rajya sabha elections

Patna, March 16 – Union Minister Chirag Paswan hosted an Iftar gathering in Patna on Monday, attended by Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar.The event was organized at the state headquarters of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas).Several prominent leaders attended the gathering...

Patna, March 16 BJP national president Nitin Nabin said on Monday that this year's Ram Navami celebrations in Patna will be as grand as West Bengal's Durga Puja and Maharashtra's Ganesh Chaturthi.Nabin, who has been organizing Ram Navami processions in the city for years as a Bihar MLA, said...

Patna, March 16 – Amidst the voting for five Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar, political circles were abuzz on Monday after two members of Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's family were seen exiting the chamber of the Leader of the Opposition, Tejashwi Yadav, inside the state Assembly.The development...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Voting for the four Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha ended at 6 pm on Monday, as at least five MLAs from the opposition BJD and Congress reportedly voted in favour of the BJP-backed Independent candidate, Dilip Ray.The polling for the Rajya Sabha elections was held in the...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Voting for the four Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha was halted for about half an hour on Monday due to a dispute over the issuance of a second ballot paper to a BJP MLA.The BJD agent, representing the opposition, objected to the issuance of a second ballot paper to BJP MLA...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Polling for four Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha is underway in the assembly complex on Monday, with the opposition BJD and Congress accusing the ruling BJP of indulging in "horse trading".As the voting commenced at 9 am, Health and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mukesh...

New Delhi, March 16 – As voting for the biennial elections to 37 seats in the Rajya Sabha began on Monday, leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as well as the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) appeared confident that their respective candidates would win the elections.BJP MP Praveen...

Shimla, March 16 As many as 31 Haryana Congress MLAs, who had been staying in Himachal Pradesh since Friday evening, left for Chandigarh from Kasauli in the Solan district on Monday morning, under tight security, to participate in the Rajya Sabha elections.The Haryana MLAs were seen raising...

New Delhi, March 16: Voting for the biennial elections to 37 seats in the Rajya Sabha will take place on Monday, with polling scheduled from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM and vote counting to begin at 5:00 PM on the same day, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).The ECI has put in place a...

Patna, March 15 Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) working president Tejashwi Yadav said on Sunday that his party will contest the upcoming Kerala assembly elections as part of the ruling Left Democratic Front, which is locked in a contest with the Congress-led United Democratic Front.The former Bihar...

Bhubaneswar, March 15 The opposition BJD on Sunday evening told its two suspended MLAs to cast their votes in the Rajya Sabha elections in line with the party's direction, or they may face disqualification from the House.Patkura MLA Aravind Mohapatra and Champua MLA Sanatan Mahakud were...

Patna, March 15 – Ahead of the voting for five Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar, Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav held a crucial meeting with legislators of the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) and members of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Sunday at Hotel Panache.The...

Bhubaneswar, March 15 – Amid growing accusations of horse-trading in the run-up to the Rajya Sabha elections in Odisha, the main opposition party, Biju Janata Dal (BJD), issued show-cause notices to two of its MLAs on Sunday for their mysterious absence from meetings convened by party president...

Patna, March 15 – Voting for five Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar is scheduled for Monday, with intense political activity underway between the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the opposition Mahagathbandhan.Amid speculation about the numbers, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul...

Bengaluru, March 15 Two individuals were arrested for allegedly attempting to bribe Odisha Congress MLAs, who are staying at a resort near here, as part of the BJP's "Operation Lotus," Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar claimed on Sunday.He alleged that the BJP has planned...

Bengaluru, March 15 – Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar accused the BJP on Sunday of attempting to bribe Congress MLAs from Odisha who were staying at a resort on the outskirts of Bengaluru, and that two of those caught had confessed to trying to carry out "Operation Lotus"...

Shimla, March 15 A day before the Rajya Sabha elections, 31 Haryana Congress MLAs, who were staying at two resorts in Kufri near Shimla, were shifted to Kasauli in the Solan district amid tight security and through the rain and hail that lashed the state capital and adjoining areas on Sunday...

Bhubaneswar, March 15 – The opposition Congress party accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling party-backed Independent candidate, Dilip Ray, of attempting to bribe Congress MLAs staying at a resort in Bengaluru by offering financial incentives ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections...

Shimla, March 15 A day before the Rajya Sabha elections, 31 Haryana Congress MLAs, who were staying at two resorts near Shimla, left for an undisclosed destination amid tight security and through the rain and hail that lashed the state capital and adjoining areas on Sunday evening.The Congress...

Bhubaneswar, March 15 – Amidst heightened political tensions and allegations of horse-trading ahead of the biennial Rajya Sabha elections, the Odisha Congress issued a show-cause notice to Mohana MLA Dasarathi Gomango on Sunday for alleged indiscipline after he remained out of contact for...