Page 7 - Shashi Tharoor

Bit of dancing on tightrope: Tharoor on India's stand on Ukraine crisis

No State will agree on the territory of Ukraine being encroached upon, he said

Need to develop all-weather deep-water port in India, says Tharoor in LS

He said the development of ports in India is "important" as ships carry 90 per cent of the world's goods around the globe.

Congress in Kerala bans Tharoor and Thomas from attending CPI(M) seminars

Congress' Kerala unit has said the party had barred its leaders from attending the programme as it was strongly fighting the CPI(M)-led government over the proposed K-Rail project

Shashi Tharoor joins Congress rebels meet over assembly polls drubbing

The sources said the meeting was convened to apprise all the members of the G-23 about the decisions taken at the crucial Congress Working Committee meeting on Sunday

One day Indian voter will surprise BJP: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor

The Indian voter has always been capable of throwing up surprises and the BJP will also get to know about it one day, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Sunday.

Time to reform Congress' organisational leadership: Tharoor on poll results

Shashi Tharoor said it is time to reaffirm the idea of India that Congress stands for and reform the party's organisational leadership in a manner that will reignite those ideas and inspire the people

Govt's efforts in rescuing Indians deserve praise, not PR exercise: Tharoor

On India's loss due to the war, Tharoor said: "One country has attacked another and its effect will be felt on the entire world"

No issues are ever resolved in Indian TV debates: Tharoor to Imran

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

Indian Embassy in Kuwait hits out at Tharoor's 'anti-India' retweet

The Indian Embassy in Kuwait on Friday slammed Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for retweeting what it said was an "anti-India tweet" by a "Pakistani agent", and asserted that such anti-India elements should not be encouraged. The sharp response from the Indian Embassy in Kuwait came after Tharoor retweeted a tweet which claimed that a group of "powerful" Kuwaiti parliamentarians have demanded from the government of Kuwait to put an immediate ban on the entry of any member of the ruling BJP of India into Kuwait. The tweet further said, "We can't sit back and watch Muslim girls being publicly persecuted they said. Time for the Ummah to unite." Referring to the tweet, Tharoor said on Twitter, "Domestic actions have international repercussions. I hear from friends across the Gulf of their dismay at rising Islamophobia in India & the PM's unwillingness to condemn it, let alone act decisively against it. 'We like India. But don't make it so hard for us to be your friends'." Hitting out at ...

UP polls: Tharoor says vote to reject 'misrule', send message to Delhi

Making his debut in the UP poll campaign from Noida, the Lok Sabha MP told people not to underestimate the elections as political developments in the state have an impact across the country

Scindia objects to Tharoor's remarks over replies in Hindi in Lok Sabha

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday took issue with Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's remarks on giving replies in Hindi in Lok Sabha. While responding to supplementary questions asked by members from Tamil Nadu in English, Scindia replied in Hindi. Soon after, Tharoor, who is a member from Kerala, commented that it was an "apman (insult)" that the minister was responding in Hindi. The minister speaks English and let him reply in English, Tharoor said. "Zara jawab Hindi mein mat dijiye... ye apman hai logon ka (Please don't give replies in Hindi... it is an insult to people)," Tharoor said during Question Hour. A visibly peeved Scindia said it was strange for the member to make such a comment. "Mein Hindi bole to eithraaz ho raha hai (If I speak in Hindi, (the member) has objection," he said, adding that there was also a translator in the House. Immediately after Tharoor made the remarks, Speaker Om Birla said, "Ye apman nahi hain (this is not an insult).

'Extremely disappointing, a damp squib': Shashi Tharoor on Budget 2022-23

The Congress MP said there is no mention of MGNREGA, Defence or any other urgent priorities facing the public

Far more dangerous than Omicron is 'O Mitron': Tharoor takes a dig at Modi

"Far more dangerous than Omicron is 'O Mitron'," senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Monday in an apparent swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as he flagged "increased polarisation" and the "weakening of democracy". Tharoor has been attacking the government, alleging that it is indulging in divisive rhetoric and spreading hatred. "Far more dangerous than Omicron is 'O Mitron'! We are measuring the consequences of the latter every day in increased polarisation, promotion of hatred & bigotry, insidious assaults on the Constitution & the weakening of our democracy," the former Union minister said in a tweet. "There is no 'milder variant' of this virus," he added. "Mitron", which means friends, is a term seen to be associated with Modi, who has used it in his speeches in the past. BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala slammed Tharoor for the jibe and asked whether the Congress can keep the COVID-19 pandemic above politics. "Can Congress keep pandemic above politics? ...

Tharoor now convinced about UDF's concerns regarding Silver Line: LoP

Kerala PCC (KPCC) president K Sudhakaran on Sunday said that no one, including Tharoor, in the party has the authority to oppose its directions

'High command should step in to tame Tharoor': Kerala Cong leader

The state party leadership appeared to be unhappy after Tharoor, while speaking at the inaugural ceremony of Lulu mall here on Thursday, said he 'stands for development'

Kerala CM Vijayan trying to make Kerala investment-friendly: MP Tharoor

Senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday praised Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, saying he, as an administrator, was trying to change the impression

Tharoor not to host Sansad TV show until suspension of 12 RS MPS revoked

Tharoor said he has decided to suspend hosting of a talk show on Sansad TV until the suspension of the legislators is revoked and a 'semblance of bipartisanship restored to the conduct of Parliament'

Tharoor introduces bill in LS to establish HC Bench in state capitals

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor introduced a private member's bill in the Lok Sabha proposing the establishment of a High Court Bench in the state capitals

CAA fundamentally anti-national, targets a community, says Shashi Tharoor

Terming Citizenship (Amendment) Act 'fundamentally anti-national', Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday alleged that the act targets a particular community

Protest by BJP MP's in Parliament provocative, rubs salt in wound: Tharoor

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said that the protest by the ruling party's MPs in the parliament was like rubbing salt in the wound