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Topic: Rajya Sabha

Chandan Mitra saved The Pioneer. Now, the newspaper is being revived

Kushan Mitra, senior automotive journalist, was appointed as printer and publisher of the Pioneer in July of this year after a long legal struggle.

Shah doubles down— ‘Congress’s truncation of Vande Mataram, appeasement politics led to Partition’

In Rajya Sabha, home minister rejects charge that govt came up with idea of holding debate on Vande Mataram with WB polls in mind. ‘Vande Mataram is not limited to Bengal, country.’

‘IndiGo crisis due to own planning, inquiry on’—aviation minister says ‘will set example for all airlines’

Ram Mohan Naidu tells Rajya Sabha that strict action will be taken for non-compliance or non-adherence by any entity in the industry, while noting the need for more domestic airlines.

AAP RS pick with rags-to-riches story, Rajinder Gupta’s stock has always soared in Punjab politics

Gupta is the founder and chairman emeritus of Trident Group, a global leader in textiles. He resigned as vice chairman of Punjab State Economy and Planning Board Saturday.

Rajya Sabha passes online gaming bill amid protests from Opposition

The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill was passed in Lok Sabha Thursday which, while promoting E-sports, flags betting & gambling games as 'public health risk'.

Amit Shah to move motion in Rajya Sabha to send 3 key bills to joint committee

The 3 key bills are amendments to the Constitution of India, Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 & the Bill Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.

1,647 km of 2,216 km fenced on India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, Rajya Sabha told

The Union MoS information was provided to the RS in a written reply to the Question of BJP MPs Shambhu Sharan Patel and Neeraj Shekhar.

Parliament passes bill to set up IIM in Guwahati with capital support of Rs 550 crore

The Opposition staged a walkout after the Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha.

India saw 67% rise in recorded abortions over last 5 years, Centre tells Parliament

It rose from 5.34 lakh in 2020-21 to 8.93 lakh in 2024-25, govt informs Parliament. In 2024-25, Maharashtra reported maximum cases followed by Tamil Nadu.

Congress flags a ‘mysteriously withdrawn’ question posed to Modi govt in Lok Sabha, by 2 BJP MPs

BJP MPs’ question was first in queue to be taken up for 'oral answers', as per LS website. However, during Question Hour, Speaker Om Birla directly picked up 2nd question on the list.

On Camera

Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.