New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah and Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday took oath as Rajya Sabha members. Rajya...

Forty-four Congress MLAs from Gujarat, who were flown to Karnataka to prevent "poaching" by the BJP ahead of Tuesday's Rajya Sabha elections, returned...

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed four bills related to the implementation of the pan-India Goods and Services Tax.The bills passed by the Upper...

The Congress is not inclined to move any amendments to the GST enabling bills in the Rajya Sabha before they are returned to the Lok Sabha but may...

Overall trade with China during the 11-month period decreased marginally by 0.87 per cent to $64.57 billion, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Rajya Sabha.

He said that to work efficiently, the GST Council requires a "full-time, independent, professional expertise", and that it can neither depend on the Finance Ministry nor the state governments.

Parrikar came to the Rajya Sabha during the Zero Hour and thanked the chairman, Deputy Chairman and other members.

The Congress also demanded a discussion on the issue under substantive motion that it has already submitted.

Kahkashan Parveen of the JD-U raised the matter of Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria reportedly saying that it was unlikely that a girl who was raped by eight men would not inform her parents about it.

Sushma Swaraj said that Aditya Nath has assured of an impartial probe into the Monday night attack on four Nigerian students by a crowd in Greater Noida, some 40 km from the national capital.

Soon after the House assembled for the day, the proceedings were adjourned first for 10 minutes till 11.25 a.m.

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