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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar takes oath as Rajya Sabha member
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat, took oath as a member of the Upper House on Monday.
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Ram Vilas Paswan takes oath as Rajya Sabha member
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 1 (ANI): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, who has been elected to Rajya Sabha from Bihar, took oath as a member of the Upper House on Monday.
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Odisha: Amar Patnaik, Sasmit Patra and Ashwini Baishnab elected to Rajya S
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Jun 28 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) Rajya Sabha candidates Amar Patnaik and Sasmit Patra have been elected to the Upper House from Odisha.
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WB name change: TMC MP urges RS Secretary-General to raise the matter
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray wrote to Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha Desh Deepak Verma and asked him to raise the matter pertaining to "renaming West Bengal" in the Upper House.
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People's mandate can't be stifled, questioning EVMs insult to voters: Modi
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 26 (ANI) Unleashing yet another attack on Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused the party of stalling various important bills in Rajya Sabha in the last five years and said people's mandate cannot be "stifled" in the Upper House just because the
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People's mandate can't be 'stifled' in Rajya Sabha: Modi
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed Congress for stalling various important bills in Rajya Sabha in the last five years and said people's mandate cannot be "stifled" in the Upper House just because the ruling party does not have a minority.
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RS adjourned till 2 pm as mark of respect to Madan Lal Saini
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2 pm as a mark of respect to late Rajasthan BJP Chief Madan Lal Saini, sources said on Tuesday.
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Concerned over frequent disruptions, VP Naidu calls for parliamentary refo
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday pitched for parliamentary reforms to find a way to ensure that the bills passed by the Lok Sabha do not lapse in the Upper House with the dissolution of the Lower House.
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Venkaiah Naidu calls for parliamentary reforms
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 21 (ANI) Expressing deep concern over the frequent disruptions and low productivity in Parliament, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday pitched for parliamentary reforms to find a way to ensure that the bills passed by the Lok Sabha do not lapse in the Uppe
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Algeria Parliament confirms Abdelkader Bensalah as new interim president,
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], Apr 10 (ANI): The Algerian Parliament on Tuesday (local time) confirmed upper house Speaker Abdelkader Bensalah as the interim president of the country, even as thousands of protesters expressed disappointment with the appointment of the 76-year-old key aide of Abdelazi
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Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev resigns
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Astana [Kazakhstan], Mar 19 (ANI): Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Tuesday announced his resignation in a televised address to the nation, handing over the power to the Speaker of the Upper House.
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It's unfortunate RS not functioning properly: Harivansh Narayan Singh
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): If discussions are not held on major issues in the House of Elders then it reflects on the health of the democracy and it's unfortunate to see that Upper House is not working properly, said Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh Narayan Singh.
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