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New Delhi: Cricketer-turned-politician Harbhajan Singh, Misa Bharti, daughter of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, and BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla on Monday took oath alongwith nearly 25 other leaders as Rajya Sabha members. Others included A Rao Meena, Vijay Sai Reddy, Kheeru Mahto, Shambhala Saran Patel, Ranjeet Ranjan, Maharashtra Majhi, Aditya Prasad, Praful Patel, […]
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Hyderabad: With Parliament sessions scheduled to commence from Monday, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will be chairing a TRS Parliamentary Party meeting on Saturday afternoon to discuss the strategies to be adopted by the party in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The Chief Minister is expected to direct the TRS MPs to protest against the […]
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Hyderabad: SS Rajamouli’s father and ace writer Vijayendra Prasad who was nominated for Rajya Sabha by Government of India, landed in a controversy for his statements against Mahatma Gandhi in an old interview, sparking a debate among the historians. In a video that is now going viral on social media, the RRR writer is seen […]
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Tadepalli: The two-day YSR Congress Party plenary to be held opposite the Acharya Nagarjuna University campus in Guntur district is expected to attract about 1.5 lakh delegates on the opening day on Friday and four lakh party activists on the final day on Saturday. Informing this to media persons at the party office here on […]
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The Union government on Wednesday nominated noted musician Ilaiyaraaja, track-and-field icon PT Usha, screenwriter V Vijayendra Prasad, and philanthropist and spiritual leader Veerendra Heggade to Rajya Sabha. The four new entrants to Rajya Sabha belong to southern states— Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka, respectively. The President nominates 12 Rajya Sabha members on the […]
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Hyderabad: Telugu film industry (Tollywood) and politicians across party lines have hailed eminent filmmaker and screenwriter K. V. Vijayendra Prasad on being nominated to Rajya Sabha. Greetings poured in for Prasad from film personalities, political leaders and others. They hoped that his presence in the upper house of the Parliament would enhance its glory. Megastar K. […]
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Hyderabad: Chairman and MD of Telangana Publications Pvt Ltd D Damodar Rao, Hetero chairman and managing director Bandi Parthasaradhi Reddy took oath as members of Rajya Sabha on Friday. Both Damodar Rao and Parthasaradhi Reddy, candidates of Telangana Rashtra Samithi was elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha in the recently held polls. Both TRS candidates will […]
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New Delhi: The process to file nominations for the presidential election began on Wednesday with the Election Commission issuing a notification calling upon the electors to fill the vacancy. The election is scheduled to be held on July 18. The nomination process began on a day when various opposition parties are meeting in Delhi to […]
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Pune/Mumbai: In the wake of the BJP winning all three Rajya Sabha seats it contested in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said saffron party leader Devendra Fadnavis succeeded in working the “miracle” of weaning away independent MLAs from rival camps using “different means”. He also said that there was nothing shocking in the […]
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Mumbai: In a major setback to Maharashtra’s ruling alliance of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, the BJP on Saturday won three of the six Rajya Sabha seats, while the ruling combine questioned the eight-hour delay in counting of votes. The BJP winners include Union minister Piyush Goyal and former state minister Anil Bonde, and Dhananjay […]
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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 […]
