Bengaluru : Former IPS officer KC Ramamurthy of the BJP is likely to get re-elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka unopposed, with neither the Congress nor the JD(S) nominating a candidate Monday, which was the last day to do so. Two other candidates – independent Dr K Padmaraj and Sri Venkateshwar Mahaswami of the […]

New Delhi : Death penalty for rapists, lynching of convicts in public and castration of those convicted were among demands made in Rajya Sabha on Monday as MPs expressed outrage over the Hyderabad rape and murder case and other such incidents in the country. Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu rejected adjournment motions on the gang-rape and […]

New Dehli  : Former Congress Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka K C Ramamurthy joined the BJP on Tuesday in the presence of the party’s general secretaries Bhupender Yadav and Arun Singh. Ramamurthy had resigned as a member of the Rajya Sabha on October 16. His resignation was accepted by House Chairman M Venkaiah Nadu, they said. […]

Bengaluru : Congress parliamentarian from Karnataka K C Ramamurthy on Wednesday resigned from Rajya Sabha and also from the party, indicating he might join the BJP while rubbishing claims that he quit fearing I-T raids. His resignation as MP has been accepted by House Chairman M Venkaiah Nadu, sources said in New Delhi. Ramamurthy is […]

Udupi: Oscar Fernandes, the Rajya Sabha member has been blamed for not paying salary to his employee Gopal Poojary for more than 15 years. In a press meet on Monday Ambalapady Gopal Poojary alleged that Fernandes had not paid compensation of Rs 6.07 lakh that was due for over the 15 years that he worked […]

Bangaluru: Polling was underway on Friday for four Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka. “Polling began at 9 a.m., on a steady note in the state legislature building to elect four of the five candidates in the fray for the Upper House seats,” said an election official. Five candidates, including three from the ruling Congress and […]

Mangaluru: Rajya Sabha member B K Hariprasad said the contribution of former prime minister Indira Gandhi’s contribution to the development of the country cannot be ignored, even if the political parties at the Centre do not agree to this view. He was delivering the keynote address during an international conference on ‘Indira Gandhi – a […]

Bangaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah assures that the Congress will win all three seats in the upcoming Vidhana Sabha to Rajya Sabha elections. He also added that the cabinet ministers will hold a meeting on March 14 to discuss on the separate religious tag to Lingayaths. Chief Minister also added that religious heads have the freedom […]

New Delhi: The virtual stalling of the Rajya Sabha proceedings due to Congress protests over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks against his predecessor Manmohan Singh today denied cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar his maiden attempt to speak in the House. Tendulkar was slated to initiate a short duration discussion on the right to play and the […]

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah today made his parliamentary debut, occupying a front row seat in the Rajya Sabha on the opening day of the winter session. Shah, 53, who was elected to the Upper House of Parliament in August, walked in just minutes before the proceedings began. Members of the treasury benches, including […]