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Shashi Tharoor says no-confidence motion against LS Speaker will let oppos
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said the opposition plans to move a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday, acknowledging that the government's majority makes its passage unlikely.
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Tharoor terms Union Budget a "squandered opportunity", slams government ov
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday slammed the Union Budget as a "squandered opportunity", alleging that it ignores unemployment, rising living costs, and inequality and offers little to address the real struggles and aspirations of the common man.
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"Never violated Congress' position; Will remain unapologetic on Operation
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday rejected any claim of going against the party line on any issue, saying that he has "at no stage violated any of the Congress' positions in Parliament."
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Parliamentary panel discusses ties with China, trade relationship, geostra
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said that the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs discussed India's trade relationship with China, the border situation and geostrategic concerns, and had a 360-degree view of the relationship between the two countries.
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"Unfortunate, Ram Rajya and Gram Swaraj never competing forces": Shashi Th
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday called the Central Government's draft bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGA) "unfortunate", saying that the concept of Gram Swaraj and the ideal of Ram Rajya were never competing forces.
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Shashi Tharoor hails UDF's 'Amazing results' in Kerala local body polls
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday welcomed the outcome of the Kerala local body elections, calling the results a clear mandate and a celebration of the state's democratic spirit. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Tharoor congratulated the United Democratic Front (UDF) for what he d
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"Very troubling development...I don't believe in death penalty": Shashi T
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that he does not believe in death penalty and that former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina having been given death sentence by International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh was "a very troubling development".
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Parliamentary committee on External Affairs meets to decide on selection o
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The committee, led by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, started its meeting at the Parliament House Annexe Extension Building (EEPHA) at 11:30 AM today to discuss the "consideration of Memorandum No. 1 regarding Selection of Subjects for examination by the Committee during the term 2025-26.
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Lok Sabha reconstitutes parliamentary committees, Tharoor retains external
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Central government has reappointed chairmen of multiple committees, with Congress leader Shashi Tharoor retaining chairmanship of External Affairs Committee. DMK's Kanimozhi Karunanidhi has also been reappointed as chairperson of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution committee.
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Tharoor lauds PM Modi's "energy, dynamism...", Operation Sindoor global ou
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Prime Minister's Office on Monday shared an article by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on India's global outreach following Operation Sindoor in which he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "energy, dynamism and willingness to engage remains a prime asset for India on the global stage, but
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Panama Backs India for UN Security Council permanent seat
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Acha during his address to the All-Party Delegation Group 5, led by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, noted the steady bilateral relations between both the countries.
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"Big diplomatic decision...": BJP leader Praveen Khandelwal on all-party d
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Praveen Khandelwal on Saturday lauded the government's decision of sending a seven-member all-party delegation to world capitals to brief different countries on the recent India-Pakistan tension and termed it a "big diplomatic decision."
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