
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): PDP's Rajya Sabha MPs Nazir Ahmad Laway and Mir Mohammed Fayaz on Monday staged a protest outside Parliament over the issue of abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha on Monday paid rich tributes to Jagannath Mishra, Arun Jaitley, Sukhdev Singh Libra, Ram Jethmalani and Gurudas Dasgupta, who served as lawmakers in the Upper House of the Parliament.
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday paid homage to former finance minister Arun Jaitley in the Rajya Sabha and said that the demise of the BJP stalwart is a loss to the entire country.
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Many key bills, including the Citizenship Bill, are scheduled to be tabled in the Winter Session of the Parliament which begins today.