Rajya Sabha

In OBC pitch, Rahul Gandhi sees Congress route to revival

The battle between the BJP and the Congress in the Hindi heartland is actually one for OBC minds

Varghese K. George

RJD stands in isolation in its demand for sending women’s quota Bill to select committee

Sobhana K. Nair

Delimitation debate: gender vs regional, caste identities

Varghese K. George

Parliament proceedings | Rajya Sabha felicitates Chandrayaan mission, MPs seek more funds for space research

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Sonia Gandhi to lead Congress in Lok Sabha debate on women’s reservation Bill

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress MPs Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Sonia Gandhi at the Central Hall of Parliament, in New Delhi on September 19, 2023.

As Parliament moves to new premises, PM calls for a fresh chapter free of bitter partisanship

Top news of the day: Government introduces women’s reservation Bill in Lok Sabha, first bill in new Parliament; India rejects Canadian PM allegations on killing of pro-Khalistan activist Nijjar, expels diplomat, and more

PM Modi urges Rajya Sabha MPs to unanimously approve women's reservation bill

Proceedings will shift to the new Parliament building inaugurated earlier this year, on September 19, 2023.

Understanding the significance of the Parliament ‘special session’ | Explained

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The new (left) and old buildings of Parliament

Crafting a new chapter in parliamentary conduct

Misplaced mystery: On the special session of Parliament, the politics

A view of the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi

Parliament special session | BJP, Congress issue whip for all MPs to be present

The new Parliament building in New Delhi on September 6, 2023.

Special Session to debate Parliament’s 75-year journey, take up Bills

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‘The administrative benefits from simultaneous elections are overstated at best, and non-existent at worst’

Drop the bad idea of simultaneous elections

A view of the new Parliament building in New Delhi. File

40% sitting MPs have criminal cases, 25% serious criminal cases: ADR

Congress leader Pawan Khera addressing a press conference at AICC headquarters, in New Delhi, on September 07, 2023.

Top news of the day: Congress distances itself from Udhayanidhi’s sanatana remarks; Bengal to celebrate Foundation Day on Bengali New Year, and more

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A view of the parliament. File

25 government bills pending in Rajya Sabha

The special session will have five sittings and members will be informed about the provisional calendar separately. File

No Question Hour, private members business during September 18-22 special session of Parliament

Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on August 29 nominated former Home Minister and Congress member P. Chidambaram to the department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs.

Chidambaram nominated to parliamentary panel on home affairs looking into criminal laws

Polling officials collect EVMs in Rural Bengaluru on May 9, 2023, on the eve of the Karnataka Assembly elections.

Should the CJI be part of the committee selecting the CEC?

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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar plants a sapling at the premises of Sainik School in Chittorgarh on August 22, 2023.

Handouts keep electorate in a state of ‘political intoxication’: Vice President Dhankar

A combo photo of the Lunar far side area from the Chandrayaan-3 Mission captured by the Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera on August 21, 2023

Top news of the day: Contact established between Chandrayaan-2 orbiter and Chadrayaan-3 Lander Module; SC says it will not stay Bihar caste survey unless petitioners establish prima facie case, and more

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Left to right in the top row, BJP’s Babubhai Jesangbhai Desai, TMC’s Derek O’Brien and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, and left to right in the bottom row, BJP’s Nagendra Ray and TMC’s Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Samirul Islam take oath as Rajya Sabha MPs, at Parliament House in New Delhi, on August 21, 2023. Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar presided over the ceremony.

Nine members of Rajya Sabha take oath

Members sit in the Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament on August 11, 2023.

12% of sitting MPs of Rajya Sabha billionaires, highest percentage from A.P., Telangana: ADR

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