SC to hear pleas challenging Waqf Act on April 16

A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna will hear on April 16 as many as 10 petitions, including the one filed by AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, challenging the constitutional......

Rahman Khan elected RS deputy chairman

K Rahman Khan was on Thursday unanimously elected as the deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha.Decks were cleared for Khan to take over as deputy chairman after Shiv Sena Member Eknath Thakur withdrew......

Rahman Khan makes a comeback with Cabinet rank

K Rahman Khan, a veteran Parliamentarian who had a nearly six-year stint as Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, makes a comeback into the Union Council of Ministers with a promotion to Cabinet rank.......

Jaitley, Maya, Chiranjeevi take oath in Rajya Sabha

Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, Union ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Rajeev Shukla, and Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi and actor Jaya Bachchan were among......

Green vehicles mooted for Parliament complex

Battery-operated vehicles and solar lighting are being considered by a joint panel of members of Parliament for Parliament House to protect the grand symbol of India's democracy from pollution. At......

Insurance bill introduced in RS amidst scuffle

The government today introduced the draft legislation of the insurance bill in the Rajya Sabha amid strong attempts by the Left to block it. CPI (M) members even rushed menacingly towards Minister......

Quit Chidambaram demand in RS

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned briefly on Wednesday as Samajwadi Party, Telugu Desam Party and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam membersdemandedFinance Minister P Chidambaram's......