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Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad speaks in Rajya Sabha on March 23, 2020. (PTI)

Rajya Sabha bids farewell to 57 retiring MPs

Among them: Sharad Pawar, Motilal Vora, Ramdas Athavale, Vijay Goel

23 March 2020 9:30 PM IST

Rebel Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh address a press conference at a resort in Bengaluru on March 17, 2020. (PTI)

Political trade grows: RS is the new market

Politicians have made enterprises of themselves and their constituents

18 March 2020 12:03 AM IST

In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, the then chief justice of India justice Ranjan Gogoi seen during the 18th late Dharamnath Prasad Kohli memorial lecture organised by the CBI in New Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind nominated Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha on March 16, 2020. (PTI)

AA EDIT: Gogoi's RS nomination sends wrong signal

Justice Gogoi had a destructive influence as a strongman judge

18 March 2020 12:01 AM IST

BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia being welcomed by his supporters on his arrival at Bhopal Airport on March 12, 2020. (PTI)

Congress needs a leader to give India a real choice

The party ought to offer solutions that are a palpable alternative to the mess that has been created

17 March 2020 9:06 AM IST

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (Photo: File)

Priyanka's name pops up as likely Congress candidate for Rajya Sabha...

Her name has been suggested by AIMUF, whose support is needed to win the seat

9 March 2020 8:00 PM IST

Trinamul Congress leaders protest over Delhi violence at Parliament during the ongoing Budget Session in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha uproar over Delhi riots

Oppn MPs demand discussion on riots, resignation of home minister Amit Shah.

3 March 2020 3:48 AM IST

The Upper House of the Parliament availed 25 hours 54 minutes of the available time while 2 hours 43 minutes were lost due to forced adjournments. (Photo: Representational)

Rajya Sabha secretariat official tests positive for Covid-19

This is the fourth such case reported in the Parliament complex so far

29 May 2020 2:36 PM IST

AAP MP Sanjay Singh stages a protest over his suspension from the remaining monsoon session of Parliament over the ruckus created in the Rajya Sabha. (PTI)

Anand K Sahay | Can fury over farm bills trigger a wider stir?

It is clear as day that continuance of MSP runs against the logic of the two laws cleared by Parliament

27 Sept 2020 3:50 PM IST

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. (PTI)

After Opposition boycott, Rajya Sabha passes seven major bills in...

The sitting of the Rajya Sabha was extended by just over an hour beyond the scheduled time to allow the passage of the...

22 Sept 2020 4:43 PM IST

TMC MP Derek OBrien attempts to tear the rule book as ruckus erupts in the Rajya Sabha over agriculture related bills, during the ongoing Monsoon Session, at Parliament House in New Delhi. PTI photo

Uproar in Rajya Sabha over farm bills; Opposition creates ruckus in...

Slogan-shouting members tried to heckle the presiding officer who was protected by House marshals

20 Sept 2020 3:34 PM IST

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu conducts a mock session of the Rajya Sabha, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (PTI)

COVID-19 effect: Coming Monsoon Session of Parliament to be a unique...

Staggered timings: proceedings in the Rajya Sabha will be held from 9 am till 1 pm while that of the Lok Sabha will be...

11 Sept 2020 3:48 AM IST

Pandemic used as an excuse to murder democracy: Opposition

In a scathing attack, Congress MP Mr. Shashi Tharoor said questioning the government was the oxygen of parliamentary...

3 Sept 2020 11:40 AM IST