Aug 07, 2021, at 03:58 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday praised each and every member of the hockey men's team who led India to win the Bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics games after 41 years.
Mahua Moitra called me Bihari gunda, alleges BJP's Nishikant Dubey; TMC MP denies
Jul 29, 2021, at 08:12 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In an ugly political fight, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey has accused Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentarian Mahua Moitra of calling him "Bihari gunda".
Twitter row: Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary panel summons IT Ministry officials
Jul 06, 2021, at 05:38 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT has summoned senior officials of key ministries to gather "evidence" on matters related to citizens' rights in the digital space, media reports said.
Shashi Tharoor too faces Twitter lockout after he posts for Ravi Shankar Prasad
Jun 26, 2021, at 05:14 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said his Twitter account too was briefly locked out after he posted an explainer on why Union Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was blocked from posting from his handle.
'Must abide by India laws': Parliamentary panel tells Twitter India
Jun 19, 2021, at 02:23 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Twitter India on Friday faced some tough questions from the Shashi Tharoor-led parliamentary committee on IT including why the social media giant had not appointed a Chief Compliance Officer in the south Asian country, media reports said.
Sunanda Pushkar case: Delhi court defers till July 2 order on framing charges against Shashi Tharoor
Jun 17, 2021, at 12:48 am
New Delhi/UNI: A Delhi court Wednesday said that it would pronounce its judgment on July 2 over the framing of charges against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in a case related to his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death at a luxury hotel here.
Covid-19: TMC wants virtual parliamentary committee meetings, Congress backs
May 11, 2021, at 03:46 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s appeal to the central government to hold virtual parliamentary committee meetings in the wake of Covid-19 spike was on Monday backed by several Congress leaders.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor tests positive for Covid-19
Apr 22, 2021, at 02:27 am
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday tested positive for Covid-19 even after being administered with two shots of Covishield vaccine.
Shashi Tharoor tweets cartoon of Baba Ramdev to take swipe at Centre over fuel price hike
Feb 17, 2021, at 04:38 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday evening tweeted a cartoon of Yoga guru Baba Ramdev performing an 'asana' to take a dig at the Centre over the steep hike in petrol and diesel prices.
Feb 09, 2021, at 07:01 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said Congress parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor and six journalists, who have charged under multiple laws for their tweets in connection with the Republic Day violence, from any arrest, media reports said.
Covaxin's approval premature, dangerous: Shashi Tharoor
Jan 03, 2021, at 08:34 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday expressed apprehensions over the DCGI's nod for the emergency use of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine 'Covaxin'.
'Brilliantly appropriate': Shashi Tharoor's praise on Covid-19 themed Durga Puja in Kolkata
Oct 19, 2020, at 11:58 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has lauded the creative depiction of the coronavirus theme by a Durga Puja Committee in Kolkata in its marquee for the five-day festival starting from October 22.
Deeply saddened with inadvertent stirring of emotions: Tanishq responds to trolled ad
Oct 14, 2020, at 02:34 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Hours after Tanishq was forced to pull the Ekavatam ad campaign off air, which was trolled heavily for showing interfaith baby shower, the popular jewellery brand by Titan released a statement on Tuesday saying it was 'deeply saddened with the inadvertent stirring of emotions.'
Tanishq pulls advertisement amid call for boycott
Oct 13, 2020, at 05:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Popular jewellery brand Tanishq has reportedly pulled its advertisement that had stirred a row on social media over its content though netizens are divided over the boycott call for the ad.
'In worst possible taste': Shashi Tharoor slams Anurag Thakur's remark on Nehru-Gandhi
Sep 19, 2020, at 04:30 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday slammed Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur’s comment in the Parliament on the Nehru-Gandhi family and said the speech was delivered in the 'worst possible taste'.
Discussions will resume again: Shashi Tharoor after meeting Facebook India chief
Sep 03, 2020, at 05:02 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, on Wednesday informed that the Facebook representatives will appear again to resume the discussion on the row over the social media giant's content policy.
Opposition attacks BJP government over its 'No Question Hour' move in Parliament
Sep 02, 2020, at 06:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Several opposition parties have slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre after the ruling dispensation decided to cancel the "Question Hour" in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament amid Covid-19.
Facebook reps summoned by Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary panel on Sept 2
Aug 21, 2020, at 05:00 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Facebook representatives have been summoned to meet the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, after the social media giant has been caught up in a controversy over its contents' policy regarding some posts shared by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders.
Facebook row: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey moves privilege motion against Shashi Tharoor, Rahul Gandhi
Aug 20, 2020, at 04:45 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The war of words between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over social media giant Facebook's content policies reached a new height on Wednesday with breach of privilege notice moved against each other by leaders of both parties.
Aug 18, 2020, at 06:54 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Two opposition party MPs on Tuesday engaged themselves into a heated war of words with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey over the talks to summon social networking site Facebook for allegedly ignoring hate speeches posted by the ruling saffron outfit.
Feb 20, 2020, at 06:36 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Congress MP and ex-Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit's son Sandeep joined the list of leaders who have pulled up the party leadership after the country's oldest outfit registered a humiliating result in Delhi assembly elections little more than a week ago by drawing a blank.
Kerala: Court summons Union Law Minister in defamation case
Feb 16, 2020, at 12:15 am
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) here on Saturday summoned Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to appear before it, in a defamation case filed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor representing the Lok Sabha seat here.
Rahul Gandhi meant it metaphorically: Shashi Tharoor on 'Modi will be beaten with sticks' remark
Feb 08, 2020, at 04:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after Narendra Modi wittily replied to Rahul Gandhi's statement where he had said the Prime Minister "will be beaten by youth with sticks", Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday defending his party colleague saying the remark was just a metaphor.
Shashi Tharoor apologises for calling Arvind Kejriwal 'eunuch' over CAA inaction
Jan 14, 2020, at 03:15 pm
NewDelhi/IBNS: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has issued an apology for calling Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal a "eunuch" for not taking any proper action at a time violence had erupted over Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, in the national capital.
Multi-faith people join anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh
Jan 13, 2020, at 12:07 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: People belonging to multiple faiths turned up at Shaheen Bagh here on Sunday to join the ongoing protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, media reports said.
Delhi Assembly polls: Congress manifesto to reflect public opinion, says Tharoor
Jan 10, 2020, at 09:32 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Taking a dig at the BJP government, the Congress on Friday alleged that at a time when voices of people are being muzzled and dissent being suppressed, the time is to listen to the voice of people to forge a dialogue.
Have you changed your opinion? Shashi Tharoor slams Modi over FIRs against intellectuals
Oct 08, 2019, at 11:33 am
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi: Citing Narendra Modi's reference to freedom of speech and expression during a 2016 address in the US Congress, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor slammed the Prime Minister over the First Information Reports (FIRs) filed against the intellectuals who had voiced concerns over mob lynching.
Worse than insult: Shashi Tharoor slams JNU for asking CV from Romila Thapar
Sep 02, 2019, at 12:16 pm
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has hit out at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration for asking historian and Padma Bhushan Romila Thapar to submit her Curriculum Vitae (CV) to continue as a professor emeriti, calling the move as "worse than insult".
Spot on Chief: 'Constructive critic' Shashi Tharoor backs Rahul Gandhi's Kashmir view
Aug 28, 2019, at 12:18 pm
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who has recently urged his party men to respect his "constructive criticism" of the Modi government, on Wednesday backed Rahul Gandhi who said Jammu and Kashmir is India's internal matter.
Praising Modi: Shashi Tharoor urges Congressmen to respect his approach on PM
Aug 27, 2019, at 06:08 pm
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): Amid criticisms for his tweet urging opposition to 'praise Modi when he does right things', Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday asked his fellow party men to 'respect his approach'.