Tag: Rajya Sabha
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A flawed democracy~III
The Representation of the People Act, 1950 needs to be amended to remove existing anomalies in registration to be included in the electoral rolls. EC has proposed specific amendments to correct the existing problems.
July 13, 2019 -
Rajya Sabha passes resolution slapping 200% duty on Pakistan goods
The two statutory resolutions were moved by Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur on behalf of FM Nirmala Sitharaman and both adopted by voice vote.
July 8, 2019 -
Polling on for by-elections to 2 Rajya Sabha seats from Gujarat
On the basis of its strength of 100 MLAs, both the BJP candidates, S. Jaishankar and Jugalkishor Thakor, are likely to sail through.
July 5, 2019 -
Extension of President’s Rule in Jammu and Kashmir gets support in Rajya Sabha
The state of Jammu and Kashmir has been under President’s Rule since June 2018 after the BJP-PDP alliance broke up with Mehbooba Mufti of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) as the chief minister.
July 1, 2019 -
Week in Parliament: Vibrant debates held, Bills cleared in both Houses
Union Minister and Balasore MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi heaped praise on the Prime Minister while initiating the debate on the Motion of Thanks in the Lok Sabha on Monday, recalling Modi’s initiatives and style of functioning in his earlier tenure.
June 30, 2019 -
Residents vent anger as ministers visit Bhatpara
Locals wanted the delegation to explain how the situation went out of control.
June 29, 2019 -
Jharkhand lynching ‘painful’, but ‘unfair’ to insult entire state for crime: PM Modi slams Congress
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad had said that Jharkhand had become a 'factory of lynching and violence with Dalits and Muslims getting killed every week'.
June 26, 2019 -
SC rejects Gujarat Congress plea against separate bypolls for 2 Rajya Sabha seats
The EC had already scheduled the elections for the two seats on 5 July.
June 25, 2019 -
EAM S Jaishankar joins BJP, named party candidate for Gujarat Rajya Sabha seat
Jaishankar, who played a key role in shaping the foreign policy of PM Modi's first term was sworn in as a Cabinet minister along with other members of the government on May 30.
June 25, 2019 -
Keep your ‘New India’, return us ‘Old India’: Ghulam Nabi Azad slams Modi over Jharkhand lynching
Meanwhile, the main accused, one Pappu Mandal and four others have been arrested by Jharkhand police in connection with the case.
June 24, 2019 -
Both BJD, BJP hard pressed to explain RS candidature of Ashwini Vaishnav
Much to the discomfiture of the two parties, the Congress went hammer and tongs terming it the betrayal of people’s mandate by the BJD that exposes the deep-rooted nexus between the two linked to the mining lobby.
June 22, 2019 -
‘Clear mandate in polls’, says President in joint Parliament session, calls for removal of triple talaq
The Parliament session will continue till July 26. The Economic Survey will be presented on July 4 followed by the Union Budget for 2019- 20 on July 5.
June 20, 2019 -
SC notice to EC over Gujarat Congress’s plea against separate bypolls for 2 RS seats
A separate ballot paper makes the chances of the ruling party’s candidate winning significantly higher because each MLA will be voting twice as opposed to the preferential ballot system where each MLA’s vote is counted once.
June 19, 2019 -
Supreme Court to hear Congress plea on Rajya Sabha bypolls today
Pareshbhai Dhanani, Congress MLA from Amreli and Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, had moved the apex court against the EC decision to conduct separate by-polls for the two Rajya Sabha seats.
June 19, 2019 -
Congress leader Anand Sharma seeks to retain ARTRAC Headquarters in Shimla
Seeking Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s intervention, Sharma in a written communiqué on Thursday drew the attention to the proposed shifting of the ARTRAC Headquarters (HQ) from Shimla to Meerut, stating that it was being done without any apparent need or justification.
June 13, 2019 -
‘Ram Vilas Paswan will again be part of Modi’s cabinet’
"My father will be inducted again into the Union Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi", MP Chirag Paswan said.
May 27, 2019 -
Paradoxes inherent in apex court’s travails
Fourth paradox is that the Chief Justice who himself made history by organising a press conference in January last year against the then CJI has now requested the media to show restraint to protect the independence of judiciary.
April 24, 2019