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CPI(M) MP Brittas writes to EAM Jaishankar, seeks intervention to save Ind
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas on Wednesday wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, urging immediate intervention to save Nimisha Priya, an Indian national facing execution by Yemeni authorities on July 16.
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Jairam Ramesh criticises PM Modi for "not breaking silence", countering US
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Indian National Congress leader and member of Rajya Sabha, Jairam Ramesh, on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not countering United States President Donald Trump's claim of stopping hostilities between India and Pakistan.
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"Hope FIR will be registered in Justice Yashwant Varma case....central gov
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has expressed hope that a FIR will be registered over allegations of discovery of unaccounted cash at residence of Justice Yashwant Varma during a fire incident when he was a judge of Delhi High Court and said there is need to go into the root of the mat
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Quality of urban governance key to ease of living: Rajya Sabha Dy Chairman
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh addressed the valedictory session of the National Level Conference of Chairpersons of Urban Local Bodies in Manesar, Haryana on Friday.
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Delhi: 268th Session of Rajya Sabha to commence on July 21
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The session is planned to run from July 21 to August 21, with the House set to adjourn on August 12 and reconvene on August 18 to facilitate Independence Day celebrations.
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AAP's Sanjeev Arora resigns from Rajya Sabha after winning bypoll in Punja
Updated : 1 year ago IST
This comes after Sanjeev Arora, the newly elected MLA from AAP in Punjab, on Saturday took oath in the state assembly after winning the recently concluded bypoll from Ludhiana West assembly constituency.
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Rekha Sharma slams Mamata govt over Kolkata law student gangrape, alleges
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Rajya Sabha MP Rekha Sharma has sharply criticised the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over the alleged gangrape of a female law student at South Calcutta Law College, accusing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of pressuring the police and hampering investigations.
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"Not a demand, it is our right": Nasir Aslam Wani urges assembly bypolls f
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Speaking to ANI, "This is not a matter of demand, it is our right. Our spokesperson also quoted our party president, who said that elections in other states were announced within six months, so why not here? The question is why these two seats were kept vacant. They should be filled. If t
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Party will decide on Rajya Sabha seat: AAP leader Sanjeev Arora
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Arora said that party's national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has already said that party will take decision on this matter. He said, "I don't know anything about this (who will go to the Rajya Sabha), our national convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, has said that party will take deci
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"Democracy was imprisoned": RS MP Rekha Sharma remembers horrors of Emerge
Updated : 1 year ago IST
As the Centre marks the 50th anniversary of the Emergency as 'Samvidhan Hatya Divas', Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Rekha Sharma on Wednesday said that the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi turned the entire country into a prison in order to save her power.
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BJP MP Medha Kulkarni demands renaming of Pune Railway Station after Bajir
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Medha Kulkarni, a Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) member and Member of Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra, has demanded the renaming of Pune Station after Shrimant Thorle Bajirao Peshwa, the 7th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. Kulkarni strongly criticised Pune's poor railway infrastructure, highlighting
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"SP unleashes atrocities on its own workers": UP Dy CM Brajesh Pathak afte
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Following the Samajwadi Party's expulsion of three MLAs who supported the BJP in the Rajya Sabha elections, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Monday criticised the SP for its internal issues and alleged mistreatment of its own workers.
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