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Family plots

Congress must escape Nehru-Gandhi grip

Cong's organisational structure weakened due to vacancies in depts, cells

Legal department head Vivek Tankha resigned in June last year after the Congress drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls

Congress must elect leaders to energise workers, inspire voters: Tharoor

Tharoor's appeal came in support of his party colleague and former MP Sandeep Dikshit's remarks that the the biggest challenge the party faces is the 'leadership question'

The pangs of transition

The way technology has impacted the global order ever since the invention of the wheel is no less significant

BJP govt has become tukde-tukde gang, is partitioning Indian soul: Tharoor

Participating in the debate in Lok Sabha on the motion of thanks to the President's Address, Tharoor made a strong attack on the government

Implementing NPR, NRC would be complete victory for Jinnah: Shashi Tharoor

On the BJP's defence that the NPR was carried out during the UPA regime, Tharoor said the Congress government had utilised a decision of the NDA government led by former Prime Minister Vajpayee

States can't say they won't implement CAA, resolutions 'political': Tharoor

Congress govt in Punjab passed resolution against the law in Assembly; party backed Left Front in Kerala.

Tharoor apologises for 'power without responsibility' remark on Kejriwal

The remark drew sharp criticism on social media as netizens accused him of "transphobia" and asked him to apologise to the LGBT community

Some questions from Asia's history of 50 years that need urgent answers

India needs to figure out whether it pays to be rule-takers or seek to be rule-setters. Or, do we have an answer to China's strategic challenge? If not, what are our options, wonders T N Ninan

Shashi Tharoor bags Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for 'An Era Of Darkness'

Shashi Tharoor (English), Vijaya (Kannada) and Shafey Kidwai (Urdu) have won the award for their work on creative non-fiction, autobiography and biography respectively.

Data Protection Bill referred to joint select panel following voice vote

Shashi Tharoor writes to LS speaker against move, says ruling party has shown brazen disregard for standing committee on IT

Was not paying attention in history classes: Tharoor's dig at Amit Shah

Shah had blamed the Congress for partition on religious lines while introducing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha

Nirbhaya's parents welcome Hyderabad encounter, Tharoor advocates caution

Nirbhaya's father welcomed the encounter and said the family's wait for justice ended early

Idea of India has been violated in Citizenship Bill, says Shashi Tharoor

Earlier in the day, the Union Cabinet cleared the bill that seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they faced religious persecution there

Court stays bailable warrant against Tharoor, asks him to appear on Dec 12

The court had on November 12 issued the warrant against Tharoor after he did not appear before it, nor was he represented by a lawyer

Well aware of shortcomings in data quality: Govt tells Parliament

During the Question Hour, Congress member Shashi Tharoor said the country is facing statistical crisis

India has strength in design but outpaced in IP registrations: Tharoor

Referring to India's Mars orbiter Mangalyaan, he said it was made in the budget which was less than that of Hollywood movie Gravity and showed how Indians can embrace frugality to design

Direct police to produce tweets of Sunanda Pushkar: Tharoor urges court

He said the 'Twitter timeline' of Pushkar can show her state of mind before her death

Constitution's pledge to liberty violated: Tharoor after Chidambaram visit

The senior Congress leader was also arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money-laundering case on October 16 and is in judicial custody till November 27 under the order of a trial court

National Clean Air Programme: Tharoor suggests framework to fight pollution

Tharoor asserted that there is a need to work together in a collaborative spirit to deal with this perennial issue.