Rajya Sabha

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Sushil Modi, 2 others take oath as Rajya Sabha members

11:00 pm December 12, 2020

New Delhi: Three newly elected members of Rajya Sabha, including former deputy chief minister of Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi, took oath on Saturday. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu administered the oath to Modi, Arun Singh and Seema, elected to the Upper House of Parliament from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh on BJP tickets. Naidu exhorted […]

PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of new Parliament building

3:35 pm December 10, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament building here at an event that was attended by leaders from various political parties, cabinet ministers and ambassadors of different countries. Modi also performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the building, which is expected to be completed by 2022. Priests from the Sringeri Math Karnataka did […]

Sushil Modi gets elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

11:45 pm December 7, 2020

Patna: Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi was on Monday declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha in a by-poll that was necessitated by the death of Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party founder Ram Vilas Paswan. Modi was handed over his certificate in presence of a host of dignitaries including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, with whom the […]

PM likely to lay foundation stone for new Parliament building in December

11:29 am November 25, 2020

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to lay the foundation stone for a new Parliament building in the first half of December, sources said. The sources further said that around five statues, including that of Mahatma Gandhi and Bhim Rao Ambedkar, in the Parliament complex are also likely to be relocated temporarily due to the construction work […]

Kapil Sibal’s comments have hurt sentiments of Congress workers across country: Ashok Gehlot

9:27 pm November 16, 2020

New Delhi: Congress leader Kapil Sibal’s comments to the media criticising the leadership after the Bihar elections defeat has “hurt the sentiments” of party workers across the country, senior leader and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Monday. With a few leaders echoing the views expressed by Sibal, Gehlot said in a series of […]