Rajya Sabha

Former PM Manmohan Singh Returns To Rajya Sabha On Seat From Rajasthan

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 23, 2019

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took oath today as a member of the Rajya Sabha. The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.

Former PM Manmohan Singh Elected Unopposed To Rajya Sabha From Rajasthan

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Monday August 19, 2019

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was on Monday got elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan unopposed after the opposition BJP failed to field a candidate against him. The bypoll was necessitated by the death of BJP parliamentarian Madan Lal Saini.

"No Discussion" From Congress After J&K Move: Ex-Rajya Sabha Chief Whip

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 18, 2019

Former Congress chief whip in Rajya Sabha Bhubaneswar Kalita on Sunday alleged that it did not discuss anything with party members regarding the scrapping of the provisions of Article 370, shortly after the Centre announced the move in Parliament.

Neeraj Shekhar Files Rajya Sabha Bypoll Nomination As BJP Candidate

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 14, 2019

Neeraj Shekhar, son of former prime minister Chandra Shekhar, on Wednesday filed his nomination papers as the BJP candidate for the Rajya Sabha bypoll from Uttar Pradesh.

Manmohan Singh Files Nomination For Rajya Sabha From Rajasthan

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Tuesday August 13, 2019

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is the Congress candidate for by-polls to a Rajya Sabha seat from Rajasthan. He filed his nomination in state capital Jaipur on Tuesday.

Manmohan Singh To File Nomination For Rajya Sabha From Rajasthan Tomorrow

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 12, 2019

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh is expected to file his nomination papers for the bypoll to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan on Tuesday.

Assam Congress Hit By Double Resignation, Day After Jharkhand Chief Quits

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday August 10, 2019

The Congress in Assam suffered a double blow today with the resignations of six-time MLA Gautam Roy, who has simultaneously also been expelled for "anti-party" activities in, and former Rajya Sabha MP Santiuse Kujur

Manmohan Singh To File Nomination For Rajya Sabha From Rajasthan

India News | ANI | Saturday August 10, 2019

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh earlier represented Assam in the Rajya Sabha for 28 years before his tenure ended earlier this year.

2 Ex- Samajwadi Party Leaders Surendra Nagar, Sanjay Seth, Join BJP

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 10, 2019

Two former Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders, who had quit their party and Rajya Sabha membership recently, joined the BJP on Saturday, lauding the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Former Congress Rajya Sabha Chief Whip Bhubaneshwar Kalita Joins BJP

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 10, 2019

Bhubaneshwar Kalita, former Congress chief whip in Rajya Sabha who resigned from the House earlier this week opposing the party's stand on the government's decisions on Jammu and Kashmir, joined the BJP on Friday.

BJP Announces Ex-Samajwadi Member Neeraj Shekhar As Rajya Sabha Candidate

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 9, 2019

Neeraj Shekhar, the son of late Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar who left the Samajwadi Party and joined BJP, was on Thursday announced as the party's candidate for Rajya Sabha bypoll from Uttar Pradesh.

Article 370 "Behind Us": Nitish Kumar's Party Signals Shift In Stance

India News | Written by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday August 8, 2019

The special status of Kashmir is now over and Article 370 is "behind us", a key leader of Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United said today in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament.

Rajya Sabha Has Had "Best Session In 17 Years": Chairman Venkaiah Naidu

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 7, 2019

The Rajya Sabha set a "new normal" in its "highly productive" 249th session, with extended sittings and record number of bills disposed, Chairman Venkaiah Naidu said on Wednesday.

"True Voice Of People": Venkaiah Naidu Pays Tribute To Sushma Swaraj

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday August 7, 2019

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday mourned the death of its former member and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj.

Rajya Sabha Passes Bill On National Institutes Of Design (NIDs) In Four States

Education | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 6, 2019

The Bill seeks to amend the National Institute of Design Act, 2014.