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.
When the Centre announced the decision on August 5, both the MPs staged a protest inside and outside Parliament, shouted slogans in the well of the Rajya Sabha and tore a copy of the Constitution. IndiaTimes - Published
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday congratulated former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on being elected 'unopposed' to the Rajya Sabha from the state. DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is unlikely to field its candidate against former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the by-election to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. DNA - Published
Tharoor got into a controversy last year after his remark that if voted to power again, the Bharatiya Janata Party would change the constitution to make India a Hindu Pakistan. The comment drew flaks.. IndiaTimes - Published
They joined the BJP in the presence of Rajya Sabha MP TG Venkatesh at a membership drive organised at Parinaya Function Hall in the city on Sunday. DNA - Published
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh on Monday reiterated that the Narendra Modi government is hiding facts on the situation in Kashmir. “Go to YouTube, see the coverage by.. IndiaTimes - Published
During the visit, Sitharaman visited the flood relief shelters in the region and met the people. She had arrived in Bangalore earlier today, from where she travelled to Belgaum. The BJP leader is a.. IndiaTimes - Published
O'Brien was summoned by the agency on July 26, 2019 to join the investigation in connection with the TMC mouthpiece 'Jago Bangla'. While he was asked to appear before the agency in the first week of.. DNA - Published
Bhubaneswar Kalita, former Congress chief whip in Rajya Sabha who resigned from the House earlier this week opposing the party's stand on the government's decisions on Jammu and Kashmir, joined the BJP.. IndiaTimes - Published
Bhubaneshwar Kalita, former Congress chief whip in Rajya Sabha who resigned from the House earlier this week opposing the party's stand on the government's decisions on J&K, joined the BJP on Friday... IndiaTimes - Published
Speaking to reporters at a get-together after the end of the Parliament session, Naidu who is also the Rajya Sabha chairman suggested that the parties should include such a code in their election.. IndiaTimes - Published
The turnaround during this session was quite evident when viewed against the passage of a total of only 33 Bills during the last five sessions (244th to 248th) with a total of 88 sittings, says M.. DNA - Published
According to a statement issued by the Parliamentary Affairs Committee, the first session of the 17th Lok Sabha has been "historic" in many ways as legislations relating to almost all walks of socio.. IndiaTimes - Published
A total of 32 bills were cleared over 35 sittings making it the “best in the last 17 years” and the “fifth-best in the last 41 years”. Naidu congratulated the government and the opposition for.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (amendment) Bill, which seeks to remove the Congress president as a trustee, could not be passed in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday in the absence of a broad.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Rajya Sabha set a "new normal" in its "highly productive" 249th session, with extended sittings and record number of bills disposed, Chairman Venkaiah Naidu said on Wednesday. IndiaTimes - Published
Naidu said Sushma Swaraj was a "sister" to him who used to tie rakhi to him every year. "This year I will be missing this honour," he said in his address. IndiaTimes - Published
The Congress and the CPM on Tuesday questioned TMC's sincerity in opposing Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill as Trinamool MPs staged a walkout in Rajya Sabha instead of voting against the bill. IndiaTimes - Published
Parliament on Tuesday approved a resolution abrogating special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution and a bill for splitting the state into two Union Territories. The bill.. IndiaTimes - Published
Senior TMC leader and Rajya Sabha chief whip Sukhendu Sekhar Ray had in a tweet supported the abrogation of provisions of Article 370. Ray's views are also contrary to that of party chief Mamata.. IndiaTimes - Published
TMC MP in Rajya Sabha, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has supported the central government's decision to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir DNA - Published
Rajya Sabha on Monday passed two bills and resolutions each moved by the Narendra Modi govt revoking Article 370 and Article 35A of the Constitution and bifurcating Jammu and Kashmir. The Lok Sabha is.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Narendra Modi-led "Hindu nationalist" government's decision to abrogate Article 370 in conflict-ridden Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, was met with resounding protests from the Opposition in.. Firstpost - Published
Speaking to ANI hours after the Rajya Sabha passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill and voted for scrapping Article 370, Madhav said, "Article 370 has been a base for creating a divisive.. DNA - Published
People here on Monday were jubilant after Union home minister Amit Shah moved a resolution in the Rajya Sabha to revoke all the provisions of Article 370, which gave special status to the state of.. IndiaTimes - Published
With the opposition in disarray, the support of regional parties on Monday aided the smooth adoption of two resolutions for scrapping Article 370 in J&K and passage of a bill to reorganise the state.. IndiaTimes - Published
Former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday greeted Rajya Sabha members who voted in favour of the government's resolution to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution. She said that the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Home minister Amit Shah accurately highlighted the "monumental injustices" of the past and presented the government's vision for the people of J&K in Rajya Sabha, PM Modi said on Monday after the.. IndiaTimes - Published
As Amit Shah announced in Rajya Sabha on Monday the Centre's decision to repeal Article 370, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav too​k to Twitter to suggest how important this move was for the party... IndiaTimes - Published
Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday made a very strong defence of the government's decision to scrap Article 370 and said the move will end bloodshed in Jammu & Kashmir. "Article 370 is root cause.. IndiaTimes - Published
Senior Congress leader Bhubaneswar Kalita on Monday resigned from the party and also quit his Rajya Sabha membership to protest the party's opposition to scrapping of Article 370. The Congress has.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Rajya Sabha member further said that he was then called by a judicial commission in Pakistan. "They told me that the issue of Kashmir can be resolved if Article 370 is revoked. I came back and.. DNA - Published
"I strongly condemn the act of 2-3 MPs (PDP's Mir Fayaz and Nazir Ahmed Laway who attempted to tear constitution). We stand by the Constitution of India. Hum Hindustan ke samvidhaan ki raksha ke liye.. IndiaTimes - Published
Mir Fayaz and Nazir Ahmed Laway, the MPs from Kashmir, attempted to tear the constitution in the Rajya Sabha, following which Chairman Venkaiah Naidu had to call in marshals to remove the two leaders.. IndiaTimes - Published
BSP's Rajya Sabha MP Satish Chandra Mishra said in the Upper House: "Our party gives complete support. We want that the Bill be passed. Our party is not expressing any opposition to Article 370 Bill.. IndiaTimes - Published
Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday moved in Rajya Sabha for Parliament's approval a resolution to scrap the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution on a date to be decided by the President. Amit.. IndiaTimes - Published
Irked by his wife celebrating passage of anti-triple talaq bill by Rajya Sabha, a Muslim man allegedly gave her instant triple talaq and expelled her from his house in Fatehpur district, UP, police.. IndiaTimes - Published
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