Rajya Sabha

New Delhi: Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu reconstituted eight House committees on Thursday. RJD MP Manoj Jha replaced Narayan Lal Panchariya of the BJP as chairman of the Ethics Committee. Prasanna Acharya of the…

New Delhi: 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, news agency PTI reported. Top Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul…

New Delhi: Sasmit Patra of BJD and four other Rajya Sabha members were elected unopposed to the parliamentary joint committee on office of profit. The other MPs elected unopposed to the joint committee are Mahesh Poddar (BJP), K Keshava…

Bhubaneswar: The Congress is most likely to take action against five party MPs, including Ranjib Biswal of Odisha, for being absent during the debate on the Triple Talaq Bill in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. According to reports, as many as 20…

New Delhi: The triple talaq bill will be tabled in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. After the successful passage of the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019, last week, the NDA’s strategy will be tested again on this controversial bill in…

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Friday appointed Rajya Sabha member Sasmit Patra as the chief whip of the party. Another member, Amar Patnaik will remain in charge of general secretary of the BJD Parliamentary…

New Delhi: BJD MP Sasmit Patra reiterated Odisha's demand to raise Kalinga Regiment in the Indian army, given the state's immense contribution to defence establishment and its rich past, in Parliament on Thursday. Patra, the Rajya Sabha…

New Delhi: V Maitreyan, the outgoing AIADMK Rajya Sabha member, on Wednesday left the entire House in silence when we requested that no condolence be passed or obituary references read out when he dies. Maitreyan, broke down as he made his…

New Delhi: Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday waxed eloquent about three newly elected MPs from Odisha to the Upper House of Parliament. As the names of BJD's Amar Patnaik and Sasmit Patra were mentioned…

Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said “more effective steps” were needed to deal with obscenity and vulgarity in advertisements in the media, PTI reported from New Delhi. Responding to concerns raised by…