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…
Poet, editor, TV show host, film producer, Rajya Sabha member, animal rights activist – Pritish Nandy, a gifted man of many parts and surprises, passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday. He was 73.Born in Bihar’s Bhagalpur town, Nandy was the brother of renowned academic Ashis Nandy. He was a prolific poet, writing with the passion…
NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, then 91, made an appearance in the Rajya Sabha in a wheelchair. It was August 7, 2023, and the Upper House was deliberating on the contentious Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023. Despite his frail health, Singh displayed his steadfast dedication to the democratic…
NEW DELHI: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) tasked with examining the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, has been constituted, featuring 39 members, 27 from the Lok Sabha and 12 from the Rajya Sabha. BJP MP PP Chaudhary has been appointed as the Chairperson of the committee, marking…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh has dismissed the impeachment notice submitted by the opposition seeking the removal of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday, according to a report from news agency PTI, citing sources. He ruled that it was an attempt of the opposition of impropriety, being severely flawed and drawn in haste…
