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  TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee demands Bharat Ratna or Rajya Sabha berth for wrestler Vinesh Phogat

  India | August 07, 2024 23:22 IST

  She had scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the gold medal bout on Tuesday night. As the nation prepared to celebrate Vinesh's medal-winning run, she was disqualified when she could not ace the second weigh-in.

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  TMC MP Srinjoy Bose quits party, Rajya Sabha seat

  Politics | February 05, 2015 16:48 IST

  Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Srinjoy Bose resigned from the party and also as Rajya Sabha MP today, barely a day after he was released on conditional bail in connection with the Saradha scam."Srinjoy Bose has

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  I got Rajya Sabha seat for Athawale, says Uddhav Thackeray

  Politics | September 29, 2014 15:03 IST

  Mumbai: Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Monday made an embarrassing revelation here that he had personally intervened to secure a Rajya Sabha seat for Dalit leader Ramdas Athawale.The revelation came in the wake of

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  Election to RS seat in Arunachal Pradesh on June 19

  India | May 21, 2014 13:15 IST

  Itanagar: With the term of the incumbent Rajya Sabha MP from Arunachal Pradesh ending on May 26, election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat in the state would be held on June 19. Congress MP Mukut

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  Some shell out Rs 100 crore for a RS seat, says Congress leader Birender Singh

  Politics | July 29, 2013 18:32 IST

  Jind/Chandigarh, July 29:  Senior Congress leader Chaudhary Birender Singh has kicked up a controversy with his claim that there are people who shell out upto Rs 100 crore to get a Rajya Sabha seat.As the

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  Sanjay Manjrekar shocked at Sachin accepting RS seat

  Cricket | April 27, 2012 16:59 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 27: As former cricketers and sportsmen welcomed his nomination to Rajya Sabha, Sanjay Manjrekar, who had played with Sachin Tendulkar, said he was shocked by his decision to accept the government's offer.

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  I Have Not Demanded RS Seat For My Wife, Says Harish Rawat

  India | March 17, 2012 21:23 IST

  Dehra Dun, Mar 17: Amid reports that rebels were demanding two posts of the Deputy Chief Minister, sulking Union Minister Harish Rawat today said he had not demanded any Rajya Sabha seat for his wife