Rajya Sabha

New Delhi: Ahead of the larger meeting of all opposition parties in connection with deciding a consensus candidate for the post of President, a preliminary meeting was held at NCP Supremo Sharad Pawar's residence here on Tuesday.…

Kolkata: A survey of the newly-elected Rajya Sabha members conducted by the National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Rights (ADR) was released on Thursday, which stated that 40 per cent of the newly-elected members have…

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai for his "political strategy" which helped the BJP to win three seats in the Rajya Sabha elections. He called Bommai over phone immediately after…

Chandigarh:  In an humiliation for Congress candidate Ajay Maken in Haryana, the state ruling BJP got its candidate and its supported candidate elected to both Rajya Sabha seats early Saturday after high drama that put the counting of…

Jaipur:  Amid the internet suspension and political fencing of both BJP and Congress MLAs in private resorts, when Rajasthan Chief Minister on Friday morning assured that the Congress will win all the three Rajya Sabha seats it is…

Jaipur:  The Congress won three of the four Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan that went to the polls on Friday, while the BJP bagged the remaining one seat. The first Congress candidate, Randeep Singh Surjewala, got 43 votes; the party's…

Lucknow:  Eleven members to the Rajya Sabha, including eight from the BJP, have been elected unopposed from Uttar Pradesh. The eight BJP members, who have been elected, are Laxmikant Bajpai, Dr Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, Surendra Nagar, Dr…

Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday filed her nomination for the Rajya Sabha seat as a BJP candidate in Vidhana Soudha (Legislative Assembly), Bengaluru. She submitted her nomination papers to Vidhana Soudha…

Lucknow:  The BJP list for Rajya Sabha biennial elections from Uttar Pradesh, released on Sunday evening, has some surprises. The party has nominated former state president Laxmikant Bajpai to the Upper House. Bajpai, who belongs to…

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved the names of four candidates for as many vacant seats in the Rajya Sabha from Odisha, a press note issued by the party's Organisational Secretary, Pranab…