Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician serving as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009. He is a former career international diplomat. He is a member of Indian National congress and at present serves as Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs and All India Professionals Congress. Tharoor was a former Minister of State in the Government of India for External Affairs during the period of 2009-2010. Tharror as a writer have authored eighteen best selling works including fiction and non fiction both and he is also author of hundreds of columns and articles in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post etc.Tharoor was appointed as Director of Communications Executive Assistant to Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 1996. Tharoor became Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information (UNDPI) on 1 June 2002. Tharoor was in controversy when her wife Sunanda was found dead in room number 345 of the Leela Palace hotel in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
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Thiruvananthapuram: Taking a contrary stand on return of Sahitiya Akademi awards by eminent writers, former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor today commented that although writers have every right to stand up for their freedom of expression,
Jaipur: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that there is a "massive gap" between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'impressive speeches' and the reality, as he might have given "excellent" ideas but could not provide
The monsoon session of Parliament might have been the no-work only brawl period, but politicians made it sure that they put their most fashionable foot forward in whatever they are doing.Though, political leaders and fashion
Thiruvananthapuram: Under attack over his tweets after Yakub Memon's execution, Shashi Tharoor today stuck to his opposition to death penalty even for terrorists, saying states should not act like “murderers” and that the criminal justice
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has reportedly written a letter to party president Sonia Gandhi alleging that recent media reports targeting him are backed by party leadership with a sole intention to malign his
New Delhi: BJP today hit out at Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Shashi Tharoor over their reactions to the hanging of Yakub Memon, saying their comments were "insult" to the people wanting to get rid
New Delhi: Stoking a controversy, Congress leader Digvijay Singh today said the credibility of government and judiciary was at stake after the “urgency” shown in Yakub Memon's case while his party MP Shashi Tharoor questioned
New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said he was "saddened" by 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon's execution on Thursday."Saddened by news that our government has hanged a human being. State-sponsored killing diminishes us
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharor, who recently faced Sonia Gandhi's ire, was today seen in Lok Sabha engrossed in an animated discussion with Rahul Gandhi who was playing an active role in guiding his
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday said he was "touched" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "graciousness" in praising him for his Oxford Debate speech."I am very touched by his graciousness and his generosity
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has drawn much praise for his spirited argument at Oxford Union debate, demanding reparation payments by Britain to India for its 200-year colonial rule, which, he said, led to
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday pulled up former Union minister Shashi Tharoor over the leak of his views against party's stalling tactics in Parliament in the media."Sonia Gandhi, who generally does not
New Delhi: Investigators probing the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar may move a local court seeking lie detector test on her husband and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.Six persons including three “prime witnesses” in the case
New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said letters written to British authorities on Lalit Modi case during UPA rule should be released as they will answer the former IPL Commissioner's accusations against him
New Delhi: Delhi Police are expecting to get former union minister Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar's viscera report from US-based Federal Bureau of Investigation in the next 15 to 30 days, which is likely to
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today attacked the media accusing it of being "self-appointed liars and scum.""I'll speak to the police not to self-appointed liars and scum", he told mediapersons here when asked why his
New Delhi: Three suspects in the Sunanda Pushkar murder case, two of them employed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and the third a friend, will undergo lie detector test with a Delhi court today allowing
New Delhi: Delhi Police wants a lie detector test on three of the witnesses of Sunanda Pushkar's death case. It has now approached a Delhi court seeking its permission for the same.The three witnesses are:
New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs General (retired) VK Singh, who as Army Chief was embroiled in a prolonged legal battle with the then government over his age issue, on Wednesday became a
New Delhi: As parliament reconvenes this week after the intra-session break, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Sunday that the party will oppose the land acquisition bill "tooth and nail" as well as any "divisive
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