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New Delhi: The Congress after securing victory in three seats in the Rajya Sabha elections in Rajasthan has proved all speculations wrong with veteran party leader and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot emerging the new crisis manager, steering the party through tough times. Gehlot’s role is being lauded as the Congress managed to win three out […]
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Aurangabad: With an aim to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has extended support to Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and will vote for Congress candidate Imran Pratapgarhi in the Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra. However, the political differences of AIMIM will continue with Shiv Sena which is an ally […]
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New Delhi: The polling to elect the members of the Upper House of the Parliament on 16 Rajya Sabha seats spread across four states will take place today amid speculations of horse-trading and fears of cross-voting. Polling is set to begin at 9 am and conclude at 4 pm. Notably, all 41 candidates from Uttar […]
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Hyderabad: The two candidates of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Dr B Pardhasaradhi Reddy and D Damodar Rao have been declared unanimously elected as members of Rajya Sabha here on Friday. The Returning Officer Upendar Reddy for the election handed over election certificates to Pardhasaradhi Reddy and Damodar Rao in the presence of the […]
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Amaravati: As expected, the ruling YSR Congress Party made a clean sweep of all the four Rajya Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh on Friday. YSRCP candidates V. Vijay Sai Reddy, Beeda Masthan Rao, R. Krishnaiah and Niranjan Reddy were declared unanimously elected in the absence of other contestants. Later, talking to media persons, the newly […]
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Hyderabad: Vaddiraju Ravichandra took oath as the Rajya Sabha member at a ceremony held in Delhi on Monday. Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu administered the oath at his chambers in the Parliament building. Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao, TRS Parliamentary Party leader K Keshava Rao, the party Lok Sabha floor […]
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New Delhi: Two newly-elected Rajya Sabha members Ravichandra Vaddiraju and Aneel Prasad Hegde from Telangana and Bihar took oath on Monday. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu administered the oath to both the members of Rajya Sabha in his chamber. Vaddiraju and Hegde were elected as members of Rajya Sabha in the bye-election from Telangana […]
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Mumbai: A day after Congress announced its Rajya Sabha nominees, actor-turned-politician Nagma on Monday expressed her discontent over not getting a berth in the Upper House of the parliament. Taking to Twitter, Nagma said, “Sonia Ji, our Congress president had personally committed to accommodating me in RS in 2003/04 when I joined Congress party on […]
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Vijayawada: The four YSR Congress Party candidates for Rajya Sabha seats from Andhra Pradesh-V. Vijay Sai Reddy, Beeda Masthan Rao, R. Krishnaiah and S. Niranjan Reddy filed their nominations here on Wednesday. Returning officer PV Subba Reddy had issued a notification for conduct of elections to the four vacancies in the state and the filing […]
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Lucknow: Deepening the crisis in Congress further, Kapil Sibal, a prominent face of the G-23 group of the dissenting leaders, has resigned from the party and filed nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections as an independent on Wednesday in Lucknow backed by the Samajwadi Party (SP). Sibal filed his nomination papers from Uttar Pradesh in […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana Congress working president Aredla Jagadeeshwar Reddy (Jagga Reddy) slammed the state government for nominating prominent industrialist Bandi Parthasaradhi Reddy to the Rajya Sabha. According to reports, KCR is learnt to have finalised the name of Parthasaradhi Reddy, the owner of pharma major Hetero Drugs for Rajya Sabha from the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi. […]
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Hyderabad: Hetero Group chairman and managing director Bandi Parthasaradhi Reddy, businessman-turned-politician Vaddiraju Ravi Chandra (alias Gayatri Ravi) and Telangana Publications Private Limited chairman and managing director D Damodar Rao will be the TRS candidates for the three vacant Rajya Sabha seats from the State. TRS President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao finalised the names […]
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Hyderabad: Elections to 52 Rajya Sabha seats including two seats in Telangana will be held on June 10. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday announced the poll schedule for the 57 seats of the Council of States in 15 States, whose terms expire between June and August this year. While the notification will […]
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Hyderabad: The Election Commission has announced the schedule for bye-election to the vacant Rajya Sabha seat in Telangana on Thursday. While the notification will be issued on May 12 kick-starting filing of nominations, polling for the Rajya Sabha seat will be held on May 30. The polling will be held from 9 am to 4 […]
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New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the Centre over reports of exit of automobile companies from India and alleged that government is driving out business. “The ease of driving business out of India. 7 Global Brands, 9 Factories, 649 Dealerships, 84,000 Jobs Modi ji, Hate-in-India and Make-in-India can’t coexist! Time to focus […]
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Hyderabad: BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the latter’s failure to achieve targets of economic growth. Terming Modi ‘clueless’ about China, he felt that the national security has also weakened hugely. “In 8 years in office we see that Modi has failed to achieve targets […]
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New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, which empowers police to obtain physical and biological samples of convicts and those accused of crimes. The Act, which replaces the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920, was passed by Lok Sabha on April 4 and Rajya Sabha on April […]
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Chandigarh: Former cricketer and Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab Harbhajan Singh on Saturday said that he will contribute his Rajya Sabha salary to the education and welfare of the daughters of farmers. “As a Rajya Sabha member, I want to contribute my RS salary to the daughters of farmers for their education & welfare,” Singh […]
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Says the union Minister is ignorant about the pain and struggle of farmers
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Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) continued to its tirade against the double standards of the BJP-led union government and demanded for a discussion on categorisation of scheduled castes in the Parliament. The TRS MPs moved an adjournment motion in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Thursday in this regard. After the motions were […]
