Kapil Sibal (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal on Sunday urged the opposition INDIA bloc to present itself as a united front rather than appearing disjointed to the public. In an interview with news agency PTI, Sibal highlighted the importance of establishing a formal framework with designated spokespersons,…
NEW DELHI: The discussion on the working of the home ministry in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday took a fiery turn with treasury benches strongly protesting “objectionable” remarks made by TMC member Saket Gokhale who, while initiating the debate, took potshots at home minister Amit Shah and the functioning of the ministry.The RS chairman too took…
NEW DELHI: Road transport ministry informed Rajya Sabha Wednesday that in the past two years, 1,497 e-challans imposing Rs 48 lakh as fines were issued in six states and UTs for the offence of allowing minors to drive vehicles. As per data entered by states in the e-challan portal, Bihar had the maximum number of…
NEW DELHI: There have been just two convictions in 193 cases filed by Enforcement Directorate against political netas in the last 10 years, the finance ministry informed Parliament.Junior finance minister Pankaj Chaudhary said on Tuesday in a written reply in Rajya Sabha that the highest number of cases (32) were filed between April 1, 2022,…
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has dismissed speculation that former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal may enter the Rajya Sabha following his party’s electoral setback in the national capital, party sources told TOI. Earlier, media reports suggested that Kejriwal might move to the Upper House after AAP nominated its Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev…
Jaya Bachchan and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman have been having a heated discussion in the Rajya Sabha during the Union Budget 2025-26. The actress had requested her to have some mercy on the film indutry. She said, “One industry has been totally ignored by you, and other governments were also doing the same thing. But…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday lost his cool after Bharatiya Janata Party MP Neeraj Shekhar interrupted him during his speech.Kharge was criticising several central government policies, including the rate of inflation, when Neeraj Shekhar, son of former PM and an ex Congress leader Chandra Shekhar, budged in drawing…
BJP MP Dinesh Sharma in Rajya Sabha NEW DELHI: BJP MP Dinesh Sharma, speaking in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, urged the government to make domestic violence and harassment laws gender-neutral.“There is a need for a balanced law for both men and women,” he said. Citing National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, he highlighted that…
NEW DELHI: BJP MPs on Monday submitted a notice for breach of parliamentary privilege, citing ethics and propriety concerns over Sonia Gandhi’s alleged use of “derogatory and slanderous words” against the President of India, accusing the Rajya Sabha MP of attempting to ‘undermine the dignity’ of the nation’s highest office.“We write this with great dismay…
File photo: Senior YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP V Vijaysai Reddy NEW DELHI: Senior YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP V. Vijaysai Reddy announced his retirement from politics on Friday. In a post on social media platform X, he revealed his decision to resign from the Rajya Sabha…
