Congress nominee Viplove Thakur files nomination for RS polls

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 21:56

Congress nominee for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh Viplove Thakur today filed his nomination papers and was all set to be elected unopposed.

LK Advani scotches reports about RS nomination

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 18:48

Scotching reports that he may be nominated for Rajya Sabha, senior BJP leader LK Advani on Sunday made it clear that he will contest the next Lok Sabha elections, saying this is "in my mind".

PM files affidavit correcting age in RS poll papers

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 14:48

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Congress Rajya Sabha candidate from Assam, has filed a fresh affidavit correcting his age to 80 prior to scrutiny of the nominations Tuesday.

HC reserves order on PIL against Tendulkar`s nomination to RS

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 17:57

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a PIL challenging Sachin Tendulkar`s nomination to the Rajya Sabha.

I was misfit in parliament, Sachin can do better: Lata Mangeshkar

Last Updated: Friday, May 4, 2012, 21:05

Lata Mangeshkar says she was not so comfortable when she was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 1999.

Petition filed seeking quashing of Tendulkar`s RS nomination

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 20:58

A writ petition has been filed in the registry of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court seeking a direction for quashing the nomination of Sachin Tendulkar to Rajya Sabha.

`Sachin’s nomination to RS is Cong masterstroke`

Last Updated: Sunday, April 29, 2012, 18:18

Union Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Sunday termed the nomination of cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha as Congress` "masterstroke" and said the decision was praiseworthy.

Rekha expresses happiness over Rajya Sabha nomination

Last Updated: Saturday, April 28, 2012, 08:50

The 57-year-old national award winning actor was yesterday nominated to the Upper House along with cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and industrialist Anu Aga.