Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu is an Indian politician and the current Vice President of India and the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, in office since 11 August 2017. Previously, he served as the Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting in the Modi Cabinet. A prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he also served as its national president from 2002 to 2004. Earlier, he was the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He took the oath as Vice-President of India and the Chairman of Rajya Sabha on 11 August 2017.He served as President of the Indian Institute of Public Administration, Chancellor of Panjab University, Delhi University, Pondicherry University and the President of the Indian Council of World Affairs in his capacity as Vice President.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said it was sad that no Indian university figured among the top 300 in this year's Time World University Ranking, and stressed on the need to improve quality.. IndiaTimes - Published
"Bad name is coming to India. Somebody said India is becoming capital of so & so, I don't want to get into that. We should never denigrate our country and we should also not get into politics in such.. DNA - Published
MPs on Monday called for swift death penalty to rape convicts, their public lynching or surgical and physical castration and their trials in fast-track courts. Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.. IndiaTimes - Published
High absenteeism among Rajya Sabha members despite the listing of starred questions invited the ire of Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday, who described it as a "sorry state of affairs". In a rare.. IndiaTimes - Published
"What happens even after punishment is given (to convicts). We all are witness...appeal, mercy (petition)...can anybody think of having mercy on such people," Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.. IndiaTimes - Published
Venkaiah Naidu ordered that Hariprasad's remarks would not go on record the moment the Congress lawmaker began stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweets on every issue but had ignored the floods.. IndiaTimes - Published
Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu had previously asked the secretariat of the Upper House to review the new dress code of the House marshals after several political leaders, and.. DNA - Published
The ghastly attacks lasted for four days killing 166 people and injuring over 300. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday paid tribute to the victims of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and offered his.. IndiaTimes - Published
BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members clashed in Rajya Sabha on Friday over the quality of water being piped to households in the national capital, prompting an angry response from chairman M Venkaiah.. IndiaTimes - Published
Soon after laying of listed papers by ministers on the table of the House, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said he has received notices from several members to suspend business and take up discussions on the.. IndiaTimes - Published
In the letter, he stated that the change in his seating position is related to the ongoing political tussle between Shiv Sena and the BJP over government formation in Maharashtra. DNA - Published
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday wrote a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu expressing dismay over the change of his seat in the Upper House. "Astonished to know that my seating.. IndiaTimes - Published
This came after uniform of the marshals of the Rajya Sabha was changed from the traditional Indian attire to the new dress code for the ongoing winter session of the parliament. DNA - Published
Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday ordered the review of the new military-style uniform for House marshals. On Monday, during the 250th session of Rajya Sabha, the marshals of the Upper.. IndiaTimes - Published
A day before the landmark 250th session of Rajya Sabha begins, its chairman Venkaiah Naidu expressed concern over absenteeism of members in department-related parliamentary standing committees, saying.. IndiaTimes - Published
Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu has nominated a former prime minister and senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh to the parliamentary standing committee on finance in place of party colleague.. IndiaTimes - Published
Rajya Sabha's Ethics Committee will be headed by BJP MP Prabhat Jha with Chairman of the Upper House M Venkaiah Naidu reconstituting eight House panels on Thursday.Jha replaces his party colleague.. IndiaTimes - Published
Expressing concern over poor attendance in legislatures and quality of debate, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday came up with a 15-point reform charter for a new ‘political normal’ to.. IndiaTimes - Published
Irrespective of serious differences among members of the ruling and opposition parties over multiple issues, both houses of Parliament deliberated in favour of abrogation of Article 370 provisions in.. IndiaTimes - Published
Terming Pakistan as the 'contemporary epicentre' of terrorism, India on Saturday said Islamabad must decisively 'abjure terrorism' for its own and the world's good. Speaking at the Non-Aligned Movement.. IndiaTimes - Published
"On the subject of terrorism, our thoughts naturally go to its contemporary epicentre - Pakistan," Naidu said, in a rare direct reference at an international forum to Islamabad which is accused by its.. IndiaTimes - Published
Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday made a strong pitch for detailed legislative impact assessment (LIA) to bring out social, economic, environmental and institutional impacts of.. IndiaTimes - Published
Expressing "serious concern" over inordinate delay in justice delivery, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday pitched for bifurcating the Supreme Court to handle constitutional matters and appeals.. IndiaTimes - Published
"Unfortunately our history books did not mention about the contributions made by many illustrious sons and daughters of India," he said after presenting Punyabhushan Award to eminent archaeologist GB.. IndiaTimes - Published
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday made a strong pitch for holding simultaneous polls across India to avoid "deviation, dilution and diversion" of the public work. IndiaTimes - Published
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to Bharatiya Jana Sangh co-founder Deen Dayal Upadhyay on his 103rd birth anniversary and recalled his.. IndiaTimes - Published
There is nothing to despair, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said on Saturday as Isro lost contact with its moon lander. Isro's plan to soft land Chandrayaan-2's Vikram module on the lunar surface did.. IndiaTimes - Published
"In spite of grave provocations, you must be seeing in the recent past, we are not doing anything, but if somebody attacks you, we will give a reply to them which they will not be able to forget for.. IndiaTimes - Published
"Why is the acquisition of all these weapons and technologies? Why DRDO? Why Navy, Army and other Defence forces. It's because others attack us. All Tom, Dick and Harry attack us. We will not attack.. IndiaTimes - Published
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha. The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu. Top Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul.. IndiaTimes - Published
The issue should also be seen from the national perspective and people of the country should stand with their counterparts in J and K, he said here at the launch of his book, a chronicle of his two.. IndiaTimes - Published
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