Rajya Sabha

The focus of the Center has been on matters pertaining to the provision of justice to tribal communities living in remote areas, said Union Tribal Welfare Minister Arjun Munda.

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday announced that senior party leader Mallikarjun Kharge will replace Ghulam Nabi Azad as the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. The party has written to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu for…

New Delhi: The government has informed that there is no proposal to raise the excise duty on cigarettes, bidis and smokeless tobacco. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, Minister of State for Finance, Anurag Thakur…

Joshimath (Uttarakhand): For hours until help arrived, 12 workers stayed that way — hanging on to iron bars protruding from the roof of the dark tunnel, hauling themselves up to stay above the icy cold water that had gushed in on Sunday…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi used and coined new words in his speech in Rajya Sabha on Monday. While he remained glued to his stand on the farmers' issue, inviting them to find a solution through negotiations, his one-liners and…

New Delhi: The Union budget will be presented in Parliament on February 1, NDTV reported sources as saying. President Ram Nath Kovind will address both the Houses, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on January 29. The budget session of Parliament…

New Delhi: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) members met President Ram Nath Kovid on Monday and urged him not to sign the farm bills. The controversial bills, which have led to much hurtburn and strong protests, have been passed by the Lok Sabha…

New Delhi: As many as eight MPs, including Trinamool Congress’ Derek O’Brien, were suspended from the Rajya Sabha for a week after Sunday’s chaos in the Upper House during the passage of two farm bills. Besides O’Brien, TMC’s Dola Sen, Aam…

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The BJD has issued a three-line whip to its Rajya Sabha members to be present in the House for voting on three key agriculture sector Bills on Sunday. Notably, the three Bills — Farmers’ and Produce Trade and…

New Delhi: This is a piece of news that will warm the hearts of those who are dissatisfied with elected representatives who fail to keep the promises they make before winning in elections. Salaries of Member of Parliament (MPs) will be cut…