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Thiruvananthapuram Airport privatisation: Shashi Tharoor supports Center, says will expand potential
India | Aug 22, 2020, 08:53 PM ISTUnfazed by criticism over his stand favouring Centre's decision to lease out the Thiruvananthapuram airport to Adani Enterprises, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Saturday privatisation would help expand its potential and attract investors.
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Shashi Tharoor should be removed as chairman of Standing Committee: BJP MP on Facebook row
India | Aug 20, 2020, 04:56 PM ISTAfter BJP MP Nishikant Dubey who called out for removing Shashi Tharoor as the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee over Facebook row, party member Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has shot off a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker against Shashi Tharoor.
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"Would like clear cut decision soon," says Shashi Tharoor on Congress leadership
Politics | Aug 10, 2020, 11:24 PM ISTCongress Leader Shashi Tharoor on the end of Sonia Gandhi's tenure as party interim president said that we should be clear about our leadership going forward. Shashi Tharoor said, "We should be clear about our leadership going forward.
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Unfair to expect Sonia Gandhi to carry burden, says Tharoor, calls for elections to party president
India | Aug 10, 2020, 11:40 PM ISTSenior Congress leader and Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor spoke exclusively to India TV on the future of Congress party president saying he welcomed Sonia Gandhi's appointment as Interim President last year but believe it’s unfair to her to expect her to carry burden.
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Unfair to Sonia Gandhi to expect her to carry interim chief's burden indefinitely: Shashi Tharoor
India | Aug 09, 2020, 02:48 PM ISTThe Congress must expedite the process of finding a full-term president to arrest the growing public perception that the party is "adrift and rudderless", senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Sunday. Tharoor also said that he certainly thinks Rahul Gandhi has the "mettle, capability and aptitude to once again lead the party", but if he does not wish to do so then the party must "take action" to elect a new chief.
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Shashi Tharoor: Sad to see Sachin Pilot leave Congress, wish it had not come to this
National | Jul 14, 2020, 08:25 PM ISTSenior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said he felt "sad to see Sachin Pilot leave Congress party." Tharoor's reaction comes in after Pilot was sacked as Rajasthan Deputy CM and PCC chief for revolting against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
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Shashi Tharoor asks govt to postpone all exams
Education | Jul 02, 2020, 10:41 PM ISTCongress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday questioned the Central government as to why were they not postponing exams until COVID-19 situation in the country subsides. The former minister said CA students were seeking his intervention for postponement of their exams.
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HC seeks police reply on Tharoor's plea to preserve Sunanda Pushkar's Twitter a/c, tweets
India | Jun 08, 2020, 03:33 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court on Monday sought Delhi Police's response on a plea by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor seeking direction to it to take steps to preserve the Twitter account and tweets made by his wife Sunanda Pushkar prior to her death in 2014.
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Shashi Tharoor seeks special economic package for Kerala fishermen from CM
India | Apr 02, 2020, 10:50 PM ISTSenior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday urged Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to provide an economic package for fishermen in the wake of the coronavirus crisis and implement a special process through which they can continue to go out into the sea to catch fish.
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Tharoor in High Court against summons in defamation case
India | Mar 12, 2020, 02:46 PM ISTCongress MP Shashi Tharoor has moved the Delhi High Court, challenging a trial court order summoning him in a defamation complaint over his remark that an unnamed RSS leader had compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "a scorpion sitting on a Shivling".
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CAA against 'idea of India': Shashi Tharoor
India | Mar 04, 2020, 10:05 PM ISTCongress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was against the "the idea of India" and the framers of the Constitution explicitly rejected any idea of citizenship on the basis of religion.
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Cong slams govt over UN rights chief moving SC on CAA
India | Mar 03, 2020, 10:51 PM ISTThe Congress on Tuesday attacked the government over the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights filing an application in the Supreme Court on the CAA, with senior leader Ahmed Patel saying though it is "unwarranted interference" the Modi dispensation is to be blamed for the "mess".
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Congress wants PM Modi to speak on Delhi violence in Parliament: Shashi Tharoor
Politics | Mar 02, 2020, 05:51 PM ISTWhile speaking to ANI in the national capital outside Parliament premises on March 02, the Congress leader Shashi Tharoor spoke on Delhi violence.
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Internet finally finds competition for Shashi Tharoor in this English speaking Dadi
Trending | Mar 02, 2020, 03:30 PM ISTThe viral video where an old lady could be seen talking about Mahatma Gandhi in fluent English was shared by IPS officer Arun Brotha.
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Congress wants Rahul Gandhi to return at helm, Tharoor demands fresh CWC elections
National | Feb 23, 2020, 11:32 PM IST"I believe a revived @INCIndia is indispensable to provide a national alternative to the divisive policies of the BJP. This is why the current perception of drift must be ended" Tharoor tweeted
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Political and combating speech: Shashi Tharoor reacts on PM Modi's LS speech
News | Feb 07, 2020, 06:13 AM ISTCongress veteran leader Shashi Tharoor on February 6 reacted on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in Lok Sabha.
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Book titled 'Vision for a Nation: Paths and Perspectives' launched by former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh
India | Feb 06, 2020, 07:54 AM IST'Vision for a Nation: Paths and Perspectives', edited by Professor Ashish Nandy and Professor Aakash Singh Rathore, was launched in Delhi on Wednesday. This is the first amongst Samruddha Bharat Foundation's 'Rethinking India' series, a set of 14 volumes.
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Tharoor terms Budget a 'sit down India budget' but gives thumbs up to 'middle class tax cut'
News | Feb 01, 2020, 11:22 PM ISTCongress leader Shashi Tharoor shared his views on the Union Budget presented earlier in the day by Union Finance Minister Sitharaman in the Parliament.
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Jamia shooting: Govt responsible for creating climate of hatred, says Shashi Tharoor
News | Jan 31, 2020, 06:35 PM ISTSpeaking on Jamia firing where miscreant shot at student during anti-CAA protest, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor asserted that government is responsible for creating climate of hatred.
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Jinnah's idea winning in India: Shashi Tharoor on CAA
India | Jan 27, 2020, 08:35 AM ISTSenior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said if the CAA leads to the implementation of the NPR and the NRC, it would be a complete victory for Pakistan's founding father Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He said Jinnah's idea of a country was already winning in India with the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) coming into effect, but asserted that there was still a choice available.