Rajya Sabha

New Delhi: India's border regions have long drawn travellers with their rugged trails, crisp mountain air and dramatic landscapes. Yet lawmakers in the Rajya Sabha warned this week that the surge in tourism is colliding with serious…

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are set to take up several key legislative matters on Friday as part of the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, with the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the Supreme…

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which seeks to make any obstruction or insult to the national song 'Vande Mataram' a criminal offence during the Monsoon…

New Delhi: Opposition floor leaders are scheduled to hold a crucial meeting at the office of the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, in Parliament House to deliberate on their floor strategy for the ongoing…

New Delhi: The Monsoon session of Parliament will begin on Monday, and the government is expected to present five new Bills, besides putting to vote two legislations pending in both Houses of Parliament. Prior to the commencing of the…

New Delhi: Union Minister of State George Kurian has resigned from the Union government on the completion of his Rajya Sabha term. George Kurian, who served in Narendra Modi’s government and had portfolios of Minority Affairs and…

New Delhi: As expected, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fielded senior party leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray for Rajya Sabha by-election in Odisha. On May 25, Debashish Samantray had resigned from the Biju Janata…

Bhubaneswar: The notification for the Rajya Sabha bypolls have been posted on the notice board in the Assembly. The bypolls will be held for the seat emptied after resignation of Debashis Samantray. The date for nomination filing has been…

New Delhi: As expected, former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the party headquarters in New Delhi today. Samantaray joined the saffron fold in the presence of…

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today submitted a memorandum to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Odisha R.S. Gopalan and strongly demanded the rejection of two illegal votes casted in favour of Independent candidate Dilip Ray, who was…