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.
Read MoreBhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today said that he may file a public interest litigation (PIL) demanding court-monitored probe into the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor.“I may file
New Delhi: Shashi Tharoor, who was sacked as Congress spokesman in the wake of his effusive praise of Prime Minister, today attacked the Narendra Modi government for "ignoring the martyrdom" of Indira Gandhi, whose death
Thrissur: A minister in the Congress led UDF government today said it was unfortunate that Congress MP Shashi Tharoor had failed to understand that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachch Bharat Abhiyan was a ‘public stunt'.“Tharoor
Thiruvananthapuram: After facing party's wrath for praising Prime Minister's cleanliness drive, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today joined the campaign on the outskirts of the state capital by invoking Mahatma Gandhi, saying he is not going
Trivandrum: Unfazed by the Congress leadership's decision to remove him from the post of spokesperson, senior party leader and MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor today formally joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'.Clad
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who had recently earned the party's ire for supporting the Swachh Bharat mission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today disapproved of Modi's plan to spend the Diwali on October 23
Banglaore/New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh today backed Shashi Tharoor, who was eased out as party spokesman for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he still enjoys a high-level of confidence among the partymen.Singh's
New Delhi: Shashi Tharoor is an "important" leader of the party but the matter of his removal is a "closed chapter", Congress said today, a day after sacking him as party spokesperson."Tharoor is an important
New Delhi: As the Congress Party sacked Congress MP Shashi Tharoor from the post of party's spokesperson for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP seized the opportunity to ridicule the party for its unusual
New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today said he accepts the party's decision to “relieve” him of responsibilities as a spokesman but regretted not being given a “opportunity to respond” to allegations against him leveled
New Delhi: BJP today took a dig at Congress for removing Shashi Tharoor as spokesperson, saying the step reflects “intolerance” as the party cannot digest somebody doing good work.“It is their internal matter. But certainly,
New Delhi: After being sacked as the Spokesperson of the Congress party, Shashi Tharoor issued the following statement.“I have seen the press release issued by the AICC and, as a loyal worker of the Congress
Thiruvanathapuram: Incensed by Shashi Tharoor's pro-Modi stand the Congress party today sacked him from the post of official spokesperson of the party.The disciplinary action committee of Congress took this extreme step after the Kerala Pradesh
Kochi: Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor has informed the Kerala High Court that he had not acquired any assets of his late wife Sunanda Pushkar either individually or jointly with her son or anybody else
Kochi: Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor has informed the Kerala High Court he had not acquired any assets of his late wife Sunanda Pushkar either individually or jointly with her son or anybody else as
Kannur/New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's problems with the party refused to go away with the Kerala unit sending its complaint on his praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking disciplinary action against him.Incensed by
New Delhi: Sunanda Pushkar's son Shiv Pushkar Menon today asked the Delhi Police to conclude the inquiry into his mother's death expeditiously and impartially and expressed dismay at people “conjecturing” on the cause of her
New Delhi/Kannur (Kerala): The report of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee seeking action against party MP Shashi Tharoor for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under the consideration of the disciplinary panel of All India Congress
Thiruvananthapuram: Breaking his silence, former Union Minister and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today said he has always been cooperating with the police and is awaiting their report on the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.His
Thiruvananthapuram: Opposition parties in Kerala Saturday demanded an independent and comprehensive probe into the death of Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar.The deamand came after Pushkar's latest post-mortem report, leaked Thursday, stated "poisoning" to
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