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Govt should bring laws to regulate ownership of news organisations: Tharoor

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday came out with a slew of suggestions, including laws to regulate ownership of news organisations by a political or business entity, to ensure responsible journalism and a free press in the country. Speaking at the N Ramachandran Foundation award ceremony here, the Thiruvananthapuram MP said India was one of the few countries in the world where there were no regulations with regard to the ownership of media by a private individual. "The government must introduce laws and regulations that limit control of multiple news organisations by a single business or political entity whereby encouraging a robust and independent press in the country," he said. Tharoor said media in India largely had a "cavalier attitude towards facts" and was "reluctant to issue corrections". Referring to his own personal experiences with the media and his decision to opt for legal recourse over allegations in the press against him, Tharoor said, "Once character can be ...

2024 shaping up to be 'Hindutva vs popular welfare': Tharoor's dig at PM

General elections 2024: In 2024, the BJP will now revert to its core message and offer Narendra Modi to the nation as a Hindu Hriday Samrat, said Congress leader Shashi Tharoor

Tharoor talks about youth in politics; hints at 2024 being his last contest

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a Congress programme here on Thursday, Tharoor, however, said there was no finality about it since it is politics

INDIA bloc leaders to protest against suspension of MPs from Parliament

Earlier, Shashi Tharoor said that the moment has come to start writing 'obituaries for the Parliamentary democracy' in our country

Travesty of parliamentary democracy: Shashi Tharoor on suspension of MPs

Slamming the government over the suspension of over 140 MPs, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday claimed that a "dubious record" had been created as in no country so many lawmakers had been suspended together and alleged that our entire parliamentary democracy has been "betrayed and reduced to a travesty". Speaking with reporters after participating in the opposition protest over the suspension of MPs, Tharoor, who was himself suspended on Tuesday, said that with the suspension of so many opposition MPs, the history of parliamentary democracy has been "besmirched" in our country. What has been seen in the country in the last few days is a "travesty of parliamentary democracy", he said. "I did a bit of research, never in the entire history of Parliamentary democracy has any Parliament in any country in the world ever suspended or expelled 150 people. That is the dubious record being set in our Parliament this week," he said. Everyone understands that the basic principle of

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Kharge trying to do damage control ahead of Rajasthan polls, claims BJP

BJP spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo also criticised Shashi Tharoor's assertion that Kharge could be a potential Prime Minister candidate

Rahul may become PM as Congress in many ways is a family-run party: Tharoor

My guess is from the Congress party either Mr Kharge who will then be the first Dalit Prime Minister of India or Rahul Gandhi since in many ways it is a 'family-run' party, said Tharoor

'Disgrace to democracy': Shashi Tharoor on NewsClick raids, arrests

Attacking the BJP-led central government, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that confiscating journalists' laptops and depriving them of access is not right

SA cricketers struggle to say 'Thiruvananthapuram'; Shashi Tharoor reacts

In the video shared by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, most South African cricketers struggled to correct the pronunciation. Watch the video here

'Modi was selective, didn't talk about rights given to people during UPA'

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was "selective" in his speech in Parliament and did not talk about the rights given to people during the Manmohan Singh government. While acknowledging that the prime minister said some "very good things" in his speech and spoke well, Tharoor said there had also been failures under his prime ministerial tenure such as when demonetisation happened, there was no discussion in Parliament. Prime Minister Modi lauded the vision of first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and subsequent leaders, including Lal Bahadur Shastri, P V Narasimha Rao and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, but also reminded the Lok Sabha of the 'cash-for-vote' scam during the Manmohan Singh government. Reacting to the prime minister's speech, Tharoor said, "He (Modi) said some very good things but he also did not say some things which he should have said. Our country has had many successes and failures and he chose according to his will, that is fi

Parl panels reconstituted; Rahul remains member of Committee on Defence

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was reinstated as an MP after losing his membership of the Lok Sabha following his conviction in a criminal defamation case, remains a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence while fellow party colleague and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh continues as the chairperson of the Committee on Science & Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, a month after hinting at resignation. A Lok Sabha bulletin on the members of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee was released on Saturday, two days ahead of the Special Session of Parliament from September 18 to 22.The newly formed department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee came into effect from September 13.According to the bulletin, the chairs of six major parliamentary committees - Home, IT, Defence, External Affairs, Finance and Health - are all with the BJP or its allies.Meanwhile, from the opposition, Abhishek Manu Singhvi of the Congress has been ...

Undoubtedly diplomatic triumph for India: Tharoor on New Delhi Declaration

Tharoor further praised India for bringing all member states to a consensus on the New Delhi Declaration

Tharoor lauds India's sherpa after '200 hrs of non-stop negotiations' claim

Congress lMP Shashi Tharoor lauded India's G20 sherpa Amitabh Kant for hardball negotiations and said that it is a proud moment for India at G20

'President of Bharat': Congress slams Centre over President's dinner invite

The G20 dinner invites sent in the name of "President of Bharat" instead of "President of India" sparks controversy

India has incalculable brand value built over centuries: Shashi Tharoor

With a G20 dinner invite in the name of 'President of Bharat' going viral, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Tuesday said while there is no constitutional objection to calling India 'Bharat', he hopes the government will not be so foolish to completely dispense with 'India' which has incalculable brand value. The Congress has alleged that the "Union of States" is under assault by the Narendra Modi government as it claimed that a G20 dinner invite refers to the President as "President of Bharat". In a post on X, Tharoor, the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, said 'Bharat' is one of the country's two official names. "While there is no constitutional objection to calling India 'Bharat', which is one of the country's two official names, I hope the government will not be so foolish as to completely dispense with 'India', which has incalculable brand value built up over centuries," he said. "We should continue to use both words rather than relinquish our claim to a name redolent of histo

Too early to speak about super power: Shashi Tharoor on PM's 2047 vision

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said it is unfortunate to "paint fantasies" about a distant future when the country is going through a "tough time" and asserted that it is "too early to speak about super power because too many of our people are still super poor". The remarks by Tharoor came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an interview with PTI, said, "By 2047, I am sure that our country will be among the developed countries. Our poor people will comprehensively win the battle against poverty. Health, education and social sector outcomes will be among the best in the world. Corruption, casteism and communalism will have no place in our national life," Modi said. Reacting to the prime minister's vision 2047, Tharoor said, "It is too early to speak about (being) super power because too many of our people are still super poor. We still have to first address the real problems of the poor, the marginalized, the deprived." "The country is going through a tough time now in .

One Nation, One Election not practical in Indian democratic system: Tharoor

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday criticised the BJP-led Centre's proposal for 'one nation, one election', saying there is no practical way in which such a system can be implemented. Talking to reporters here on his first visit to his Lok Sabha constituency after becoming a member of the Congress Working Committee, Tharoor said the 'one nation, one election' initiative of the government would be against the existing system, which is based on parliamentary democracy, where parties cannot continue in power if they lose the majority in the house. "There is no practical way in which you can implement such a system. The second concern that many of us have is that the big diversity of India actually benefits from the staggered calendar that has evolved over the years," Tharoor said. Former president Ram Nath Kovind was on Friday tasked by the Centre with the responsibility of heading a committee to explore the feasibility of 'one nation, one election'. The committee will explore h

Country witnessing coercive instead of cooperative federalism: Tharoor

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday alleged that "blatant subversion of the constitutional separation of powers" was taking place through the bill to replace the Delhi services ordinance and said while Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about cooperative federalism, the country was witnessing "coercive federalism". Participating in the the debate in Lok Sabha on the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, Tharoor argued that the proposed bill represents a "grave chapter in the history of the Indian republic, seeking to ratify an ordinance that in many ways is an assault on our democratic heritage and the spirit of federalism". He argued that bill with such a substantive policy change should not have been brought in the first place when a motion of no-confidence was pending against the government. "The Bhagavad Gita of parliamentary practice and procedure -- MN Kaul and SL Shakdher (book) -- explicitly states that when the leave of the House to t

India should give stapled visas to anyone applying from Tibet: Tharoor

Amid a row over China issuing stapled visas to a few sportspersons from Arunachal Pradesh, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said India should simply start issuing stapled visas to anyone applying for an Indian visa from Tibet. India on Thursday described as "unacceptable" China issuing stapled visas to a few sportspersons from Arunachal Pradesh and asserted that it reserves the right to "suitably respond" to such actions. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India has lodged its "strong protest" with the Chinese side on the matter and there should be no discrimination on the basis of domicile or ethnicity in the visa regime for Indian citizens. Tagging a media report on China issuing stapled visas to some Indian sportspersons from Arunachal Pradesh, Tharoor tweeted, "Enough is enough. Instead of frustrating our sportsmen and every other Arunachali seeking a Chinese visa, we should simply start issuing stapled visas ourselves, to anyone applying f