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.
Read MoreFormer Union minister and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor threw his weight behind his party vice-president Rahul Gandhi stating that historical evidences suggests that Godse was a member of RSS and that the organization distributed sweets
Voicing concern over the shrinking space for non-career ambassadors in the illustrious Indian Foreign Service, a Parliamentary Committee headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has proposed that individuals who have excelled in diverse fields should
New Delhi: Delhi police have quizzed Pakistan-based journalist Mehr Tarar in connection with the Sunanda Pushkar murder case. According to a report in The Times of India, Tarar came to India two, three months ago
Pune: The internal discontent among Pune Congress workers came out in open during an event organised by Maharashtra Congress secretary Shehzad Poonawalla at Congress Bhavan on Tuesday where party MP Shashi Tharoor and Shehzad's younger
New Delhi: After requesting Home Minister Rajnath Singh for a court-monitored SIT inquiry in the mysterious death case of Sunanda Pushkar, BJP leader Dr Subramanian Swamy today asserted that Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor should
Mumbai: The idea of Indian nationalism emerged from ancient civilisation and youngsters should strive to preserve pluralism which is essential for "survival" of the country, senior Congress leader and former minister Shashi Tharoor said here
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today made a sharp comment on Union HRD minister Smriti Irani saying he would rather prefer Tulsi on television serials than trying to run the HRD ministry.
In an exclusive interview to indiatvnews.com, the former editor of RSS mouthpiece 'Panchjanya' blasted Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for comparing Kanhaiya with martyr Bhagat Singh.
On 'nationalism' debate, the actions and stands taken by the Congress and its prominent leaders indicate that the party is completely confused over how it should respond to the new challenge.
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor stoked controversy for comparing JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, facing sedition charge, to freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.
New Delhi:Taking a dig at ruling BJP over its stand on the JNU row, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today said nationalism is now decided by whether one can say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' or not.
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Saturday questioned Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for nearly 5 hours in the capital in connection with the mysterious death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.During the interrogation, the Congress leader dismissed
Boston: Taking a jibe at the Modi government, former minister and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said policies like 'Make in India' and hatred cannot go together as he asserted that "outrageous" statements against minorities
New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor may be called for a lie detector test in connection with the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, reports say.Tharoor's domestic help Narayan Singh and driver Bajrangi have been
New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's domestic help Narayan Singh and driver Bajrangi have been questioned by Delhi Police again in connection with Sunanda Pushkar's death case. After receiving the AIIMS medical board's opinion on the
New Delhi: Veteran Actor Anupam Kher and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor were involved in a war of words on Twitter after the politician slammed Kher's comments that he is scared to openly say he is
Jaipur: The silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on key issues of communal tension and violence is baffling for a leader who is hailed as a great communicator, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Saturday. "The
New Delhi: There was a fresh revelation in the sensational case of the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, with the FBI endorsing the AIIMS report of
New Delhi: The Delhi Police said on Friday it was reviewing the final viscera report of Sunanda Pushkar, the late wife of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who died here under mysterious circumstances two years ago."...have
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today saw “intolerance” among a section of the ruling BJP after his move to introduce a Bill for decriminalising homosexuality was rejected in Lok Sabha.The introduction of the private
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