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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
TopicRajya Sabha

Topic: Rajya Sabha

26/11 prosecutor, ex-foreign secretary & Kerala poll violence victim: Stories of 4 Rajya Sabha nominees

Ujjwal Nikam, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, C Sadanandan Master & Meenakshi Jain have been nominated by President Droupadi Murmu to RS.

RS panel likely to ask Centre to define ‘misbehavior’ & ‘incapacity’—grounds for removing judges

Standing committee on law & justice met 24 June & discussed the issue even as Justice Yashwant Varma faces potential impeachment. Panel will hold more deliberations before finalising recommendations.

Rajya Sabha panel to discuss ‘code of conduct for judges’, post-retirement jobs next week

Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law & Justice will sit for discussion on 24 June. Members of the 31-member panel include Ranjan Gogoi, Vivek Tankha, & A.Raja.

Kamal Haasan set to enter Rajya Sabha with DMK’s backing, party also names its own 3 candidates

Rajya Sabha terms of 3 DMK members—P Wilson, MM Abdulla, and M Shanmugam—as well as that of DMK ally and MDMK leader Vaiko, are set to end by July this year.

Kamal Hassan named Rajya Sabha candidate as DMK assigns one seat to his party MNM

The actor launched Makkal Needhi Miam in 2018 in Madurai. It did not contest in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, instead campaigned for DMK-led INDIA bloc in return of a Rajya Sabha seat.

Khattar protégé, serial poll loser—BJP’s Jangra who said Pahalgam victims’ wives ‘lacked warrior spirit’

The RS MP Jangra sparked a row by saying that training under Agniveer scheme could've reduced casualties, claiming that the victims died with 'folded hands'.

Biennial polls for eight Rajya Sabha seats to be held on 19 June

The term of 8 members of the Upper House—two from Assam and six from Tamil Nadu—will be coming to an end between June and July.

Churn, Choorn, or Charan? On Waqf debate day, MPs pondered over Vijay Darda’s book title

Parliamentarians across parties made time for former Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda’s book launch. If half the lawmakers were in the Upper House debating Waqf, the rest were there.

PM covered distance to Moon in national & international travel, but won’t go to Manipur—Derek O’Brien

Speaking in Rajya Sabha, he cited 'irony' of discussion on President’s Rule in the strife-torn state taking place at 3 am in Parliament, urged Centre to 'look Manipur in the eye'.

Hindu temples’ properties to ‘encroacher protection’—key debates on Waqf Bill before it cleared RS

The Waqf (Amendment) Bill was passed in the Upper House with a 128-95 vote at 2.30 am Friday after a fiery 12-hour debate.

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.