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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. The man of many words helpfully shared the meaning too. "The act of continuously seeking out and reading bad news," read the meaning posted by the Congress leader. "Word of the Era! Merriam Webster Dictionary says they are watching the increasing use of this term (along with 'doomsurfing'). Increased consumption of predominantly negative news could have psychological ill effects, in addition to causing political depression...," Tharoor tweeted with a screenshot of the word 'doomscrolling' and its meaning. This is not the first time the author-politician-wordsmith has sent Twitterati scurrying for their dictionaries to confirm whether such words indeed exist. Earlier this month, Tharoor took a dig at the Ministry of Railways with a difficult-to-pronounce head-scratcher -- quomodocunquize. "To make money by any means possibl

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

Delhi court summons Cong leader D K Shivakumar in money laundering case

A Delhi court on Tuesday summoned Congress leader D K Shivakumar and others in a money laundering case lodged against him in 2018 after taking cognisance of the charge sheet. Special Judge Vikas Dhull directed Shivakumar to appear on July 1. The court gave the order after taking cognisance of a charge sheet filed by ED through its Special Public Prosecutor Nitesh Rana against Shivakumar and others in the case. Shivakumar, who is the president of the Congress' Karnataka unit, was arrested by the ED in the case on September 3, 2019 and was granted bail by the Delhi High Court on October 23, 2019. The case is based on a charge sheet filed by the Income Tax Department against them last year before a special court in Bengaluru on charges of alleged tax evasion and 'hawala' transactions worth crores of rupees.

Rumblings in Congress after list of 10 candidates for RS polls released

The Congress on Sunday announced candidates for the polls, fielding former Union ministers P Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh and Ajay Maken as well as party's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala

Punjab Congress chief blames AAP govt for singer Sidhu Moose Wala's murder

Punjab Director General of Police VK Bhawra on Sunday said the killing of famous singer Sidhu Moosewala seems to be a fallout of an inter-gang rivalry

Mevani hopes Cong would not project anyone as CM face in Gujarat polls

Mevani who is closely working with the Congress although he did not join the party officially, said the party should elect the face emerging from the people's movement

MP Karti Chidambaram appears before CBI in Chinese visa scam case

Speaking to reporters outside the CBI headquarters, Karti said the case against him was "bogus", and claimed that he had not facilitated the issuance of visa to any Chinese national

Congress to decide leadership issues in Rajasthan after June 10 RS polls

Sachin Pilot has been vying for the Chief Minister's post, but Ashok Gehlot has the confidence of Sonia Gandhi

Congress to present report card of Modi govt on its 8th anniversary

Congress General Secretaries Ajay Maken and Randeep Surjewala will hold a press conference in Delhi to present a report card of the Narendra Modi government

Prashant Kishor to prepare ground for 'Jan Suraaj' campaign within 10 days

The Jan Suraaj campaign is kicking off from Mahatma Gandhi Ashram in West Champaran district on October 2 this year and he will do a Padyatra of 3,000 km across Bihar

Visa scam case: Karti Chidambaram to appear before CBI on Thursday

Karti Chidambaram has been accused along with others for allegedly helping Chinese nationals getting visas by flouting rules

Kapil Sibal files RS nomination as Independent backed by Samajwadi Party

I resigned from the Congress on May 16 and am no longer a senior Congress leader now: Kapil SIbal

CBI to question Karti Chidambaram in Chinese visa scam case today

Karti's Charted Accountant S. Bhaskararaman is currently on custodial remand of the CBI and there are possibilities that Karti might be confronted with him

Himachal Cong chief terms reduction in excise duty on fuel as 'trivial'

State Congress President MP Pratibha Singh further demanded the government to reduce the prices of essential commodities, edible oil, pulses, flour and vegetables

Cong slams govt over inflation, says stop resorting to 'optical delusion'

A day after the government cut excise duty on petrol and diesel, the Congress on Sunday accused the BJP of resorting to "trickery" to create an "optical delusion''

Sibal, Anand Sharma, Chidambaram in race for RS polls slated next month

The Karnataka Congress is contemplating to field Priyanka for the Rajya Sabha from the state to boost the party ahead of next year's Assembly elections

Kerala Congress chief Sudhakaran alleges police booked him out of vendetta

Sudhakaran was booked under IPC section 153 by the Palarivattom Police on Thursday, for making "highly reprehensible" comments over the state chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan

Cong in a dilemma as new Oppn front takes shape with KCR, AAP, Akhilesh

The Congress has yet not started the consultation process for the Presidential post and the UPA has also not taken any decision on the candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls so far

Youth Cong launches 'Bharat Jodo' campaign on Rajiv's death anniversary

National President of Indian Youth Congress, Srinivas BV said that the revolutionary thought of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi laid the foundation of Young India

Delhi Police requests Adhir Chowdhury's 'hacked' devices for probe

The Congress leader claimed his Twitter account was hacked after allegedly posting and then deleting a tweet with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's infamous quote linked to 1984 riots