Shashi Tharoor
- Mumbai
Caste consciousness is greater today than in 1950s: Tharoor
Mumbai: There is greater consciousness of caste in Indian society today compared to the decade after independence, Congress MP and author Shashi Tharoor said here on Saturday. Speaking during a discussion on…
- India
Kharge formally takes over as Congress president
New Delhi: Veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge formally took over as Congress president on Wednesday after he was handed over the certificate of election to the top post at a function at the…
- India
Will Tharoor be in or out of the CWC?
Thiruvananthapuram: After throwing a surprise by contesting the Congress presidential polls, and getting over 1,000 votes, despite his detractors’ dismissal of his chances, to cause further heartburns to the the “official” AICC…
- India
Mallikarjun Kharge to formally take over as Congress president on Wednesday
New Delhi: Hectic preparations were underway at the Congress headquarters for Wednesday’s ceremony where party president Sonia Gandhi will hand over the baton to her successor, Mallikarjun Kharge, the first non-Gandhi to…
- India
Mistry slams Tharoor over allegations of ‘irregularities’ in Cong prez poll
New Delhi: Congress’s central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry on Thursday accused Shashi Tharoor’s team of having two faces — one for the party’s poll body and one for the media —…
- India
Congress making Dalits ‘scapegoats’: Mayawati after Kharge elected party chief
Lucknow: A day after Mallikarjun Kharge was elected the Congress president, BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday accused the 137-year-old party of remembering Dalits only in its bad times and making them “scapegoats”.…
- Delhi
Revival of Congress has begun: Tharoor
New Delhi: Runner-up in the Congress president poll, Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday thanked his supporters, and said that the elections will galvanise the party and its revival has begun. “I have always…
- India
Kharge: A Gandhi family loyalist, succeeds the Gandhis to become Cong President
Bangalore: Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge, a staunch Gandhi family loyalist from Karnataka, has become the Congress’ first non-Gandhi president in 24 years. The 80-year-old leader succeeds Sonia Gandhi at the grand old party’s…
- Delhi
Cong prez polls: Counting of votes underway in Kharge vs Tharoor contest
New Delhi: Counting of votes was underway on Wednesday in the Congress presidential polls in which senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor faced-off for the post of AICC chief. The counting…
- India
Kharge vs Tharoor: Cong to get first non-Gandhi president in 24 years on Wednesday
New Delhi: The Congress will get its first non-Gandhi president in 24 years on Wednesday after more than 9,500 votes cast to choose between senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are…
- India
Congress Presidential poll: Over 93% polling in Goa
Panaji: Goa recorded 93.54 percent voter turnout in the election on Monday for the post of Congress President, where senior party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are in the fray. The…
- India
Congress presidential polls: Voting ends in Kharge vs Tharoor contest
New Delhi: Voting ended on Monday in the Congress presidential poll as senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor faced off for the post of All India Congress Committee (AICC) chief. Over…
- India
After losing UN Secy general race in 2006, Tharoor faces opposition from Congress
Thiruvananthapuram: If in 2006, Shashi Tharoor suffered a jolt when the US vetoed his candidature to the UN Secretary general post, 16 years later his political fate in India will be decided…
- India
Congress president elections: Party to elect non-Gandhi leader today
New Delhi: At least 9,200 Congress Party delegates are all set to elect their ideal candidate among the two parliamentarians- Shashi Tharoor and Mallikarjun Kharge- today for the congress party top post.…
- India
Embrace change, show courage: Shashi Tharoor in final appeal to Cong electors
New Delhi: Calling on electors to show courage to “embrace change”, Congress’ presidential polls candidate Shashi Tharoor on Sunday asserted that in the change he envisions, the party’s “values and loyalties” will…
