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Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said the Rajya Sabha held 5,472 sittings and passed 3,857 Bills till the Budget Session this year, even as it asserted its independence on some occasions.

As the death toll in China rose to 361 over the deadly outbreak of coronavirus, BJP MP Vikas Mahatme gave a Zero Hour Notice in the upper house over the need to take precautionary measures to prevent the virus

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill smoothly sailed through Parliament after the Rajya Sabha passed it on Wednesday. As many as 125 members of the Upper House voted in favour while 105 MPs voted against the Bill.

Union home minister Amit Shah tabled the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Upper House, holding 245 members in the Rajya Sabha. The halfway mark is currently 121 as five seats are vacant bringing down the strength of the House to 240.

Two days after the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (CAB) was passed in Lok Sabha, the Bill will be tabled in the Upper House around 2pm on Wednesday (December 11)

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.
 

 Triple Talaq Bill was passed in Rajya Sabha with 99 votes for it. At the same time 84 people voted against the Bill in the Upper House. This is a big win for the Narendra Modi government

Vice President and chairman of Rajya Sabha M Venkaiah Naidu has expressed that he has been “deeply distressed” by the behaviour of “some sections” in the Upper House. Naidu’s statements come just after Azam Khan courted controversy by making sexist comments against Rama Devi.

Trinamool Congress members in Rajya Sabha disrupted the proceedings of the Upper House by protesting against disinvestment of public sector companies