Tag: Shashi Tharoor
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‘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 -
Speaking truth to power
Shashi Tharoor too is trying to placate the PM. But he has been trying to do so since 2014, when the PM first came to power.
September 5, 2019 -
‘Praising Modi’ misreports irritate him, says Shashi Tharoor
Tharoor claimed all he said was that the party should figure out why people voted for PM Modi again in 2019.
September 4, 2019 -
Storm in a tea cup
The Thiruvananthapuram seat had been a Left stronghold and Tharoor had a tough time winning over the confidence of the people with his limited fluency in Malayalam.
September 2, 2019 -
Delhi Police pushes for murder charge against Shashi Tharoor in Sunanda Pushkar death case
The prosecution further told the Delhi court that Shashi Tharoor and Pakistani journalist Meher Tarar had spent three nights together in Dubai while citing the statement of Sunanda Pushkar's journalist friend.
August 31, 2019 -
Tharoor accepts Modi’s language challenge, tweets ‘Bahuvachanam’
Tharoor further said that PM Modi's suggestion that all Indians learn one word a day in any Indian language is a "departure from Hindi dominance" in the country.
August 30, 2019 -
‘Kashmir India’s internal issue, Pakistan instigating violence’: Rahul Gandhi
In a series of tweets, Gandhi said that Kashmir is India’s internal issue and that there is no room for Pakistan or any other foreign country to interfere in it.
August 28, 2019 -
Tharoor tears into govt in parliament on activist’s arrest, NRC
Human rights activist Sudha Bharadwaj was among 21 women honoured by Harvard exhibition that showcased the “astounding contributions of women around the world in the areas of law and policy”.
July 19, 2019 -
TikTok refutes Tharoor’s claim on sharing data with China
Speaking in the Lok Sabha during the Zero Hour on Monday, Tharoor said there were reports that the Chinese government received data from TikTok through the wholly state-owned China Telecom.
July 2, 2019 -
Sunanda Pushkar’s biography to release on July 26
The biography will release on July 26, its publisher Pan Macmillan announced, on Pushkar's 58th birth anniversary.
June 28, 2019 -
Govt, opposition clash over Triple Talaq bill in Lok Sabha; Cong calls its ‘discriminatory’
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad defended the bill saying that it was about justice and women empowerment and will protect the rights of Muslim women.
June 21, 2019 -
‘Should England be banned from hosting cricket tournaments?’ Shashi Tharoor speaks
So far, three matches have been washed out in the ongoing tournament and the weather predictions for the upcoming matches -- including that of the high-voltage clash between India and Pakistan -- is not good.
June 12, 2019 -
Ready to be Congress leader in Lok Sabha: Tharoor
He, however, insisted that Rahul Gandhi should continue as the Congress President. "The party could consider appointing a series of regional working presidents to assist him," the former Union Minister said.
May 27, 2019