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October 6, 2025, 04:14 PM - 3 min read
As speculations have begun in the political corridors of J&K, National Conference Chief Spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq on Monday rejected reports suggesting that the party might offer a Rajya Sabha seat to Apni Party President Altaf Bukhari. He said that while discussions are ongoing between Congress and NC as alliance partners, the final decision on seat-sharing will be taken by the party’s high command.
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October 4, 2025, 04:00 PM - 3 min read
The dates for filing nominations and other requisite formalities for polls to 4 seats in Rajya Sabha in J&K are drawing near, so is the political activity gaining momentum. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday convened a crucial Core Committee meeting in Jammu to finalize its strategy also consider candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Ruling NC is said to be eyeing 3 seats which may shock its alliance partner Congress.
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October 3, 2025, 03:57 PM - 4 min read
With announcement of schedule for the polls on 4 seats of Rajya Sabha from J&K, the coalition partners, Congress and National Conference, are in the process of warming-up to ‘renew and revive’ their ‘arrangement’ for crucial polls – a litmus test for their alliance. Congress has appointed Digvijay Singh as observer and entrusted upon him the responsibility of holding 'crucial' negotiations with NC over the stakes for one seat in the Upper House.
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September 24, 2025, 03:23 PM - 2 min read
After over four years, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir. Four seats have remained vacant since February 2021 following the retirement of Mir Mohammad Fayaz, Shamsher Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad, and Nazir Ahmad Laway. The vacancies could not be filled earlier due to the absence of an elected Assembly.
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August 30, 2025, 07:17 PM - 2 min read
"I have sent letters to all members of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha to consider my candidature on merit, and I am ready to meet and seek support from the BJP's top brass if it allows me to do so," he cited on Saturday, at a media conference.
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August 20, 2025, 03:55 PM - 3 min read
The Parliament has cleared the IIM (Amendment) Bill, 2025, paving the way for a new Indian Institute of Management in Guwahati, even as opposition MPs walked out demanding debate on the Bihar SIR issue.
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August 18, 2025, 05:30 PM - 3 min read
The Parliament has passed the Indian Ports Bill, 2025, replacing the colonial-era law to promote integrated port development, ease of doing business and greater transparency, despite an Opposition walkout.
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August 18, 2025, 04:00 PM - 2 min read
Opposition MPs staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha after the Chair refused to allow a debate on the SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar, triggering slogans and disrupting listed business.
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August 18, 2025, 03:49 PM - 4 min read
INDIA bloc MPs protested in the Parliament complex on Monday accusing the Election Commission of deleting backward-class voters in Bihar through its voter roll revision, demanding an unbiased CEC and open debate.
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August 12, 2025, 11:34 AM - 3 min read
Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Tuesday defended his absence from the INDIA bloc’s protest march to the Election Commission of India (ECI), saying he did not owe an explanation to anyone and that his loyalty to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was “unquestionable” and would remain unchanged.
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August 10, 2025, 06:26 PM - 3 min read
The 543-member Lok Sabha has one vacant seat — Basirhat in West Bengal — while there are six vacancies in the 245-member Rajya Sabha.
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August 8, 2025, 08:26 PM - 4 min read
Parliament proceedings were paralysed on Friday as Opposition protests over the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls forced both Houses to adjourn for the day.
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