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Govt schemes should be named as 'Sit-down India', 'Shut-down India' and 'S
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Taking a dig at the Centre's BJP government and its handling of various issues over the last six years, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that government schemes should be named "Sit-down India", "Shut-down India" and "Shut-up India", in a sarcast
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Tharoor terms Union Budget as 'sit-down India Budget'
Updated : 6 years, 5 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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Govt responsible for creating environment of hatred: Shashi Tharoor on Jam
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Condemning the Okhla firing incident in which a student of Jamia Millia Islamia University sustained injuries, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday said the government is also responsible for creating a climate of hatred in which people feel that they are emp
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UDF workers stage protest against CAA, NRC in Thiruvananthapuram
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Jan 30 (ANI): United Democratic Front (UDF) workers on Thursday staged a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Delhi court refuses to put Sunanda Pushkar's tweet on record
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 30 (ANI): A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed an application filed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor seeking directions to Delhi Police to put on record the tweets of his wife -- Sunanda Pushkar -- before her death.
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We are Gandhiwadi, no place for 2-nation theory: KC Tyagi on Shashi Tharoo
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 27 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) Secretary-General KC Tyagi on Monday said that he and his party are Gandhiwadi (followers of Mahatma Gandhi) and believe that Hindus and Muslims and peacefully co-exist. He remarks came in response to a media query about Congress leader Sh
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Jinnah's victory is complete if CAA leads to NRC, says Shashi Tharoor
Updated : 6 years, 5 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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Savarkar was first advocate of two-nation theory, says Shashi Tharoor
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday termed VD Savarkar the first advocate of the two-nation theory as he proposed the idea three years ahead of Muslim League passing the Pakistan resolution.
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Delhi court to hear Shashi Tharoor's application in Sunanda Pushkar death
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI): The Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday will hear Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's application demanding that tweets of his late wife Sunanda Pushkar be put on record.
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Muslim would be asked documents to prove their nationality, says Shashi Th
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said here that the ongoing protests in the country over the citizenship law could be defused if Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister assure that they would "drop the idea of the National Register of Citizens
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First time religious test introduced into definition of Indian citizenship
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said that passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act is the first time a religious test has been introduced into the definition of Indian citizenship.
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Tharoor blames BJP for attack on JNU and Jamia University students
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 12 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the attack on students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI).
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