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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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Delhi Police to get Sunanda's viscera report in a month

India | May 28, 2015, 08:13 PM IST

New Delhi: Delhi Police are expecting to get former union minister Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar's viscera report from US-based Federal Bureau of Investigation in the next 15 to 30 days, which is likely to

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Sunanda death case: Shashi Tharoor calls media 'liars and scum'

Politics | May 21, 2015, 11:13 AM IST

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today attacked the media accusing it of being "self-appointed liars and scum.""I'll speak to the police not to self-appointed liars and scum", he told mediapersons here when asked why his

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Sunanda murder case: Court allows police's polygraph test plea

India | May 20, 2015, 06:37 PM IST

New Delhi: Three suspects in the Sunanda Pushkar murder case, two of them employed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and the third a friend, will undergo lie detector test with a Delhi court today allowing

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Police seeks polygraph test of three witnesses in Sunanda Pushkar's death case

India | May 15, 2015, 01:55 PM IST

New Delhi: Delhi Police wants a lie detector test on three of the witnesses of Sunanda Pushkar's death case. It has now approached a Delhi court seeking its permission for the same.The three witnesses are:

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VK Singh becomes butt of sarcasm in Lok Sabha over age issue

Politics | May 06, 2015, 11:42 PM IST

New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs General (retired) VK Singh, who as Army Chief was embroiled in a prolonged legal battle with the then government over his age issue, on Wednesday became a

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Congress will oppose land bill tooth and nail: Shashi Tharoor

Politics | Apr 19, 2015, 10:14 PM IST

New Delhi: As parliament reconvenes this week after the intra-session break, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Sunday that the party will oppose the land acquisition bill "tooth and nail" as well as any "divisive

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Nandita Das faces flak on Social Media for her 'All men are Rapists' remark

Bollywood | Apr 02, 2015, 11:00 PM IST

New Delhi: Actress, filmmaker and social activist Nandita Das is facing huge flak for her alleged remark “all men are rapist” on Twitter. Some have criticized her for generalization of men and some (very few)

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Sunanda death probe : SIT to question Pak Journalist Mehr Tarar

India | Mar 21, 2015, 09:20 PM IST

New Delhi: Retracting its earlier stand, Delhi police on Saturday confirmed that Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar will be interrogated in the Sunanda Pushkar death probe."Mehr Tarar is a relevant witness and the SIT has realized

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Sunanda death probe: Delhi Police denies approaching Pak High Commission

India | Mar 20, 2015, 08:44 PM IST

New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi on Friday dismissed reports suggesting that they have have approached the Pakistan High Commission regarding the questioning of journalist Mehr Tarar in connection with the Sunanda Pushkar death

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Sunanda Pushkar murder case: Delhi Police may question Pakistan journalist Mehr Tarar

India | Mar 12, 2015, 05:46 PM IST

New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi has said that Pakistani Journalist Mehr Tarar may soon be quizzed in connection with the Sunanda Pushkar murder case. “We will talk to Mehr Tarar as she is

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Tharoor did not influence Sunanda Pushkar's autopsy: CAT

India | Mar 05, 2015, 09:02 PM IST

New Delhi: Former Union minister and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has been absolved by the Central Administrative Tribunal of the charge of putting pressure on AIIMS doctor to submit a “tailor-made autopsy report” in the

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Shashi Tharoor refers to AAP while raking up 'inner-party democracy'

Politics | Mar 05, 2015, 08:43 PM IST

New Delhi: Shashi Tharoor, who was dropped as Congress spokesperson for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today flagged the issue of “inner-party democracy” as he latched on to developments in AAP.“AAP developments one more indication

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Shashi Tharoor says, would have been good if Rahul attended budget session

Politics | Feb 28, 2015, 07:57 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said it would have been good if Rahul Gandhi had attended the Budget Session but expressed confidence that the Congress Vice President would return from his break

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Don't see AAP competing for space nationwide: Shashi Tharoor

Politics | Feb 27, 2015, 11:37 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today said that he does not see the Aam Aadmi Party competing nationwide for political space with the Congress, and that the new party posed more of a threat

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Would have been good if Rahul Gandhi attended budget session: Shashi Tharoor

Politics | Feb 27, 2015, 11:25 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today said it would have been good if Rahul Gandhi had attended the Budget Session but expressed confidence that the Congress Vice President would return from his break with

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Team of unsold players in IPL auction could beat any T20 team in world: Tharoor

Cricket | Feb 17, 2015, 02:37 PM IST

New Delhi: A day after the conclusion of players auction for the eighth season of Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor took a jibe at the franchisees regarding the list of

sunanda murder case shashi tharoor lashes out at media

Sunanda murder case: Shashi Tharoor lashes out at media

India | Feb 16, 2015, 02:18 PM IST

Thiruvanathapuram: Former Union minister Shashi Tharoor today vent his anger at the media, alleging that “concocted” stories and “lies” about him were being put out in connection with the investigation into his wife Sunanda Pushkar's

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Reports of my non-cooperation in Sunanda probe false: Tharoor

India | Feb 15, 2015, 09:11 PM IST

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who was last week questioned by police in the case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's murder, Sunday termed as "false" reports in a section of media here that he was

sunanda murder case shashi tharoor questioned for third

Sunanda murder case: Shashi Tharoor questioned for third time in past 24 hours

Politics | Feb 13, 2015, 08:50 PM IST

New Delhi: The Sunanda Pushkar murder mystery is getting murkier by the day as Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday appeared for the third time in two days before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that

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Tharoor quizzed by SIT for 2nd time today, Sunanda viscera sent to US

Politics | Feb 12, 2015, 11:45 PM IST

New Delhi: After being quizzed for nearly five hours, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was tonight questioned for the second time by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the mysterious death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar

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