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Hema Committee: Shashi Tharoor criticises Kerala govt's inaction on Malaya
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that it is utterly shameful and shocking that the government did not release the Justice Hema report for about five years. He added that the Kerala state government ought to be ashamed of itself.
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Former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar files defamation case against C
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has filed a criminal defamation complaint against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram in a Delhi Court. The case stemmed from remarks made by Tharoor during the recent Lok Sabha elections. Chandrasekhar has alleged that Tharoor's stat
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"Every symbol of India's friendship with Bangladesh is being attacked": Sh
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Amid the ongoing violence in Bangladesh, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that it is difficult for people in India to be indifferent when every symbol of the country's friendship with Bangladesh is being attacked there.
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"Hope Govt will now declare this a national disaster": Shashi Tharoor afte
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor expressed hope that the central government would declare landslides in Kerala's Wayanad that claimed over 300 lives as a national disaster after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited and inspected the affected sites on Saturday.
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"Unconstitutional...many people are against introduction of bill": Shashi
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
After the introduction of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday termed it as "unconstitutional," and claimed that many people are against the introduction of this bill.
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"Can't impose GST on something as essential as life insurance," says Congr
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Reacting to 18% GST implemented on life insurance and medical insurance premiums, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that something as essential as life insurance cannot be imposed with GST. He further emphasised that our country already has the highest outer pocket expenses in healt
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"We don't want an unstable or an unfriendly neighbour," Congress MP Shashi
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Amid the political crisis in Bangladesh, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor voiced his concern over the interim government in Bangladesh and said that India doesn't want an unstable or unfriendly neighbour.
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"Hope solution be found very quickly, peace return": Shashi Tharoor on Ban
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor expressed hope that a solution be found "very quickly" as a fresh wave of violence gripped Bangladesh leaving at least 93 people dead.
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We have brought soft, spongy bedrolls for the homeless: Shashi Tharoor hel
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor assisted in unloading two truckloads of relief supplies organised by the MP Office in Thiruvananthapuram in Kalpetta on Saturday as rescue operations are still underway in landslide-hit Wayanad. Tharoor said that soft and spongy bedrolls are being provided to the h
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"We have to think in terms of longer-term as well": Shashi Tharoor on reli
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
As the search and rescue operations are still underway in landslide-hit Wayanad, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor called for an active policy framework on disaster response and mitigation on Saturday and asserted that long-term responses from the government are needed to rehabilitate the people
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"Preventive measures are required...": Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wayan
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday claimed that over 200 people have lost their lives in the Wayanad landslides incident, adding that preventive measures are required and the focus should be on rescuing the people.
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"Declare Wayanad landslide as calamity of severe nature": Congress MP Shas
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking the declaration of the Wayanad Landslide as a "calamity of severe nature" under Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) guidelines in order to facilitate urgent assistance from MPs to
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