Rajya Sabha

Upper house of the Parliament of India

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The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. It currently 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. Members sit for staggered terms lasting six years, with elections every year but almost a third of the 233 designates up for election every two years, specifically 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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Sterling Biotech case: 'This is political harassment' says Ahmed Patel after ED interrogates him The Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha and senior congress leader, Ahmed Patel hits out at central government over his interrogation in a money laundering case by Enforcement Directorate (ED). "I was.. Credit: ANI Duration: 02:00Published 2 weeks ago

PM Modi, Amit Shah's guests had come, says Ahmed Patel after ED team left his house The Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha from the state of Gujarat and senior Congress leader, Ahmed Patel, hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah after Enforcement.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:55Published 2 weeks ago

5 former Gujarat Congress MLAs join BJP in Gandhinagar Five political leaders, who had quit the Congress party in Gujarat before the Rajya Sabha elections, on June 27 officially, joined the BJP in state capital Gandhinagar. These five leaders are JV.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:34Published 2 weeks ago

Manipur govt is stable, to complete full term: Ram Madhav BJP Leader Ram Madhav on Manipur government's stability said that the government has been winning elections and it will be stable until 2022. Ram Madhav said, "Today, we are felicitating our newly.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:16Published 3 weeks ago

MP Rajya Sabha Polls 2020: 'Will win one seat,' says Congress leader Kamal Nath Madhya Pradesh's legislators cast their vote for three Rajya Sabha seats. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also cast his vote in Bhopal. Congress leader and former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh,.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:37Published 3 weeks ago

RS Polls 2020: Gujarat BJP MLA arrives in ambulance to cast vote Gujarat BJP MLA Kesarisinh Jesangbhai Solanki arrived at the Legislative Assembly in an ambulance on June 19 to cast vote for Rajya Sabha polls. He was admitted in the hospital following health issues... Credit: ANI Duration: 01:27Published 3 weeks ago

RS Polls 2020: Jharkhand BJP MLA claims to have 32 votes for candidate Deepak Prakash The Baharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, form Jharkhand, Biranchi Narayan, stated that the party has 32 votes and will send Deepak Prakash to Rajya Sabha. 'Independent MLAs Saryu Rai and Amit Yadav have.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:37Published 3 weeks ago

RS Polls 2020: Legislators arrive in state assemblies to vote The legislators of Gujarat, Jharkhand and Rajasthan arrive at their assemblies to vote for Rajya Sabha Polls 2020. In the first major poll amid COVID-19 state assemblies took precautionary measures to.. Credit: ANI Duration: 02:09Published 3 weeks ago

Rajya Sabha polls: 'BJP candidates will be 'bowled' soon enough', says CM Soren Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has geared up for Rajya Sabha elections. Chief Minister Hemant Soren using a cricket analogy said that while they have come to the 'pitch' they will be 'bowled' soon.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:13Published on June 17, 2020

Discussed to increase testing capacity to 18,000 per day in Delhi: Sanjay Singh on all party meeting The Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), commented over the all-party meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday to discuss the coronavirus crisis in the national.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:25Published on June 15, 2020

Ashok Gehlot is mentally unstable, says Rajasthan BJP chief amid buzz over RS polls The Baharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Rajasthan president ,Satish Poonia, hit out at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for accusing the BJP of destabilising the state government. He said that the Chief.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:45Published on June 12, 2020

BJP busy in toppling govts, not concerned about COVID-19: Ashok Gehlot While addressing a joint press conference in Jaipur on June 12, the chief minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot spoke on political situation in the state. He said, "The Rajya Sabha elections could have.. Credit: ANI Duration: 02:12Published on June 12, 2020

RS polls: 'We're united, our candidates will emerge victorious', says Rajasthan CM While addressing a joint press conference in Jaipur on June 12, the chief minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot spoke on political situation in the state. He said, "We are united and not a single vote of.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:11Published on June 12, 2020

Both Congress candidates in Rajasthan will easily win RS elections: Sachin Pilot Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister, Sachin Pilot, said on June 11 that their party has more than required numbers for sailing their Rajya Sabha candidates through Rajya Sabha. "Our party, MLAs from.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:36Published on June 11, 2020

19 Gujarat Congress MLAs shifted to Rajasthan resort ahead of Rajya Sabha elections After couple of Congress MLAs in Gujarat resigned ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections on June 19, the party has shifted its 19 MLAs in a resort in Rajasthan's Sirohi. Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:45Published on June 6, 2020

Congress MLA from Morbi resigns ahead of Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat While addressing a press conference in Gujarat's Gandhinagar on June 05, the speaker of Gujarat Assembly, Rajendra Trivedi said, "Another Congress MLA has tendered his resignation from the post and I.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:09Published on June 5, 2020

Will abide by party decision on Rajya Sabha polls: DK Shivakumar While speaking to ANI in Bengaluru on June 04, the president of Karnataka Congress, DK Shivakumar said, "Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has come up with an unholy alliance. Congress party is.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:48Published on June 4, 2020

DMK MP arrested for 'hate speech', lawyer says he's being hunted for corruption complaints against CM Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Rajya Sabha MP, RS Bharathi was arrested by Chennai police on May 23 at around 05:00 am for his alleged hate speech. He allegedly made hate speech against people from.. Credit: ANI Duration: 02:10Published on May 23, 2020

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ED questions Congress leader Ahmed Patel for 4th time in PMLA case ED sleuths began the fourth round of questioning of senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel at his official residence here on Thursday in connection with the Sandesara brothers' bank fraud and.. IndiaTimes - Published 4 days ago
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BJP national media head Anil Baluni to get bungalow currently occupied by Priyanka Gandhi The government has allotted a Lutyens' Delhi bungalow, currently occupied by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, to the BJP's national media head and Rajya Sabha member Anil Baluni, an official of the.. IndiaTimes - Published 1 week ago
Rajasthan: Claims made before Rajya Sabha polls 'baseless', says Sachin Pilot In an apparent reference to the allegations that the BJP tried to poach Congress MLAs before the Rajya Sabha polls, Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot said the victory of his party's two.. IndiaTimes - Published 3 weeks ago

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Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu urges new members to make good use of opportunity IndiaTimes - Published 3 weeks ago
NDA widens gap with Opposition in Rajya Sabha The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance now has nearly 100 members in the 245-member House. If the support of friendly parties like the AIADMK (9), BJD (9), YSR Congress Party (6), and several allied.. IndiaTimes - Published 3 weeks ago
House of Elders gets younger as 43 first-timers enter Rajya Sabha With 43 first-time MPs set to enter Rajya Sabha after Friday’s biennial elections, the House of Elders is likely to get younger. But the House will also end up losing about 63 terms worth of.. IndiaTimes - Published 3 weeks ago

NDA grabs 4 Rajya Sabha seats in northeast, increases tally from region to 8 IndiaTimes - Published 3 weeks ago
BJP clinches lone Rajya Sabha seat in Manipur IndiaTimes - Published 3 weeks ago
Congress' Digvijaya, BJP's Scindia and Solanki win Rajya Sabha polls IndiaTimes - Published 3 weeks ago	Rajya Sabha election results: BJP wins 2 seats from MP, Congress gets 1 The BJP won two Rajya Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh while the Congress won one seat on Friday. In Rajasthan, the Congress won two seats in Rajya Sabha elections, while the BJP has won one seat. IndiaTimes - Published 3 weeks ago
Rajya Sabha polls: Voting over, all eyes on results IndiaTimes - Published 3 weeks ago	Gujarat RS poll: 170 MLAs cast vote; all eyes on results Of the 172 MLAs eligible to vote in the Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat on Friday, 170 legislators cast their votes, while two others from the Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) stayed away from the process.. IndiaTimes - Published 3 weeks ago
Peaceful voting for 3 Rajya Sabha seats in northeast, amid changing political equations in Manipur IndiaTimes - Published 3 weeks ago	Elections for 19 Rajya Sabha seats today: All you need to know Elections for 19 Rajya Sabha seats spread across eight states will be held on Friday with the contest in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan promising to be a close affair between the BJP and the.. IndiaTimes - Published 3 weeks ago
Voting for 19 Rajya Sabha seats across 7 states underway States, where the elections are to be held, are Andhra Pradesh (4 seats), Gujarat (4 seats), Jharkhand (2 seats), Madhya Pradesh (3 seats), Manipur (1 seat), Meghalaya (1 seat) and Rajasthan (3 seats). DNA - Published 3 weeks ago	Rajya Sabha election for 3 seats today, EC conducts mock poll IndiaTimes - Published 3 weeks ago
Scindia, Digvijaya set to enter Rajya Sabha from MP IndiaTimes - Published on June 18, 2020	Rajya Sabha elections and the numbers' game IndiaTimes - Published on June 18, 2020
BJP dinner diplomacy ahead of Rajya Sabha polls, eyes support from BSP, SP MLAs IndiaTimes - Published on June 17, 2020	Rajasthan: After Congress, now BJP moves its MLAs to hotel The state BJP on Tuesday moved most of its MLAs to a hotel here ahead of the June 19 Rajya Sabha elections, much like the ruling Congress which has already taken its legislators to a resort. While the.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 16, 2020
Congress terms death of 3 Indian army men 'shocking', asks government to brief political parties While asking defence minister Rajnath Singh to confirm the incident, the party also demanded that the government take the nation into confidence and convene a meeting to brief the leadership of.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 16, 2020	JD(S) chief Deve Gowda, others elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka The state's ruling BJP sent to Parliament two MPs - Ashok Gasti and Eranna Kadadi. DNA - Published on June 13, 2020
MPs force RS to shell out 6.5cr for trains not taken Only 15% of a bill of Rs 7.8 crore raised by the Indian Railways for the Rajya Sabha to pay for travel undertaken by MPs, their spouses and attendants in 2019 accounted for actual travel or journeys.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 13, 2020	Duty of courts to ensure human rights are not violated during Covid-19 pandemic, says former CJI Ranjan Gogoi The Supreme Court's handling of the Covid 19 related crisis can't be compared with its role during the Emergency, former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said Friday. Justice Gogoi, who is now a.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 12, 2020
Rajya Sabha poll: 'Unanimous election' for Deve Gowda, Mallikarjun Kharge and 2 BJP candidates from Karnataka Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, veteran Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and two BJP candidates, who were in the fray, were on Friday declared "unanimously" elected for four Rajya Sabha seats.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 12, 2020	BJP wins Arunachal Pradesh Rajya Sabha seat IndiaTimes - Published on June 12, 2020
'Rajya Sabha elections were postponed because...': Amid poaching attempts by BJP, Gehlot's huge allegation The Congress has accused the BJP of trying to poach ruling party MLAs ahead of the June 19 Rajya Sabha polls. DNA - Published on June 12, 2020	Rajya Sabha elections: Ashok Gehlot accuses BJP of 'horse-trading' Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot on Friday accused the BJP of indulging in "horse-trading" for the Rajya Sabha elections and said that Congress candidates will emerge victorious on two seats. "The Rajya Sabha.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 12, 2020
Rajya Sabha polls: Congress has numbers, BJP can't win second seat in Rajasthan, says Sachin Pilot The Congress has the numbers and both the party candidates will win the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls in the state, said Rajasthan Deputy CM Sachin Pilot while asserting that there are no chances of the.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 11, 2020	Rajasthan BJP challenges Congress to prove poaching allegation The BJP in Rajasthan on Thursday challenged the state Congress to prove allegations of poaching after chief minister Ashok Gehlot alleged that attempts were being made to poach party legislators ahead.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 11, 2020
BJP delayed Rajya Sabha polls because they had not completed horse-trading in Rajasthan, Gujarat: Ashok Gehlot Three Rajya Sabha seats of Rajasthan are up for election which is scheduled to take place on June 19. DNA - Published on June 11, 2020	Rajasthan Congress smells plot to 'destabilise govt' in state of the Rajya Sabha elections due on June 19 even as it expressed apprehensions of a plot to "destabilise the popularly elected government in the state.". IndiaTimes - Published on June 10, 2020
Bajwa takes charge as chairman of parliamentary panel on subordinate legislation Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Partap Singh Bajwa on Wednesday took charge as Chairman of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation. IndiaTimes - Published on June 10, 2020	Rajya Sabha polls: Gujarat Congress shifts 17 MLAs from Rajkot resort to Botad Ahead of the June 19 Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat, the opposition Congress on Wednesday shifted 17 of its MLAs from a resort in Rajkot to a farmhouse near Gadhada town of Botad district, a party leader.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 10, 2020
After HC ruling, seven Manipur MLAs can't vote in Rajya Sabha election Manipur HC on Monday barred seven Congress MLAs who had switched over to the ruling BJP in 2017 from entering the state legislative assembly until their disqualification cases are disposed of by the.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 9, 2020	BJP junks Karnataka unit shortlist for Rajya Sabha polls ources said Kadadi and Gasti are district-level party members with an RSS background.They have both served the party for more than 30 years in various capacities. IndiaTimes - Published on June 9, 2020
BJP may add 9 Rajya Sabha seats to its tally in June 19 polls IndiaTimes - Published on June 8, 2020	HD Deve Gowda to contest Rajya Sabha polls from Karnataka; BJP nominates Eranna Kadadi, Ashok Gasti The election is scheduled on June 19 to fill four Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka which will fall vacant on June 25. DNA - Published on June 8, 2020
Kharge files nomination for Rajya Sabha polls from Karnataka Veteran Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday filed his nomination as the party's candidate for the June 19 Rajya Sabha polls from Karnataka. IndiaTimes - Published on June 8, 2020	Deve Gowda to contest June 19 Rajya Sabha polls from Karnataka The Former Prime Minister made his decision following the request of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, several national leaders and party legislators, and it was not an easy task to "persuade" him to.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 8, 2020
Congress shifts 21 Gujarat MLAs to Rajasthan; FIR against Rajkot resort where legislators were lodged The Congress on Sunday shifted 21 of its Gujarat MLAs to a resort in Abu Road in Rajasthan and alleged that the BJP was indulging in horse-trading ahead of the June 19 polls for four Rajya Sabha seats. IndiaTimes - Published on June 7, 2020	HD Devegowda likely to file nomination for Rajya Sabha election on June 9 IndiaTimes - Published on June 7, 2020
Gujarat Congress moves 21 MLAs to Rajasthan resort after three leaders resign ahead of Rajya Sabha polls The development comes in the backdrop of three MLAs quitting from their posts, thus affecting the chances of Congress winning the Rajya Sabha seat. DNA - Published on June 7, 2020	Rajya Sabha polls: Why rebellion in Gujarat is deja vu moment for Congress Days ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat, it may be a deja vu feeling for the Congress. Not just Gujarat, the principal opposition party would be getting reminded of the desertions of its.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 7, 2020
Rajya Sabha polls: As 3 MLAs resign, Congress in Gujarat moves flock to resorts Rattled by resignations of three MLAs ahead of the June 19 Rajya Sabha polls, the Congress in Gujarat on Saturday shifted several of its legislators to resorts and bungalows near their constituencies.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 6, 2020	To deny BJP an extra Rajya Sabha seat, Congress may back Deve Gowda Janata Dal(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda may be back in Parliament as Congress is ready to support the former PM for a Rajya Sabha seat from Karnataka, a move that is aimed at stopping BJP from gaining an.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 5, 2020

Rajya Sabha

Upper house of the Parliament of India

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