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Police action on Jamia students a blot on nation, CAA discriminatory: Shashi Tharoor
National | Jan 12, 2020, 09:45 PM ISTTharoor, who addressed the crowd in Hindi and English said, "Religion was no where mentioned in the Citizenship Act until the BJP-led government incorporated it in the CAA. This is not something we can accept."
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Arrest warrant issued against Shashi Tharoor for insulting women
India | Dec 21, 2019, 09:35 PM ISTThe arrest warrant has been filed in a case filed about a novel written by Shashi Tharoor. The complaint says that the novel, by the name 'The great Indian Novel' insults Nair community in Kerala. A woman from the community had filed the complaint.
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Shashi Tharoor lands in soup after posting distorted map; gets trolled
India | Dec 21, 2019, 02:06 PM ISTSenior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is well known for his knowledge and vocabulary, but this time he has landed himself in a soup. Shashi Tharoor tweeted an incorrect map of India via his Twitter handle. He shared information on protest against Citizenship Amendment Act and posted a wrong picture of the map of India.
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Was not paying attention in history classes: Tharoor takes a dig at Shah over partition remark
India | Dec 11, 2019, 07:43 AM IST"I think the imposition of Hindi is simply not going to be accepted by the South, that is something the BJP is already discovering. Similarly, a lot of the Hindutva agenda is not shared south of the Vindhyas," Shashi Tharoor said.
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If Citizenship Amendment Bill is passed, it will represent victory of Jinnah's thoughts over Gandhi:
India | Dec 09, 2019, 11:08 PM ISTCongress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said if the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is passed by Parliament, it will be a victory of the thoughts of Muhammad Ali Jinnah over Mahatma Gandhi.
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Citizenship Bill fundamentally unconstitutional: Tharoor
India | Dec 04, 2019, 05:13 PM ISTTharoor's remarks came hours after the Union Cabinet gave its nod for the Bill that seeks to provide Indian nationality to Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Jains and Buddhists fleeing persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
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Sudha Murthy and Shashi Tharoor to grace the Penguin Annual Lecture happening on December 11
Dec 03, 2019, 07:00 PM ISTAt the upcoming Penguin Annual Lecture, be prepared to be regaled to a captivating conversation between this year's speaker, acclaimed author and philanthropist Sudha Murty, and well-known politician, author and master of words Shashi Tharoor.
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Harbhajan Singh urges BCCI boss Sourav Ganguly to change selection panel
Cricket | Nov 25, 2019, 12:39 PM ISTHarbhajan Singh has criticised the selection panel after the exclusion of Sanju Samson from the side for the upcoming limited-overs series against West Indies.
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Shashi Tharoor, Karti Chidambaram visit Chidambaram in Tihar jail
India | Nov 25, 2019, 11:35 AM ISTP. Chidambaram is in Tihar Jail as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing a money laundering case, pertaining to alleged irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance to the media group for receiving overseas funds in 2007 when he was the Union Finance Minister.
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Delhi court allows Shashi Tharoor to travel abroad
India | Nov 14, 2019, 07:32 PM ISTSpecial Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar granted permission to Tharoor to visit Dubai from November 14 to 18. Tharoor had told the court that he was invited there to attend a meeting of Sir Bani Yas Forum
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Tharoor hails SC decision to refer Sabarimala issue to larger bench
India | Nov 14, 2019, 02:59 PM ISTReading out some portions of the majority view, Chief Justice Gogoi said the petitioners were endeavouring to revive the debate on religion and faith. He added that the apex court should evolve a common policy on religious places like Sabarimala and added that the larger bench will decide the issues relating to Sabarimala, entry of women into mosques and practice of female genital mutilation.
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Grab your dictionaries as Shashi Tharoor takes up stand-up comedy
Web Series | Nov 14, 2019, 01:52 PM ISTCongress MP Shashi Tharoor will now be seen making his debut as a stand-up comedian at the digital platform on November 15.
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Shashi Tharoor-headed parl panel to take up WhatsApp snooping case on Nov 20
India | Nov 06, 2019, 12:42 PM ISTA parliamentary standing committee headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will take up the WhatsApp snooping case in its next meeting on November 20, sources said on Wednesday.
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Shashi Tharoor on why Congress lost in Haryana and Maharashtra
India | Oct 28, 2019, 09:10 AM ISTTharoor said that the party was stunned after the Lok Sabha poll results, this could have led to a delay in Haryana campaign planning. Tharoor also admitted that the party never expected to win in Maharashtra.
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Police yet to establish Sunanda's cause of death, says Tharoor
India | Oct 17, 2019, 10:04 PM ISTCongress MP Shashi Tharoor told a Delhi court on Thursday that the cause of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death in 2014 was yet to be established even though the police took a very "adventurous route" in its probe.
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Shashi Tharoor slams Pakistan for raising Kashmir issue
News | Oct 17, 2019, 12:48 PM ISTKashmir is an internal matter and the Indian delegation "rejects outright and strongly condemns" such references, Shashi Tharoor said at Asian Parliamentary Assembly meet.
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Pakistan resorting to blatant misrepresentations on Kashmir: Tharoor
India | Oct 17, 2019, 11:47 AM ISTKashmir is an internal matter and the Indian delegation "rejects outright and strongly condemns" such references, Shashi Tharoor said.
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Tharoor slams Pak for raising Kashmir at Asian Parliamentary Assembly
India | Oct 13, 2019, 05:15 PM ISTTharoor, took the floor at the Asian Parliamentary Assembly convened on the sidelines of the Inter-Parliamentary Union annual meet, to deplore a letter from the chairman of the Pakistan Senate which blamed developments in Jammu and Kashmir for the country's inability to host the APA plenary scheduled for December 2020, sources said.
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Tharoor declines to be member of parliamentary committee
India | Oct 11, 2019, 03:30 PM ISTThe former Union minister thanked Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for appointing him as a member of the external affairs committee but said he does not want to be simply a member of the panel which he once headed, sources said.
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FIR against celebrities: Tharoor writes to PM Modi, registers protest
India | Oct 08, 2019, 03:15 PM ISTCongress leader Shashi Tharoor has shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing "strong protest" over the registering of an FIR against 49 eminent citizens who had raised concerns about the rising mob lynching cases.