Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday filed nomination in state capital Jaipur for by-polls to a Rajya Sabha seat from Rajasthan as a Congress candidate.

The Centre on Wednesday issued a notification stating that Article 370 of the Constitution, that provided special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, "shall cease to be operative".

Subtraction of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir sailed through the Rajya Sabha on Monday, leaving Congress in splits. While several prominent leaders of the Opposition voted in favour of it some remained defiant amid walkouts by several other leaders.

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a new motor vehicle bill to ensure tighter road traffic regulations and stricter punishment, including high fines for violating them.

The Triple Talaq bill, that had failed to get clearance in Rajya Sabha last time, sailed through the opposition-dominated upper house on Tuesday.

Congress lawmaker Sanjay Singh on Tuesday submitted his resignation and said he would join the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday.

Amid severe concern by the opposition, the anti-terror bill has been passed in Lok Sabha. In the bill, NIA has been given right to pronounce anyone terrorist and seize his/her property and assets until investigations into the terror case.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed pain over the death of a 24-year-old man who was mercilessly thrashed by a mob in Jharkhand last week; but mentioned that it is not right to insult the state - which is ruled by the BJP - by calling it a "hub of lynching".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi kept his focus on slamming the Congress on the second day of Rajya Sabha, berating it over issues ranging from voting machines, Citizens' list in Assam and the passing of bills in Rajya Sabha. He also mocked the party over their victory and defeat in the elections.

Sadly, the Finance minister Arun Jaitley has been diagnosed with soft tissue cancer in his thigh, which may spread to body parts in a short while. As such he has already left for cancer treatment in New York. It is likely that Mr. Jaitely will miss the government’s interim budget, to be held before the Lok Sabha elections on February 1.