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Shashi Tharoor Shashi Tharoor DOB: March 9, 1956

Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician serving as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009. He is a former career international diplomat. He is a member of Indian National congress and at present serves as Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs and All India Professionals Congress. Tharoor was a former Minister of State in the Government of India for External Affairs during the period of 2009-2010. Tharror as a writer have authored eighteen best selling works including fiction and non fiction both and he is also author of hundreds of columns and articles in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post etc.Tharoor was appointed as Director of Communications Executive Assistant to Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 1996. Tharoor became Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information (UNDPI) on 1 June 2002. Tharoor was in controversy when her wife Sunanda was found dead in room number 345 of the Leela Palace hotel in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Thiruvananthapuram candidates

Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar pitted against Shashi Tharoor

India | Mar 14, 2024, 12:29 AM IST

Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala is set to witness a tri-party contest between Congress, BJP and CPI in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Polling schedule is yet to be announced by the election commission.

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Video: Kerala Congress leader sings wrong National Anthem in presence of Pilot, Tharoor

India | Mar 01, 2024, 04:19 PM IST

A Kerala Congress leader sang wrong National Anthem in the presence of senior party leaders Shashi Tharoor and Sachin Pilot on the stage. The BJP has lodged a complaint on the incident.

Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha Election 2024

Thiruvananthapuram Election 2024: Seat profile, past winners, margin, party-wise candidates list

India | Feb 29, 2024, 12:18 PM IST

Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha Election 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party performed considerably well in this seat as compared to the other seats in Kerala. The party received more than 30 per cent of votes in the seat during 2014 and 2019 elections and remained the runner-up on both occasions.

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'Francophone': Shashi Tharoor awarded highest French civilian honour

India | Feb 21, 2024, 07:12 AM IST

Renowned Congress MP and former UN diplomat Shashi Tharoor was honored with France's highest civilian award, the 'Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur,' by Chairman of the French Senate Gerard Larcher.

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Congress manifesto draft by Feb 15, final to be out before LS poll dates are announced: Tharoor

India | Jan 28, 2024, 08:04 AM IST

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that the first draft of the party's manifesto would be released by February 15 and the final one would be released before the dates for Lok Sabha polls are announced.

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From development in 2014 to religion in 2024, Modi shifts political agenda every poll year: Tharoor

India | Jan 21, 2024, 07:32 PM IST

The hard-hitting accusations from the MP from Thiruvananthapuram came on the eve of the Ram Temple consecration ceremony at Ayodhya on Monday.

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Don't need 'esoteric thesaurus': Tharoor's war of words with Scindia over flight delays continues

India | Jan 18, 2024, 12:34 PM IST

Shashi Tharoor alleged India's aviation sector is in a sorry state and that the ministry has not been able to ensure airports in Delhi and other Indian cities are of such global standard that aircraft can land there even in zero visibility.

Sunanda Pushkar with Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor remembers Sunanda Pushkar on her death anniversary: 'Beautiful soul lives forever'

India | Jan 17, 2024, 12:17 PM IST

Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a suite at a luxury hotel on the night of January 17, 2014.

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'BJP may lead as single-largest party, but...', says Shashi Tharoor on Lok Sabha polls

India | Jan 14, 2024, 10:55 PM IST

The remarks were made at the Kerala Literature Festival, attended by prominent personalities including historian William Dalrymple, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi, and comedian Kanan Gill, among others. The festival concluded on Sunday.

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Centre should introduce laws to regulate ownership of news organisations: Shashi Tharoor

India | Jan 09, 2024, 11:54 AM IST

"The government must introduce laws and regulations that limit control of multiple news organisations by a single business or political entity thereby encouraging a robust and independent press in the country," Congress leader Tharoor said.

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PM Modi to be projected as ‘Hindu Hriday Samrat’ by BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha polls: Shashi Tharoor

India | Dec 30, 2023, 07:13 AM IST

Shashi Tharoor said that the BJP is set to project PM Narendra Modi as the "Hindu Hriday Samrat" in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the party will contest the polls on the issue of Hindutva.

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Tharoor hints at 2024 polls being his last outing, advocates opportunities for youth in elections

India | Dec 29, 2023, 09:22 AM IST

Shashi Tharoor won for the first time in the 2009 general elections and entered the Parliament. He has since then maintained his winning streak in the Thiruvananthapuram seat in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Opposition protest in Parliament premises

49 Opposition MPs including Farooq Abdullah, Tharoor, Manish Tewari suspended from Lok Sabha | List

India | Dec 19, 2023, 05:39 PM IST

Opposition members were on their feet and some of them came to the Well of the House shouting slogans against the government and holding placards. Some of them were carrying a morphed picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Shashi Tharoor with Nitin Gadkari

Amid Centre-Opposition war of words, Shashi Tharoor thanks Nitin Gadkari for completing work on NH66

India | Dec 19, 2023, 12:30 PM IST

The MP from Thiruvanantharuram MP said that the project was initiated by him.

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Tharoor slams LDF govt over 'assault' on Kerala Governor's car by SFI activists, ‘disgraceful...'

India | Dec 12, 2023, 07:51 PM IST

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) also known as Left Front (Kerala) is an alliance of left-wing political parties in the state. Though the Congress is opposed to the LDF in Kerala, it has an understanding with Left parties for the Lok Sabha polls as part of the INDIA bloc.

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Shashi Tharoor’s English becomes subject of Australian teacher’s class, video goes viral | WATCH

Trending | Dec 07, 2023, 10:17 AM IST

Shashi Tharoor is famous for his English speaking prowess and set of words is often referred to as 'Tharoorian vocabulary'. His English was mentioned by an Australian English teacher on his YouTube channel where he revealed the trick behind an "absolutely beautiful" English of the Congress MP.

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Tharoor calls Hamas 'terror group' at pro-Palestine rally in Kerala, later clarifies after backlash

India | Oct 27, 2023, 01:00 PM IST

Shashi Tharoor faced huge backlash from some pro-Hamas groups and a section of Left activists over his description of Hamas as a "terror group" at a pro-Palestine rally organised by Congress ally in the state IUML on Thursday. The Congress leader later issued a clarification over his statement.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and TMC leader Mahua Moitra

Tharoor slams trolls after cropped photo with Moitra circulates on social media, says cheap politics

India | Oct 23, 2023, 07:45 PM IST

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that he was present at Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra's birthday which was attended by several other people including his sister.

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'Either Mallikarjun Kharge or Rahul Gandhi likely to be PM pick', says Shashi Tharoor

India | Oct 17, 2023, 08:35 PM IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress leader said there could be a surprise result in the election next year as there are chances of the I.N.D.I.A bloc coming to power at the Centre by trouncing the BJP-led NDA in the general elections.

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Shashi Tharoor is not impressed by ChatGPT's response to user's query on Congress MP, here's why

Trending | Oct 08, 2023, 10:36 PM IST

A user asked ChatGPT how Shashi Tharoor would write 'approved', and the response he got did not seem to please the Congress leader. Here is why.

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