Rajya Sabha Tussle

The government versus Supreme Court tussle over the appointment of judges came under the spotlight again today, with Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar highlighting the issue in his maiden address in the Upper House.

Amid the tussle for supremacy in the ruling Shiv Sena between the groups led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and rebel MLA Eknath Shinde, party Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday said she had received some threatening calls.

A day before the winter session of parliament begins, several key meetings were held today where leaders across party lines discussed the agenda for the next session. The first of the two all-party meetings lined up for today began this morning. It was followed by a meeting between the leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance where the Sh...

BJP MP Sanjay Kakade today claimed that around 45 newly elected Shiv Sena MLAs in Maharashtra are keen on government formation by joining hands with the BJP. The Rajya Sabha member made the claim while speaking to a television channel, amid the ongoing tussle between the ruling allies over forming the next state government.

The Congress in Kerala is facing a revolt after giving up a Rajya Sabha seat to the Kerala Congress (Mani), a regional ally that had left it two years ago amid a rift over a corruption scam.

A bitter internal tussle of Kerala Congress is being fought out in public, as a group of young lawmakers have set themselves against the re-election of veteran leader PJ Kurien in Rajya Sabha. On Facebook, while one lawmaker advised the party not to treat the upper house of parliament as an "old-age home" another said Mr Kurien should "take this op...

In the middle of a bitter tussle for power with Lieutenant Governor that had reached the Supreme Court, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday received unusual support from several opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha.

Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri has a plan to help sort out issues between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal -- a lunch invitation. "Maybe, I will invite both of them for lunch and try and sort this out," Mr Puri said when Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha PJ Kurien asked him to...

The BJP-led government prefers Tuesday, the Congress, Wednesday. There is a new tussle between the two, this time over which day the Goods and Services Tax Bill should be presented in the Rajya Sabha.

The BJP has not only complicated matters for Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) in the by-elections for three Rajya Sabha seats, it has also forced out in the open the tussle between the former Bihar chief minister and the president of his party Sharad Yadav.

The government versus Supreme Court tussle over the appointment of judges came under the spotlight again today, with Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar highlighting the issue in his maiden address in the Upper House.

Amid the tussle for supremacy in the ruling Shiv Sena between the groups led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and rebel MLA Eknath Shinde, party Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday said she had received some threatening calls.

A day before the winter session of parliament begins, several key meetings were held today where leaders across party lines discussed the agenda for the next session. The first of the two all-party meetings lined up for today began this morning. It was followed by a meeting between the leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance where the Sh...

BJP MP Sanjay Kakade today claimed that around 45 newly elected Shiv Sena MLAs in Maharashtra are keen on government formation by joining hands with the BJP. The Rajya Sabha member made the claim while speaking to a television channel, amid the ongoing tussle between the ruling allies over forming the next state government.

The Congress in Kerala is facing a revolt after giving up a Rajya Sabha seat to the Kerala Congress (Mani), a regional ally that had left it two years ago amid a rift over a corruption scam.

A bitter internal tussle of Kerala Congress is being fought out in public, as a group of young lawmakers have set themselves against the re-election of veteran leader PJ Kurien in Rajya Sabha. On Facebook, while one lawmaker advised the party not to treat the upper house of parliament as an "old-age home" another said Mr Kurien should "take this op...

In the middle of a bitter tussle for power with Lieutenant Governor that had reached the Supreme Court, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday received unusual support from several opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha.

Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri has a plan to help sort out issues between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal -- a lunch invitation. "Maybe, I will invite both of them for lunch and try and sort this out," Mr Puri said when Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha PJ Kurien asked him to...

The BJP-led government prefers Tuesday, the Congress, Wednesday. There is a new tussle between the two, this time over which day the Goods and Services Tax Bill should be presented in the Rajya Sabha.

The BJP has not only complicated matters for Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) in the by-elections for three Rajya Sabha seats, it has also forced out in the open the tussle between the former Bihar chief minister and the president of his party Sharad Yadav.