Rajya Sabha Elections
- India
After losing LS elections, Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra enters RS poll fray
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra on Thursday filed nomination papers as the NCP candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, days after she lost the Lok Sabha polls…
- India
54 MPs including ex-PM Manmohan Singh, 9 Union ministers retiring from RS
New Delhi: As many as 54 members of the Rajya Sabha including former prime minister Manmohan Singh and nine union ministers are set to retire on Tuesday and Wednesday with some not…
- News
Himachal Speaker reserves order on party’s petition to disqualify 6 rebel MLAs
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania on Wednesday reserved his order on a Congress petition seeking disqualification of six party MLAs who cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha election. The six MLAs also…
- India
Ruling BJP led NDA likely to get majority in Rajya Sabha in April
New Delhi: The ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is likely to get a majority in the Rajya Sabha in April this year once the remaining six vacancies under the nominated category…
- India
Congress wins three Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka, BJP one
Bengaluru: The ruling Congress in Karnataka won three seats and the BJP one in the Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka on Tuesday. Those who were elected to the Upper House are Ajay…
- Bangalore
RS elections: Polling ends in Karnataka, BJP MLA abstains from voting
Bengaluru: The polling for the election of four Rajya Sabha seats ended in Karnataka on Tuesday and in a setback to NDA, Shivaram Hebbar, the BJP MLA from Yellapur abstained from voting.…
- India
Did Karnataka BJP MLA vote for Congress candidate in RS polls?
Bengaluru: BJP MLA ST Somashekar has voted for the Congress candidate in the ongoing Rajya Sabha elections here on Tuesday, said sources. Somashekar representing the Yeshwanthpur seat in Bengaluru said on Tuesday…
- Bangalore
Karnataka BJP criticises Cong over plan to shift MLAs to resort ahead of RS elections
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP has criticised the Congress over its plan to shift MLAs to a resort ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections for four seats scheduled to be held on February 27.…
- India
36% RS candidates declared criminal cases against themselves: ADR
New Delhi: Thirty-six per cent of Rajya Sabha candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves while the average assets of candidates analysed stood at Rs 127.81 crore, according to poll rights body…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: Three YSRCP candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha
Amaravati: Three YSRCP candidates – Y V Subba Reddy, G Babu Rao and M Raghunadha Reddy- were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh, according to an official release. Tuesday was…
- India
Sonia Gandhi elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan
Jaipur: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan on Tuesday, officials said. Bharatiya Janata Party’s Chunnilal Garasiya and Madan Rathore were also elected unopposed to the Upper…
- Bangalore
RS poll scene hots up in Karnataka as BJP-JD(S) fields second candidate
Bengaluru: The Rajya Sabha election scene in Karnataka heated up with the BJP-JD(S) combine fielding its second candidate, even though the alliance has the strength to win only one out four seats.…
- Top Stories
Congress fields Renuka Chowdhury as Telangana Rajya Sabha candidate
Hyderabad: The Congress party on Wednesday, February 14, named ex-Union minister Renuka Chowdhury and Telangana State Youth Congress President Anil Kumar Yadav as Rajya Sabha candidates from Telangana. Apart from Telangana, the…
- India
UP: After Maurya’s exit, Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) to oppose SP’s RS nominees
Lucknow: There is trouble in Samajwadi paradise in Uttar Pradesh. A day after Swami Prasad Maurya quit his party post and accused the SP of being ‘discriminatory’, the Apna Dal (Kamerwadi) has…
- Andhra Pradesh
YSRCP announces candidates for three Rajya Sabha seats
Amaravati: Golla Babu Rao, Meda Raghunadha Reddy, and Y. V. Subba Reddy are the candidates of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections, Andhra Pradesh’s ruling party announced on…
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