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Naidu asks Rajya Sabha Secretariat to revisit marshals' new military-style
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said that he has decided to ask the Secretariat of the upper house to revisit the new military-style uniforms of the marshals.
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CPI's Binoy Viswan gives suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha over
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswan on Tuesday gave a suspension of business notice in the Upper House under rule 267, over the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) issue.
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Total attendance of MPs eludes historic 250th session of Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): More than half of Rajya Sabha MPs remained absent most of the time during the 5-hour-long programme to mark the 250th session of the Upper House of Parliament on Monday.
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Naidu lauds contribution of Rajya Sabha but says all is not well, makes 10
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said that the Upper House has played a significant role in the socio-economic transformation of the country during its journey of last 67 years but "all is not well" and there is a lot to be desired amid conc
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Rajya Sabha marshals' uniform gets military touch
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): The first day of Winter Session of the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Parliament, witnessed an interesting change as the marshals standing beside the chair of the Chairman were seen in a new military look.
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Won't forget Rajya Sabha's role when bills on Article 370, 35(A) were pass
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the role of Rajya Sabha will not be forgotten when Bills pertaining to Article 370 and Article 35(A) that granted special powers to Jammu and Kashmir were passed in the Upper House of Parliament.
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Rajya Sabha eternal, represents India's diversity: PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Underlining that the Rajya Sabha is eternal and never gets dissolved, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the Upper House of the Parliament represents diversity and the importance of the country's federal structure.
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Rajya Sabha remembers MPs including Arun Jaitley, Ram Jethmalani
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha on Monday paid rich tributes to Jagannath Mishra, Arun Jaitley, Sukhdev Singh Libra, Ram Jethmalani and Gurudas Dasgupta, who served as lawmakers in the Upper House of the Parliament.
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Switzerland to go to polls today amid rising popularity of green parties
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Switzerland is due to go for polling on Sunday to elect 246 members to the Federal Assembly -- 200 to the lower house, known as the national council, and 46 to the upper house, known as the council of states.
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Indian man Rami Ranger nominated to the House of Lords
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Sep 10 (ANI): A prominent member of the Indian community in Britain has reportedly been nominated to House of Lords, the Upper House of British Parliament, by former Prime Minister Theresa May.
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'Had apprehensions regarding functioning of house while introducing law sc
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 11 (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday reiterated his firm commitment and belief on abrogation of Article 370 while revealing that though he had faith in the outcomes of scrapping Article 370, he too had several apprehensions regarding the functionin
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Sanjay Seth, Surendra Nagar join BJP
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI): In another major blow to the Samajwadi Party, its former MPs Sanjay Seth and Surendra Nagar, who resigned from Rajya Sabha and the party earlier this month, joined BJP on Saturday.
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