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Hyderabad: Even as the State government was taking up different tribal welfare programmes, the Centre sanctioned 17 Van Dhan Vikas Kendra Clusters (VDVKCs), which are set up in tribal dominated districts, during the last three years. The Van Dhan Vikas Karyakram is aimed at livelihood generation for tribals by harnessing the wealth of forest by […]

New Delhi: The Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology has recommended that the Union government should not shutdown the Internet services in every case, saying that the ‘Internet is indispensable in everyday lives of citizens of the country’. In its 26th report tabled in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday on ‘the suspension of telecom […]

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor offered an apology after he posted his picture on the first day of the winter session of Parliament. 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 […]

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday posted a selfie with six women MPs on Twitter with a caption:”Who says the Lok Sabha isn’t an attractive place to work?”, triggering a controversy with many netizens accusing him of sexism. Tharoor later apologised for offending “some people” and said the “whole selfie thing” was […]

Hyderabad: The Congress launched a fire-fighting exercise on Friday to contain the raging controversy that erupted after TPCC president A Revanth Reddy called senior leader Shashi Tharoor a donkey and even sought his expulsion from the party. And what better way than to lay the blame on the doorsteps of the media! AICC Telangana incharge […]

Hyderabad: TPCC president A Revanth Reddy’s comments against senior Congress MP Shashi Tharoor have not gone well with the party leadership in New Delhi and also leaders in the State. Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, objecting to the TPCC president’s comments, tweeted: “Dr Shashi Tharoor is a renowned parliamentarian and highly regarded as public intellectual. […]

Hyderabad: TPCC president A Revanth Reddy learnt it the hard way, not to shoot his mouth off against senior party leaders. He had bitten more than he could chew when he labeled Congress MP from Tiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor a donkey, and finally had to apologize to the latter for his comments after getting a mouthful […]

Hyderabad: Politics can be relegated to the back burner when it comes to the interests of the nation and policymaking, said IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao. In a reply to a tweet by Parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor, who chaired the Parliament Standing Committee on IT that toured Hyderabad to study the best practices and […]

Tharoor also expressed happiness at having the opportunity to plant a sapling as part of the Challenge, initiated by Rajya Sabha MP J. Santosh Kumar. Other members of the committee, Mahua Moitra, Syed Zafar Islam

Hyderabad: The world-class infrastructure and support being provided at T-Hub is attracting national attention and leaders are keen to replicate the similar model in other States. The Parliamentary Standing Committee (Information Technology) visited Telangana’s startup ecosystem builder and complimented the efforts of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR). The committee comprising Shashi Tharoor, Gaddam Ranjith […]

However, it now seems like Sinha has retrieved his account as the changes made by the hackers have been rectified.

Tharoor thanked the judge, and said it was “an absolute torture for last seven-and-a-half-years” and that it was a “great relief”.

A circular issued by GB Pant Hospital, directing its staff nurses to speak only in Hindi or English and not use Malayalam at work, triggered protests in which Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor and KTR joined

floccinaucinihilipilification, the noun, which had Twitterati once again running for their dictionaries, came up as Tharoor engaged in friendly banter with TRS working president K T Rama Rao over medicine names

I don't mind admitting when I'm wrong. Yesterday, on the basis of a quick reading of headlines and tweets, I tweeted "everyone knows who liberated Bangladesh

Earlier, Tharoor and the six journalists were booked by Noida Police for alleged sedition, among other charges, over the violence during the farmers' tractor rally in Delhi.

Earlier, Tharoor and six journalists were booked by the Noida Police for sedition, among other charges, over the violence during the farmers' tractor rally in Delhi.

The Noida police on Thursday booked Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor, journalists Rajdeep Sardesai, Mrinal Pande, Vinod K Jose (Caravan) and others for sedition.

Tharoor said, "The MPs are saying that the Centre settle the matter with the farmers' unions and call the winter session of Parliament".

The festival's literary awards will be presented this year as well, for the First Book and Book of the Year in the Fiction and Non-Fiction categories, and the Business Book of the Year.