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Need alert, nimble diplomats team at UN, says Shashi Tharoor as India assu
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has placed trust in Indian diplomats as the country assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Sunday and said that India needs "alert and nimble" at the forum to advance our agenda.
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Privilege Motion moved by BJP MP stands invalid as constituted procedure
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): A day after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey moved a privilege motion against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who heads the parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology, the latter on Thursday said that the since no constituted procedure was followed in intr
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Parliamentary panel to question MeitY, MHA on Pegasus issue on July 28
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): A parliamentary standing committee, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, will question officials of the Ministry of Information and Technology and the Ministry of Home Affairs in connection with the case of alleged illegal surveillance of journalists and p
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Pegasus Project is serious national security concern, govt needs to explai
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said the Pegasus Project media report issue is a matter of serious national security concern and the government needs to give an explanation on it.
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Parliamentary panel seeks Twitter's response on locking accounts of IT min
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Parliamentary Standing Committee for Information and Technology (IT) has sought a response from Twitter within two days the reason behind locking Twitter accounts of Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.
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Parliamentary panel turns down Facebook's call for virtual appearance; say
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday turned down social media giant Facebook's request for coming for a virtual meeting instead of physical representation citing the company's COVID p
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Tharoor writes to Kerala Governor, requests postponement of physical exami
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 18 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday requested Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan for postponement of all "physical conducted examinations" until such time as either COVID is past, or online examinations can be conducted.
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Parliamentary panel questions legality of new guidelines for OTT, social m
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology (IT) on Monday headed by Congress leader and Loksabha MP Shashi Tharoor questioned the legality of new rules framed by the government to regulate OTT (Over the top) and social media platform
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Shashi Tharoor justifies British Parliament's right to discuss agricultura
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): After New Delhi summoned the UK envoy on Tuesday over "unwarranted discussion" in the British Parliament on agricultural reforms in India, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor justified the debate, saying that in a democracy you are free to discuss whatever you wa
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Political leaders in Kerala express grief on death of eminent poet Vishnun
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): Several leaders, including Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala and MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday expressed grief over the death of acclaimed poet Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri who passed away earlier in the day.
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Govt deceived people with Union budget 2021-22, ignored middle class: Shas
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said that the central government's Union Budget 2021-22 deceived people with respect to the allocation in defence and health sectors.
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FIR filed in Bhopal against Shashi Tharoor, others for instigating tweets
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 29 (ANI): An FIR has been registered against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, several senior journalists and others in Bhopal by a local farmer on Friday for allegedly making defamatory and instigating posts on their Twitter handles regarding the Republic
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