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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Chennai: Former union minister Sashi Tharoor today declined to comment on the fresh report by AIIMS doctors on the mysterious death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar that concluded she died of poisoning.The Congress MP and
New Delhi: Sunanda Pushkar's death has become all the more mysterious as her brother Ashok Kumar has pointed fingers over former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor's role in his wife's death. Ashok has termed Sunanda's death
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today said that CBI investigation is inevitable in Sunanda Pushkar's death case. He further said that Delhi Police seems to be under some kind of pressure in this
New Delhi: A team of AIIMS doctors has submitted a fresh report to police on the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of former Union minister Shashi Tharoor, maintaining that she died of poisoning. The
Thiruvananthapuram: Incensed by his praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress in Kerala today decided to seek suitable action by high command against party MP Shashi Tharoor but the former Union Minister reacted sarcastically to
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today said he is being targeted by people within his party because he is an outsider and decried criticism of his response to Narendra Modi's call to support the
New Delhi: Dismissing speculation that he was trying to get close to the BJP as “ridiculous”, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today said those demanding that he be punished for allegedly praising Narendra Modi have neither
Thiruvananthapuram: A day after Congress leaders in Kerala warned Shashi Tharoor against praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the party organ attacked the former Union minister today, raising questions on his loyalty to the organisation.A stinging
Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress in Kerala today warned Shashi Tharoor against praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi but the former Union Minister set the record straight holding that he is a “proud Congressman” and had not even
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has made it clear that his acceptance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to support the “Swachh Bharat Mission” does not imply that he endorses BJP's “core Hindutva” agenda and
Chennai: Actor Kamal Haasan today thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for inviting him to join the ‘Swachh Bharat' cleanliness mission but gave a cautious response saying he was already involved in similar efforts which, he
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to join the ambitious Swachh Bharat campaign but wanted it to be a sustained programme instead of being “tokenism”.After keeping silent all day
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today invited 9 eminent people to join ‘Swachh Bharat' campaign to spread awareness about the importance of cleanliness.Prime Minister Modi requested each of these nine to bring in nine
Wielding the broom, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the country's biggest-ever cleanliness drive that is expected to cost over Rs 62,000 crore, asserting that the “Swachh Bharat” mission is “beyond politics” and inspired by
New Delhi: In his bid to make ‘Swachh Bharat' a people's movement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today initiated a chain by inviting nine eminent personalities including cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, industrialist
New Delhi: Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US visit ‘disappointing', the opposition Congress has said that there were no major takeaways from the 5 day trip. Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma Wednesday criticized Modi's visit from the
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at the United Nations drew applause from Congress spokesperson Shashi Tharoor today.“Strong speech by @PMOIndia at #UNGA2014. Soaring internationalism, support for democracy & environment, anti-terrorism. Good reply to
New Delhi: Prime Minister Modi has always managed to move people to tears with his heartfelt speeches and excellent oratory skills. But nothing could be more satisfying for a leader than the fact that appreciation
New Delhi: “I am now residing in a political world where irony is dead”, says writer-turned-politician and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor.Celebrating the 25th anniversary of his book “The Great Indian Novel” here today, he said
London: The result of the Scottish referendum gave a “good and healthy signal” to the world and offered a lesson in unity to India, Congress politician and author Shashi Tharoor said here today.As Scots voted
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