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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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Sunanda murder case: Shashi Tharoor questioned again

India | Feb 12, 2015, 11:53 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was questioned for the second time Thursday in connection with the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar last January.Tharoor, who was asked Wednesday to join the probe by the

delhi hc rejects pil seeking to intervene in sunanda death

Delhi HC rejects PIL seeking to intervene in Sunanda death probe

India | Feb 11, 2015, 04:46 PM IST

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking its intervention in the probe into the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.A division bench of

sunanda murder case hc rejects pil on intervening

Sunanda murder case: HC rejects PIL on intervening

India | Feb 11, 2015, 12:56 PM IST

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking its intervention in the probe into the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.A division bench of

sunanda murder case sit to question shashi tharoor tomorrow

Sunanda murder case: SIT to question Shashi Tharoor tomorrow

India | Feb 11, 2015, 12:28 PM IST

New Delhi: After quizzing Sunanda Pushkar's son Shiv Menon in connection with her mysterious death last week, SIT of Delhi Police is likely to further question former Union minister Shashi Tharoor tommorrow.Delhi Police also plans

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Sunanda case: SIT likely to quiz Shashi Tharoor again

India | Feb 09, 2015, 11:39 PM IST

New Delhi: Days after quizzing Sunanda Pushkar's son Shiv Menon in connection with her mysterious death, Delhi Police's SIT is likely to further question former Union minister Shashi Tharoor and his staff.“As I had told

afzal guru s execution was wrong says shashi tharoor

Afzal Guru's execution was wrong says Shashi Tharoor

Politics | Feb 09, 2015, 09:41 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said that the hanging of Afzal Guru was both “wrong” and “badly handled”. He said that, his family should have been warned and given a chance to meet

sunanda s son quizzed cops may call shashi tharoor again

Sunanda's son quizzed, cops may call Shashi Tharoor again

India | Feb 06, 2015, 07:18 AM IST

New Delhi: Sunanda Pushkar's son Shiv Menon was today questioned by the SIT in connection with her mysterious death even as the police are likely to question former Union minister Shashi Tharoor and his domestic

sunanda pushkar s son shiv menon joins sit probe

Sunanda Pushkar's son Shiv Menon joins SIT probe

India | Feb 05, 2015, 06:32 PM IST

New Delhi: Sunanda Pushkar's son Shiv Menon today joined the Delhi Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into latter's mysterious death.Shiv, who stays in Dubai, had earlier failed to turn up for questioning. He had

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Sunanda muder case: Delhi Police to question her son Shiv Menon today

India | Feb 02, 2015, 09:52 AM IST

New Delhi: In order to solve the high-profile Sunanda Pushkar murder case,  her son Shiv Menon will join Delhi Police probe today. He is likely to record his statement  at around 10: 30 AM in

master communicator at work tharoor says of modi

Master communicator at work: Tharoor says of Modi

Politics | Feb 01, 2015, 05:06 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who only recently earned the party's wrath for praising Narendra Modi, says in the Prime Minister “we are all seeing a master communicator at work” but hit out at

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Delhi HC to hear PIL on Sunanda death case probe on February 4

India | Jan 28, 2015, 08:18 PM IST

New Delhi: Delhi High Court today fixed February 4 for hearing of a plea seeking its intervention in the ongoing probe into the death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar.A bench of Justice

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Triumph of UPA's policy: Shashi Tharoor on Indo-US nuclear deal

Politics | Jan 28, 2015, 06:49 PM IST

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today termed the Indo-US nuclear deal as a “triumph” of the UPA's policy and ridiculed the Narendra Modi government for celebrating something the BJP had disagreed when in Opposition.“It is particularly

sunanda pushkar death case tharoor may be questioned again

Sunanda Pushkar death case: Tharoor may be questioned again soon

India | Jan 28, 2015, 06:39 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor may be questioned again in connection with his wife Sunanda Pushkar's mysterious death, Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi said on Tuesday.Tharoor has already been examined by the SIT once.

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Sunanda murder probe: Amar Singh interrogated for 2 hours, asked 20 questions

India | Jan 28, 2015, 05:11 PM IST

New Delhi: The special investigating team of Delhi Police, which is probing the Sunanda Pushkar murder case, today questioned Amar Singh over certain claims made by him regarding the case.Amar Singh was reportedly asked twenty

sunanda murder case no question of resigning as mp says

Sunanda murder case: No question of resigning as MP, says Shashi Tharoor

Politics | Jan 28, 2015, 12:13 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has hit out both at media and a section of his own party for demanding his resignation as Member of Parliament. Tharoor was recently quizzed by the Delhi police

sunanda murder case shashi tharoor may be questioned again

Sunanda murder case: Shashi Tharoor may be questioned again soon

India | Jan 27, 2015, 10:06 PM IST

New Delhi:  Congress MP Shashi Tharoor may be questioned again in connection with his wife Sunanda Pushkar's mysterious death, Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi today said.Tharoor has already been examined by the SIT once.

shashi tharoor likely to be questioned again next week

Shashi Tharoor likely to be questioned again next week

India | Jan 25, 2015, 06:58 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is likely to be questioned again next week in connection with his wife Sunanda Pushkar's mysterious death as police looks to join the pieces in the case.Tharoor was questioned

tharoor accuses modi of silence on conversion other issues

Tharoor accuses Modi of 'silence' on conversion, other issues

Politics | Jan 23, 2015, 09:50 PM IST

Jaipur: Attacked by detractors within the party of praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today accused Modi of maintaining “silence” on his ministers comments on controversial issues and conversion campaign by groups

sunanda death police questioning some journalists

Sunanda death: Police questioning some journalists

India | Jan 22, 2015, 04:10 PM IST

New Delhi: Delhi Police today started questioning some journalists to whom Sunanda Pushkar had spoken hours before her death in January last year amidst its efforts to piece together the sequence of events that preceded

sunanda pushkar was distraught and ill weeks before her

Sunanda Pushkar was distraught and ill weeks before her death, claims a friend

India | Jan 22, 2015, 01:03 PM IST

New Delhi: The Sunanda Pushkar murder case is getting murkier by the day with reports on Thursday claiming that Sunanda had been taking a lot of medicines and behaved strangely weeks before her death.In a

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