The election was held to fill the vacancy caused by the death of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan.
The Andhra Pradesh Intelligence Bureau has warned of possible trouble in case the passage of the Bill is delayed on Thursday. The current session of Parliament ends on Friday.
Ahead of next week's crucial meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, a top Swiss lawmaker has said his government will 'most likely' support a waiver for India at the 45-nation grouping."The Indo-US nuclear deal is important for India's energy security and I think the Swiss government will most likely support the waiver for New Delhi at the NSG meet," Speaker of the Upper House of Swiss Parliament Christoffel Brandil told PTI.
Political temperatures were soaring in several states that could see close contests, with parties trying to keep their flock together and trading accusations of poaching of MLAs.
Gopalkrishna Gandhi could only manage 244 votes.
Several parties had requested that the session, which was originally scheduled to continue till April 8, be curtailed due to the five assembly elections being held in eight phases till April 29.
The 288-member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly constitutes the electoral college Rajya Sabha elections, scheduled on June 10, and a candidate needs 42 votes to win a seat.
As the members of the Rajya Sabha will be seated at multiple locations, including the galleries of the House and in the Lok Sabha, a hotline facility between the chambers of the two Houses has been created for the technology-aided session.
The Women's Reservation Bill, which provides for 33 per cent quota for women, will be considered by the Cabinet on Monday night and is expected to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha, sources said in Delhi. The bill is expected to be referred to the Standing Committee soon after being tabled in the Upper House, they said.
The win in UP is especially significant because UP assembly members carry the maximum value of votes in a Presidential election, given the fact that the state is India's most populous.
Pakistani Senators have questioned President Pervez Musharraf's fat hotel bill of Rs 63 lakh during his recent three-day visit to Britain, saying it caused a deep hole for the state exchequer.
'Has the Supreme Court ever said that the Preamble is the basic structure of the Constitution?'
'Upper castes who complain against reservations are fighting only for their own castes.'
It makes it mandatory for companies to spend on social welfare and seeks to bring in greater transparency.
Bracing for the opposition onslaught in Parliament, government and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday decided to aggressively counter the attack on its leaders like Sushma Swaraj, Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chouhan and rake up controversies related to Congress leaders.
The Modi government is learning to deal with the reality that it does not have a majority in the Rajya Sabha.
Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto has received a death threat from female suicide bombers, one of her close aides said on Tuesday.
He was elected as a local body councillor in 1976 in Bharuch Municipal body of Gujarat at the age of 25 years and became the political secretary of Sonia Gandhi and remained a bridge during UPA-I tenure between the party and the government.
The Lok Sabha, chaired by Speaker Om Birla, has been working for more than its scheduled time and has sat till midnight on two occasions to complete its legislative business.
Mookhey, 32, was elected by the Labor to replace Steve Whan in the New South Wales upper house.
Election to fill up 55 seats in the Upper House of Parliament was to be held on March 26, but 37 candidates have already been elected without a contest.
The imapsse continues over issues like bank scams and special status demand for Andhra Pradesh.
The bill was passed by LS last year and now it has to go back to the Lower House for incorporating the amendments approved by Rajya Sabha.
Ambani's resignation follows a recent spate of resignations from the Upper House over the office of profit issue.
Parliament on Tuesday completed the three-stage Budget exercise with Rajya Sabha returning the Finance Bill, 2003 after Finance Minister Jaswant Singh promised to move towards simplified 'Green Channel Tax System' based on trust.\n\n\n\n
Talking to reporters in Kolhapur, Raut said Malik is paying the price for exposing the farce behind the case and the real face of the BJP.
The bill makes it mandatory for candidates contesting parliamentary or assembly polls to disclose their criminal antecedents and declare their assets and liabilities after being elected.
After Lok Sabha successfully passed the Telangana bill, the government on Tuesday said it will immediately bring the legislation in Rajya Sabha.
Noisy protests disrupted the both houses of the Parliament on the first day of the second part of the budget session
The demonetisation has caused untold miseries to the ordinary people, Yechury said.
Murmu's vote share is now likely to go past 61 per cent, while it was earlier estimated to be around 50 per cent at the time of her nomination.
Combative Congress members, upset over the National Herald case, on Tuesday paralysed Parliament protesting against alleged "vendetta politics" leading to repeated adjournments in the Lok Sabha as well as Rajya Sabha.
Twice Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva will stand in the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) presidential election this year, she said on Wednesday.
Union Home Affairs Minister Harin Pathak said during the current year till end of March, 86 foreign terrorists were killed in various encounters, out of whom, 83 were Pakistani or PoK nationals.
'We are very conscious this is a blot on the image of Orissa as a peaceful state,' says Jay Panda, MP.
The bill rules out any provision for anticipatory bail for a person accused of atrocities against SC/STs, notwithstanding any court order.
But it may still pip the National Democratic Alliance at the post with the help of some neutral parties like Bahujan Samaj Party and independents
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