Rajya Sabha Nomination
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Congress says no decision taken yet regarding moving court in Meenakshi Natarajan case: Sources
India | Jun 10, 2026, 09:39 PM ISTThe Congress sources added that no decision has been taken yet regarding moving the court in this matter. Earlier in the day, top Congress leaders met the Election Commission, alleging that the nomination papers of Meenakshi Natarajan were wrongly rejected.
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Nitish Kumar files Rajya Sabha nominations: Amit Shah hails Bihar CM's tenure | As it happened
Bihar | Mar 05, 2026, 03:17 PM ISTJD(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 | Feb 14, 2024, 06:14 AM ISTThe 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 | Jan 30, 2024, 01:32 PM ISTSatnam 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 | Jan 05, 2024, 04:26 PM ISTDelhi 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 | Mar 17, 2020, 12:47 PM ISTJustice 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 | Jun 22, 2019, 05:06 PM ISTVaishnav, 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 | Jun 21, 2019, 05:33 PM ISTReporters 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 | Jan 03, 2018, 04:02 PM ISTThe 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 | Sep 15, 2014, 11:02 AM ISTMumbai: 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, 03:18 PM ISTGuwahati, 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 | Apr 29, 2012, 05:26 PM ISTKanpur, 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