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Tharoor moves HC seeking police to preserve Sunanda Pushkar's tweets

The application was filed in a pending petition seeking direction to the police to place before the trial court certain tweets of Pushkar

Crosswords in lockdown

At a time when so many of us are confined to our homes, crosswords provide an intellectually challenging alternative to passive binge-watching

Police in MP to start home delivery of FIRs for violating lockdown

The government in the state has been following the lockdown rules strictly after a sharp increase in the number of Covid-19 cases

Covid-19: Twitterati push 'grid' in top five trends as arguments flow in

Anticipating a significant fluctuation in power demand for a short duration, the power ministry along with PGCIL and POSOCO have been busy drafting a plan for managing the grid and efficient supply

'Photo-op' PM created feel-good moment; no vision of future: Shashi Tharoor

Modi also asked people to maintain the "lakshman rekha" of social distancing by staying indoors and not getting together in groups during the exercise

Shashi Tharoor thanks PM Modi for extending birthday wishes in Malayalam

'Thank you, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for this elaborate birthday greeting in shudh sahitya Malayalam! Am touched by your thoughtfulness,' Tharoor tweeted

Unrest brewing over K Surendran's appointment as Kerala BJP president

Surendran, one of the four general secretaries in the state, belongs to the faction led by Union minister V Muraleedharan, a known Modi-Amit Shah acolyte

Is Modi quitting social media? Here's what happened when he hinted he may

Some speculated the PM might be planning to switch to an Indian platform, much like China's Weibo, on which Modi made his debut on May 4, 2015

Sunanda Pushkar death case: HC seeks Delhi govt's response on Tharoor plea

The Congress MP has moved the high court against a trial court order of January 30 dismissing his plea for directions to the police to place before it certain tweets of Pushkar

Family plots

Congress must escape Nehru-Gandhi grip

Cong's organisational structure weakened due to vacancies in depts, cells

Legal department head Vivek Tankha resigned in June last year after the Congress drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls

Congress must elect leaders to energise workers, inspire voters: Tharoor

Tharoor's appeal came in support of his party colleague and former MP Sandeep Dikshit's remarks that the the biggest challenge the party faces is the 'leadership question'

The pangs of transition

The way technology has impacted the global order ever since the invention of the wheel is no less significant

BJP govt has become tukde-tukde gang, is partitioning Indian soul: Tharoor

Participating in the debate in Lok Sabha on the motion of thanks to the President's Address, Tharoor made a strong attack on the government

Implementing NPR, NRC would be complete victory for Jinnah: Shashi Tharoor

On the BJP's defence that the NPR was carried out during the UPA regime, Tharoor said the Congress government had utilised a decision of the NDA government led by former Prime Minister Vajpayee

States can't say they won't implement CAA, resolutions 'political': Tharoor

Congress govt in Punjab passed resolution against the law in Assembly; party backed Left Front in Kerala.

Tharoor apologises for 'power without responsibility' remark on Kejriwal

The remark drew sharp criticism on social media as netizens accused him of "transphobia" and asked him to apologise to the LGBT community

Some questions from Asia's history of 50 years that need urgent answers

India needs to figure out whether it pays to be rule-takers or seek to be rule-setters. Or, do we have an answer to China's strategic challenge? If not, what are our options, wonders T N Ninan

Shashi Tharoor bags Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for 'An Era Of Darkness'

Shashi Tharoor (English), Vijaya (Kannada) and Shafey Kidwai (Urdu) have won the award for their work on creative non-fiction, autobiography and biography respectively.

Data Protection Bill referred to joint select panel following voice vote

Shashi Tharoor writes to LS speaker against move, says ruling party has shown brazen disregard for standing committee on IT