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Tharoor points out electricity boards concerns for Apr 5, alleges PM didn'
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday expressed concern over the Prime Minister's call to switch off lights at 9 pm on April 5, saying that it is not a contemplated move and might cause electric grid to crash.
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PM's address disappointing, did not talk of people left out of financial p
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's video message was "disappointing" as he did not address the needs of people who "felt left out" of financial package announced by government earlier and there are many issue
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Just a 'feel-good moment' : Shashi Tharoor on PM Modi's call to light cand
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his call to light candles on Sunday at 9 pm in order to ward off corona's darkness, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor termed it as a "feel-good moment" curated by the PM Modi without any vision to ease people's pa
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MP funds can now be used for COVID-19 equipment
Updated : 5 years, 11 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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COVID-19 : Shashi Tharoor asks Centre to relax rules governing MPLADS fund
Updated : 5 years, 11 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 : 5 years, 12 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 : 5 years, 12 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 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 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 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 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 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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