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Page 16 - Latest Updates on Shashi Tharoor

Will see if unparliamentary words list applied in draconian manner: Tharoor

'Some are regular words which feature in parliamentary debates all the time and it is possible they were expunged in a specific context that would not apply in other contexts'

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Updated On : 17 Jul 2022 | 2:54 PM IST

News LIVE: AAP to support joint oppn candidate Yashwant Sinha in Prez Poll

Live news updates: The Presidential poll is scheduled to be held on July 18 as the tenure of President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 24

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Updated On : 16 Jul 2022 | 3:04 PM IST

Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary Committee to examine IT Act 2020

The officials from the Ministry of Information and Technology are likely to appear before this Committee

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Updated On : 16 Jul 2022 | 8:34 AM IST

Mahua Moitra wasn't trying to offend: Tharoor weighs on Goddess Kali row

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has come out in defence of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra backing her on her comments on goddess Kali which led to a huge controversy in West Bengal.

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Updated On : 06 Jul 2022 | 5:54 PM IST

Doomscrolling: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor tweets 'word of the era'

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, known for throwing in rarely-used English words into Twitter lexicon, on Tuesday shared his "word of the era" -- doomscrolling.

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Updated On : 31 May 2022 | 7:58 PM IST

Tharoor writes to Birla; raises breach of privilege of Cong MP Karti

Shashi Tharoor has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over the "seizing" of Congress MP Karti Chidambaram's "highly confidential" notes related to the panel during a CBI raid

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Updated On : 31 May 2022 | 7:35 PM IST

Quomodocunquize: Tharoor takes dig at Railway Ministry with head-scratcher

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday took a dig at the Ministry of Railways with a difficult-to-pronounce head-scratcher -- quomodocunquize.

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Updated On : 23 May 2022 | 8:14 AM IST

Cong's Shashi Tharoor takes a swipe at Centre over tackling Covid-19

Shashi Tharoor took a dig at the govt by posting a picture seemingly from a shop where the book 'A Nation to Protect', chronicling its response to Covid, is displayed in the "popular fiction" segment

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Updated On : 20 May 2022 | 6:27 PM IST

'Quockerwodger': Tharoor's latest head-scratcher; Here is what it means

'A useful addition to our political vocabulary!?' Tharoor added about the word he informed dates back to 1860

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Updated On : 20 Apr 2022 | 9:13 PM IST

Tharoor asks BJP if its constitution is one of its 'fabled jumlas'

Shashi Tharoor took a swipe at BJP on its foundation day, asking whether its constitution is one of its fabled jumlas as there is nothing on its front page that party actually believes in or practises

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Updated On : 06 Apr 2022 | 10:25 PM IST

Use influence to mediate truce between Russia, Ukraine: Tharoor to govt

The Congress' Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday asked the government to use its influence to mediate a truce between Russia and Ukraine engaged in a war for over 40 days

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Updated On : 05 Apr 2022 | 8:17 PM IST

India continues to remain highest receiver of FDI: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

India continues to remain the highest receiver of the FDI, finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman told Lok Sabha on Monday while replying to a question by Congress member Shashi Tharoor

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Updated On : 05 Apr 2022 | 12:07 AM IST

Bit of dancing on tightrope: Tharoor on India's stand on Ukraine crisis

No State will agree on the territory of Ukraine being encroached upon, he said

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Updated On : 29 Mar 2022 | 10:25 PM IST

Need to develop all-weather deep-water port in India, says Tharoor in LS

He said the development of ports in India is "important" as ships carry 90 per cent of the world's goods around the globe.

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Updated On : 24 Mar 2022 | 9:08 PM IST

Congress in Kerala bans Tharoor and Thomas from attending CPI(M) seminars

Congress' Kerala unit has said the party had barred its leaders from attending the programme as it was strongly fighting the CPI(M)-led government over the proposed K-Rail project

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Updated On : 21 Mar 2022 | 6:24 PM IST

Shashi Tharoor joins Congress rebels meet over assembly polls drubbing

The sources said the meeting was convened to apprise all the members of the G-23 about the decisions taken at the crucial Congress Working Committee meeting on Sunday

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Updated On : 17 Mar 2022 | 12:42 AM IST

One day Indian voter will surprise BJP: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor

The Indian voter has always been capable of throwing up surprises and the BJP will also get to know about it one day, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Sunday.

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Updated On : 13 Mar 2022 | 10:33 PM IST

Time to reform Congress' organisational leadership: Tharoor on poll results

Shashi Tharoor said it is time to reaffirm the idea of India that Congress stands for and reform the party's organisational leadership in a manner that will reignite those ideas and inspire the people

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Updated On : 11 Mar 2022 | 8:14 AM IST

Govt's efforts in rescuing Indians deserve praise, not PR exercise: Tharoor

On India's loss due to the war, Tharoor said: "One country has attacked another and its effect will be felt on the entire world"

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Updated On : 05 Mar 2022 | 10:58 AM IST

No issues are ever resolved in Indian TV debates: Tharoor to Imran

Khan said on Tuesday that he would like to have a TV debate with Modi to resolve differences between the two neighbouring countries

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Updated On : 23 Feb 2022 | 1:48 AM IST