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Page 14 - Latest Updates on Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor nominates Kerala fishermen for Nobel Peace Prize: Here's why

Fishermen groups across the country represent some of the most socio-economically underdeveloped segments

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Updated On : 07 Feb 2019 | 7:51 AM IST

Criminal defamation case against Tharoor for "scorpion" remark against PM

In his complaint, Delhi BJP leader Rajeev Babbar alleged that Tharoor with "mala fide intention made the statement which is not only abuse of the Hindu deity but also defamatory"

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Updated On : 03 Nov 2018 | 4:21 PM IST

An RSS leader compared Modi to 'scorpion sitting on Shivling', says Tharoor

RS Prasad hit out at Tharoor for the remarks, which also evoked strong reaction on social media

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Updated On : 28 Oct 2018 | 9:30 PM IST

Great diagnosis, bad medicine, Mr Modi; time for you to go, says Tharoor

Tharoor said instead of his rhetoric of ushering in transformational change in the country's progress, Modi focussed on his votebank

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Updated On : 28 Oct 2018 | 7:10 PM IST

Simply complex: Tharoor's Twitter 'floccinaucinihilipilification' explained

At the expense of his latest victims, who were too petrified to pronounce the biggies he threw at them, Tharoor had a good laugh on Twitter recently

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Updated On : 13 Oct 2018 | 12:49 AM IST

Tharoor says Imran could be a 'wonderful face' for peace but on a condition

Tharoor said the past had shown that it's the Pakistani military that determines the prospects for any lasting peace between India and Pakistan

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Updated On : 08 Apr 2019 | 5:45 PM IST

BJP slams Tharoor for remarks on Modi's 'outlandish headgear'

Shashi Tharoor had asked why PM Modi refuses to wear a Muslim skull cap but dons such headgears

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Updated On : 07 Aug 2018 | 9:05 AM IST

Better to be a cow than a Muslim at some places in India: Shashi Tharoor

The remarks came days after 28-year-old Akbar Khan was lynched by a mob in Rajasthan's Alwar district on suspicion of cow smuggling

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Updated On : 23 Jul 2018 | 8:30 AM IST

BJP activists vandalise Shashi Tharoor's office over 'Hindu-Pak' remark

Members of the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) raised slogans against Tharoor and poured black oil in front of his office

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Updated On : 16 Jul 2018 | 7:00 PM IST

Kolkata court issues summons to Shashi Tharoor on 'Hindu Pakistan' remark

Tharoor was also sued under Section 2 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971

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Updated On : 14 Jul 2018 | 11:04 PM IST

Shashi Tharoor granted regular bail in Sunanda Pushkar death case

Tharoor had moved the sessions court for anticipatory bail apprehending arrest

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Updated On : 07 Jul 2018 | 11:31 AM IST

Sunanda case: Tharoor gets anticipatory bail, needs court nod to go abroad

Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted Congress MP Shashi Tharoor the relief on a personal bond of Rs 100,000

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2018 | 12:50 PM IST

Hinduism is often 'distorted' for political means, says Shashi Tharoor

Tharoor discussed the difference between the "vision" of Hinduism and the "social practice" of Hinduism at ZEE Jaipur Literary festival

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Updated On : 08 Apr 2019 | 5:45 PM IST

View: Modi govt's internal disruptions are undermining the 'India' story

People across the globe are now more aware than ever of incidents of beef violence, the rise of gau rakshaks, the assassinations of rationalists

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Updated On : 08 Apr 2019 | 5:44 PM IST

BJP wounded India's soul by unleashing intolerance: Congress MP Tharoor

Tharoor lashed out at the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, accusing it of indulging more in marketing and PR exercise rather than doing actual work on the ground

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Updated On : 18 Apr 2018 | 11:31 PM IST

Britishers did not want to build steel industry in India: Shashi Tharoor

The Congress party's biggest achievement in the last 70 years was it created the capacity of steel plant in the country: Tharoor

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Updated On : 08 Apr 2019 | 5:44 PM IST

Modi govt is promoting narrow-minded idea based on Hindutva: Tharoor

Tharoor praised Mukul Sangma for improvement in education and health sectors

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Updated On : 23 Feb 2018 | 10:25 PM IST

Tharoor a glorified clerk who runs down Indian languages: RSS magazine

Saffron outfit's mouthpiece reminds him that India's identity is "reinforced by Yoga sutras, Upanishads, Ramayana and Arthashastra which are all written in Indian languages"

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Updated On : 08 Apr 2019 | 5:44 PM IST

Modi has brought some dynamism, but lots of spin to foreign policy: Tharoor

In the last 2 years, Tharoor said, things have become "worse", referring to increased number of terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir

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Updated On : 08 Apr 2019 | 5:44 PM IST

How will Hindi benefit Indian leaders at UN who can't speak it: Tharoor

Tharoor had said India should not make any such effort as Hindi is only India's official language and not the national language.

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Updated On : 08 Apr 2019 | 5:44 PM IST