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Had good conversation with Kerala CM about complaints from university stud
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said that he had a conversation with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan about complaints from university students being obliged to take exams despite facing major challenges amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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MP funds can now be used for COVID-19 equipment
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that his "request" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi made in presence of Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla had been approved and now MP funds can be used for essential and urgently needed equipment to combat coronavirus.
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LS passes bill for conglomerating three Ayurveda institutes at Gujarat Ayu
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a bill for conglomerating three Ayurveda institutes at Gujarat Ayurved University campus Jamnagar and to declare the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar as an institution of national importance.
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Tharoor moves Delhi HC against trial court's order in defamation case
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 12 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order issuing summons against him in a defamation case over his remark that an unnamed RSS leader had compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "a scorpion sitting
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Kerala court summons Union Minister RS Prasad in defamation case filed by
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 15 (ANI): A Kerala court on Saturday issued a summon to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to appear before it on May 2, in connection with a defamation case filed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.
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Tharoor appears before court over defamation suit against Sreedharan Pilla
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 14 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday appeared before a court here in connection with the defamation case he filed against Mizoram Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai last year.
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Politics isn't about violence, it should be a contest of ideas, says Shash
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday condemned the firing incidents at Shaheen Bagh, which had taken place ahead of the Assembly elections in Delhi, and hinted that it could have been the result of speeches made by politicians.
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Tharoor terms Union Budget as 'sit-down India Budget'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said that the Union Budget 2020-21, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament, is a "sit-down India Budget".
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Jinnah's victory is complete if CAA leads to NRC, says Shashi Tharoor
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said that Pakistan's founding father Muhammad Ali Jinnah's victory will be completed if the Citizenship (Amendment) Act leads to the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in which a large section of th
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No question of refusing Sahitya Akademi award: Shashi Tharoor
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India] Dec 18 (ANI): On winning the prestigious award for his book 'An Era of Darkness' in a non-fiction category in English language, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said that "there is no question of refusing the Sahitya Akademi award."
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BJP government thinks like Jinnah, says Shashi Tharoor on Citizen (Amendme
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday slammed the BJP-led central government for introducing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha and said that this government thinks like Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who is credited for the creation of Pakistan
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Chidambaram should have got bail earlier: Shashi Tharoor
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said that former Finance Minister P Chidambaram should have got bail earlier in the INX media case.
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