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TopicRajya Sabha

Topic: Rajya Sabha

In flare-up over Parliament security, RS dy chairman quotes Nehru, Kharge hits back with Sushma, Jaitley

New Delhi: From Jawaharlal Nehru and Vithalbhai Patel, to Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley— the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday echoed with quotes from several...

Rajya Sabha passes resolution without discussion to extend President’s Rule in Manipur for 6 months

Union Minister Nityanand Rai moved the resolution in the Upper House amid heavy sloganeering by the Opposition. President's Rule is set to take effect from 13 August in Manipur.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till Tuesday following death of ex-Jharkhand CM Shibu Soren

The proceedings in the Rajya Sabha are adjourned for the day as a a mark of respect following the death of sitting MP & JMM founder Shibu Soren.

31 July, 2025: Trump calls India & Russia’s economies ‘dead’ & other news of the day

ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from India.

Hindus can never be terrorists, says Amit Shah during Op Sindoor debate in Rajya Sabha

Speaking during discussion on Pahalgam massacre and Op Sindoor, Shah says Congress’s ‘lenient policies, approach of appeasement’ allowed terrorism to grow and thrive.

Minutes after commencing, Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm

The upper house plans to hold a 16-hour-long discussion on Operation Sindoor today.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 28 July as Opposition protests over Bihar voter list revision

New Delhi: Proceedings of the Rajya Sabha were adjourned till July 28 on Friday amid continuous sloganeering by Opposition members, while Union Agriculture Minister...

No plans to drop ‘socialist’ or ‘secular’ from Constitution, govt tells Rajya Sabha

Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said any move to amend the Preamble needs broad consensus & thorough deliberation, adding that the government has not started any formal process so far.

Kamal Haasan takes oath as Rajya Sabha MP in Tamil

The 69-yr-old actor-turned-politician was nominated as part of a deal for his Makkal Needhi Maiam party’s backing of the DMK-led alliance in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.

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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.