Rajya Sabha adjourned after obituary references

NEW DELHI - The Rajya Sabha was adjourned on the first day of the winter session of parliament Tuesday after reading obituary references.

Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Hamid Ansari paid obituary references to two former members Jamuna Devi and S.S. Chandran and MP Arjun Kumar Sengupta.

The chairman also offered condolences to the victims of the tsunami and volcanic eruption in Indonesia.

The house was adjourned till Wednesday.