VP election: Polling underway, Hamid Ansari set to win

Polling began on a brisk note on Tuesday for the vice presidential election in which United Progressive Alliance candidate Hamid Ansari appears set to fend off the contest put up by National......

IMAGES: Rekha takes oath as Rajya Sabha MP

Cine superstar Rekha took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, becoming yet another personality from the tinsel town to enter the portals of Parliament.Clad in golden brown saree and a......

Why Hamid Ansari is the best person to be Vice President

Exactly 50 years after late philosopher-statesman Dr S Radhakakrishnan's feat, Hamid Ansari on Tuesday emulated his footsteps by getting a second term as Vice President, a position into which he......

P J Kurien likely to be deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha

Opposition parties want to contest the election to the post of the deputy chairman on August 21 while the Congress is keen to get its nominee P J Kurien get elected unopposed.Rajya Sabha Hamid......

Railway Budget to be history

The Union Budget for 2017 is likely to be presented on February 1. An approval for merging the Railway Budget with the General Budget was accorded by  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday.......

Extra increment to staff: LS, RS differ

The two Houses of Parliament have taken diametrically opposite positions on the controversial grant of additional increments to their 4,000-odd staff in the face of objections from finance minister......