President of the All India Muslim Jamaat, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi on Thursday questioned the Samajwadi Party (SP) for not nominating any Muslim among the three candidates named by the party for the Rajya Sabha election, adding that the community deserved two seats in view of its consistent support to the principal Opposition party in … Read more
AAP leader Sanjay Singh | Photo Credit: PTI A Delhi court on Tuesday granted permission to jailed Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh to take oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha for the second consecutive term. Mr. Singh is in jail since October 2023 after his arrest in connection with the now-scrapped … Read more
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat addresses after the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony at the Ram Mandir, in Ayodhya, on January 22, 2024 | Photo Credit: PTI RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on January 22 said Ram Rajya is coming and everyone in the country should shun disputes and stay united. The new Ram Lalla idol was consecrated at … Read more
Three privilege motions moved by BJP MPs Biplab Kumar Deb, Dr. Anil Agarwal and Bhubaneswar Kalita against TMC Rajya Sabha floor leader Derek O’Brien. File | Photo Credit: – Three privilege motions moved by BJP MPs Biplab Kumar Deb, Dr. Anil Agarwal and Bhubaneswar Kalita against Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha floor leader Derek O’Brien … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday filed his nomination papers for elections to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. | file phot | Photo Credit: ANI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday filed his nomination papers for elections to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and BJP Gujarat unit president C.R. … Read more
Parliamentarians after adjournment of the Lok Sabha sine die on conclusion of the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, April 6, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Lok Sabha’s Budget session ended as scheduled on April 6 with Speaker Om Birla announcing that the House had been adjourned sine die (for an indefinite period) … Read more
Representational image only. | Photo Credit: AP Communist Party of India (CPI) MP P. Santosh Kumar on April 5 gave a Zero-Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha demanding that the government provide Statehood to the Union Territory of Puducherry. Meanwhile, BJP MP Harnath Singh Yadav also gave a Zero-Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha over damage caused … Read more
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju addresses a press conference at his residence in New Delhi on March 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The Election Commission of India (EC) has proposed to change the rules pertaining to the conduct of elections to facilitate the electronically-transmitted postal ballot system for overseas Indian voters and the matter is … Read more
Former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy addressing the media in Bengaluru on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Ending weeks of speculation over his political move, former BJP leader and Minister G. Janardhan Reddy on Sunday announced the formation of a new party, Karnataka Rajya Pragati Paksha, to fight the ensuing Assembly … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Maritime Anti-Piracy Bill on Wednesday, two days after the Lok Sabha passed it. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said the Bill … Read more