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Delhi lockdown: Rajya Sabha employees to work from home till Friday

With the imposition of a lockdown in the national capital amid the rise in Covid-19 cases, all employees of the Rajya Sabha will work from home till this Friday

Parliament productivity rising, as lawmakers take time to discuss bills

Debate time and productivity are rising, but fewer bills are being referred to the committees.

Establishment man: Meet N V Ramana, Chief Justice of India-designate

Ramana is a first-generation lawyer in his family. He became a lawyer in 1983 and a judge in the Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2000

Rajya Sabha returns Finance Bill 2021, completing Par approval for Budget

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday returned the Finance Bill 2021 without any new amendment

Rajya Sabha to discuss bill to give more power to Delhi L-G on Wednesday

Rajya Sabha will take up on Wednesday a bill which seeks to make it clear that the "government" in Delhi means the "Lieutenant Governor"

RS adjourned twice amid protests over bill to give more power to Delhi L-G

Rajya Sabha witnessed repeated adjournments on Tuesday as opposition Congress and AAP members protested against a bill that proposes to give more power to the Lieutenant Governor (L-G) in Delhi.

Bill to allow private players in mining activities tabled in Rajya Sabha

The government on Monday introduced in Rajya Sabha a bill to amend the Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act

Budget Session: BJP, Congress MPs give Zero Hour notices in Rajya Sabha

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Mahesh Poddar and Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda on Monday gave Zero Hour Notice in the Rajya Sabha

Congress MP gives Zero Hour notice in RS seeking end to farmers' agitation

Congress MP Deependra Singh Hooda gave a Zero hour Notice in Rajya Sabha over demand for compensation to all the farmers who lost lives in the ongoing farmers' agitation and also to end the deadlock

FM promises safeguards; Rajya Sabha passes Bill to hike FDI in insurance

Bill provides that no insurer shall invest policyholders' funds outside India, says government

Opposition protests in Rajya Sabha bill to hike FDI in insurance to 74%

The Upper House witnessed four adjournments in the afternoon sitting

India top country in world in use of mobile apps: Ravi Shankar Prasad

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday

RS adjourned four times amid uproar over bill on raising FDI in insurance

The Congress and other Opposition parties Thursday forced adjournments of Rajya Sabha proceedings for four times during the post-lunch sitting

About 200,000 jobs added in IT sector since 2019: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Prasad informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday

Nirmala Sitharaman to move Insurance Amendment Bill 2021 in RS today

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will move the Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021 in Rajya Sabha for passing on Thursday

West Bengal Polls: Rajya Sabha accepts Swapan Dasgupta's resignation

The Rajya Sabha accepted the resignation of nominated member Swapan Dasgupta on Wednesday

Rajya Sabha: Oppn questions increase in number of sedition cases

Several Opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday raised questions regarding the increasing number of sedition cases being registered.

3 new Covid variants reported in India: Govt informs Rajya Sabha

Three new variants of Covid-19, from the UK variant, South Africa and Brazil, have been reported so far in India

Bill raising upper limit to 24 weeks for abortions passed by Parliament

Parliament on Tuesday passed The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020

Swapan Dasgupta tenders resignation as Rajya Sabha member

This comes after Dasgupta was named as a BJP candidate in the West Bengal assembly elections