Shashi Tharoor
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Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury tests Covid positive, PM Modi wishes swift recovery
India | Apr 21, 2021, 09:00 PM ISTWest 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 ISTTharoor, 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 ISTIndia 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 ISTA 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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Shashi Tahroor seems confident of high voter turnout, says 'good sign for UDF'
News | Apr 06, 2021, 04:27 PM ISTCongress MP Shashi Tharoor cast his vote at a polling station in Thiruvananthapuram on April 06.
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Haqikat Kya Hai: PM Modi’s ‘Satyagraha for Bangladesh’ remarks kicks off political slugfest
Hakikat Kya Hai | Mar 27, 2021, 10:00 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in Dhaka stating that he "undertook a satyagraha, courted arrest and went to jail while agitating for Bangladesh's freedom" triggered a row with Congress politicians accusing him of grandstanding and taking credit for an episode in which he had no role.
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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor says 'sorry' for slamming Modi on Bangladesh speech
India | Mar 27, 2021, 01:14 PM ISTSenior Congress leader and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor on Saturday admitted his mistake and said "sorry" for slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for omitting former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's role in the freedom of Bangladesh.
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Kerala polls: Congress promises Ministry of Happiness in manifesto
News | Mar 20, 2021, 05:20 PM ISTSoon after Congress-led UDF releases election manifesto for poll bound Kerala, Congress leader and Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor pitched for Ministry of Happiness in their election manifesto.
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Tharoor justifies British Parliament's right to discuss farm reforms in India
India | Mar 11, 2021, 11:30 AM IST"Just as we, in India, can discuss say the Palestine-Israel issue as we've done in the past or we can discuss if we so choose any other domestic issue of a foreign country, British Parliament has the same right," said Tharoor, who was also MoS External Affairs during the UPA regime.
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Tharoor justifies farm laws discussion in UK Parliament, says 'Elected representatives free to share views'
News | Mar 11, 2021, 10:58 AM ISTWhile speaking to ANI in the national capital on March 10, Lok Sabha Congress MP, Shashi Tharoor spoke on the discussion that took place in UK Parliament on farm laws.
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Sreedharan's impact likely to be 'minimal', BJP not serious contender in Kerala: Shashi Tharoor
National | Feb 21, 2021, 03:47 PM ISTIn an interview with PTI, Tharoor said he was surprised at the announcement that Sreedharan was going to enter the political fray and join the BJP.
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Republic Day violence: Supreme Court stays arrest of Shashi Tharoor and others
India | Feb 09, 2021, 01:56 PM ISTOn January 26, thousands of protesting farmers had clashed with the police in the national capital during the tractor rally called by the farmer unions to highlight their demand for repeal of the three farm laws.
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Farmers' Protests: Shashi Tharoor, six journalists booked for sedition in UP over Jan 26 violence
India | Jan 29, 2021, 12:33 PM ISTThe FIR has been lodged under Indian Penal Code sections 124A (sedition), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (criminal intimidation), 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), 120B (criminal conspiracy), among others.
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Covishield, Covaxin get govt's nod: Here's how political leaders react
News | Jan 03, 2021, 01:00 PM ISTThis is a major relief for India which has the second-highest number of infections in the world, after the US. The Central government plans to vaccinate nearly 30 crore people in the first phase of the drive in the next six to eight months.
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Farmers' agitation: 'President has moral role in guiding govt,' says Shashi Tharoor
News | Dec 24, 2020, 04:10 PM ISTCongress leader Rahul Gandhi along with other party leaders will meet President Ram Nath Kovind today to submit a memorandum containing 2 crore signatures seeking his intervention in farmers' agitation.
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Shashi Tharoor joins Punjab MPs for protest at Jantar Mantar
News | Dec 13, 2020, 06:45 PM ISTCongress leader Shashi Tharoor joined protest being held by party MPs from Punjab at Jantar Mantar on December 13.
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Shashi Tharoor turned India into laughing stock in Lahore Lit Festival: BJP on anti-India remark
News | Oct 18, 2020, 01:16 PM ISTBJP on Sunday attacked Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for defaming Modi government and mocking India in his virtual address at Lahore Literature Festival questioning India’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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We failed to manage both COVID and economy: Shashi Tharoor in Lok Sabha
Politics | Sep 20, 2020, 10:55 PM ISTCongress leader and Thiruvananthapuram Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor on September 20 hit out at the Central government over the COVID-19 handling and management of the economy.
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We are with Army but Govt should be accountable to Parliament for India-China issue: Tharoor
News | Sep 14, 2020, 02:08 PM ISTPoliticos arrived at Parliament to attend the Monsoon Session which began on September 14. Speaking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message to MPs to stand by the Indian Army, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said, "Government is accountable to Parliament.
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Shashi Tharoor a guest artiste in Congress, continues to be same: Congress MP
India | Aug 28, 2020, 11:24 PM ISTTharoor is not a politician. He is yet to understand on how to carry on party and parliamentary politics by being within the framework of Congress guidelines.... he came into the Congress as a guest artiste and continues to be the same, says Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh.