Bilkis Bano
Gehlot vs Tharoor contest likely for Congress President's post
Party sources said that interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi hinted on Monday that she does not have any reservations against Tharoor running for Congress President's post. Sonia Gandhi gave her nod shortly after meeting Tharoor and a few other Congress leaders on her return following a medical check-up abroad.
Bilkis Bano case: SC notice to Gujarat govt on plea against release of 11 convicts
The top court clarified that it did not grant permission for remission to the convicts, instead it asked the government to consider. A bench headed by Chief Justice and comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Vikram Nath said merely because the act was horrific, is that sufficient to say remission is wrong? The Gujarat government released the convicts on Independence Day, which has created a huge political controversy.
'Dragging my late wife unwarranted', Tharoor responds to Agnihotri's tweet
The row started after Tharoor shared a media report on Twitter stating that 'The Kashmir Files' has been banned in Singapore. "Film promoted by India's ruling party, 'Kashmir Files', banned in Singapore," the Congress MP tweeted on Tuesday morning. Reacting to Tharoor's tweet, Agnihotri said Singapore has the most regressive censor in the world and asked him to stop making "fun" of Kashmiri Pandits' genocide.
Indian embassy in Kuwait slams Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for sharing tweet of pro-Pak propagandist
The Indian Embassy official twitter account rapped Tharoor for sharing the post of a twitter handle who happens to be a recipient of Pakistan’s Ambassador of Peace award in 2020 and is known for anti-Indian activities. The original post sharing the letter calling for ban on the BJP members was tweeted by Mejbel Al Sharika, a Kuwaiti lawyer and Director of International Human Rights.
Shashi Tharoor will be out of Congress if he doesn't yield to the party: Kerala Congress chief K Sudhakaran
The Congress’s Kerala chief made these remarks days after Tharoor had publicly spoken in favour of the semi-high speed rail corridor project proposed by the LDF government.Shashi Tharoor had expressed his views in favour of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF's proposal for a semi-high speed rail corridor project in Kerala.
Shashi Tharoor offers apology after Twitter backlash on selfie with women MPs
Tharoor posted a selfie with six women MPs, including Trinamool's Nusrat Jahan and Mimi Chakraborty, Congress' Preneet Kaur and Jothiman Sennimalai, NCP's Supriya Sule and DMK's Thamizhachi Thangapandian and wrote: "Who says the Lok Sabha isn't an attractive place to work? With six of my fellow MPs this morning."
Shashi Tharoor, Kapil Sibal come to Vir Das's defence, but Abhishek Singhvi slams comedian
Thiruvananthapuram MP and noted writer Shashi Tharoor also took to Twitter to say: "A stand-up comedian who knows the real meaning of the term 'stand up' is not physical but moral -- @thevirdas spoke for millions in this 6-minute take on the Two Indias he hails from & stands up for."
Nothing on record to show Tharoor incited Sunanda Pushkar to commit suicide: Court
In the 176-page order, special judge Geetanjali Goel said: "There is nothing to demonstrate any overt act on the part of the accused (Tharoor) and only on the ground that he continued the alleged affair with MT (a Pakistani journalist) (even if it is assumed) and exchanged messages with her, it cannot be presumed that he had abetted the commission of suicide by the deceased."
Justice has been done, will allow family to mourn Sunanda in peace: Tharoor
Incidentally for Tharoor this is a huge victory in every aspect as few months after she died, he had to face the electorate in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and this case became a bogey for him, but he scraped through but saw his margin dropping from over 99,000 votes to around 15,000 votes, but in the 2019 polls, he triumphed with a similar margin what he got in 2009.
Delhi court discharges Shashi Tharoor in Sunanda Pushkar death case
Special judge Geetanjali Goel said, "the accused is discharged". The order was pronounced in presence of Tharoor, senior advocate Vikas Pahwa, appearing on behalf of Tharoor, and additional public prosecutor Atul Shrivastava.
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