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Nitish, Nabin win as NDA sweeps all 5 RS seats in Bihar

Bihar Rajya Sabha elections: Nitish Kumar, Nitin Nabin among NDA’s five winners

Updated on Mar 17, 2026, 1:40 AM IST

Bihar RS polls: NDA sweeps all 5 seats as 4 RJD-Cong MLAs abstain from voting

Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary, BJP Rajya Sabha candidates Nitin Nabin and Shivesh Ram and party MLAs flash victory sign after casting votes during the Rajya Sabha election at the Bihar Assembly in Patna on Monday. (Santosh Kumar/ht)

Updated on Mar 16, 2026, 10:21 PM IST

Ex-CJI Gogoi's Rajya Sabha term ends: 53% attendance, 1 debate, zero questions

Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi speaking in the Rajya Sabha in August 2023.

Updated on Mar 16, 2026, 8:12 PM IST

Bihar Cong MLAs ‘missing’, voting halted in Odisha | How RS polls unfolded

Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary and BJP National President Nitin Nabin at the Bihar Vidhan Sabha to cast their votes amid the Rajya Sabha polls in Patna on Monday.

Published on Mar 16, 2026, 6:02 PM IST

Government reveals number of flights cancelled amid US-Iran war

A passenger takes pictures of a flight information board at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai on March 1, 2026, after India's two largest private carriers, IndiGo and Air India, suspended flights to all destinations in the Middle East.

Updated on Mar 16, 2026, 2:42 PM IST

Rajya Sabha polls for 37 seats today; Nitish Kumar, Nitin Nabin in fray

Seven members will be elected in Maharashtra, four in Odisha, six in Tamil Nadu, five in West Bengal, three in Assam, five in Bihar, two in Chhattisgarh, two in Haryana, one in Himachal Pradesh and two in Telangana.

Updated on Mar 16, 2026, 8:39 AM IST

‘BJP tried Op Lotus’: 2 held in Karnataka for ‘trying to bribe’ Odisha Cong MLAs

Odisha Congress moved out its legislators to Bengaluru in Karnataka to ensure unity in the run-up to the Rajya Sabha elections.

Updated on Mar 15, 2026, 6:13 PM IST

Haryana Congress MLAs ‘moved’ to Kufri ahead of RS polls

Congress MLAs arrive at a hotel ahead of the polling for two Rajya Sabha seats in Haryana, near Kufri in Shimla, on Friday. (PTI)

Published on Mar 14, 2026, 7:30 AM IST

AIMIM legislators meet Tejashwi Yadav, boot RJD chances for 1 Rajya Sabha seat

RJD candidate Amarendra Dhari Singh (HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 11, 2026, 10:48 PM IST

12 months, 13 recharges: Raghav Chadha flags prepaid mobile ‘scam’ in Parliament

**EDS: THIRD PARTY IMAGE; SCREENGRAB VIA SANSAD TV** New Delhi: AAP MP Raghav Chadha speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the second part of Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, March 11, 2026.

Updated on Mar 11, 2026, 1:07 PM IST

SIR heats up House: Kharge calls it ‘fraud’, Nadda defends

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.

Updated on Mar 11, 2026, 7:51 AM IST

After RS polls, all eyes on MLC polls as Nitish’ son may bid to enter House

JD(U) leader and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's son Nishant Kumar visits Patna Saheb Gurudwara in Patna after being inducted into the party. He is likely to embark on a statewide yatra soon and speculations are that he might enter the Bihar Legislative Council. (Santosh Kumar/HT)

Published on Mar 10, 2026, 8:11 PM IST

Cong candidate Anurag Sharma elected unopposed as Rajya Sabha member from Himachal

Newly elected Rajya Sabha member from Himachal Pradesh, Anurag Sharma, in Shimla on Monday. (Sourced)

Published on Mar 10, 2026, 6:10 AM IST

After giving up RS claim, Sena (UBT) demands council seat

Uddhav Thackeray’s term ends on May 13 and the party wants him renominated (HT PHOTO)

Published on Mar 10, 2026, 5:42 AM IST

Rajya Sabha pays tribute to former MPs Mukul Roy, Janardhan Waghmare, H K Dua

Rajya Sabha pays tribute to former MPs Mukul Roy, Janardhan Waghmare, H K Dua

Published on Mar 9, 2026, 4:22 PM IST

Nishant joins JD(U); vows to carry father Nitish’s legacy forward

Nishant Kumar with JD(U) leaders in Patna on Sunday. (HT Photo)

Published on Mar 8, 2026, 5:35 PM IST

Son Nishant joins JD(U) as CM Nitish to move to Rajya Sabha, vacate Bihar chair

Son Nishant joins JD(U) as CM Nitish to move to Rajya Sabha, vacate Bihar chair

Updated on Mar 8, 2026, 5:49 PM IST

With RJD entangled, Bihar Cong sees revival scope in Nitish’s exit

One of last walks of Nitish Kumar as Bihar CM as he inspects under-constructed Road Over Bridge (ROB) at Bakhtiyarpur in Patna on Saturday. (HT Photo)

Published on Mar 8, 2026, 3:10 AM IST

Nishant to join JD(U) on Sunday, to undertake statewide Yatra

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar interacts with party leaders during JD(U) legislators’ meeting in Patna on Friday (SANTOSH KUMAR/HT)

Published on Mar 7, 2026, 4:48 AM IST

New governors and LGs appointed to 9 states and UTs. Check full list

President Droupadi Murmu appoints new Governors for several states- check full list here

Published on Mar 6, 2026, 11:44 AM IST

‘No clarity’: Nitish Kumar's Rajya Sabha move catches JD(U) workers off guard

JDU supporters staged a dharna outside of the CM residence in Patna as Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha polls.

Updated on Mar 6, 2026, 8:25 AM IST

How Bihar fortunes changed in two decades of Nitish Kumar's rule

Nitish Kumar moving on as Bihar’s chief minister is one of the most important milestones in the state’s political history since independence.

Updated on Mar 6, 2026, 12:19 PM IST

Will be voice of Himachal: Anurag Sharma

The Congress nominated candidate, Anurag Sharma (48), had risen through the ranks of Congress from being a state general secretary of NSUI in 1996 to 2001 to being nominated to Rajya sabha. (HT Photo)

Published on Mar 6, 2026, 6:00 AM IST

Even dist presidents can reach Rajya Sabha: AICC co-incharges hail Anurag Sharma’s nomination

Congress leaders Chetan Chauhan and Vidit Chaudhary, co-incharges of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) for Himachal Pradesh, on Thursday said the decision reflected the Congress leadership’s effort to promote leaders who have risen through the ranks of the organisation.

Published on Mar 6, 2026, 5:34 AM IST

Nitish Kumar announces Rajya Sabha candidature, Bihar to get its first BJP CM

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar files his nomination for the NDA's Rajya Sabha candidate from Bihar in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, State Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and other dignitaries, in Patna on Thursday. =

Updated on Mar 6, 2026, 4:48 PM IST

Amit Shah hails Nitish Kumar as Bihar chief minister files Rajya Sabha nomination

Union home minister Amit Shah said Nitish Kumar maintained simplicity and the highest standards of public life. (X)

Published on Mar 5, 2026, 4:43 PM IST

RS poll in Haryana: BJP’s Sanjay Bhatia, Cong’s Karamvir Boudh file papers

BJP candidate Sanjay Bhatia, fourth from left, filing his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections in the presence of Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini in Chandigarh on Thursday. (HT Photo)

Published on Mar 5, 2026, 2:59 PM IST

Nitish Kumar moves to Rajya Sabha: How he changed Bihar’s political landscape

Nitish Kumar has been a member of the Lok Sabha, Bihar Legislative Assembly and Bihar Legislative Council. (HT photo)

Published on Mar 5, 2026, 12:37 PM IST

Nitish announces Rajya Sabha candidature, triggers speculation over successor

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. (HT PHOTO)

Published on Mar 5, 2026, 11:43 AM IST

'Full cooperation to new govt': Nitish Kumar's first remark on Rajya Sabha move

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar assured the people of Bihar that his relationship with them "will continue in the future as well".

Updated on Mar 5, 2026, 11:32 AM IST

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