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TopicM. Venkaiah Naidu

Topic: M. Venkaiah Naidu

Mirabai verses, Tagore & Kishore songs — Rajya Sabha plans musical adieu for retiring members

Performance by 6 MPs will be part of dinner hosted by Vice President Naidu for 72 RS members. While some of them retired in March, 19 will retire in April & rest in coming months till August.

P.C. Mody appointed Rajya Sabha secretary general, 1st IRS official to get post in either House

Mody's appointment raised eyebrows since incumbent SG P.P.K. Ramacharyulu was appointed just over 2 months back & was considered close to RS Chairman, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu.

Jairam Ramesh objects to BJP leader Tarun Vijay’s 2019 appointment as monuments body chief

In letter to V-P Venkaiah Naidu, Congress’ Ramesh requests to move privilege motion against Culture Minister G. Kishan Reddy. The appointment was made by his predecessor.

V-P Naidu talks of ‘judicial overreach’, cites Diwali cracker ban & monitoring police probes

Addressing the All India Presiding Officers’ Conference at Kevadia, Gujarat, Naidu said the actions have resulted in 'avoidable blurring of contours demarcated by the Constitution'.

8 suspended Rajya Sabha MPs call off protest to join opposition’s boycott of Monsoon Session

Opposition stages walkout from Rajya Sabha after Chairman Venkaiah Naidu refused to revoke the suspension of the 8 MPs.

Priyanka Chaturvedi trolls Amruta Fadnavis, mind your language, says Venkaiah Naidu

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

In Pictures: PM Modi, Amit Shah, other MPs pay tribute to Parliament attack victims

On 13 December 2001, five terrorists from LeT and JeM opened fire inside the Parliament complex, killing at least 10 people.

Venkaiah Naidu to revisit order as ‘military’ uniform of Rajya Sabha marshals triggers row

The new attire’s resemblance to military uniform has drawn criticism from many, including Congress MP Jairam Ramesh and former Army chief VP Malik.

Palestine moves International Criminal Court, and a post-Brexit crash

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.