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Mamata dials Jawhar Sircar, urges him to reconsider RS resignation: Report

Jawhar Sircar (L) and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (R).

Updated on Sep 9, 2024, 7:41 AM IST

‘Suffered patiently’: TMC MP Jawhar Sircar to quit RS over Kolkata rape-murder

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Jawhar Sircar speaks in the Rajya Sabha. (ANI file photo)

Updated on Sep 8, 2024, 2:14 PM IST

Former BJD MP Sujeet Kumar joins BJP

The BJD on Friday expelled Kumar, who later quit his House membership, for anti-party activities. (HT photo picture)

Published on Sep 6, 2024, 2:44 PM IST

Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar expelled by Naveen Patnaik's BJD, joins BJP

Vice-President of India and Chairman of Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankhar has accepted the resignation of Sujeet Kumar from Rajya Sabha with immediate effect.

Updated on Sep 6, 2024, 2:13 PM IST

Ravneet Singh Bittu takes oath as Rajya Sabha MP

Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar administers the oath of office to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravneet Singh Bittu as Rajya Sabha MP during the swearing-in ceremony, at Parliament House, in New Delhi on Thursday. (ANI Photo) (Vice President of India X)

Published on Sep 5, 2024, 10:00 PM IST

Tripura BJP chief Rajib Bhattacharjee elected to Rajya Sabha

Tripura BJP chief Rajib Bhattacharjee. (File Photo)

Published on Sep 3, 2024, 8:17 PM IST

Two YSRCP MPs resign, party’s strength in Rajya Sabha declines to 9

Speaking to reporters, Venkataramana said he would soon join the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) (ANI)

Updated on Aug 30, 2024, 6:08 AM IST

No Congress MP will be allowed to contest Haryana assembly polls: Deepak Babaria

All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of the state Deepak Babaria remarks come amid speculation that some senior leaders such as Kumari Selja were keen on contesting the elections. (HT Photo)

Updated on Aug 29, 2024, 9:44 AM IST

TMC’s O’Brien expresses concern over delay in reconstitution of parl committees

TMC Rajya Sabha floor leader Derek O’Brien (HT Photo)

Updated on Aug 28, 2024, 1:10 PM IST

BJP-led NDA’s Rajya Sabha tally rises to 115, party single-largest at 96

The Rajya Sabha. (ANI)

Updated on Aug 28, 2024, 7:12 AM IST

Rajya Sabha bypolls: Bittu elected unopposed from Rajasthan, Kiran from Haryana

BJP leader Kiran Choudhry receives her victory certificate in presence of Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini, and others on Tuesday. (ANI)

Updated on Aug 28, 2024, 7:38 AM IST

Ravneet Bittu, Abhishek Singhvi among new faces elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

Senior advocate and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi (File Photo)

Updated on Aug 27, 2024, 9:14 PM IST

Ravneet Singh Bittu elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan

The seat went vacant after the Congress general Secretary KC Venugopal was elected in Lok Sabha. (Ravneet Singh Bittu | Official X account)

Updated on Aug 27, 2024, 5:39 PM IST

Interview: Respect between Treasury, Oppn must be reciprocal, says Singhvi

Senior advocate and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi (File Photo)

Published on Aug 24, 2024, 11:07 AM IST

‘Hypothetical question’: Bhupinder Hooda dismisses speculation of Vinesh Phogat joining Congress

Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his family members meet with wrestler Vinesh Phogat and her husband Somveer Rathi, at his residence in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI)

Updated on Aug 24, 2024, 7:08 AM IST

Rajya Sabha bypoll: With no opposition, it’ll be a cakewalk for Kiran

Former Congress leader Kiran Choudhry, the daughter-in-law of former chief minister Bansi Lal, is set to get elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Haryana as nominee of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after no other candidate entered the fray on Wednesday, the last day for filing the nomination. (PTI)

Updated on Aug 22, 2024, 7:46 AM IST

Haryana: BJP’s Kiran Choudhry set to enter Rajya Sabha unopposed

Kiran Choudhry, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee for the Rajya Sabha seat byelection from Haryana, filing her papers in Chandigarh on Wednesday. (HT Photo)

Published on Aug 21, 2024, 5:24 PM IST

BJP nominates Dhairyasheel Patil for RS polls, NCP likely to field Nitin Patil

HT Image

Updated on Aug 21, 2024, 8:22 AM IST

BJP to field Kiran Choudhry for Rajya Sabha poll from Haryana

The resignation of Kiran Choudhry has been accepted by assembly speaker Gian Chand Gupta.

Updated on Aug 21, 2024, 7:48 AM IST

BJP picks BCI chairman Manan Mishra for RS

Bar Council of India chairman Manan Kumar Mishra (PTI)

Published on Aug 20, 2024, 9:42 PM IST

Rajya Sabha bypolls: BJP fields Union ministers Ravneet Bittu, George Kurian

Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu

Updated on Aug 20, 2024, 7:10 PM IST

Telangana CLP endorses Singhvi candidature for RS bypoll; he will file nomination on Monday

Telangana CLP endorses Singhvi candidature for RS bypoll; he will file nomination on Monday

Published on Aug 18, 2024, 11:54 PM IST

Ludhiana MP Arora discusses irregularity in flights on Sahnewal-Hindon route with Union minister

Ludhiana Rajya Sabha member of Parliament Sanjeev Arora recently met civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu in Delhi and took up the issue of irregular flight operations by Big Charter Airlines on Sahnewal-Hindon route. (HT File)

Updated on Aug 19, 2024, 5:34 AM IST

TMC MP's letter to Amit Shah for stringent central Act to prevent crimes against women

TMC MP's letter to Amit Shah for stringent central Act to prevent crimes against women

Updated on Aug 16, 2024, 8:07 PM IST

MP Sandhu meets guv, raises pollution issue

Rajya Sabha member Satnam Singh Sandhu on Sunday called on Gulab Chand Kataria, newly appointed Punjab governor and administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh. (HT File)

Updated on Aug 12, 2024, 6:58 AM IST

Joint parliamentary panel set up to examine waqf bill

Union minister Kiren Rijiju meets a delegation of Muslim clerics regarding the Waqf Amendment Act during Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Updated on Aug 10, 2024, 8:52 AM IST

Productive, acrimonious budget session concludes

The 18th Lok Sabha’s second session saw a productivity of 136% in the lower house and 112% in the Rajya Sabha. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Aug 10, 2024, 8:50 AM IST

MP Manish Tewari proposes bill seeking Rajya Sabha seat for Chandigarh

In December 2022 also, Tewari had introduced the same bill in the Lok Sabha while he was the MP from Anandpur Sahib constituency. However, the bill could not get through then. (HT file photo for representation)

Updated on Aug 10, 2024, 8:40 AM IST

As ‘Vinesh Phogat for Rajya Sabha’ clamour grows, here's what rules say

Vinesh Phogat retired from wrestling a day after being disqualified from the Paris Olympics 2024. (PTI)

Published on Aug 9, 2024, 6:20 PM IST

Centre announces 21-member joint parliamentary panel on Waqf bill

Members in the Lok Sabha during Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Friday.

Updated on Aug 9, 2024, 3:38 PM IST

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