Shashi Tharoor | Photo Credit: Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar Literature has often been Shashi Tharoor’s calling card, at times even more than his politics, but words have also been his Achilles heel in politics, right from the “cattle class” and “holy cows” comments in 2009. Misinterpreted or otherwise, the four-time Lok Sabha MP’s utterances and … Read more
File picture of Essar co-founder Shashi Ruia. The business tycoon died after a prolonged illness | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Essar Group co-founder Shashi Ruia has died after a prolonged illness. He was 80. Mr. Ruia, who co-founded metals-to-technology conglomerate Essar with his brother Ravi, died in Mumbai around 11.55 p.m. on November 25, family … Read more
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra received a glowing endorsement from her party’s Rajya Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor following the announcement that she will contest the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala after her brother, Rahul Gandhi, vacated it. Tharoor took to social media platform X, saying, “No more doubt, no more questions, here comes Priyanka.” … Read more
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday exuded confidence that his party will form the next government in Mizoram. File | Photo Credit: MOORTHY RV Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday exuded confidence that his party will form the next government in Mizoram. Addressing a press conference here, the Lok Sabha MP from Thiruvananthapuram … Read more
In a tweet, Shashi Tharoor said, “As the Manipur violence persists, all right-thinking Indians must ask themselves what happened to the much-vaunted good governance we had been promised.” | Photo Credit: PTI Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on May 7 said the voters of Manipur are feeling “grossly betrayed” just a year after putting the … Read more
Shashi Tharoor said that he never expected big leaders to support him and does not expect it even now, but at the same time he needs everyone’s backing Shashi Tharoor said that he never expected big leaders to support him and does not expect it even now, but at the same time he needs everyone’s … Read more
Earlier, both Digvijaya Singh and Ashok Gehlot stated that they have dropped out of the race. Earlier, both Digvijaya Singh and Ashok Gehlot stated that they have dropped out of the race. Senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor on September 30, 2022 filed his nomination for the post of party president at the office … Read more