The 29-letter word got widespread publicity last year when Shashi Tharoor mentioned it in a tweet promoting his book on PM Narendra Modi.
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Kolkata court issues arrest warrant against Shashi Tharoor over “Hindu Pakistan” remark
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor lasy year made controversial remark that the BJP will pave way for the creation of a “Hindu Pakistan” if voted to power again.
“Should England be banned from hosting cricket tournaments?”, asks Shashi Tharoor
Tharoor said either England should be banned from hosting cricket tournaments until the climate change problem across the world is solved or the MCC invests in covered stadiums.
Delhi court allows Shashi Tharoor to travel to US
New Delhi: A special court here on Tuesday allowed Congress leader Shashi Tharoor to travel to the US after he was stopped from travelling abroad pending decision in his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death case. Tharoor moved an application seeking permission to visit the US in May to attend some conferences[Read More…]
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visits Shashi Tharoor in hospital
Thiruvananthpuram: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday visited Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in hospital where he was admitted after suffering a freak accident a day earlier. Tharoor was performing a ritual at a temple in the Kerala capital on Monday when he injured himself. Praying while seated on the weighing[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor injured while offering prayers at a temple; hospitalised
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was taken to hospital after he suffered injuries while making a Thulabharam offering at the Gandhari Amman Kovil temple in Thampanoor in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. As per the early reports, Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha candidate Tharoor was sitting on a weighing scale, which broke following which the leader fell. He was[Read More…]
False from start to finish: Shashi Tharoor on story about “lack of support in Thiruvananthapuram”
Senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram Member Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor, on Wednesday, called the story about him writing to the “party high command complaining about the local party leaders’ lack of interest in the election campaign” as being “false from start to finish”. The Congress MP in a series of[Read More…]
Tharoor cries ‘lack of support’ in Thiruvananthapuram, writes to party high command
Thiruvananthapuram: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who is seeking re-election from Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency, has written to the party high command complaining about the local party leaders’ lack of interest in his election campaign. The two-time Congress MP is facing BJP leader and former Mizoram Governor Kummanem Rajasekheran[Read More…]
After Tom Vadakkan, now Shashi Tharoor’s aunt, uncle join BJP
Kochi: A day after Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan joined the BJP, Thiruvananthapuram Congress Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor’s aunt and her husband took membership of the BJP here on Friday. Sobhana Sasikumar, Tharoor’s mother’s sister, as well as her husband Sasikumar and 13 others were welcomed into the party by[Read More…]
5 words Shashi Tharoor taught us, we didn’t know existed!
From “exasperating farrago of distortions” to “Floccinaucinihilipilification”, Congress MP, Shashi Tharoor who turns 63 today, has always been in news for his usage of words that can make anyone feel how little English do they know. And what better day, then today to brush up the vocabulary that the Thiruvananthapuram[Read More…]
Sunanda Pushkar death: Court to hear case against Shashi Tharoor on March 7
New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Thursday adjourned to March 7 a case against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, accused of abetting suicide of Sunanda Pushkar, his wife. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj adjourned the hearing after Delhi Police sought more time to prepare its argument on the issue of framing of[Read More…]
Sunanda Pushkar death case: Arnab Goswami in legal trouble, court orders FIR after Shashi Tharoor’ complaint
On a complaint filed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor who alleged that confidential documents relating to the probe into the death of Sunanda Pushkar, Delhi court has ordered filing of First Information Report against news channel Republic TV and its Managing Director, Editor-in-Chief and Co-founder Arnab Goswami, reported Bar &[Read More…]
An open letter: Dear Madhu Kishwar, Shashi Tharoor does not need your Character Certificate
Dear Madam, At the outset, let me clarify, our paths haven’t crossed before neither online nor offline and for both our sakes, I hope it never does. I decided to understand your profile a little before I wrote to you, half- expecting to be met with a description that read[Read More…]
Bihar: Case filed against Shashi Tharoor for hurting religious sentiments
A case has been registered against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor before Patna Chief Magistrate for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. A hearing in the case will take place on Friday. गंगा भी स्वच्छ रखनी है और पाप भी यहीं धोने हैं। इस संगम में सब नंगे हैं! जय गंगा मैया की![Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi will be PM if Congress gets majority: Shashi Tharoor
However, if it fails to get a clear majority and the government is formed with alliances, then the Prime Minister will be announced after mutual discussion and deliberations, he told reporters on the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival. “The party’s present focus is on the 80 Lok Sabha seats[Read More…]
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor tables bill for online gaming
New Delhi: Thiruvananthapuram MP and senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has introduced a Private Members Bill, titled the Sports (Online Gaming and Prevention of Fraud) Bill in the lower house of parliament. The bill, which was introduced on Friday, aims to introduce an effective administration to maintain the integrity of[Read More…]
Couple’s ‘Perfect Chemistry’ wedding card impresses Shashi Tharoor, netizens
An innovative wedding card of a Kerala couple is going viral on social media, winning millions of hearts including that of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. The card capturing the ‘chemistry’ of couple Soorya and Vithun quite literally was written using symbols of chemical elements and their union was described as[Read More…]
Documentary on Nehru needed as there’s an attempt to demythologise him: Sheetal Talwar
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai: A grand documentary on Jawaharlal Nehru, based on parliamentarian-author Shashi Tharoor’s “Nehru: The Invention Of India”, will be announced by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi in the capital on Tuesday. It is much needed at a time when there’s an attempt to “cut him to size”,[Read More…]
Shashi Tharoor sends legal notice to Ravi Shankar Prasad against defamation
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor sends a legal notice to Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday, sueing him against a false and defamatory remark on October 28, 2018. Shashi Tharoor shared a copy of the legal notice on defamation on his Facebook account. He writes,[Read More…]
Kerala: LDF may field Nambi Narayanan against Shashi Tharoor in 2019 polls
Thiruvananthapuram: The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) is planning to field former ISRO scientists Nambi Narayanan against the Shashi Tharoor, an incumbent from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. The name is in the discussion at least among the top leadership of the ruling partners CPM and CPI, confirms a highly placed[Read More…]
After ‘Floccinaucinihilipilification’, vocab master Shashi Tharoor gives us next 35-letter word
After leaving everyone puzzled with the word ‘Floccinaucinihilipilification’ that he used in a tweet on October 10 to announce his latest book, The Paradoxical Prime Minister, Congress parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor tweeted the next 35-letter word putting Twitterati in a fix. Taking it to the Twitter again, vocab master Tharoor promised his[Read More…]
Expectations from a secular opposition
It is not very often that a journalist has to actually tell his/her source about his religious identity, but in the times we are living in abnormal has become the new normal. Recently while I was strolling through Central Delhi, I stopped by a tea seller sharing political gossips with[Read More…]
RBI denies China’s claim of printing money; Congress questions Government
Chinese media is reported saying that China has won the contract to print Indian currency. Not just Indian, many other countries gave handed-over the contract to China for the printing of their currency notes, said China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (CBPMC) President Liu Guisheng. According to the South China[Read More…]
BJP protesters smear black oil Tharoor’s office over ‘Hindu Pakistan’ remark
Bharatiya Janata Party youth wing activists on Monday smeared black oil on Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s constituency office here over his comment that a Hindu Pakistan would be created if the ruling party at the Centre returned to power. Tharoor however, was not present in the office when the incident[Read More…]
Sunanda Pushkar death case: Shahshi Tharoor granted anticipatory bail
Patiala House Court has granted an anticipatory bail to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. On a ransom of Rs 1 lakh, the court has instructed Tharoor not to tamper with the evidence and leave the country without his permission. However, police[Read More…]