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All four Trinamool candidates Nadimul Haque, Subhasish Chakraborty, Abir Biswas and Santanu Sen win. (Photo: PTI/File)

RS polls: TMC bags 4 seats in WB; TRS all 3 in T'gana; Cong 3 in...

Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Telangana were the six states that featured in the...

23 March 2018 6:41 PM IST

Meanwhile, Congress MP Rajni Patil gave zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha over the issue of 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and Assembly. (Photo: ANI)

Stalemate continues; RS adjourned till Monday, LS till Tuesday

This is the third straight week that both the Houses were adjourned without undertaking any significant business.

23 March 2018 2:24 PM IST

BSP MLA Anil Singh said, I have voted for BJP, I dont know about the rest. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

BSP MLA Anil Singh cross-votes for BJP candidate in Rajya Sabha...

Voting is underway in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Kerala.

23 March 2018 12:16 PM IST

Rajya Sabha. (Photo: PTI)

Here's a complete guide to today's Rajya Sabha elections

The BJP is guaranteed 28 of 59 of seats that will fall vacant in April.

23 March 2018 9:33 AM IST

Chaotic scenes ensued in Rajya Sabha fater

All you need to know about Rajya Sabha elections 2018

Rajya Sabha members are elected for a six-year term. One-third of the members of the Upper House of parliament retire...

23 March 2018 9:08 AM IST

Rajya Sabha. (Photo: PTI)

Voting for 25 Rajya Sabha seats begins: Will BJP win ninth seat in...

Besides Uttar Pradesh West Bengal, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Telangana will also feature in the polls.

23 March 2018 8:51 AM IST

Union health minister J.P. Nadda releases the lists of BJP candidates for the Punjab and Goa Assembly elections in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Fear of cross voting haunts Chhattisgarh parties

BJP rushed Union health minister J.P. Nadda to Raipur in Chhattisgarh to ensure smooth victory of the party candidate...

23 March 2018 2:25 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Rajya Sabha. (Photo: PTI/File)

Contest for RS seats in UP, 5 other states tomorrow; Jaitley in fray

For the 58 Rajya Sabha seats to be filled, 33 candidates from 10 states were declared elected unopposed on March 15.

22 March 2018 8:10 PM IST

Meanwhile, Congress MP Rajni Patil gave zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha over the issue of 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and Assembly. (Photo: ANI)

Parliament passes bill enhancing ceiling of tax free gratuity to Rs 20...

The bill moved by Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar in the Rajya Sabha was passed by a voice vote.

22 March 2018 1:53 PM IST

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TMC asks Cong MLAs' to vote for Singhvi in RS poll

Senior CPI(M) leader Rabin Deb is contesting as the Left Front candidate for the fifth seat.

21 March 2018 6:21 AM IST

External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj had told Parliament on Tuesday that all 39 Indians, abducted by the ISIS in Iraq nearly three years back, were killed and their bodies were recovered. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Hopes trashed as kin get informed on TV about Indian captives' death

Several relatives of the killed workers said they were not officially informed about their loved ones by any government...

20 March 2018 7:04 PM IST

Deep penetration radar confirmed that all Indians were dead after all bodies were exhumed, said Sushma Swaraj. (Photo: Screengrab)

All 39 Indians kidnapped in Iraq's Mosul killed by ISIS: Sushma Swaraj

39 Indians who were taken hostage in Iraq's Mosul have died: Sushma Swaraj told in her Rajya Sabh address.

20 March 2018 11:20 AM IST