Search For "rajya sabha"
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party threatens BJP to boycott RS elections
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar. 19 (ANI): The Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief and Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Monday threatened to boycott voting for the upcoming Rajya Sabha (RS) elections, if he is not allowed to speak to BJP president Amit Shah.
Read More
Budget Session: Rajya Sabha adjourned till tomorrow
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 19 (ANI): Rajya Sabha on Monday was adjourned till tomorrow after Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MPs created an uproar over special status to Andhra Pradesh and Cauvery dispute, respectively.
Read More
Muslim women take to streets against triple talaq
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar. 18 (ANI): Scores of burkha-clad women held a protest march against triple talaq in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi city on Sunday.
Read More
Govt should bring Ordinance to build Ram Temple: Swamy
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] March 17 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that the government should bring an Ordinance to construct a Ram Temple on the disputed site in Ayodhya.
Read More
Cong MP moves resolution in RS, demands 'Sindh' be replaced with 'NE' in N
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [Inida], Mar 16 (ANI): Congress MP Ripun Bora on Friday moved a private resolution in Rajya Sabha, seeking an amendment of the National Anthem and replacing the word 'Sindh' with 'Northeast' region.
Read More
Anil Baluni elected to Rajya Sabha from Uttarakhand
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) head of national media department Anil Baluni was elected to Rajya Sabha from Uttarakhand on Thursday.
Read More
Rajya Sabha's Andhra Pradesh seats filled
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar. 15 (ANI): The three Rajya Sabha seats from Andhra Pradesh were filled on Thursday after two candidates of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and one from the opposition YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) were elected unopposed in the biennial elections.
Read More
Rajya Sabha polls: Kiritsinh Rana, PK Valera withdraw nominations
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], Mar. 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Kiritsinh Rana and Congress-backed Independent candidate PK Valera on Thursday withdrew their nomination for the Rajya Sabha polls from Gujarat.
Read More
Over 24k snags reported by major airlines in 2017: Jayant Sinha
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi, [India] Mar 14 (ANI): Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha on Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha that a total of 24,791 defects/ snags were reported by various airlines in 2017 in connection with the recent grounding of 11 Airbus 320 neo aircraft.
Read More
RS polls: Incomplete nomination form filed by Congress candidate, says Goy
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 13 (ANI): Union Railway Minster Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said the Election Commission (EC) has been informed about the irregularities in the nomination forms of Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Naranbhai J. Rathwa and independent candidate P.K. Valera.
Read More
Jaya Bachchan refuses to comment on Naresh Agarwal
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] March 13 (ANI): Film actor and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Jaya Bachchan on Tuesday refused to comment on her party's former colleague Naresh Agarwal, who termed her as a 'mere film dancer'
Read More
Amitabh is fine, says Jaya Bachchan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 13 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP and wife of Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan on Tuesday said all was fine with the actor's health.
Read More