Rajya Sabha
Upper house of the Parliament of India
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The Rajya Sabha or the Council of States is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2021 it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using single transferable votes through Open Ballot while the President can appoint 12 members for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services. The potential seating capacity of the Rajya Sabha is 250, according to article 80 of the Indian Constitution. Members sit for staggered terms lasting six years, with elections every year with about a third of the 233 designates up for election every two years, in even-numbered years. The Rajya Sabha meets in continuous sessions, and unlike the Lok Sabha, being the lower house of the Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, which is the upper house of Parliament, is not subjected to dissolution. However, the Rajya Sabha, like the Lok Sabha can be prorogued by the President.
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'Matter of immense pride,' PM Modi on BJP's first Rajya Sabha seat from PuducherryIndiaTimes - Published | |
Union ministers Sonowal and Murugan, TMC's Sushmita Dev elected unopposed to Rajya SabhaIndiaTimes - Published | |
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from AssamWith this, the ruling BJP's tally in the Rajya Sabha from Assam has increased to three.DNA - Published | |
BJP’s Selvaganapathy elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed from PuducherryIndiaTimes - Published | |
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu arrives in Jaisalmer on five-day Rajasthan visitGovernor Kalraj Mishra received Naidu. Rajasthan energy minister BD Kalla, Rajya Sabha member Rajendra Gehlot and Jaisalmer MLA Rooparam welcomed Naidu. The Vice President will visit Tanot Mata..IndiaTimes - Published | India playing leading role globally under PM Narendra Modi: BJPParty spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi referred to the discussion on Covid-19 besides other issues in the Quad meeting, and said India will be playing a very important role in the..IndiaTimes - Published |
BJP candidate Murugan files Rajya Sabha nomination, likely to be elected unopposedIndiaTimes - Published | Rajya Sabha bypolls: Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal files nomination from AssamUnion Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday filed his nomination for the upcoming Rajya Sabha bypolls from Assam. He was accompanied by the Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. In Assam, a Rajya..IndiaTimes - Published |
BJP names Union ministers Sonowal, Murugan as its candidates for Rajya Sabha bypollsIndiaTimes - Published | TMC MP Arpita Ghosh steps down to make way for new face in Rajya SabhaIndiaTimes - Published |
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Mamata has serious plans for Northeast: TMC nominee to Rajya SabhaIndiaTimes - Published | TMC nominates Sushmita Dev to Rajya SabhaIndiaTimes - Published |
Rahul Gandhi condoles Oscar Fernandes' death, terms it 'personal loss'Congress leader Rahul Gandhi condoled the demise of senior party leader Oscar Fernandes on Monday, remembering him as a guide and mentor. He described Fernandes' death as a "personal loss". Fernandes..IndiaTimes - Published | Congress veteran and former Union minister Oscar Fernandes passes awayFormer union minister and Rajya Sabha member Oscar Fernandes died at a private hospital in Mangaluru on Tuesday. He was 80. Oscar had suffered injuries after he had an accidental fall while doing..IndiaTimes - Published |
Fault lies with opposition leaders so they are shying away from probe into Rajya Sabha ruckus: NaqviIndiaTimes - Published | ECI announces bypoll to fill two Rajya Sabha vacancies from Tamil NaduIndiaTimes - Published |
Election Commission announces bypolls for 6 Rajya Sabha seatsIndiaTimes - Published | New Rajya Sabha secretary general tells officials, staff to infuse imagination within framework of rulesIndiaTimes - Published |
Former Rajya Sabha MP and journalist Chandan Mitra dies at 65His son Kushan Mitra said that the former Rajya Sabha MP died last night in Delhi.DNA - Published | Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla urges MPs to maintain decency in HouseA day after Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, who is also the chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, gave a call for a “people’s movement” to influence the conduct of 5,000 MPs, MLAs and MLCs in the..IndiaTimes - Published |
Pressure on PM Modi mounts as another BJP leader supports caste censusThe pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a caste-based census has mounted with another BJP leader demanding the exercise. Former BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu, in a letter to PM..IndiaTimes - Published | Former PM HD Deve Gowda rues unruly events inside Rajya SabhaAfter the conclusion of the monsoon session on August 11, he met the opposition leaders and asked them what they had achieved as none of the issues affecting the people was discussed, Gowda said. "I..IndiaTimes - Published |
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Opposition leaders meet Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah NaiduOpposition leaders on Thursday met Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu to apprise him of yesterday's incident in the Upper House. The Opposition resorted to vociferous protests on Wednesday as the..IndiaTimes - Published | Distressed by ‘sacrilege’ in Rajya Sabha, M Venkaiah Naidu calls for remediesIndiaTimes - Published |
Nine J&K properties vacated by Hindus restored: Government in Rajya SabhaNine properties in Kashmir that were vacated by Hindus who were forced to move out in the wake of terrorist violence decades ago, have been restored to these migrants, the home ministry has told the..IndiaTimes - Published | Lok Sabha worked only 21 of 96 hours this session, Rajya Sabha 28 of 98 hoursHit by the government-opposition logjam over issues like the Pegasus spyware controversy, the monsoon session witnessed the lowest productivity of the 17th Lok Sabha so far, as it could function only..IndiaTimes - Published |
Never saw the way women MPs were attacked today in Rajya Sabha: Sharad PawarThe Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die after a major faceoff between the government and the opposition.DNA - Published | Bill to allow states, UTs to prepare own OBC list passed in ParliamentThe 'Constitution 127th Amendment Bill 2021' was passed by a margin of 187 votes in the Rajya Sabha after nearly six hours of discussion.DNA - Published |
Parliament passes bill to give states power to make their own OBC listsThe Rajya Sabha on Wednesday approved the Constitution (127th Amendment) Bill, 2021 to restore the power of states to make their own Other Backward Castes (OBC) lists.The bill was cleared by the Lok..IndiaTimes - Published | Congress appoints Naseer Hussain, Chhaya Verma as its whips in Rajya SabhaIndiaTimes - Published |
Rs 49,000 crore foreign funding to Indian NGOs in 3 yrs, minister tells Rajya SabhaIndiaTimes - Published | Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu completes four years in officeTo mark the occasion, the Vice President's secretariat released a flip book presenting an overview of his engagements during the last one year, an official statement said. The e-book, released in..IndiaTimes - Published |
Why 'quiet' on caste census, Congress asks govt in Rajya SabhaIndiaTimes - Published | Constitutional Amendment Bill introduced in Rajya SabhaIndiaTimes - Published |
Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu expresses 'deep anguish' at unruly conduct of opposition MPsIndiaTimes - Published | Opposition protests over Pegasus, farm laws stall Rajya Sabha yet againIndiaTimes - Published |
Ugly scenes in Rajya Sabha: Opposition MPs climb on table, throw filesIndiaTimes - Published | Rajya Sabha clears important bills on MondayRajya Sabha on Monday transacted important legislative business, returning the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to abolish all retrospective tax imposed on indirect transfer of Indian..IndiaTimes - Published |
