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BJD announces its Rajya Sabha candidates, extends support to BJP candidate
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 21 (ANI): The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced the names of Amar Patnaik and Sasmit Patra as Party's Rajya Sabha candidates while extending support to BJP candidate Ashwani Baishnab.
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Chairman of RS has no authority to approve merger of parties: Jayadev Gall
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party leader Jayadev Galla on Friday said the Rajya Sabah Chairman does not have the authority to approve mergers of parties, remarks that came after dissident TDP MPs claimed they have merged their Legislature Party with BJP.
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Horse trading is bedrock of BJP's expansion: Congress
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI) The Congress on Friday accused the BJP of "engineering defections" in Telugu Desam to "manufacture majority" in the Rajya Sabha and said "horse trading was now the bedrock of BJP's so-called expansion".
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TDP MPs request Naidu to reject merger with BJP
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 21 (ANI): Five Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MPs on Friday met Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu and urged him to reject the claim of four of their dissident members of a merger with BJP.
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India's steel export to US declines by 35 pc: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): India's total steel export to the US has declined by 35 per cent during the financial year 2018-19 after Washington imposed additional tariff of 25 per cent and 10 percent on steel and aluminium respectively on a global basis, the Rajya Sabha was informed on
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Concerned over frequent disruptions, VP Naidu calls for parliamentary refo
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday pitched for parliamentary reforms to find a way to ensure that the bills passed by the Lok Sabha do not lapse in the Upper House with the dissolution of the Lower House.
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Union Minister Paswan files nomination for Rajya Sabha poll
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 21 (ANI): Union Minister and chief of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), Ram Vilas Paswan, filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha as an NDA candidate from Bihar on Friday.
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Union Minister Paswan files nomination for Rajya Sabha poll
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 21 (ANI): Union Minister and chief of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), Ram Vilas Paswan, filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha as an NDA candidatefrom Bihar on Friday.
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Nation-building, YS Chowdary gives reason for joining BJP
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Telugu Desam Rajya Sabha MP Y S Chowdary, who switched sides to BJP on Thursday, defended his action on Friday saying he wants to engage in nation-building exercise.
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Venkaiah Naidu calls for parliamentary reforms
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 21 (ANI) Expressing deep concern over the frequent disruptions and low productivity in Parliament, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday pitched for parliamentary reforms to find a way to ensure that the bills passed by the Lok Sabha do not lapse in the Uppe
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RJD's Manoj Jha gives calling attention notice in RS over outbreak of ence
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 21 (ANI): RJD MP Manoj Jha on Friday gave a calling attention notice in the Rajya Sabha over the issue of deaths due to encephalitis in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district.
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AAP's Sanjay Singh gives zero hour notice in RS over spurt in Delhi crime
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Sanjay Singh, an MP from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday gave a zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha over increasing crime rates in Delhi.
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