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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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'Truth always wins': Congress on Shashi Tharoor's discharge in Sunanda Pushkar death case

India | Aug 18, 2021, 03:50 PM IST

A Delhi court on Wednesday discharged Shashi Tharoor in his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death case.

Sunanda Pushkar death case: Delhi court clears Congress MP

Sunanda Pushkar death case: Delhi court clears Congress MP Shashi Tharoor of charges

India | Aug 19, 2021, 01:10 PM IST

The Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday discharged Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with Sunanda Pushkar death case.

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Kapil Sibal hosts dinner, bigwigs' presence creates buzz in political circles

India | Aug 09, 2021, 11:01 PM IST

Kapil Sibal was the prime mover behind the letter written to interim party chief Sonia Gandhi calling for wide-ranging reforms and is also seen one of the leaders who has serious differences with the working of Rahul Gandhi.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor at Parliament House.

'Done something terrific': Shashi Tharoor praises Modi govt for CoWIN portal

India | Aug 08, 2021, 08:59 PM IST

As a critic of Cowin, let me say they’ve done something terrific, said senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, praising the Modi government over CoWIN portal.

Hopeful IT panel will take up Pegasus; officials may have

Hopeful IT panel will take up Pegasus; officials may have been instructed to skip last meet: Tharoor

India | Aug 08, 2021, 06:08 PM IST

Tharoor also put the blame for the logjam in Parliament on BJP and accused the saffron party of reducing the "temple of democracy to a rubber stamp for its agenda or worse, a notice board to announce its unilateral decisions".  

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'China a role model nation for you': Netizens hammer Tharoor for his bronze medal tweet

India | Aug 05, 2021, 07:52 PM IST

Taking to Twitter, the senior Congress leader said, "As we in India celebrate the occasional bronze medal at the Olympics, look at the Chinese ultranationalists denouncing their athletes for winning silvers!"

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BJP MP alleges being called 'Bihari Gunda'; Trinamool's Mahua Moitra denies charges

India | Jul 29, 2021, 03:15 PM IST

It only got better when the chairman of the committee, Shashi Tharoor, said that no such meeting was held in first place. BJP leaders on Wednesday boycotted the IT committee meeting and refused to sign the attendance register.

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Parl panel likely to question officials on Pegasus phone tapping allegations on July 28: Sources

India | Jul 21, 2021, 05:06 PM IST

The 32-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology headed by Tharoor is scheduled to meet on July 28. The agenda of the meeting is 'Citizens' data security and privacy', according to the notification issued by Lok Sabha Secretariat.

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Government has created 'mess': Shashi Tharoor on new Income Tax portal

India | Jul 06, 2021, 12:40 PM IST

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday attacked the Centre over the glitches in the new Income Tax portal.

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'Happened with me too': Shashi Tharoor says Twitter deleted his post over 'copyright' issue

India | Jun 25, 2021, 04:54 PM IST

Shashi Tharoor, who is chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, said that he will be seeking an explanation from Twitter India over the brief locking of Ravi Shankar Prasad's account.     

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Panel asks Twitter why it should not be fined for 'violating' rule of land

India | Jun 18, 2021, 06:35 PM IST

The meeting comes at a time when the social media giant is engaged in a row with the Centre over a range of issues including its stand on the new IT rules.

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Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary panel to question Twitter over 'misuse' today

India | Jun 18, 2021, 01:31 PM IST

The social media giants Twitter and Facebook has been summoned to depose before it on Friday on issues related to misuse of the platforms and protection of citizens’ rights

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Tharoor's U-turn! Congress leader questions Modi govt's decision to ban vaccine exports

India | Jun 02, 2021, 10:47 AM IST

The WHO recently said that India's decision to ban vaccine exports has made nearly 90 countries vulnerable to Covid infection.

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Floccinaucinihilipilification: Tharoor's latest tongue-twister in friendly banter with KTR

India | May 22, 2021, 08:35 AM IST

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, known for his penchant for rarely used, difficult-to-pronounce English words, on Friday threw in another head-scratcher – floccinaucinihilipilification.

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BJP has met its match in Bengal and lost: Shashi Tharoor

Elections | May 02, 2021, 07:36 PM IST

Tharoor, who campaigned extensively for UDF in the Kerala polls, also expressed disappointment with the results in the state where the ruling CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front was all set to retain power with a thumping mandate.

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'Sumitra Mahajan is hale and hearty': Shashi Tharoor deletes tweet after Kailash Vijayvargiya's clar

India | Apr 23, 2021, 08:27 AM IST

Sumitra Mahajan was admitted to the Bombay hospital in Indore on Wednesday after she had mild fever. She has tested negative for Covid-19. 

West Bengal Pradesh Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury tests Covid positive, PM Modi wishes swift recovery

India | Apr 21, 2021, 09:00 PM IST

West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and requested everyone who came in contact with him in the last seven days to comply with the coronavirus protocols.

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Shashi Tharoor tests Covid +ve; 'hoping to deal with it in a 'positive' frame of mind, he tweets

India | Apr 21, 2021, 08:15 PM IST

Tharoor, who represents Thiruvananthapuram in Lok Sabha, said it took him two days for get the Covid test done.

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Disrespect shown must be addressed diplomatically: Tharoor on US Navy's operation in India's EEZ

India | Apr 14, 2021, 04:23 PM IST

India on Friday had conveyed concerns to the United States over its Navy ship carrying out a freedom of navigation operation in the Indian exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

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Sunanda Pushkar death case: Court reserves order on framing of charges against Shashi Tharoor

India | Apr 12, 2021, 05:41 PM IST

A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on the issue of framing of charges against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in a case related to his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death in a luxury hotel in the national capital. 

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