Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor, and actor-turned-politician Arun Govil are among the key candidates in the fray for the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls with BJP’s Hema Malini, Om Birla and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat seeking a hat-trick of wins from their respective constituencies. Staggered over seven stages, the first phase of … Read more
Shashi Tharoor, Congress politician, received the top French civilian accolade, ‘Chevalier de la Legion d’honneur,’ during a ceremony in New Delhi on Tuesday. Tharoor was awarded the honor, also known as the ‘Knight of the Legion of Honour’, by Gérard Larcher, Chairman of the French Senate, on behalf of the President of the French Republic, … Read more
Senior Congress politician Shashi Tharoor has called the Ayodhya Ram temple’s ‘Pran Pratishtha’ or consecration ceremony as an occasion for the Bharatiya Janata Party to get political mileage, and if the Congress attends, it would become a political decision rather than a personal one. Congress leaders, including national president Mallikarjun Kharge, former president Sonia Gandhi, … Read more
Congress Member of Parliament, Shashi Tharoor, has expressed agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent observation that India’s leadership is self-directed. Tharoor asserted that India has maintained its autonomy and self-directed decision-making since gaining independence. He highlighted that this commitment to self-determination was evident right from the moment of India’s independence, and it has been … Read more