68 Rajya Sabha MPs to retire in 2024, Ashwini Vaishnaw & Bhupender Yadav among BJP's 60

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on January 4, 2024
As many as 57 leaders, including railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, environment minister Bhupender Yadav, health minister Mansukh Madaviya and former PM Manmohan Singh, will complete their tenures in April. Uttar Pradesh will have the highest number of vacancies at 10, followed by...

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Ashwini Vaishnaw

Indian politician and civil servant (born 1970)
Information and broadcasting minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, addressed the need for fair compensation for traditional media outlets. He argued that the current..
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Rajya Sabha

Upper house of the Parliament of India
India's Parliament will not convene on December 26th in observance of Constitution Day. The winter session, scheduled from November 25th to December 20th, may..
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Bharatiya Janata Party

Indian political party
JP Nadda on Friday accused the Congress of pushing an "incorrect, false and politically" motivated narrative on the issue of Manipur unrest, as he hit back at..
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Maharashtra witnessed a 66% voter turnout, the highest in 30 years, for its state assembly elections. Exit polls present mixed predictions, with some favoring..
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BJP President JP Nadda responded to Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge's letter to the President regarding the Manipur violence. Nadda accused the Congress of..
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Uttar Pradesh

State in northern India
SP on its official handle on X has alleged that the police are affecting voting at nine seats in Uttar Pradesh where by-polls are underway.
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Voting is underway in 15 assembly constituencies across four Indian states: Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala, and Uttarakhand. These bypolls, while significant,..
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Votes will be counted on November 23. The results of the bypolls, however, will not have any direct impact on the respective legislative assemblies.
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India is gearing up for by-elections across 15 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala, and Uttarakhand. The elections, scheduled for Wednesday..
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The Samajwadi Party has accused Uttar Pradesh police of forcing Muslim women voters to remove their veils for identification during the Lok Sabha elections,..
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Madhya Pradesh

State in central India
A Dalit colony in Madhya Pradesh's Gohta village was attacked by a mob following polling, resulting in four houses being set ablaze and a statue of B.R. Ambedkar..
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Andhra Pradesh

State in southern India
Visakhapatnam has taken action against rising pollution levels by banning single-use plastics. Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan is advocating..
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Citing from the US federal prosecutors's indictment, Amit Malviya said the states where government officials were paid bribes allegedly by the Adani Group were..
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Andhra Pradesh and Telangana played a significant role in India surpassing China as the top source of international students in the US for the 2023-24 academic..
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Maharashtra

State in Western India
Sangli Superintendent of Police Sandip Ghuge said the gas is suspected to be ammonia. Seven of the injured persons have been admitted to Sahyadri Hospital in..
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Bihar

State in Eastern India
After a man in Bihar's Patna succumbed to bullet injury, his left eye went missing as his body was placed on a bed in the hospital.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday, visited Bihar to celebrate 'Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas' to mark the 150th birth anniversary of tribal leader Bhagwan Birsa..
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In 2013, the Raghuram Rajan Committee recommended a new methodology for devolving funds that is based on a multi-dimensional index to account for a state's..
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RJD in Patna displayed posters criticizing Yogi Adityanath's 'batenge toh katenge' remark, accusing the BJP of betrayal and highlighting issues like inflation..
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