Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh conducts proceedings in the House during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Rajya Sabha failed to function on Friday (August 1, 2025), as the Opposition intensified its protest demanding a discussion on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision … Read more
Rajya Sabha member Vivek Tankha has written to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, chairman of the Upper House, to remind him about a pending motion, signed by 55 MPs, seeking the removal of Justice Shekhar Yadav. File | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Vivek Tankha has written to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, chairman … Read more
Rajya Sabha member Golla Babu Rao Rajya Sabha member and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) Political Advisory Committee (PAC) member Golla Babu Rao has said that he will be available for the cadre and leaders and will work with them to strengthen the party. Mr. Babu Rao was speaking after the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leaders … Read more
V. Vijaya Sai Reddy submitting his resignation to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, in New Delhi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar accepted YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MP V. Vijaya Sai Reddy’s resignation on Saturday. Mr. Vijaya Sai Reddy stated on social media platform ‘X‘ that Mr. Dhankhar was pleased … Read more
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on December 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Narendra Modi government will purchase all farm produce at minimum support price, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in Rajya Sabha on Friday (December 6, 2024). … Read more
The Rajya Sabha witnessed a war of words on July 2 when Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar sarcastically said Jairam Ramesh should take the seat of Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, in an effort to discipline the Congress MP. Mr. Kharge, who is also the president of the Congress, retorted by saying the Chairman was trying to … Read more
The Returning Office for the Rajya Sabha elections in the State announced that the electoral college had unanimously elected three candidates to the seats left vacant by their predecessors. Those elected are Harris Beeran of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), Jose K. Mani of the Kerala Congress and P.P. Suneer of the Communist Party of … Read more
On Saturday, the CPI(M) hastened to save two key Left Democratic Front allies from going off the rails in a fit of pique over Rajya Sabha seat allocation. Given the current composition of the body of electors, the Kerala Assembly, the ruling LDF stands a solid chance of winning two of the three vacant Rajya … Read more
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw files his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections, at the Odisha Assembly, in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. File | Photo Credit: ANI Amid growing signals of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) coordinating their future activities, the regional party has announced elaborate celebrations on the occasion … Read more
A file photo of Kupendra Reddy, who has thrown his hat into the ring for Rajya Sabha elections. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K Multi-millionaire real estate baron D. Kupendra Reddy, in the fray for the Rajya Sabha poll from BJP-JD(S) alliance, and his associates have been booked for bribery and undue influence following a complaint … Read more