Tag: Shashi Tharoor
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Congress criticises Trump for not mentioning Mahatma Gandhi in Sabarmati Ashram’s visitor book
In the visitor book at Sabarmati Ashram, Trump wrote, 'To my great friend Prime Minister Modi – Thank You for this wonderful visit.'
February 24, 2020 -
Delhi court seeks police reply in Sunanda Pushkar death case
Pushkar was found dead in a hotel room in mysterious circumstances on the night of January 17, 2014. The couple was staying in the hotel as their house was under renovation. Shashi Tharoor, the sole accused in the case, is currently out on bail.
February 24, 2020 -
Delhi Court allows Shashi Tharoor to travel abroad
The Congress leader is an accused in his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death case and is currently on bail.
February 22, 2020 -
‘Completely immune to karo-na virus’: Shashi Tharoor on Govt’s implementation record
Tharoor's wordplay comes in the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking a jibe at the former over Jammu and Kashmir.
February 8, 2020 -
Govt should name its schemes as ‘sit-down’, ‘shutdown’, ‘shut-up India’: Shashi Tharoor
Alleging a fundamental assault on democratic and secular structure of the country, he claimed that the government was dividing the country into "Hindus Vs Muslims", "us Vs they", "Ramzade Vs I won't say".
February 4, 2020 -
Shashi Tharoor addresses anti-CAA protest at Jamia
Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University, Najma Akhtar, had told that a Human Rights Commission's team will visit the campus on January 14 to take statements of the students on the December 15 incident and proofs from the varsity campus.
January 12, 2020 -
St Stephen’s students reignited historic tradition by expressing solidarity with JNU: Shashi Tharoor
The college students boycotted classes on Wednesday in solidarity with JNU students, who faced violence on the university campus, and in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
January 12, 2020 -
Arrest warrant against Shashi Tharoor for his 30 years old ‘Great Indian Novel’
Tharoor’s satire ‘The Great Indian Novel’ was published in 1989.
December 22, 2019 -
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