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Tharoor began as a career diplomat with the United Nations and went on to become its Vice-Secretary General. After contesting an election to the Secretary General's office unsuccessfully in 2006, he left the multilateral agency. He secured the Congress ticket from the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency in 2009 amid a lot of opposition from the Kerala wing of the party. Tharoor won the election and was made a Minister of State for External Affairs in the Manmohan Singh Cabinet in the United Progressive Alliance I (UPA I) government. Despite being embroiled in a host of controversies, related to sweat equity in an Indian Premier League team and the suspicious death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, Tharoor won a second term in 2014.
 
Tharoor has kicked up quite a few controversies over the years. When Pranab Mukherjee initiated an austerity drive during UPA I, the former diplomat was found staying in a 5-star hotel for weeks. On Twitter, he ruffled feathers when he said he "would travel cattle class out of solidarity with all our holy cows".  
 
He was in the news a couple of years ago after he won a debate at Oxford arguing that the British must pay reparations to its former colonies.
 
The author of 18 bestselling works of fiction and non-fiction, Tharoor has been a vocal critic of the Narendra Modi government. He also penned a book recently about the failures of the present dispensation at the Centre.

Latest Updates on Shashi Tharoor

Manufacturers are gradually emerging in a business dominated by assembly operations

Updated On: 28 Jun 2023 | 3:59 PM IST

The ISA said that with strong momentum in infra spending and sustained growth in urban consumption, steel demand in India would expand by 8-9 mt every year in the next two financial years

Updated On: 01 Jun 2023 | 1:17 PM IST

Tharoor said the Congress "is pledging to improve the infrastructure of Bengaluru which used to be the pride of Karnataka and India but which is now becoming an embarrassment

Updated On: 09 Apr 2023 | 5:38 PM IST

Welcoming the recent wave of Opposition unity, Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the Congress will de facto be the fulcrum around which other parties converge

Updated On: 02 Apr 2023 | 1:14 PM IST

Among those who sent in their tributes were Congress MP and author Shashi Tharoor, and historians William Dalrymple and Ramachandra Guha

Updated On: 16 Mar 2023 | 7:19 PM IST

During his recent visit to London, Rahul Gandhi said at an event that the "US and Europe are not doing enough to restore democracy in India" as they are "getting trade and money" from the country

Updated On: 09 Mar 2023 | 12:30 PM IST

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Updated On: 26 Feb 2023 | 9:02 PM IST

The former Union minister said the Congress should stand up for its foundational principles

Updated On: 26 Feb 2023 | 7:23 AM IST

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar hit out at Congress leader Shashi Tharoor after he termed Pervez Musharraf as a 'foe-turned-real force for peace' in his condolence message

Updated On: 06 Feb 2023 | 6:56 AM IST

Senior Congress leader Tharoor condoled the passing away of Pakistan's former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, saying that once an implacable foe of India, he became a real force for peace

Updated On: 05 Feb 2023 | 5:33 PM IST

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said the challenge to build brand India continues because it is world's perception about the country that matters

Updated On: 01 Feb 2023 | 7:05 AM IST

Veteran Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday advised Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to speak thoughtfully about his colleagues

Updated On: 21 Jan 2023 | 7:34 PM IST

The BJP government has successfully reduced Parliament to a "notice board and a rubber stamp", Congress MP Shashi Tharoor alleged at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Friday

Updated On: 20 Jan 2023 | 2:48 PM IST

It will be "impossible" for the BJP to replicate its 2019 electoral triumph in 2024, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor claimed

Updated On: 14 Jan 2023 | 7:48 AM IST

He said a lot of youngsters are going outside the state for job opportunities and that should be seen as a loss for Kerala

Updated On: 02 Jan 2023 | 2:47 PM IST

The statement came in the wake of reports of a tussle inside the Congress' state unit after Shashi Tharoor actively started participating in events and meeting with religious and political leaders

Updated On: 12 Dec 2022 | 9:00 AM IST

The Delhi police moved the Delhi HC against the discharge of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in the case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death, more than 15 months after a city court let him off

Updated On: 01 Dec 2022 | 6:48 PM IST

HC also directed that copies and documents relating to the case shall not be supplied to any other person except the parties

Updated On: 01 Dec 2022 | 1:32 PM IST

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said he was not upset or angry with anyone in the Kerala unit of the party and has no reservations in speaking to anyone

Updated On: 27 Nov 2022 | 2:23 PM IST

Satheesan said every leader has a space within the Congress and no one is against it, but the party has its own mechanisms and systems

Updated On: 22 Nov 2022 | 3:05 PM IST