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In a talk with podcast Untold Stories, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar talks about how technology has changed India, how people are more aware of crypto and how vibrant a democracy India is. 

Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy in a tweet said that he has a solid idea about how to reclaim PoK with the help of United States
 

The news is Andhra Pradesh chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy wants four capitals for the state. If one were to go by the words of Rajya Sabha member TG Venkatesh (BJP), Jagan has put forth a plan to develop capitals in four different regions in a bid to ensure there is all-round development.

From BJP working president JP Nadda to Rajya Sabha MP GVL Narasimha Rao, several leaders paid their last respects to former Union finance minister Arun Jaitley

Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh had filed the nomination papers on August 13 from Rajasthan for the Upper House. The last day to withdraw the nomination was August 19.
 

MDMK general secretary Vaiko was recently elected to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu. He said 'Kashmir will not be a part' of the country when the centenary of its independence is celebrated. 

 According to the Election Commission, the last date for filing Rajya Sabha nomination papers is August 14. Former Prime Minister and veteran Congress leader Manmohan Singh filed nomination papers for the by-poll to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan on August 13

 

DMK President M K Stalin said A Raja, representing the hilly Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency, will contribute Rs three crore, five Rajya Sabha MPs Rs one crore each and local MLA Dravida Mani Rs two crore.
 

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar took to Twitter and announced that he would contribute Rs 1 crore from MPLAD for the relief work of north Karnataka floods

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president KS Alagiri slammed Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) chief Vaiko for criticising the Congress when the issue of Article 370 was raised in the Rajya Sabha
 

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy has called for the reinstatement of privy purses given to the princely states who merged with India after Independence in 1947. The call for restoration comes soon after the abolition of Article 370
 

Rajya Sabha on Monday (August 5) cleared the resolution to scrap Article 370 with two-thirds majority, along with another resolution to bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmir to two union territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh

The four-time member of Lok Sabha and three-time MP of Rajya Sabha, Sushma Swaraj did not contest in the 2019 Lok Sabha election citing her bad health
 

The Rajya Sabha approved a resolution scrapping provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The Lok Sabha has passed the bill with 367 votes in favour of it.

 

 

The Reorganisation Bill 2019 concerning Jammu and Kashmir was passed in the Rajya Sabha with 125 people favouring it and 61 voting against the bill