Sushma Swaraj Rajya Sabha

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday mourned the death of its former member and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj.

The BJP on Mondayfielded External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and party leader JM Thakor as its nominees for the by-elections to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. The move came hours after Dr Jaishankar, a career diplomat, formally joined the party in the presence of BJP working president JP Nadda.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told Rajya Sabha on Thursday that there will not be any problem to Indians till the process of Brexit gets over.

Asserting that every issue raised by the Congress on Rafale deal has been clarified by the Supreme Court, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said in Rajya Sabha that there is no controversy in the matter, except in minds of the opposition party leaders.

All the 39 Indians, who were abducted by ISIS in Iraq nearly three years back, were killed and their bodies have been recovered, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday. As many as 40 Indians were originally abducted by terrorist organisation ISIS in June 2015 from Mosul in Iraq but one of them escaped by posing as a Muslim from Ban...

Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day minutes after senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad flagged three issues and demanded discussion on them. This was the second straight adjournment in two days -- yesterday, the upper house was adjourned early following protests over Cauvery waters issue by the members of AIADMK and demands on local issues by ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the death of 39 Indians in Iraq and said that the government stands in solidarity with the bereaved families. Sushma Swaraj had earlier in the day made a statement in Rajya Sabha declaring that the 39 Indians kidnapped in Iraq by ISIS were confirmed to be dead. Protests by opposition members halted ...

Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday slammed Rajya Sabha member Naresh Agrawal, who started his new innings in the BJP with a controversial remark by referring to actress-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan as a "mere film dancer".

Naresh Agrawal, a once-powerful Samajwadi Party leader who joined the BJP on Monday, has expressed "regret" for his comment disparaging actor-politician Jaya Bachchan as someone "who used to dance in films". The comment has deeply embarrassed the BJP, with its leaders including ministers Sushma Swaraj and Smriti Irani condemning it.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj gave a statement about Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav's family visiting him in Pakistan and the way they were treated there. She delivered her statement in the Rajya Sabha. She is to deliver a statement in the Lok Sabha later in the day.

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has introduced 'The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017' in the Lok Sabha through a voice vote. Speaking at the lower house the union law minister said the bill isn't about a particular religion, but about empowering the women and about the rights of the women guaranteed by the constitut...

The Congress along with other opposition parties has moved a privilege motion against External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the Rajya Sabha for allegedly misleading the House over two issues -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lahore visit in 2015 and the Bandung Conference in Indonesia the same year.

Opposition parties will tomorrow move privilege motions against External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the Rajya Sabha for allegedly misinforming the House on India's foreign policy.

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday pitched for patience and restraint in handling the Dokalam standoff with China diplomatically, telling parliament that war did not resolve problems and were followed by a round of dialogue.

The sources who gave the government confidence of not abandoning the search for 39 Indians abducted in Iraq include a "head of state and a foreign minister of another country," External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told the Rajya Sabha today.

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday mourned the death of its former member and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj.

The BJP on Mondayfielded External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and party leader JM Thakor as its nominees for the by-elections to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. The move came hours after Dr Jaishankar, a career diplomat, formally joined the party in the presence of BJP working president JP Nadda.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told Rajya Sabha on Thursday that there will not be any problem to Indians till the process of Brexit gets over.

Asserting that every issue raised by the Congress on Rafale deal has been clarified by the Supreme Court, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said in Rajya Sabha that there is no controversy in the matter, except in minds of the opposition party leaders.

All the 39 Indians, who were abducted by ISIS in Iraq nearly three years back, were killed and their bodies have been recovered, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday. As many as 40 Indians were originally abducted by terrorist organisation ISIS in June 2015 from Mosul in Iraq but one of them escaped by posing as a Muslim from Ban...

Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day minutes after senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad flagged three issues and demanded discussion on them. This was the second straight adjournment in two days -- yesterday, the upper house was adjourned early following protests over Cauvery waters issue by the members of AIADMK and demands on local issues by ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the death of 39 Indians in Iraq and said that the government stands in solidarity with the bereaved families. Sushma Swaraj had earlier in the day made a statement in Rajya Sabha declaring that the 39 Indians kidnapped in Iraq by ISIS were confirmed to be dead. Protests by opposition members halted ...

Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday slammed Rajya Sabha member Naresh Agrawal, who started his new innings in the BJP with a controversial remark by referring to actress-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan as a "mere film dancer".

Naresh Agrawal, a once-powerful Samajwadi Party leader who joined the BJP on Monday, has expressed "regret" for his comment disparaging actor-politician Jaya Bachchan as someone "who used to dance in films". The comment has deeply embarrassed the BJP, with its leaders including ministers Sushma Swaraj and Smriti Irani condemning it.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj gave a statement about Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav's family visiting him in Pakistan and the way they were treated there. She delivered her statement in the Rajya Sabha. She is to deliver a statement in the Lok Sabha later in the day.

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has introduced 'The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017' in the Lok Sabha through a voice vote. Speaking at the lower house the union law minister said the bill isn't about a particular religion, but about empowering the women and about the rights of the women guaranteed by the constitut...

The Congress along with other opposition parties has moved a privilege motion against External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the Rajya Sabha for allegedly misleading the House over two issues -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lahore visit in 2015 and the Bandung Conference in Indonesia the same year.

Opposition parties will tomorrow move privilege motions against External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the Rajya Sabha for allegedly misinforming the House on India's foreign policy.

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday pitched for patience and restraint in handling the Dokalam standoff with China diplomatically, telling parliament that war did not resolve problems and were followed by a round of dialogue.

The sources who gave the government confidence of not abandoning the search for 39 Indians abducted in Iraq include a "head of state and a foreign minister of another country," External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told the Rajya Sabha today.