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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicRajya Sabha

Topic: Rajya Sabha

V-P Dhankhar revives pet NJAC vs Collegium debate amid Justice Varma row, Oppn remains wary

Dhankhar, who made these remarks before meeting with Rajya Sabha floor leaders, also said floor leaders would discuss 'certain constraints' imposed by judicial orders on state actions.

Judge row: V-P Dhankhar lauds CJI’s ‘transparency’, accepts Kharge’s call for RS floor leaders’ meet

The Vice-President, who has on several occasions batted for reviving proposal to set up a National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), says steps taken by CJI 'unprecedented'.

NIA’s conviction rate highest among all anti-terror agencies of the world, Shah tells Parliament 

Responding to MP questions & suggestions in the Rajya Sabha, Shah Friday said courts had decided 157 cases brought before them & sentenced the accused in 150 of the cases.

Issue of ‘cash’ found at residence of judge raised in RS, Congress calls for judicial accountability

Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said he would consult the Leader of the House and the LoP to find a mechanism for a structured discussion during the session.

10,000+ Indian nationals lodged in foreign prisons, 47 executed in 2020-24—govt tells Rajya Sabha

External affairs ministry provided the data in response to question by Kerala MP Abdul Wahab in Rajya Sabha. At 25, most number of Indians executed in Kuwait. 25 await execution in UAE.

‘There’ll be a reply for everything,’ says Amit Shah after TMC MP takes a swipe at home minister in RS

Response followed Saket Gokhale’s remarks on the Home Ministry’s working. He referenced CBI, claiming Amit Shah got scared as he began interpreting.

‘Mauritius, Qatar, Dubai, why not Manipur?’ Oppn attacks Modi again for not visiting strife-torn state

In Rajya Sabha, BJD MP Sulata Deo says PM has not visited Manipur since 2022 but has gone abroad '40 times'. BJP says situation improving in state with 7,000 people having returned home.

Oppn slams ‘sarkarikaran’ of Railway Board as Railway (Amendment) Bill clears Rajya Sabha

Following heated debate during which Oppn demanded minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s resignation, The Railways (Amendment) Bill 2024 was cleared in Rajya Sabha with a voice vote.

‘Average tax under GST dropped from 15.8 % to 11.3 %,’ Nirmala Sitharaman says in RS Budget session

Sitharaman was answering question raised by AITC MP Nadimul Haque on reforms under GST and if govt was planning to simplify rates & structure by reducing the number of tax slabs.

‘Shantushtikaran’, not ‘tushtikaran’: Modi tears into Congress in Rajya Sabha

In his to motion of thanks to Prez address, the Prime Minister said his government was ensuring that India’s resources were being optimally used.

On Camera

Why Indian and American Hindus must adapt in a proselytising world

Indian sampradayas have to institutionalise their knowledge and boil it down to essentials for transmission and proselytisation if they are to compete with the major Abrahamic sects.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.