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ECI appoints Punjab Chief Electoral Officer as observer for Rajya Sabha by
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], March 21 (ANI): Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju as the Observer for the upcoming Biennial Elections to the Council of States, scheduled to be held on March 31.
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Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa resigns from Rajya Sabha
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday resigned from the Rajya Sabha after being elected to the Punjab State Assembly in the recently concluded state elections.
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India tackling narco-terror nexus on western front: MoS Defence
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): The security situation along the western borders remains largely stable but there are indications of an emerging narco-terror nexus sponsored by inimical elements across the border aimed at causing instability, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt told
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BJP gets its first woman Rajya Sabha MP from Nagaland
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader S Phangnon Konyak won the Rajya Sabha seat from Nagaland on Monday.
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No proposal to increase funds allocated per MP under MPLAD: Govt to Rajya
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): The central government on Monday informed the Rajya Sabha that there is no proposal under its consideration to increase the funds allocated per MP under the MPLAD scheme for now.
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Congress playing into hands of BJP, MP John Brittas on appeal to skip CPI
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): A day after Kerala Congress unit chief K Sudhakaran asked party leaders to skip a CPI(M) party seminar to be held in April, the CPI (M) Rajya Sabha MP has said the seminar and meeting was an opportunity to explore an initiative to form a national level fron
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Kerala Congress nominates Jebi Mather to Rajya Sabha; first female candida
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): After over four decades, a female candidate of the Kerala Congress is likely to enter the Rajya Sabha since the party's unit nominated Jebi Mather as its candidate for the Upper House.
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Kharge rebuts Azad's claim of Congress also dividing people
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said that no political parties in the country should politicise religion or caste.
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Mallikarjun Kharge dubs AIMIM BJP's 'B team', rejects scope for alliance
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday dismissed the possibility of an alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and dubbed it as Bharatiya Janata Party's "B-t
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AAP nominates Harbhajan Singh, Raghav Chadha to Rajya Sabha from Punjab
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): After a thumping victory in Punjab Assembly polls, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday announced that it has nominated former cricketer Harbhajan Singh and Delhi MLA Raghav Chadha to Rajya Sabha from Punjab.
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RS: TMC MP to raise demand for educational support of evacuated medical st
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): Trinamool Congress MP Santanu Sen has submitted a suspension notice under rule 267 in Rajya Sabha on Monday to discuss educational support to Indian students who returned from war-hit Ukraine.
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CPIM MP John Brittas wants Ambedkar Jayanti to be declared as public holid
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): John Brittas, CPIM Rajya Sabha MP on Monday moved a motion in the Upper House of the Parliament, demanding to declare April 14, the birth anniversary of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, as a public holiday in the country.
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