Tamil Nadu's six Rajya Sabha nominees decided

The Hindustan Times;  June 6, 2007 ;     154 words ......re-nominate B.S. Gnanadesikan to the Rajya Sabha, uncertainty is over about the six vacancies...parliament from Tamil Nadu. Elections to the Rajya Sabha will take place June 15, while the last...Tiruchy N. Siva, a former MP, for the Rajya Sabha. The nominees of the main opposition...

Ambani quits Rajya Sabha, two MPs offer to follow Sonia

The Hindustan Times;  March 25, 2006 ;     571 words ......Anil Ambani Saturday resigned from his Rajya Sabha membership amid growing controversy...Dhirubhai Ambani Group, was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh in June 2004 as an...Party. Prior to his election to the Rajya Sabha, Ambani had joined the Uttar Pradesh...

VICE PRESIDENT ADMINISTERS OATH TO 27 NEWLY ELECTED RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS

The Hindustan Times;  April 4, 2006 ;     761 words ......Shekhawat, who is also the Chairman of Rajya Sabha, administered Oath of Office to twenty seven newly elected/re-elected members of Rajya Sabha in the Chairman's Chamber in Parliament...Pradesh. Smt. Sushma Swaraj was elected to Rajya Sabha in April 1990 and again in April 2000...

Kapila Vatsyayan quits as Rajya Sabha MP

The Hindustan Times;  March 24, 2006 ;     291 words ......Gandhi National Centre for Arts, resigning as a member of the Rajya Sabha. Vatsyayan, who was sworn in as Rajya Sabha MP only last week, sent her resignation letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Friday. This is the third resignation...

Ram Prakash takes oath as Rajya Sabha member

The Hindustan Times;  April 3, 2007 ;     139 words ......Prakash took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha today. Prakash, a close associate of...Singh Hooda, took oath in Hindi in the Rajya Sabha chamber of Chairman Bhairon Singh Sekhawat...K Rahman Khan was also present. The Rajya Sabha seat from the state left vacant due...

Jharkhand opposition divided over Rajya Sabha candidature

The Hindustan Times;  March 8, 2006 ;     400 words ...Ranchi, March 8 -- The Rajya Sabha elections for two Jharkhand seats...other allies. The elections for two Rajya Sabha seats will take place on March...Anand was first elected to the Rajya Sabha on its ticket and later joined...

Sports ministry brings BCCI to its knees with Rajya Sabha queries

The Hindustan Times;  August 27, 2007 ;     743 words ......foreign tour after it tried to ignore a Rajya Sabha inquiry on its affiliation process...in jeopardy after the Board ignored Rajya Sabha's two-page letter. A copy of the letter...audacity" in choosing to ignore the Rajya Sabha questions, the ministry also asked the...

RAJYA SABHA BY-ELECTION - Bajaj support will hurt ties, Cong tells NCP

The Hindustan Times;  June 6, 2006 ;     400 words ......Congress hinted that differences over the Rajya Sabha by-election could affect the alliance...support industrialist Rahul Bajaj for the Rajya Sabha by-election necessitated by the death...on supporting its candidate for the Rajya Sabha. Bajaj's election is a foregone conclusion...

Rajya Sabha seeks list of PSU guesthouses for MPs

The Hindustan Times;  December 11, 2007 ;     191 words ......visit state capitals and key towns, a Rajya Sabha committee has asked for a list of...interest. "The house committee of Rajya Sabha has expressed concern about the stay arrangement for Rajya Sabha members and their 'guests' during...

Left parties unable to reach on a consensus on Rajya Sabha seats

The Hindustan Times;  March 6, 2008 ;     223 words ......here today to select names for five Rajya Sabha seats was inconclusive as the Forward...would not give up the seat of sitting Rajya Sabha member Barun Mukherjee, whose term ends...does not have a representation in the Rajya Sabha and it has demanded for a "sure" seat...

Arjun Singh, two others take oath as Rajya Sabha members

The Hindustan Times;  April 20, 2006 ;     125 words ......leaders, took oath as members of the Rajya Sabha here today. Besides Singh, another Congress...Vice President and the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in his Parliament...House chamber. Singh, 75, entering the Rajya Sabha for the second term, was re-elected...

Adopted home state to return PM to Rajya Sabha

The Hindustan Times;  May 1, 2007 ;     333 words ......straight term in the biennial elections for Rajya Sabha May 24. "It would be a mere formality...prime minister to get re-elected to the Rajya Sabha from one of the two seats in Assam...whose term ends June 14. The second Rajya Sabha MP from Assam is Indramoni Bora from...

BJP, JD-U bicker over Rajya Sabha berths

The Hindustan Times;  March 12, 2006 ;     224 words ......the BJP and JD(U) lobbying hard for a Rajya Sabha berth from Bihar, a tussle is on the...in the state. In all, there are six Rajya Sabha vacancies from Bihar. Based on the strength...is in no mood to let go of the extra Rajya Sabha seat easily, sources say. The Hindustan...

Ambani follows Sonia, resigns from Rajya Sabha

The Hindustan Times;  March 25, 2006 ;     439 words ......Anil Ambani Saturday resigned from his Rajya Sabha membership amid growing controversy...Dhirubhai Ambani Group, was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh in June 2004 as an...Party. Prior to his election to the Rajya Sabha, Ambani had joined the Uttar Pradesh...

Manmohan Singh files nomination for Rajya Sabha

The Hindustan Times;  May 9, 2007 ;     237 words ......in the Upper House of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha ends on June 14, filed his nomination...on May 24, when polling for another Rajya Sabha seat held by Bharatiya Janata Party...became Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha when he was elected for a third term...