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  Nitish Kumar files Rajya Sabha nominations: Amit Shah hails Bihar CM's tenure | As it happened

  Bihar | March 05, 2026 15:17 IST

  JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar filed the nomination for the Rajya Sabha, bringing the curtains down on his tenure as the longest-serving CM of Bihar. He has left for the Bihar Assembly, where he will be filing his Rajya Sabha nomination shortly.

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  Sonia Gandhi set to file her Rajya Sabha nomination today: Sources

  India | February 14, 2024 6:14 IST

  The Election Commission said that the biennial Rajya Sabha polls will be held on February 27 for 56 seats. The elections will be held on 56 Rajya Sabha seats in 15 states, out of which, Congress will contest on nine seats.

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  President nominates Satnam Singh Sandhu as Rajya Sabha member: Who is he? 5 facts about him

  India | January 30, 2024 13:32 IST

  Satnam Singh Sandhu is a popular educationist and is presently serving as Chancellor of Chandigarh University. He evolved into a committed philanthropist, providing financial assistance to countless students in their pursuit of quality education.

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  Delhi: AAP nominates DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal for Rajya Sabha

  Delhi | January 05, 2024 16:26 IST

  Delhi news: Sushil Kumar Gupta, whose tenure will end this month as a member of the Rajya Sabha, has conveyed his aspiration to fully immerse himself in the electoral politics of Haryana where the AAP wants to fight elections later this year, the source said.

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  'Let me first take oath, then will speak why I accepted this': Ranjan Gogoi on his RS nomination

  India | March 17, 2020 12:47 IST

  Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who retired on November 17, 2019, served as the 46th Chief Justice of India. He is credited with bringing the curtains down on the decades-old politically and religiously sensitive Ayodhya land dispute.

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  Ex-IAS officer Ashwini Vaishnav joins BJP after getting Rajya Sabha nomination

  India | June 22, 2019 17:06 IST

  Vaishnav, who was private secretary to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, joined the BJP in the presence of the party's Odisha unit president and MP Basant Panda and other senior leaders here.

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  Video: Media covering Paswan's Rajya Sabha nomination filing forced out of room as Nitish objects

  India | June 21, 2019 17:33 IST

  Reporters covering Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) Chief Ram Vilas Paswan's filing of nomination for Rajya Sabha were forced out of the Returning Officer's room at the Bihar assembly on Friday.

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  AAP Rajya Sabha nominations: Disgruntled Kumar Vishwas 'accepts martyrdom'

  India | January 03, 2018 16:02 IST

  The disgruntled AAP leader also accused Kejriwal of planning his political execution since long.

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  Will consider Rajya Sabha nomination if offered: Aamir Khan

  India | September 15, 2014 11:02 IST

  Mumbai: Actor Aamir Khan said that if he is offered a nomination to the Rajya Sabha, he will ‘think' about it.When asked whether he would like to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha like cricketer

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  PM grateful to Assam for Rajya Sabha nomination

  India | May 15, 2013 15:18 IST

  Guwahati, May 15: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed his gratitude to the people of Assam for making it possible for him to file nomination for the Rajya Sabha for the fifth time since 1991.“I

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  Sachin's nomination to RS is Cong masterstroke, says Jaiswal

  India | April 29, 2012 17:26 IST

  Kanpur, Apr 29: Union Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal today termed the nomination of cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha as Congress' “masterstroke” and said the decision was praiseworthy.“Since nominating the star batsman to the

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