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Shashi Tharoor

DOB: March 9, 1956

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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Sunanda murder case: Will Shashi Tharoor's interrogation helps Delhi Police in plugging missing links?

Politics | Jan 20, 2015, 02:45 PM IST

New Delhi:  The Special investigation team of Delhi Police finally called former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor on Monday night for interrogation in connection with Sunanda Pushkar's murder mystery. He was questioned for around four  hours

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Shashi Tharoor may be questioned again: Police

India | Jan 20, 2015, 04:14 PM IST

New Delhi: Delhi Police Chief B.S. Bassi on Tuesday said that if necessary, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor could be questioned again in the mysterious murder of his wife Sunanda Pushkar in January last year."We have

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Sunanda murder case: Delhi Police finally questions Shashi Tharoor

India | Jan 20, 2015, 12:10 AM IST

New Delhi: Shashi Tharoor was intensely questioned on Monday night over two hours by a special team of Delhi Police on the circumstances leading to the mysterious death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar a year

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Sunanda murder case: Shashi Tharoor to be quizzed in a day or two, says Delhi Police chief

Politics | Jan 19, 2015, 05:14 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor may be questioned in a day or two in connection with the mysterious death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi today said.The police chief

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Sunanda's death: number of conspiracy theories, little success

India | Jan 17, 2015, 10:47 PM IST

New Delhi: The mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of the then Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, exactly a year ago at a five star hotel here is still under probe with no major progress in

congress slams tharoor for praising modi

Congress slams Tharoor for praising Modi

Politics | Jan 16, 2015, 11:17 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress today slammed its senior leader Shashi Tharoor for continuing to praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi ignoring the party's line.While senior leader and AICC Disciplinary Committee Chairman A K Antony said the party

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Sunanda case: Shashi Tharoor likely to be questioned soon, says Bassi

India | Jan 16, 2015, 06:00 PM IST

New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi today hinted that Congress MP Shashi Tharoor will be questioned “soon” by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) which is probing the mysterious death case of his wife

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Delhi Police quizzes crew of flight in which Sunanda, Shashi Tharoor fought days before her death

India | Jan 16, 2015, 08:17 AM IST

New Delhi: Delhi Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the death of Sunanda Pushkar, on Thursday questioned the crew of a flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi in which former Union minister Shashi Tharoor and his

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Was taken aback by Modi's congratulatory tweet: Tharoor

Politics | Jan 15, 2015, 11:59 PM IST

Kolkata: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Thursday admitted he was "taken aback" when Narendra Modi congratulated him after he won the Lok Sabha elections, especially after a remark the prime minister had made about his wife

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Tharoor lashes out at media, says he is being defamed

Politics | Jan 15, 2015, 11:57 PM IST

Kolkata: Under intense media glare over the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar a year ago, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today lashed out at it, saying he was being “defamed day in and day out”

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Modi government 'removing protection' of vulnerable: Tharoor

Politics | Jan 15, 2015, 10:09 PM IST

Kolkata: Stressing that his party believes in distributing revenue to the needy, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Thursday said the Narendra Modi government seems to be moving towards the "removal of protection" of India's vulnerable population

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No political pressure in Sunanda murder probe: Rajnath Singh

Politics | Jan 15, 2015, 12:55 PM IST

New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said there is no political pressure on police probing the murder of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar."There is no political pressure and an impartial inquiry

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Sunanda murder case: Shashi Tharoor evades questions on his wife

Politics | Jan 15, 2015, 07:01 AM IST

Kolkata: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Wednesday refused to comment on the controversy related to his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death but said he was pleased to escape from breaking news to reflect on heritage at a

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Not aware if Sunanda was suffering from any ailment: Family friend present at crime scene

India | Jan 14, 2015, 11:34 PM IST

New Delhi: Sanjay Dewan, a family friend of Shashi Tharoor and his wife Sunanda Pushkar and a key witness in her mysterious death case, on Wednesday said they were a "happy couple" and he was

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Shashi, Sunanada were a happy couple: family friend

India | Jan 14, 2015, 09:45 PM IST

New Delhi: Sanjay Dewan, a family friend of Shashi Tharoor and his wife Sunanda Pushkar and a key witness in her mysterious death case, today said they were a “happy couple” and he was not

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Modi inspires Tharoor's last part of trilogy on India

Politics | Jan 14, 2015, 04:16 PM IST

Kolkata: Although critical of the Modi government, author-politician Shashi Tharoor says it was BJP's overwhelming victory in last year's Lok Sabha polls that inspired him to write his next book, the last in his trilogy

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PM Narendra Modi inspires Shashi Tharoor's last part of trilogy on India

Politics | Jan 14, 2015, 02:49 PM IST

Kolkata: Although critical of the Modi government, author-politician Shashi Tharoor says it was BJP's overwhelming victory in last year's Lok Sabha polls that inspired him to write his next book, the last in his trilogy

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If Swamy knows Sunanda's killer, let him tell the police: Shashi Tharoor

India | Jan 14, 2015, 12:02 AM IST

New Delhi: Sunanda Pushkar murder case took a new turn today when Congress leader Shashi Tharoor lashed out at BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, demanding that he should reveal the identity of the person who killed

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Sunanda case: Decision in 2 days on where viscera sample will be sent

India | Jan 13, 2015, 04:26 PM IST

New Delhi: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) will take a decision on which country the samples of Sunanda Pushkar's viscera will be sent, in the next two days, Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi said here

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Tharoor may be questioned soon in Sunanda murder case: Police

Politics | Jan 12, 2015, 03:46 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor may be questioned soon in connection with his wife Sunanda Pushkar's murder, Delhi Police chief B.S. Bassi said Monday."I know Tharoor is in Delhi. Our SIT (Special Investigation Team)

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