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TopicShashi Tharoor

Topic: Shashi Tharoor

Priyanka leads, Tharoor weighs in strongly as Oppn hits out at Centre over ‘retrograde’ G RAM G Bill

Oppn benches in Lok Sabha erupted in protest as Rural Development Minister Shivraj Chouhan sought to introduce the new Bill, which seeks to replace MGNREGA.

Hema Malini showed us how to grieve with dignity

Hema Malini’s quiet, unbent presence with her own family and close friends made the most poignant statement amid the noise surrounding the passing of a man who belonged to everyone.

With strong showing sans Tharoor, why Congress in Kerala is indifferent to his praise for BJP

Having wrested power in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, the BJP-led NDA ended decades of Left rule in the urban civic body. The party won 50 of 101 wards, up from 35 in 2020.

‘Literature fosters compassion,’ says Tharoor at Kerala Lit Fest curtain-raiser

The ninth edition of the festival is the biggest so far, with more than 250 sessions across seven tracks and more than 400 speakers.

‘Game being played’: Congress bristles at Tharoor invite to Putin banquet while Rahul, Kharge snubbed

'I don't know the basis of the invitation. This is all done by the govt...by Rashtrapati Bhavan. What do I know? All I can say is that I am honoured to have been invited,' Tharoor said.

Shashi Tharoor ‘missing in action’ ahead of crucial Kerala polls. But Congress shrugs it off

Thiruvananthapuram: While the Congress is gearing up for high-stakes local body polls and a crucial assembly election in Kerala, its Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor...

Shashi Tharoor convinced ex-DU VC to turn tweets into 101 Twisted Tales

A series of tweets on Gandhi’s lessons to celebrity anecdotes turned into 101 Twisted Tales by KR Mangalam University chancellor Dinesh Singh. Shashi Tharoor wrote the foreword.

Vote for me, OR ELSE & tunnel vision got to Tharoor

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Leadership as birthright’: Friendly fire in Congress camp as Tharoor takes aim at Nehru-Gandhi dynasty

Ahead of local body polls in Kerala, Tharoor reopens merit vs dynastic politics debate, Kerala Congress leader and LoP refuses to comment.

Shashi Tharoor misunderstands the diaspora—we are not proxies for India in the US

India deserves a stronger voice on the global stage. But, expecting Indian Americans, increasingly under attack from both ends, to continue sacrificing and paying for it is not a sound strategy.

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Why the VB-GRAMG Bill strikes at the heart of MGNREGA

MGNREGA’s core strength was: if you needed work, you got work. VB-GRAMG’s funding model means work will only be available if a state has the budget and the Centre has approved the allocation.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.