New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): Over 47 hours of productive time was wasted due to interruptions and protests in the monsoon session of the Rajya Sabha that concluded on Monday even as business was conducted for more than 35 hours in its 16 sittings.

New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu was delighted over the return of normalcy in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): Pakistan government's negotiations with the proscribed outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has created fear in the Upper House of its Parliament.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 10 (ANI): As voting is underway for six Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra, a total of 285 MLAs cast their votes till 3.30 pm in Maharashtra.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 10 (ANI): The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Friday exuded confidence of a win for all its four candidates in the first preference vote in the Rajya Sabha polls.

New Delhi Mar 21 PTI Rajya Sabha on Monday returned a money bill moved by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman authorising the government for payment and appropriation of certain sums from the consolidated fund for the financial year 2021-22 The Upper House of Parliament also returned another Appropriation Bill for the expenditure done in the 2018-19 financial year Both the Appropriation Bills were passed by Lok Sabha earlier Rajya Sabha discussed the Appropriation No3 Bill 2022 which seeks to authorise payment of certain additional sums from the consolidated fund of India for services of 2021-22 and the Appropriation No2 Bill 2022 for services during 2018-19 before returning them to Lok Sabha A money bill after having been passed by Lok Sabha is sent to Rajya Sabha for its recommendations It has to be returned to Lok Sabha by Rajya Sabha within 14 days It is open for Lok Sabha to either accept or reject all or any of the recommendations of Rajya Sabha PTI PRS SMN

New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): John Brittas, CPIM Rajya Sabha MP on Monday moved a motion in the Upper House of the Parliament, demanding to declare April 14, the birth anniversary of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, as a public holiday in the country.

New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is likely to send former cricketer Harbhajan Singh to Rajya Sabha in the biennial elections from Punjab.

Naypyidaw [Myanmar], March 11 (ANI): The Chinese state-owned companies during implementation of the FDI in oil and gas project in Myanmar have illegally acquired land by violating existing laws.

New Delhi Dec 21 PTI TMC floor leader Derek OBrien on Tuesday said he was suspended from Rajya Sabha while protesting the mockery of Parliament and bulldozing of the Election Laws Amendment Bill by the BJP and hoped that this bill would be repealed soon in the same way the farm laws were taken backOBrien was suspended from the Upper House of Parliament on Tuesday for the remaining part of the Winter session after he threw a Rajya Sabha rule book at the ChairThe last time I got suspended from RS was when govt was BULLDOZING Farm Laws We all know what happened after that the TMC leader tweetedToday suspended while protesting against BJP making a mockery of Parliament and BULLDOZING Election Laws Bill 2021 Hope this Bill too will be repealed soon OBrien saidSasmit Patra who was in the Chair said the TMC MP had raised a point of order and the deputy chairman duly responded to itA little later OBrien flung the rule book furiously in the direction of the Chair Patra observedThe rule book would have hit the chair or secretary general or officials sitting at the table he saidThe TMC MP was suspended after the House passed a motion moved by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V Muraleedharan in this regardThe Winter session is scheduled to end on December 23 PTI ASK ASK ANB ANB