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Mumbai, March 6 Senior Shiv Sena leader Anandrao Adsul has expressed his displeasure at his party for not nominating him as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Shiv Sena's Jyoti Waghmare filed her nomination papers on Thursday, making her the sole candidate of the party...

Patna, March 5 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah praised Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's governance over the past two decades on Thursday, even as the latter signed nomination papers for his next political journey, from the legislature to the Parliament, while also paving the way for a...

Guwahati, March 5 – Three candidates – Jogen Mohan, Terash Gowalla, and Pramod Boro – filed their nomination papers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Assam on Thursday.The nomination papers were submitted at the office of the Returning Officer at the Assam Legislative Assembly...

Patna, March 5 JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar announced on Thursday that he will be contesting the Rajya Sabha elections, bringing an end to his tenure as the longest-serving Chief Minister of Bihar.Kumar, who has been the Chief Minister since 2005, said that the new government that will be formed...

Patna, March 5 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to file his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections on Thursday, according to JD(U) leaders.Kumar may file his nomination papers at the state assembly around 11 am, they said.BJP president Nitin Nabin will also file his...

Mumbai, March 4 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar is set to get a fresh term in the Rajya Sabha after the Congress on Wednesday declared support to him as the opposition bloc's candidate from Maharashtra for the lone seat it can win in the March 16 polls to the Upper House of...

Patna, March 4 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was considering the option of contesting the Rajya Sabha elections, a state minister said on Wednesday, a day before the deadline for filing nomination papers for the biennial elections to the Upper House of Parliament.State Parliamentary...

Guwahati, March 3 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma congratulated BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday for being nominated as the party's candidate from Bihar for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections."Heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the honorable national president...

Bhopal/New Delhi, March 3 – Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav extended his best wishes to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, including the party's President Nitin Nabin, from Bihar, on Tuesday.In response to the party's decision to appoint...

New Delhi, March 3 BJP national president Nitin Nabin was nominated as the party's candidate from Bihar for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections on Tuesday.The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released a list of nine candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections, fielding its former West...

Kolkata, February 28 West Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Saturday said that former state DGP Rajeev Kumar was rewarded with a Rajya Sabha candidature by Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee for "being with her in all crises".Asked about Kumar, who retired as the state's director...

Mumbai, February 24 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a meeting of its core committee on Tuesday to formulate its strategy for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections for seven seats in Maharashtra, scheduled for next month.The meeting was held at 'Varsha', the official residence of Chief...

Mumbai, February 22 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday backed party leader Aaditya Thackeray's remarks regarding the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, asserting that as the largest constituent in the Opposition MVA, his faction has the "first right" to the alliance's lone winnable seat...

Mumbai, February 21 Former Member of Parliament Gajanan Kirtikar said on Saturday that he has written to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, seeking his nomination for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Kirtikar, one of the senior-most leaders from the undivided Shiv Sena, sided...

Mumbai, February 14 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday claimed that NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar wants to contest the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, and the opposition bloc Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will hold discussions on the matter.Speaking to reporters, Raut also said it is...