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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 ISTA Delhi court on Wednesday discharged Shashi Tharoor in his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death case.
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Delhi court discharged Shashi Tharoor in connection with Sunanda Pushkar death case
News | Aug 18, 2021, 12:20 PM ISTThe Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday discharged Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with the Sunanda Pushkar death case. Tharoor was booked under sections of subjecting a woman to cruelty and abetment to suicide in connection with the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Special Judge Geetanjali Goel pronounced the order in presence of Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa appearing on behalf of Tharoor, Additional Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava and Dr. Tharoor himself.
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Sunanda Pushkar death case: Delhi court clears Congress MP Shashi Tharoor of charges
India | Aug 19, 2021, 01:10 PM ISTThe Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday discharged Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with Sunanda Pushkar death case.
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Govt passing laws without discussions: Shashi Tharoor
News | Aug 12, 2021, 03:07 PM ISTThe Opposition leaders marched towards Vijay Chowk from Parliament demanding repeal of Centre's three farm laws on August 12. While talking about it, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said, "Centre doesn't want to run the Parliament proceedings properly. Govt is passing laws without discussions. There should be a discussion on COVID-19 vaccination, current economic situation, unemployment, farm laws but govt is running away."
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Kapil Sibal hosts dinner, bigwigs' presence creates buzz in political circles
India | Aug 09, 2021, 11:01 PM ISTKapil 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.
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'Done something terrific': Shashi Tharoor praises Modi govt for CoWIN portal
India | Aug 08, 2021, 08:59 PM ISTAs 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.
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Hopeful IT panel will take up Pegasus; officials may have been instructed to skip last meet: Tharoor
India | Aug 08, 2021, 06:08 PM ISTTharoor 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 ISTTaking 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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Nishikant Dubey's privilege motion has no validity: Shashi Tharoor
News | Jul 29, 2021, 07:55 PM ISTCongress Member of Parliament Shashi claimed that BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's privilege motion against him has no validity. "No constituted procedure followed in introducing Privilege Motion. It requires Speaker to get House's consent and 25 members to stand and support. It wasn't done".
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BJP MP alleges being called 'Bihari Gunda'; Trinamool's Mahua Moitra denies charges
India | Jul 29, 2021, 03:15 PM ISTIt 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 ISTThe 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 ISTSenior 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 ISTShashi 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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Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary panel asks Twitter why it should not be fined for 'violating' rule of land
News | Jun 19, 2021, 07:20 AM ISTTwitter on Friday was asked why it should not be fined for 'violating' rule of land. Twitter India representatives and officials of the Information Technology Ministry officials on Friday deposed before a parliamentary panel on Friday to examine the issue of safeguarding citizens' rights and preventing misuse of online news media platforms.
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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 ISTThe 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 ISTThe 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 ISTThe 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 ISTCongress 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 ISTTharoor, 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 ISTSumitra Mahajan was admitted to the Bombay hospital in Indore on Wednesday after she had mild fever. She has tested negative for Covid-19.