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Biennial Rajya Sabha elections deferred
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Keeping in view of the upcoming Presidential elections and the June 3 hacking challenge to political parties, the Election Commission on Monday deferred biennial Rajya Sabha elections for 10 seats in Goa, West Bengal and Gujarat, which were scheduled to take
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Yechury says no third term for him in Parliament
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday confirmed that he would not seek third term in the Rajya Sabha, saying that he is following his party's norms.
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Sasikala Pushpa says drama going on in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/ Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 26 (ANI): Rajya Sabha member Sasikala Pushpa has dubbed the removal of V K Sasikala's posters from AIADMK headquarters and talks of merger between the two factions of party as a 'drama'.
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Munavvar Saleem writes open letter to PM Modi on cow slaughter
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 14 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament and Samajwadi Party leader Munavvar Saleem has written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of cow slaughter and offered some suggestions.
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Leave Travel Concession case: Sahani moves application in CBI court
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 13 (ANI): One of the accused in the Leave Travel Concession case against Rajya Sabha member Anil Kumar Sahani, today moved an application in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court seeking to become an approver in the case.
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Notice issued against Subhash Chandra, Birender Singh against use of pen i
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr.13 (ANI): The Supreme Court today issued a notice to businessman and chairman of Zee Media Subhash Chandra and Birender Singh in connection with a plea filed by senior Supreme Court advocate R.K. Anand regarding the use of pen in the Rajya Sabha elections.
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DMK stresses on need of Tamil Nadu having governor 'of its own'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Rajya Sabha MP M.K. Kanimozhi on Wednesday expressed disappointment over Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao holding dual charges of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, saying that it was difficult to understand why Chennai doesn&#
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Leave travel concession case: RS MP Anil Sahani gets bail
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Wednesday granted bail to Rajya Sabha member Anil Kumar Sahani and other two accused in connection with allegedly using fake bills to avail leave travel concession.
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Death sentence to Kulbhushan Jadhav, if executed, will strain Indo-Pak rel
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurein on Wednesday warned Pakistan of "serious consequences" if the death sentence against alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav was not revoked immediately.
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BJP keen on protecting cows but not women: Jaya Bachchan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): Expressing anguish over BJP's youth wing leader Yogesh Varshney's comments offering a reward of Rs. 11 lakh for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's head, Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan on Wednesday said that the s
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LTC scam: Delhi HC quashes CBI case against former MP Brajesh Pathak
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 11 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday quashed the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) case against former Rajya Sabha MP Brajesh Pathak in connection with the LTC scam case.
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Sasikala Pushpa to meet EC seeking disqualification of Dinakaran, Sasikala
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr.11 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi on Tuesday will be meeting Member of Parliament (MP) Rajya Sabha Sasikala Pushpa who is seeking the disqualification of deputy general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) TTV Dinakaran and int
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