Vice-chairpersons

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday reconstituted the panel of vice-chairpersons and gave equal representation to women.

Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday announced that the panel of vice-chairpersons has been reconstituted with 50 per cent of women parliamentarians and that the percentage may go higher in future.

S Phangnon Konyak, an MP from the BJP, became the first woman from Nagaland to preside over the Rajya Sabha yesterday. House Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar had nominated her and three other women members to the panel of vice-chairpersons on July 17.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar today reconstituted the panel of vice-chairpersons of Parliament's upper house with half of them being women.

Olympic medalist Mary Kom has been unanimously elected as the chairperson of the Athletes Commission of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) while table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal has been elected as the vice-chairperson of the body.

As the Uttar Pradesh election's first phase of campaigning comes to an end, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor campaigned for party candidate Pankhuri Pathak in Noida. Ms Pathak is the vice-chairperson of the All-India Congress Committee's social media cell.

Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party leader George Kurian has been appointed Vice-Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities or NCM. The appointment was made by union Minister of State for Minority Affairs (independent charge) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday reconstituted the panel of vice-chairpersons and gave equal representation to women.

Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday announced that the panel of vice-chairpersons has been reconstituted with 50 per cent of women parliamentarians and that the percentage may go higher in future.

S Phangnon Konyak, an MP from the BJP, became the first woman from Nagaland to preside over the Rajya Sabha yesterday. House Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar had nominated her and three other women members to the panel of vice-chairpersons on July 17.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar today reconstituted the panel of vice-chairpersons of Parliament's upper house with half of them being women.

Olympic medalist Mary Kom has been unanimously elected as the chairperson of the Athletes Commission of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) while table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal has been elected as the vice-chairperson of the body.

As the Uttar Pradesh election's first phase of campaigning comes to an end, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor campaigned for party candidate Pankhuri Pathak in Noida. Ms Pathak is the vice-chairperson of the All-India Congress Committee's social media cell.

Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party leader George Kurian has been appointed Vice-Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities or NCM. The appointment was made by union Minister of State for Minority Affairs (independent charge) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.