scorecardresearch
Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicShashi Tharoor

Topic: Shashi Tharoor

Most voters may not care about Pegasus but data is individual sovereignty too

Surveillance is the context and condition of democracy in India today. Sedition is its prime punishment.

Shashi Tharoor asks Om Birla to take action over officials ‘skipping’ IT panel meet on Pegasus

In his letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said the 'last-minute refusal' to attend the IT panel meet is 'contempt of the House'.

Tough to explain Pegasus to masses amid issues like Covid & inflation, Shashi Tharoor says

In an exclusive interview, IT panel chairperson and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor says 'committee will do its job' on Pegasus but it has 'limited powers' unlike US Congress’ panels.

Court defers order on framing charges against Shashi Tharoor in Sunanda Pushkar death case

Delhi court's special judge had adjourned the matter for 18 August, while allowing the prosecution to file certain documents which include judgements from the SC and high courts.

Sonia Gandhi reconstitutes Congress parliamentary groups, Tewari & Tharoor among additions

Other additions include Chidambaram, Digvijaya Singh & Ambika Soni. The rejig comes as the Congress gears up to raise issues like farmers protests & Covid deaths during the Monsoon Session.

BJP raising population control issue to target ‘particular community’, says Shashi Tharoor

Tharoor said the population debate is "utterly misplaced" and half a century out-of-date as a large majority of Indian states have achieved replacement levels of fertility.

Parliament panel to seek Twitter’s explanation for blocking IT Minister, Tharoor accounts

Twitter briefly blocked IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Parliamentary IT panel chairman Shashi Tharoor from accessing their account over alleged violation of copyright laws.

No definite opinion on cause of Sunanda’s death, Tharoor tells court as he seeks discharge

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor sought discharge in the case, saying there was no evidence against him to prove the offence punishable under either section 498A or 306 of IPC.

SC stays arrest of Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai & 5 journalists over ‘misleading’ tweets

The court sought responses from Centre and others on the petitions filed by Tharoor, Sardesai and journalists Mrinal Pande, Zafar Agha, Paresh Nath, Vinod K Jose and Anant Nath.

Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai move SC against FIRs over tweets about farmers protest

Journalists Mrinal Pande, Zafar Agha, Paresh Nath and Anant Nath also approached the top court Tuesday against FIRs over their tweets on violence during farmers' tractor rally.

On Camera

Sanjeev Sanyal says UPSC is poverty of aspiration. But it’s more about desperation

The most productive years of Indian youth gets wasted preparing for the UPSC. But they didn't create this system; the government did.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.