Bypoll to Uttar Pradesh RS seat on Sep 11 due to death of Amar Singh
Lucknow/UNI: The Election Commission on Friday announced by-election for one Rajya Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh on Sept11 which fell vacant after the death of Samajwadi Party member Amar Singh last month.
New Delhi/UNI The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has been working overtime to ensure full preparedness to hold the Monsoon Session of Parliament in compliance with social distancing norms amid the Covid 19 pandemic.
UP: BJP candidate Jai Prakash Nishad files nomination paper for Rajya Sabha bypolls
Lucknow/UNI: BJP candidate Jai Prakash Nishad on Thursday filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha by-election slated to be held on Aug 24.
Stay updated with latest policies: PM Modi's advise to newly elected RS MPs
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday interacted with the 18 newly-sworn in Rajya Sabha MPs from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at his residence and asked them to be updated with latest policy issues.
Venkaiah Naidu administers oath to 45 newly-elected Rajya Sabha MPs
New Delhi/UNI: Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday administered the oath to 45 out of 61 newly-elected members of the Rajya Sabha in the Chamber of the House.
Shibu Soren and Deepak Prakash win Rajya Sabha polls from Jharkhand
Ranchi/UNI: Three time former Jharkhand chief minister and JMM supremo Shibu Soren and state BJP president Deepak Prakash won the Rajya Sabha elections from Jharkhand on Friday.
Jyotiraditya, Diggy and Solanki elected to RS from MP
Bhopal/UNI: BJP candidates Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sumer Singh Solanki and Congress candidate Digvijaya Singh were declared elected to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh on Friday.
NPP nominee Dr. Kharlukhi elected as RS member from Meghalaya
Shillong/UNI: National People’s Party (NPP) candidate Dr. Wanwei Roy Kharlukhi was on Friday elected as the Rajya Sabha member from Meghalaya defeating his Congress rival, Kennedy Khyriem by 20 votes.
Polling for 19 Rajya Sabha seats underway, BJP eyes majority in upper house
New Delhi/IBNS: The crucial polls for 19 seats in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, are currently underway on Friday.
HD Deve Gowda back in Parliament as all Karnataka Rajya Sabha candidates elected unopposed
Bengaluru/IBNS: Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda will be back in Parliament as he along with three other candidates from Karnataka for the Rajya Sabha polls were elected unopposed last evening.
Jaipur/IBNS: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has accused the BJP of luring Congress and independent MLAs with Rs 25 crore each in a bid to destabilise the ruling government of the state, said media reports.
Ahead of Rajya Sabha polls, two Gujarat Congress MLAs resign
Gandhinagar/IBNS: In a jolt to the grand old party ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls scheduled to be held on Jun 19, two Gujarat Congress MLAs resigned on Thursday making it tough for the outfit to win a second seat in the upper house from the western state, media reports said.
LS may convene in Central Hall, RS in LS chamber
New Delhi/UNI: Social distancing, being followed in India with some other countries post Covid-19, is likely to be 'experienced' during the Monsoon session of Parliament-expected to be convened in July.
Rajya Sabha Secreteriat partially resumes functioning on 27th day of lockdown
New Delhi/UNI: Rajya Sabha Secretariat on Monday partially resumed functioning on the 27th day of the nationwide lockdown amidst necessary safeguards against the spread of coronavirus as partial relaxations came into effect with the Secretary-General firming up the work agenda for the lockdown period.
Rajya Sabha elections deferred over Coronavirus outbreak
New Delhi/IBNS: The elections to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament, have been postponed over the outbreak of the deadly Novel Coronavirus.