Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday took issue with Congress leader Shashi Tharoor‘s remarks on giving replies in Hindi in Lok Sabha. While responding to supplementary questions asked by members from Tamil Nadu in English, Scindia replied in Hindi. Soon after, Tharoor, who is a member from Kerala, commented that it was an “apman … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday described as “ridiculous” a Delhi University professor’s “mark jihad” remarks against the Kerala education board after a large number of students from the southern state applied to DU colleges for higher studies with good marks. Responding to remarks by Rakesh Kumar Pandey, a member of RSS-affiliated teachers’ body … Read more
They are articulate, erudite and much sought after for their opinions by the media and also others. Now, Opposition MPs Shashi Tharoor and Priyanka Chaturvedi are moving to the other side of the mic as hosts for their own shows on the newly launched Sansad TV. Politics in all likelihood will be off the table … Read more
Parliamentary panel on Information Technology will question government officials on allegations relating to suspected phone tapping of politicians, journalists and others using Pegasus spyware, the committee chairman and senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Tuesday asserting that it is the “most important issue” for many members. The 32-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT is … Read more
The Congress on Monday demanded an independent probe into the issue involving alleged phone tapping of prominent personalities including journalists in India using Israeli Pegasus spyware. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at the prime minister on the matter using the hashtag “Pegasus”. “We know what he’s been reading- everything on your phone”, he … Read more
China’s “wolf-warrior diplomacy” in the Indian experience has gone beyond “sabre-rattling to sabre-thrusting” and India should ensure peace through skillful diplomacy with Beijing as well as by adequately shoring up to defend itself, former minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor said on Thursday. Speaking at an India Global Forum session on ‘Global Leadership … Read more
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday waded into a controversy with his advice to BJP MP Tejasvi Surya that many saw as going soft on bigotry, triggering a social media outrage which evoked a clarification from Tharoor that his intention was not to “mollycoddle” the offender. It all started with Tharoor’s tweet advising Surya, … Read more
The BJP can only offer communalism, tired scare-mongering over “love Jihad” and a hate-filled politics of division that will never go far in pluralist Kerala, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Sunday and asserted that the BJP’s high-profile recruit 88-year-old E Sreedharan cannot be the answer to the state’s political future. He also dismissed … Read more
The Congress on Friday launched a ‘Speak Up Against Price Rise’ online campaign with former party chief Rahul Gandhi accusing the central government of pushing people in the swamp of price rise just to earn taxes. The Congress, from its official Twitter handle, urged people to participate in the online campaign by speaking out against … Read more
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sulking former union minister Prof K V Thomas was on Thursday appointed Working President of the Congress in Kerala, ahead of the crucial assembly elections expected in April-May this year. The party also announced appointment of C K Sreedharan as a Vice-President of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). “Hon’ble Congress President (Sonia Gandhi) … Read more