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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Ahmedabad, Nov 27: Former Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor today said that if Anna Hazare sticks to his version of Lokpal Bill and opposes any changes in it could create problems.“I respect
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 13: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday filed a Rs 10 crore defamation suit against The Sunday Indian magazine for publishing an article insinuating that he has black money stashed away in Swiss
Panaji, Nov 5 : Former Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor today said governments should utilise social media to connect with the masses and to get a sense of accountability in democracy.“I hope
Mumbai, Nov 4: Holding that those backing Anna Hazare's movement against corruption don't know what they are for, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said the Jan Lokpal will create a “supra-institution” that would be a
New Delhi, Sep 9: Former Union minister Shashi Tharoor has questioned the right of Anna Hazare and his team to represent civil society on the issue of Lokpal and asked them to go to people
New Delhi, Sep 1: Firing a salvo at Gandhian Anna Hazare, former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor has said how can a person “who never stood for elections” claim to be the voice of the people.Asserting
New Delhi, Jun 19: The Shunglu Committee has found irregularities in the appointment of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor as an international consultant to advise Commonwealth Games Organising Committee about host of activities related to the
New Delhi, Feb 13 : Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor is back in the news over payment of money by the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games for consultancy services. Tharoor today described the reports
New Delhi, Feb 13 (PTI) Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor was back at the centre of a controversy with the CAG pointing out that he had been paid 30,000 USD( about Rs 13 lakh) for
New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and five other MPs were today among thousands of passengers who had a harrowing time at the swanky terminal 3 of the IGI airport here on
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Shashi Tharoor and wife Sunanda Pushkar didn't have a very pleasant start to their honeymoon that takes them to Dubai and Spain. While their flight took off from here at 5am on Tuesday, it
Palakkad (Ker): In a typical Malayali wedding, former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor on Sunday tied nuptial knots with Sunanda Pushkar at the ancestral home of the bridegroom at Elavanchery village near here .Tharoor, a former
Countdown to former MOS Shashi Tharoor's wedding has finally begun. Tharoor will tie the knot will his fiance Sunanda Pushkar in a traditional Kerala wedding on August 22.The 54-year-old MP from Thiruvananthapuram has chosen his
MumbaiL Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor on Friday acknowledged that Sunanda Pushkar was his fiance. Accompanied by Pushkar, Tharoor was in the metropolis to deliver the 16th Lalit Doshi Memorial lecture, whose organisers introduced her
Bangalore: Former Union minister Shashi Tharoor will tie the knot with Dubai-based Sunanda Pushkar sometime in the last week of August. The week-long celebrations will begin on August 25th, culminating with a wedding reception on
Shashi Tharoor, the man at the centre of a political storm over the IPL Kochi franchise, may get some reprieve from the Congress party but the Opposition gunning for his removal is in no mood
BJP on Tuesday demanded the dismissal of Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor and a CBI inquiry into his alleged "misuse" of authority for "securing" the investment of his friend Sunanda Pushkar in
Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor himself may not be a stakeholder but the lady he is reportedly planning to marry is part of the consortium which owns the Kochi franchise of the
Dogged by controversies over his statements, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has said he only wanted to change the Indian political culture, which does not welcome discussions, but he has been "brought
It would not be easy to change ideology of people like the Thackerays but they can be "rendered irrelevant", feels Union Minister Shashi Tharoor. Asked on the social networking site 'Twitter' that if there was
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