Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 19:41
Congress Wednesday dismissed suggestions that nomination of leaders like Digvijay Singh and Madhusudan Mistry for the Rajya Sabha indicate any panic in the party about defeat in Lok Sabha polls.
Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 09:49
With the process for filing nomination papers for the election to the vacant seats of Rajya Sabha beginning from January 21, intense lobbying has begun in all political parties to secure ticket for entering the Upper House of Parliament.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 19:07
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday that the passing of the Lokpal Bill by the Rajya Sabha was a landmark step.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 19:15
The process of setting up a Legislative Council in Assam, nearly 66 years after it was abolished, gained momentum as a bill to this effect was introduced in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.
Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 19:15
The decision of the Union Cabinet for creating a Upper House in Assam 66 years after it was abolished was today welcomed by Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 15:36
In a ‘victory’ for the BJP, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat withdrew the names of 20 party MPs from a list of members who disrupted the Upper House.
Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 11:09
With 61 Rajya Sabha seats to fall vacant in the next one year, the stage is set for fresh political hobnobbing and overtures.
Last Updated: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 16:01
Prefectural police headquarters across Japan set up task forces to crack down on election violations prior to the upper House election slated for July 21, focusing particularly on online campaigning.
Last Updated: Monday, December 24, 2012, 21:48
An official statement said Monday that President Mohammed Mursi has ordered Parliament`s upper chamber to convene on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 16:52
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi and RJD leader and former chief minister Rabri Devi were elected unopposed to the Bihar legislative council.
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 14:41
The Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday reversed yet another decision of the previous DMK government, with the Assembly adopting a unanimous resolution against revival of the Legislative Council.
Last Updated: Monday, April 12, 2010, 16:17
The Tamil Nadu assembly Monday passed a resolution to revive the legislative council or the upper house of the state legislature.
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