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The Latest Breaking News from Upper House

BJP inches closer to gaining majority in Council with polls round the corner

With 37 members, the BJP is one short of a simple majority in the 75-member Upper House

The Hindu

Vote NSW VAD law may not be this week

Advocates for legalised voluntary assisted dying say their long fight to allow the practice in NSW likely won't be realised until next week.

AAP

Upper House elections in Huon, Elwick and McIntyre this weekend for Tasmanians

It is escaping everyone's attention, but there is another election taking place in Tasmania's south-east — the battle to enter the state's Upper House.

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Lobbying under way in AIADMK for two Rajya Sabha seats

Six seats of Tamil Nadu in the Upper House are falling vacant on June 29

The Hindu

Senate group shortlists two for NBTC board

An Upper House committee has shortlisted two prospective candidates for board member posts at the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), which would increase the number of commissioners to seven in line with its maximum quota.

Bangkok Post

Nowa Nowa plantation timber nursery plans scrapped, putting potential regional jobs at risk

It was meant to be the engine room of the state's move towards hardwood plantation timber, but after two years of delays, plans for a nursery at Nowa Nowa have been abandoned.

ABC News

Newcastle Greens councillors 'stick to knitting'... literally

Newcastle Greens councillors Charlotte McCabe and John Mackenzie took part in the stunt during Tuesday's meeting.

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Explained | BSNL and MTNL’s current performance

Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had informed Lok Sabha earlier in March that BSNL was making operating profits and was a stable entity. Separately, it was informed that there was no proposal to disinvest MTNL or BSNL.

The Hindu

Speculation rife over Suresh Gopi’s renomination to RS

PM wants him back in Upper House, State unit wants him to focus on Thrissur

The Hindu

Rajya Sabha updates April 5, 2022 | House passes Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022; adjourned for the day

House proceedings to resume at at 11.00 a.m. on Wednesday

The Hindu

JD(U) leaders dismiss speculation over Nitish’s exit from Bihar politics

They assert he will ‘remain the Chief Minister for full term and not going anywhere’

The Hindu

BJP hits a century in Rajya Sabha, first party to do so after 1988

Before polling, it was on 97 seats

The Hindu

Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill to be introduced in Parliament next week

Three hours allotted for discussion in Rajya Sabha

The Hindu

Needed, an Indian Legislative Service

A common service can help strengthen the many legislative bodies in India, from the panchayat level to Parliament

The Hindu

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Budget session: Rajya Sabha misses 2019 record run of adjournment free sittings

The continuous run of 12 consecutive full sittings of the Rajya Sabha during the second half of the Budget session without forced adjournments was interrupted on Tuesday after the Upper House was adjourned by Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu following the ruckus created by the opposition parties on the issue of…

The Hindu

Rajya Sabha updates March 22, 2022 | House adjourned

Rajya Sabha discussed the Budget of Jammu and Kashmir and two Appropriation Bills for the Union Territory.

The Hindu

Rajya Sabha updates | March 15, 2022

Rajya Sabha to take up responses to discussion on the working of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

The Hindu

Gutha Sukhender Reddy files nomination as chairman of Upper House of the Telangana Legislature

Mr. Reddy’s was the only nomination filed on behalf of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) which has 36 members in a House of 40.

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The Hindu

Elections to 13 Rajya Sabha seats in 6 States on March 31

These polls will bring in a minor change in the political equation in Upper House

The Hindu

Lobbying in BJP for Deputy Chairman’s post in Upper House

With election to the post of Deputy Chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council scheduled to be held this legislature session starting from Monday, the BJP is witnessing lobbying from its senior members for the post.

Dynamite News

Rajya Sabha clocks 100 pc productivity in first week, replies from PM, FM next week

Rajya Sabha this week clocked 100 per cent productivity, with the Upper House making full use of the available time in the ongoing Budget session in the absence of any adjournments.

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Former Ireland rugby star Hugo MacNeill announces Seanad run

There is a vacancy in the Upper House following the Dublin Bay South bye-election win by Ivana Bacik

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