Tag: Shashi Tharoor
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Govt proposes to send Personal Data Protection Bill to joint select committee
Shashi Tharoor of the Congress, who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology, protested the move and said it should be referred to his panel.
December 11, 2019 -
Wasn’t paying attention in history classes: Shashi Tharoor hits back at Amit Shah
Tharoor retorted, 'They blame the Congress for everything. The Congress and (Jawaharlal) Nehru. Bad weather in Delhi tomorrow, they will blame it on Nehru.'
December 11, 2019 -
‘We are not criminals,’ Shashi Tharoor tweets Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah’s letter
Calling it a 'preventative measure' the Centre has detained thousands of Kashmiris including Srinagar MP Farooq Abdullah under the Public Safety Act, which allows the authorities to detain an individual without trial for two years.
December 6, 2019 -
Shashi Tharoor calls Pakistan cricket team ‘a weak side’, unhappy with Paine’s declaration as Warner misses 400
On Saturday at Adelaide Oval, Warner was batting on 345 with Australia cruising on 589 for 3 when Paine declared the innings before wrapping up the visitors on 302 runs and asking them to follow on.
December 1, 2019 -
Congress determined to bring Censure motion if Pragya Thakur doesn’t apologise
Earlier in the day, Pragya Thakur was also removed from the Defence Panel in which she was induced recently.
November 28, 2019 -
Transgender Bill passed in Rajya Sabha, receives criticism from Trans community
The Trans community has been protesting against this bill since it is formulated by cis gender people who do not understand the stigma associated with being a transgender.
November 27, 2019 -
Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tiwari along with son Karti meet P Chidambaram in Tihar jail
Tharoor, in a tweet, said P Chidambaram looked strong and in good spirits.
November 25, 2019 -
Harbhajan Singh urges Sourav Ganguly to change BCCI selection panel
Samson was part of the India T20I squad against Bangladesh. However, he did not get a chance to be a part of the playing XI in any of the three matches and was subsequently dropped.
November 25, 2019 -
Maharashtra: ‘Keep your enemies closer,’ tweets Milind Deora while Shashi Tharoor says ‘snollygoster’
While, the former Maharashtra Congress chief Milind Deora took to Twitter and suggested at the turn of events, 'Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer," quoting the line from the literary classic, "The Godfather.'
November 23, 2019 -
Shashi Tharoor welcomes Supreme Court’s decision on Sabarimala
The Supreme Court on Thursday did not stay its September 28, 2018 order allowing entry of women of all age groups into the Sabarimala temple.
November 14, 2019 -
Shashi Tharoor to head Parliamentary panel to take up WhatsApp snooping case
In a press conference held on Sunday, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala accused the ruling BJP party of spying on journalists and politicians including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, through cyber-attacks designed to secretly infiltrate their mobile phones.
November 6, 2019 -
A fairy tale gone awry
Sunanda Pushkar died on 17 January 2014 under mysterious circumstances, and till date this case remains an unsolved mystery. Her namesake, journalist Sunanda Mehta, traces out her tantalizing life story.
November 2, 2019 -
‘Vituperative mudslinging’: Shashi Tharoor slams Pak for raising Kashmir issue at IPU
The Indian parliamentary delegation is in Serbia’s Belgrade city to attend the 141st assembly of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) to be held from October 13-17.
October 17, 2019 -
Shashi Tharoor foils Pakistan bid to internationalise Kashmir issue
Tharoor took the floor at the Asian Parliamentary Assembly convened on the sidelines of the Inter-Parliamentary Union annual meet to deplore a letter from the chairman of the Pakistan Senate which blamed developments in J & K for the country's inability to host the APA plenary scheduled for December 2019.
October 14, 2019 -
‘He is an Indian’, Sreesanth ‘reminds’ Shashi Tharoor of Sanju Samson’s identity
As Shashi Tharoor termed Sanju Samson as a Thiruvananthapuram boy, Sreesanth reminded the politician that the cricketer should be identified as an Indian.
October 13, 2019 -
Speaker Om Birla nominates Shashi Tharoor for House panel on external affairs
Tharoor, who is an elected member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram, is presently chairing the panel on information and technology.
September 26, 2019 -
Samson’s spirit is what sets him apart: Tharoor
Following Samson's brilliant inning, former India players Harbhajan Singh and Gautam Gambhir put their weight behind having the 24-year-old as the No 4 in the national team in ODIs.
September 9, 2019