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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicRajya Sabha

Topic: Rajya Sabha

Election Commission announces bypolls to 6 Rajya Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha & West Bengal

All six vacancies arose due to the resignation of members. The polling will take place on 20 December and the results will be declared the same day.

Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha adjourned till Wednesday after Opposition raises Adani bribery issue

Before the separate session of both the Houses, a joint session of the Parliament was also held, with Speaker Om Birla presiding over the session.

It’s back to school for Ajay Maken. Congress MP hits the books, earns PG diploma in applied statistics

60-yr-old Rajya Sabha MP restarted his educational journey during pandemic. On X, he wrote he sees statistics, sampling, data analytics & machine learning as 'modern political tools'.

Two YSRCP leaders resign from Rajya Sabha, likely to move to TDP

Beedha Mastan Rao Jadhav and Venkataramana Rao Mopidevi tendered their resignation to the House Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar on 23 August.

Oppn considers impeachment motion against Dhankhar over conduct as Rajya Sabha chairman

At least 60 of the 87 Opposition MPs in the Upper House have already consented to move the motion against Dhankhar, it is learnt, but no consensus yet on when to submit the notice.

‘Don’t need any schooling’ — RS Chairman Dhankhar tells Jaya Bachchan in 2nd Budget session face-off

Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan demanded apology from RS Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar who accused Oppn of ‘trying to destabilise the nation & create chaos in the House’.

‘Haircuts cutting people’s necks’ — Oppn says govt ‘friendly’ to corporates while middle class suffers

Oppn also criticises Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya's comment on the money spent on the training of wrestler Vinesh Phogat.

Protest over Vinesh Phogat in Rajya Sabha, anguished Dhankhar leaves House

Opposition parties walk out after not being allowed to raise the issue.

BJP MP Jangra of nurses row once called ‘torn jeans Europe’s garbage, agitating farmers lazy’

Nurses’ outfits have taken exception to BJP MP Ram Chander Jangra’s ‘misogynist sense of humour’ in Parliament, formal complaint lodged with Haryana State Commission for Women.

Loan write-offs fall 27% in 5 years, public sector banks outperform private peers in recoveries

PSBs have seen recoveries of written off loans growing faster than fresh write-offs since 2019-20, according to data provided by Ministry of Finance in Rajya Sabha.

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.