Tag: Rajya Sabha
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Indian manned mission to space by 2022 — before 75th Independence Day
ISRO's high priority future projects include followup missions to Mars, a new mission to Venus and a return to Moon with capability to return samples from extra-terrestrial sources
February 8, 2019 -
A region erupts in anger
The Citizenship Amendment Bill has brought to the fore serious fissures in the North-east
January 21, 2019 -
Upper caste quota Bill clears Parliament | PM Modi hails it as victory of social justice
The Rajya Sabha late on Wednesday passed the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill, 2019 making 10 per cent reservation to upper castes in government jobs and higher educational institutions a law.
January 10, 2019 -
Triple talaq bill not taken up in RS; Opposition insists on sending it to select committee
The stalemate saw heated arguments between the opposition and the government, forcing Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh to adjourn the house for the day.
December 31, 2018 -
Triple Talaq Bill in Rajya Sabha: Opposition demands scrutiny of bill by select committee
The Opposition held a meeting which was chaired by Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad.
December 31, 2018 -
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2.30 p.m.
Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu asked the members to let the House function.
December 21, 2018 -
Rajya Sabha proceedings washed out for seventh day
The proceedings in the Rajya Sabha were washed out after the opposition and treasury benches clashed over the Rafale deal.
December 19, 2018 -
45 Bills to be taken up during month-long Winter Session
The session will continue will January 8 and see 20 sittings
December 11, 2018 -
Naveen Patnaik lauds Rahul Gandhi for latter’s stand on women’s reservation bill
“I am glad, he (Rahul Gandhi) has done that. I hope other parties do this as well,” the Odisha Chief Minister told reporters here.
December 10, 2018 -
The two houses of Parliament
The two Houses of Parliament enjoy a complex relationship as part of the Constitutional design, says Nirmalendu Bikash Rakshit.
December 6, 2018 -
A safe seat for Manmohan
It seems the Congress has turned to the DMK in desperation to help out. Six seats are falling vacant from Tamil Nadu in April next year and the Congress has asked M K Stalin to spare one for the former PM.
December 5, 2018 -
Odisha Assembly adopts 33% women quota resolution
Resolution passed by voice vote; Congress, BJP support women quota resolution but say it's a poll stunt by BJD government.
November 20, 2018 -
‘I gained from my father’s legacy’
Neeraj Shekhar, Rajya Sabha member of Samajwadi Party, is quite a reflection of his irrepressible late father, former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, when he persists with what he wants to say, and what he thinks is right. Unlike many others, he can stand up on his own, and does not wait for a group to …
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October 6, 2018 -
Select compulsion
Without seeking to soil our hands in the political slugfest that has erupted over the government’s decision to use the ordinance route to legislate against the abhorrent practice of ‘triple talaq’, it would be cowardly not to comment on the use of that power ~ which the President has endorsed ~ when one House of …
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September 21, 2018 -
‘Overcame challenges in tribal areas’
Achyut Samanta, who was recently elected to the Rajya Sabha from Odisha by the ruling Biju Janata Dal, is a first-time parliamentarian. Founder of the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), he has worked tirelessly among tribals of the state, providing them free education, accommodation, food and healthcare …
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September 15, 2018 -
Myopic ‘remedy’
The Vice-President’s suggestion for a consensus-based code of conduct for parliamentary functioning equates with merely trying to suppress the symptoms, not remedy the underlying malaise
September 4, 2018 -
A need for clarity
Amendments to the Specific Relief Act passed by the Rajya Sabha last month leave open the question of whether they are prospective or retrospective, write Amar Gupta and Ananya Kumar.
August 30, 2018