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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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Is Shashi Tharoor exploring possibility to contest Cong chief poll, to take final call soon: Sources

India | Aug 30, 2022, 12:09 AM IST

Congress President Election: While Tharoor declined to comment on whether he would throw his hat into the ring, he has written an article for the Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi in which he called for a "free and fair" election.

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Shashi Tharoor's lookalike Chandrachur Singh has left the internet puzzled: Can’t tell who’s who

Trending | Aug 23, 2022, 03:53 PM IST

Shashi Tharoor's doppelganger, actor Chandrachur Singh's video from the trailer launch ceremony for his flick Cuttputlli has gone viral on social media. The actor's striking resemblance to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has been widely discussed on the internet.

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Rohingyas row: Tharoor slams govt over 'confusion', asks BJP not to 'betray' Indian civilization

India | Aug 18, 2022, 04:34 PM IST

On Wednesday, Puri, the Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, had tweeted that India has always welcomed those who have sought refuge in the country and all Rohingya refugees would be shifted to EWS flats in east Delhi's Bakkarwala area.

Shashi Tharoor on Salman Rushdie killing

Salman Rushdie stabbed: Shashi Tharoor says 'sad day but worse would be..."

India | Aug 13, 2022, 01:16 PM IST

Salman Rushdie was stabbed by a 24-year-old New Jersey resident identified as Hadi Matar on stage on Friday while he was being introduced at the event of the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York.

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PM Modi speaks more in foreign parliament than our own, says Congress MP Shashi Tharoor

India | Aug 09, 2022, 01:56 PM IST

Shashi Tharoor on PM Modi: During a book launch event, Tharoor compared the working style of India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and PM Modi.

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Shashi Tharoor has a new math question featuring paneer butter masala amid GST hike. Can you answer?

Trending | Jul 21, 2022, 12:08 PM IST

The 'WhatsApp forward' shared by the Congress leader Shashi Tharoor included a tax question on paneer butter masala. Take a look.

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'There are three types of CMs': Shashi Tharoor's new lesson is a jab at Maharashtra's new CM Shinde

India | Jun 30, 2022, 11:31 PM IST

Just hours after rebel leader Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Tharoor tweeted a quote from Padma Shree awardee Sharad Joshi in Hindi.   

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High time PM breaks silence on 'proliferation of Islamophobic incidents': Shashi Tharoor

India | Jun 12, 2022, 02:58 PM IST

Asked about the Congress being accused of peddling 'soft Hindutva' in the past and if the party needs to take an aggressive stance on issues of the minorities such as the row over the comments on the Prophet, Tharoor said he believes the Congress has been clear in its denunciation of this recent incident.

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Shashi Tharoor to Vivek Agnihotri-Anupam's tweets: Dragging my late wife Sunanda was unwarranted

Celebrities | May 10, 2022, 11:30 PM IST

After Shashi Tharoor's late wife, Sunanda Pushkar was "dragged" into the controversy, he said he has never seen 'The Kashmir Files' and has not made any comment on its contents. He pointed out that he has repeatedly drawn attention to the plight of Kashmiri pandits over the years.

The Kashmir Files is banned in Singapore

The Kashmir Files banned in Singapore: Anupam Kher, Vivek Agnihotri in Twitter spat with Tharoor

Celebrities | Dec 16, 2022, 05:06 PM IST

The Kashmir Files, being screened in India since March to mixed reviews, is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley the 1990s due to terrorism.

Shashi Tharoor pen poem on viral 'Chochi' trend

Shashi Tharoor pens poem on viral 'Chochi' trend leaving internet impressed

Trending | May 07, 2022, 11:03 AM IST

After a tweet on 'egg water baked dosa' at the 'Cochi' airport went viral, Kerala MP Shashi Tharoor joined the netizens and shared a limerick. Read here!

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Tharoor takes a dig at BJP, Kejriwal with a poem: 'Once was CM of Delhi who...'

India | Apr 29, 2022, 06:59 PM IST

The BJP had criticised Kejriwal on Wednesday over his "mannerless" posture during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Covid situation in the country and questioned whether this is how a chief minister should behave at an important meeting.

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Kuch toh log kahenge: Tharoor clears air on his viral video in conversation with Supriya Sule in LS

India | Apr 08, 2022, 09:54 AM IST

The video clip is from April 5 when a short-duration discussion was held in the Lower House on 'Situation in Ukraine'.

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'Weapons of mass distraction': Tharoor takes dig at govt for 'driving away' focus from price rise

India | Apr 07, 2022, 04:52 PM IST

The Budget Session of Parliament concluded on Thursday, a day ahead of schedule. The Budget Session had begun on January 31.

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'Sliding into brown-nosing version of North Korea': Tharoor on ministers invoking PM Modi repeatedly

India | Mar 24, 2022, 11:20 PM IST

Tharoor, who often engages with probing questions to the government in Parliament, has expressed disappointment with answers and interventions of ministers in the past.  

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'A needless controversy': Tharoor on not attending CPI-M seminar after Sonia's message

India | Mar 21, 2022, 11:41 PM IST

In a statement, the Thiruvananthapuram MP said: "I regret that some preferred the unseemly public airing of internal differences, thereby creating a needless controversy in a matter in which AICC's view was binding. I hope wisdom will prevail in future."  

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PM Modi talks like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, but does not act like him: Shashi Tharoor

India | Mar 16, 2022, 07:33 AM IST

Tharoor also said Modi might serve the country better by implementing what he has said publicly.

Russia-Ukraine War: India should demand Russia to stop,

Russia-Ukraine War: India should demand Russia to stop, tweets Shashi Tharoor

India | Feb 24, 2022, 02:32 PM IST

Tharoor also slammed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan over his visit to Russia amid the developments and cited the example of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who in 1979 as the then foreign minister had cut short his visit to China when Beijing attacked Vietnam.

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No issues are ever resolved in Indian TV debates, only exacerbated: Shashi Tharoor to Imran Khan

India | Feb 23, 2022, 12:30 PM IST

Imran Khan said on Feb 22 that he would like to have a TV debate with Modi to resolve differences between the two neighbouring countries.

When minister Ramdas Athawale pointed out typos in Shashi

When Ramdas Athawale corrected typos in Shashi Tharoor's English- Here's what happened

India | Feb 11, 2022, 01:39 PM IST

Union Minister Dr Ramdas Athawale pounced at the chance to school the Thiruvananthapuram MP and said "one is bound to make mistakes while making unnecessary claims."

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