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BIZARRE: 4 | Mind Blowing Facts

Keen battle for four Legislative Council seats today

Bengaluru

The Hindu

Explained | The battlefield for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections

The biennial Rajya Sabha polls are scheduled for June 10 and a close contest is expected in Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Karnataka

The Hindu

Former Liberal MP Phil Edman denies hindering WA Corruption and Crime Commission inquiry

Phil Edman will fight allegations he hindered a Corruption and Crime Commission investigation into his alleged misuse of parliamentary expenses, including travel for sex and paying for strippers.

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Court rules on plan to burn wood chips in Hunter power station

The NSW Land and Environment Court has rejected Verdant Earth Technologies' appeal to establish a biomass power station near Warkworth.

Newcastle Herald

Chidambaram, Sibal, 39 others elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

Elections will be held for 16 seats in four States on June 10

The Hindu

Jharkhand: 'Janata Dal United to consolidate Kurmi-Mahto votes through Khiru'

RANCHI: The Nitish Kumar-led Janta Dal United (JDU) is eyeing over three dozen assembly segments across Jharkhand that are dominated by Mahto-Kurmi voters in the 2024 state assembly polls by nominating former Mandu MLA and state JDU president Khiru Mahto for the Rajya Sabha seat, state JDU spokesperson Sagar Kumar…

The Times of India

Congress should have been more astute in choice of RS poll candidates: Sanjay Raut

Sena leader urges Congress to get its act together, says non-BJP Opposition cannot move forward without it

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Shiver and seizure: On the list of Congress Rajya Sabha candidates

Congress leader

The Hindu

RCP Singh out, JD(U) names its Jharkhand chief as RS nominee from Bihar

Mr. Singh will have to resign from the Union Cabinet unless he can get BJP to send him to the Upper House.

The Hindu

BJP’s tryst with 100-member mark in Rajya Sabha

With elections to Upper House in June, the party’s tally is set to fall once again

The Hindu

Strong buzz BJP may send Yogi mantri to Rajya Sabha

LUCKNOW: UP BJP may spring a major surprise in its list of Rajya Sabha candidates amid speculations that a senior minister in the Yogi Adityanath cabinet could be fielded as one of its nominees for the polls to the Upper House due on June 10.

The Times of India

Rajya Sabha elections first test for Udaipur Declaration

Party had adopted the “50 under 50“ formula to keep half the positions for all those who are under 50-years of age

The Hindu

NSW's voluntary assisted dying laws pass after marathon debate in parliament

Voluntary assisted dying is now legal in NSW after the bill introduced by Independent MP Alex Greenwich passes both houses.

ABC News

Government strikes deal with Greens and SA Best to end COVID-19 emergency declaration

A deal has been struck to pass law changes through the state parliament's upper house that will modify how COVID will be managed in South Australia.

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BJP inches closer to gaining majority in Council with polls round the corner

With 37 members, the BJP is one short of a simple majority in the 75-member Upper House

AAP

Vote NSW VAD law may not be this week

Advocates for legalised voluntary assisted dying say their long fight to allow the practice in NSW likely won't be realised until next week.

ABC News

Upper House elections in Huon, Elwick and McIntyre this weekend for Tasmanians

It is escaping everyone's attention, but there is another election taking place in Tasmania's south-east — the battle to enter the state's Upper House.

The Hindu

Lobbying under way in AIADMK for two Rajya Sabha seats

Six seats of Tamil Nadu in the Upper House are falling vacant on June 29

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Senate group shortlists two for NBTC board

An Upper House committee has shortlisted two prospective candidates for board member posts at the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), which would increase the number of commissioners to seven in line with its maximum quota.

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Nowa Nowa plantation timber nursery plans scrapped, putting potential regional jobs at risk

It was meant to be the engine room of the state's move towards hardwood plantation timber, but after two years of delays, plans for a nursery at Nowa Nowa have been abandoned.

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle Greens councillors 'stick to knitting'... literally

Newcastle Greens councillors Charlotte McCabe and John Mackenzie took part in the stunt during Tuesday's meeting.

The Hindu

Explained | BSNL and MTNL’s current performance

Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had informed Lok Sabha earlier in March that BSNL was making operating profits and was a stable entity. Separately, it was informed that there was no proposal to disinvest MTNL or BSNL.

The Hindu

Speculation rife over Suresh Gopi’s renomination to RS

PM wants him back in Upper House, State unit wants him to focus on Thrissur

The Times of India

Ruling party will get a majority in Upper House after 4 decades: CM Yogi Adityanath

GORAKHPUR: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath cast his vote in the legislative council elections on Saturday morning in Gorakhpur and claiming victory said BJP will finally achieve a majority in the Upper House after about four decades.

The Hindu

Rajya Sabha updates April 5, 2022 | House passes Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022; adjourned for the day

House proceedings to resume at at 11.00 a.m. on Wednesday

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