Rajya Sabha

Hindutva leader Tapan Ghosh dies battling COVID-19

10:31 pm July 12, 2020

Kolkata: Hindutva leader Tapan Ghosh, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died at a hospital on Sunday, his associates said. Ghosh, 67, was the founder of far-right group Hindu Samhati. He was admitted to a private hospital last week after he tested positive for COVID-19. Tapan-da passed away this evening. He is survived by two […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

NDA widens gap with Opposition in Rajya Sabha

4:05 pm June 20, 2020

New Delhi: With the latest round of biennial polls to the Rajya Sabha over, the BJP-led NDA has further widened its gap with the Opposition in the House, with the saffron party now having 86 seats and rival Congress merely 41. The National Democratic Alliance now has nearly 100 members in the 245-member House. If […]

Parliament sanitised after latest case of coronavirus

8:10 pm May 30, 2020

New Delhi: Government agencies undertook a massive drive on Saturday to sanitise all buildings in the Parliament House Complex after a fourth case of COVID-19 was reported from the complex, officials said. Of the four cases, three had contracted the infection after Parliament resumed on May 3, when Lockdown 2.0 ended. A Rajya Sabha Secretariat […]

Freedom fighter Bhabani Charan Pattnaik dies at 98

1:16 am May 15, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Freedom fighter Bhabani Charan Pattnaik died here on Thursday at the age of 98, family sources said. Pattnaik was rushed to the Capital Hospital after he fainted at his Ashok Nagar residence and breathed his last during treatment. He is survived by two sons and three daughters, while his wife passed away long ago. […]

UIDAI allows Aadhaar updation facility through CSCs

Aadhaar issued to over 90 pc of population: Dhotre

8:26 pm March 19, 2020

New Delhi: Biometric identifier Aadhaar has been issued to over 90 per cent of the population as of February-end, Parliament was informed on Thursday. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Sanjay Dhotre said the UIDAI does not maintain urban/rural bifurcation of the Aadhaar holders, and hence […]