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Karnataka Assembly floor test to RS election, here are top events for today

As the term of 5 MPs to Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu comes to an end, elections for the same will be held on July 18

RS passes NIA Bill, Opposition members fear for safety of minorities

Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi accuse each other's govts of playing politics on Samjhauta bomb blast issue

India's renewable energy capacity crosses 80GW-mark: Govt tells Rajya Sabha

India's renewable energy capacity has crossed the 80GW-mark, which includes 29.55 GW of solar energy and 36.37 GW wind power, Parliament was informed Tuesday. The government has set an ambitious target of having 175 GW of clean energy capacity by 2022, including 100 GW solar and 60 GW of wind energy. "The Government is regularly monitoring the progress being made to achieve the target of 175 GW by 2022. "A total of 80.46 GW of renewable energy capacity has been installed in the country as on June 30, 2019 which includes 29.55 GW from Solar & 36.37 GW from Wind power," Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. As per India's submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), a cumulative electric power capacity of 40 per cent from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources is to be installed by 2030. Accordingly, the government has set a target of ...

Problem-riddled Mumbai monorail project becomes white elephant for govt

Mumbai monorails remains unused despite Rs 3,000 crore investment

Rajya Sabha adjourns twice amid uproar over Karnataka crisis

This is the second day in a row during the current session of Parliament that the Rajya Sabha failed to transact any business.

Rajya Sabha passes Bill on voluntary use of Aadhaar as identity proof

The amendment was passed by a voice vote. Last week, the Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha amidst opposition from several quarters

Govt working on new credit scheme for MSMEs to encourage job creation

He said small and medium enterprises contribute 29 per cent of India's GDP and provide employment to 110 million people

NDA closer to Rajya Sabha majority but BJP's core agenda may have to wait

The Rajya Sabha may continue to remain a concern for the govt for some more time

BJD to back BJP candidate Ashwini Vaishnav for seat in Rajya Sabha

The BJD has 112 members in the 146-seat state Assembly

Venkaiah Naidu suggests wider debate around lapsed Bills in Rajya Sabha

With triple talaq and 21 other bills lapsing, Rajya Sabha Chairman Naidu wants a rethink on rules governing lapsing of Bills

Gehlot, BJP's Dalit face and once labourer, is leader of House in RS

The man who replaces Arun Jaitley was active in RSS-affiliate Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh; he has also been a three-term Madhya Pradesh legislator and a minister in the state govt

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 PM after TDP, Congress MPs troop into the well

Several opposition members, including from TMC and Congress, protested as External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj introduced the 'The Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indian Bill, 2019

AIADMK, DMK walk out of Rajya Sabha over Mekedatu dam construction issue

Members of the AIADMK and DMK, which are bitter political rivals in Tamil Nadu, walked out of the House after making separate submissions

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm following protests over Cauvery water issue

Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said the Congress and other opposition parties want to hold discussions

Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day after protests over Cauvery issue

Slogan shouting members of Tamil parties -- AIADMK and DMK trooped -- into the well of the House over construction of the Mekadatu Dam on the Cauvery River

Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day amid protests over Bulandshahr violence

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said nothing that the protesting members were saying would go on record and then adjourned the proceedings for the day

Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day after ruckus over Rafale deal, Cauvery

AIADMK, DMK members were in the well seeking a permanent solution to the Cauvery water dispute

Rajya Sabha rejects resolution to treat SCs, STs equally across country

It also highlighted that the people belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or Denotified Castes were being deprived of facilities and concessions and

Stage set for rare contest to elect deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha

The election to the deputy chairman is mostly decided by consensus, but opposition leaders complained that the Narendra Modi government was yet to reach out to them

Rajya Sabha MPs can now submit notices for discussion through app: Naidu

He, however, said the requirement of giving a physical notice has not been done away with.