New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday hit out at Congress MP Shashi Tharoor after the latter said that Vande Mataram was being “unnecessarily imposed” by the Centre. The BJP leaders accused Congress of indulging in vote bank politics and turning into a “Muslim League Maoist” party.Addressing reporters on Monday, Tharoor said that having to sing the all five verses of the national song every time, was an “unnecessary imposition” by the Central government. He backed …
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New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders on Wednesday welcomed the Centre’s decision to form a ‘High-Level Committee on Demographic Change’ to tackle challenges like infiltration that pose unnatural demographic change in the country. However, Congress cautioned the government against pushing it without adequate facts and figures.Bihar BJP President Sanjay Saraogi called the unnatural demographic change as a matter of “national concern”.”In areas where opposition govern…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has welcomed the Centre’s announcement about the formation of the ‘High-Level Committee on Demographic Change’ to tackle challenges like infiltration that pose unnatural demographic change in the country, however, he cautioned the government against pushing it without adequate facts and figures in hand, regarding “unnatural population shifts”. He said that the country must have correct facts and figures about the demographic factors.This came a…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Famed author and senior Congress MP, Shashi Tharoor, set off fresh political chatter with a warm and politically-loaded social media post after meeting bibliophile Kerala Chief Minister, V.D. Satheesan, in New Delhi on Tuesday.Calling it a ‘wonderful hour-long conversation’, Tharoor said he held extensive discussions with the Chief Minister on Kerala’s development road map and assured his fullest cooperation in efforts to build a transformed Keralam.The post instan…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday defended the controversial “Cockroach Janta Party” (CJP), asserting that claims portraying the movement as a Pakistani-manufactured conspiracy were “too simplistic” and stressing that a vast majority of its followers were Indians.Referring to counter-claims made by CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, a Boston University student, Tharoor said 94 per cent of the party’s followers were reportedly based in India, underlining …
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) BJP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has approached the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality and publicity rights against the alleged unauthorised use and misuse of his name, image, likeness, and identity across online and digital platforms, including through AI-generated and morphed content. As per the cause list published on the official website of the Delhi High Court, the matter is scheduled to be heard on Thursday by a single-judge Bench of Justice Sub…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 15 (IANS) Even as Kerala prepares for the swearing in of V.D. Satheesan as the Chief Minister of the state on Monday, one prominent Congress leader will be missing from the high profile event in Thiruvananthapuram would be the flamboyant local MP Shashi Tharoor. But if recent political developments are any indication, Tharoor’s absence from the ceremony is unlikely to diminish his growing visibility within the Congress and Kerala politics.In a characteristically elegant s…
Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Monday reacted to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s remarks alleging that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process likely influenced election outcomes in West Bengal and Kerala, saying that allegations were being made but no one could be silenced merely through accusations. Speaking to reporters, Athawale defended the SIR process and said it was carried out to remove the names of deceased voters and identify duplicate entries in electoral …
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday said that it will pass an interim order protecting the personality and publicity rights of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in a suit seeking the removal of alleged deepfake videos and AI-generated content falsely depicting him as praising Pakistan. A single-judge Bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna issued summons on Tharoor’s plea and directed the respondents, including the Centre and social media intermediaries such as Meta and X, to file their re…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor met his party chief, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Friday to share his impressions of the situation in Kerala and discuss recent political developments within the party. In a post on X, Tharoor wrote: “Met with @INCIndia President Mallikarjun Kharge to share my impressions of the situation in Kerala and discuss recent political developments involving our party. Always good to share views with the robust, direct and experienced veteran!”In a separat…