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Topic: Rajya Sabha

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NDA candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh elected RS deputy chairman

Harivansh Narayan Singh secured 125 votes, while opposition candidate B. K. Hariprasad got 105 votes. 

Mary Kom is a much better MP than Sachin Tendulkar

Tendulkar’s attendance over his six-year term in the Rajya Sabha was just 8%, Mary Kom is averaging 53% in only the first two years of her tenure.

Congress’ B. K. Hariprasad to be opposition nominee for RS deputy chairman’s post: Sources 

B. K. Hariprasad will take on NDA’s nominee, Harivansh Narayan Singh of the JD (U) for the RS deputy chairman election tomorrow. 

BJP’s Mission 2024: Prime Minister Amit Shah?

The party president is already making himself the voice of the government through the Rajya Sabha.

FM Piyush Goyal says food items have become cheaper during NDA rule

Goyal added that the Indian economy was expected to grow over 7 per cent this year.

Rajya Sabha deputy chairman election: Has BJP upset its oldest ally SAD or is it appeasing JD(U)?

The election for the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman is set to take place Thursday, and there is palpable tension in the BJP-led National Democratic...

R.K. Dhawan stood by Sonia Gandhi when no one else did

Sonia, who had seen R.K. Dhawan serve the Gandhi family from close quarters, had reasons to be indebted to him.

NDA faces uphill task in Rajya Sabha deputy chairman elections

Ruling alliance still does not have the numbers to dictate terms in Upper House, fence-sitters could decide poll.

Facebook, Twitter blocked more than 700 URLs this year: Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Centre says it had asked companies to prevent the proliferation of rumours and fake news on their platforms.

On Camera

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

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.