Taking to Twitter, Tharoor said, "This brings a significant conclusion to the long nightmare which had enveloped me after the tragic passing of my late wife Sunanda."
The Congress leader said the panel’s last meeting on 28 July was disrupted by BJP members and the officials who were to testify that day appear to have been instructed not to attend.
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'.
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.
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.
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.
Tharoor said the population debate is "utterly misplaced" and half a century out-of-date as a large majority of Indian states have achieved replacement levels of fertility.
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.
By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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