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In his address to the Rajya Sabha members on the first day of the five-day Special Session, Dhankhar said, "The launch of the India, Middle East Europe economic Corridor and the Global Biofuel Alliance during the (G20) summit are significant.

In a report, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) said that it has analyzed and updated the criminal background details of 225 out of 233 Rajya Sabha MPs.

The bills -- the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill -- were introduced in the Lok Sabha by Home Minister Amit Shah on August 11.

Under the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha), Chairman (Mr Dhankhar) has been pleased to nominate you on the Panel of Vice Chairpersons with effect from July 17, an official communique from the Rajya Sabha said.

Once this is done, you will be introduced to a new look website of both the Houses.

In his reply to the motion of thanks, the PM targeted the Congress and the Gandhi family and asked why does not anyone keep the Nehru surname? He also slammed the party for misusing Article 356 a number of times.

Usha presided over the upper house of the Parliament in the absence of Chairman and Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar. 

Rajya Sabha member Amee Yajnik fielded from Ghatlodia seat in Ahmedabad city, where she will be challenging Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.

The top court noted that petitioner Vishwanath Pratap Singh filed a writ petition before the Delhi High Court raising a grievance that a notification for election to Rajya Sabha was issued on May 12.

In response to the discussion on the bill, Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju talked about the need to have the legislation passed considering the long list of pending cases.

The opposition is expected to demand a discussion on the hike in GST rates, Agnipath, price rise and other issues.

The Election Commission has appointed special observers and ordered videography of the entire exercise.

The order said that the security of the MLAs is a major reason for suspending internet services.

After Chief Minister and ruling BJD President Naveen Patnaik announced the names of Sulata Deo, Manas Mangaraj, Niranjan Bishi and Sasmit Patra for Rajya Sabha seats, several senior, capable and loyal leaders who had been assured a RS seat and thus aspiring for being nominated, are now reportedly down in the dumps. 

The party has fielded Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman from Karnataka and Piyush Goyal from Maharashtra.

Both the Rajya Sabha nominees are Padma Shri awardees.

Kapil Sibal says he has filed nomination for Rajya Sabha as Independent candidate supported by Samajwadi Party.

It is discussed in the political circle that Kalikesh Singh Deo, Pushpendra Singh Deo, Chairman of Western Odisha Development Council Asit Tripathy, OTDC Chairperson Shreemayee Mishra, Raseswari Panigrahi, Jogesh Singh, Nalini Pradhan and Prabhas Singh are the contenders from Western Odisha.

A total of 135 starred questions, accounting for 37.50 per cent of the total 360 listed, were orally answered in the House. Members raised issues of public importance through 248 Zero Hour and 168 Special Mentions, the statement said.

The proceedings of the second phase of the budget session of Parliament was to conclude on April 8.