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COVID-19 : Shashi Tharoor asks Centre to relax rules governing MPLADS fund
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 23 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday wrote a letter to the Central government asking for the relaxation in the rules governing MPLADS funds so as to allow the purchase of necessary equipment to combat coronavirus pandemic.
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Shashi Tharoor welcomes PM's 'Janta Curfew' call amid coronavirus outbreak
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for "Janta Curfew" and said there is a need for more reinforcement of social distancing.
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LS passes bill for conglomerating three Ayurveda institutes at Gujarat Ayu
Updated : 6 years, 3 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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'My father is a free man again,' writes Farooq Abdullah's daughter after G
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 13 (ANI): Minutes after the news came in that former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah will be released after seven months in detention, his daughter Safia Abdullah Khan expressed happiness over Twitter and said, "My father is a free man again."
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Pitch to postpone IPL over coronavirus grows stronger
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 13 (ANI): Union Minister and BJP leader Babul Supriyo on Friday said that he is hopeful that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) won't go ahead with the Indian Premier League (IPL) amidst coronavirus outbreak.
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Tharoor moves Delhi HC against trial court's order in defamation case
Updated : 6 years, 3 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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Shashi Tharoor thanks PM Modi for extending birthday wishes in Malayalam
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 10 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for extending birthday wishes to him in Malayalam.
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Ban on Malayalam news channels invites criticism from Kerala political lea
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 7 (ANI): The 48-hour telecast ban imposed by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry on two Malayalam news channels for their coverage on Delhi riots has invited sharp criticism from political parties in Kerala.
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Lift ban on Malayalam channels : Shashi Tharoor
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 7 (ANI): After Centre on Friday suspended the broadcast of two Kerala-based news channels for 48 hours for their reporting of Delhi violence, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor demanded lifting of the ban.
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Congress MPs stage protest in Parliament House compound over Delhi violenc
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 2 (ANI): The Congress MPs on Monday staged a protest in front of the Gandhi statue in the Parliament House premises after the Chairs on both Houses rejected their demand for a discussion on last week's communal violence in Delhi.
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Coronavirus: Shashi Tharoor urges Jaishankar to evacuate stranded Indian f
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 1 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, urging him to take steps for the evacuation of Indian fishermen stranded in Iran.
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Every classic economic indicator has been disappointing: Tharoor
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Feb 29 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday hit out at the central government, saying that every important indicator used for measuring economic growth has performed 'disappointingly.'
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