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Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 19 (ANI): Hailing the state of Kerala and its cultural history, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor said that it is not 'merely a line on the map' but a 'western coast of India.' Shashi Tharoor was speaking at the Council for Community Co-operation programme on Peace, Harmony and National Development in Kochi. The Congress MP emphasised that the Kerala's history is built on the peaceful coexistence and cultural exchange. Tharoor noted that Kerala's past is 'etched ...Read More >
Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 19 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, while addressing the issues related to party high command, stated that sometimes it is necessary to cooperate with other parties in the interest of national security. Tharoor while speaking during an event in Kochi, was answering a student's query related to his relations with the Congress party leadership. Also Read | Special Intensive Revision: Preparation Over SIR in West Bengal to Start by First Week of August, Say Sources. ...Read More >
Patna, Jul 19 (PTI) The Bihar government on Saturday said that more than 12,000 new polling stations have been created in the state as per the recommendation of the Election Commission, as part of special intensive revision (SIR). According to a release issued by the election department, the total number of polling stations has risen to 90,712 from 77,895, after the establishment of 12,817 new ones. Of these, 12,479 polling stations have been set up "at the same building or premises housing th ...Read More >
Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 19 (ANI): Hailing the state of Kerala and its cultural history, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor said that it is not "merely a line on the map" but a "western coast of India." Shashi Tharoor was speaking at the Council for Community Co-operation programme on Peace, Harmony and National Development in Kochi. Also Read | Bihar Special Intensive Revision Exercise: 95.92% Electors Covered; 6 More Days Still Left, Says Election Commission of India. The Congress MP ...Read More >
After a significant box office run, Aamir Khan's Sitaare Zameen Par was recently screened for neurodivergent children in Ladakh's only mobile theatre. Interestingly, the theatre is located at 11,562 feet Less than a month after its release, Aamir Khan's Sitaare Zameen Par -- a hopeful story centred on an arrogant basketball coach and 10 neurodivergent kids -- appears to be scaling new heights literally. Several screenings of RS Prasanna's directorial venture are being held at PictureTime, a 140 ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 17 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde attended a special screening of Aamir Khan's sports drama 'Sitaare Zameen Par' and praised the movie for raising awareness about children with learning difficulties. The special screening was organised by Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC. Deputy CM Shinde, while speaking at the event, appreciated the film for addressing such an important topic with sensitivity and emotion, and also assured that the state gove ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Congress is gearing up to take on the government in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament. The Parliament strategy committee of the Congress under the chairmanship of Sonia Gandhi met in the national capital on Tuesday. Apart from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, other senior leaders of the party attended the strategy meeting. Senior leaders Shashi Tharoor, Gaurav Gogoi and Manickam Tagore were not present, as they wer ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Hard on the heels of his most recent 'provocations', Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor is losing the support of UDF partners, many of whom had stood with him in times of crisis. Two major allies, the Muslim League and the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), have come out openly against Tharoor over two separate incidents that placed him at odds with UDF's political positioning. Referring to Tharoor attending a luncheon hosted by the Israeli ambassador to India, IUML gene ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, July 11: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive here late Friday night to inaugurate the new BJP State Committee Office and launch the party's campaign for the upcoming local body elections. Shah is expected to land at Thiruvananthapuram airport around 10 pm, where he will be received by BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar and other senior leaders, an official statement said. The formal inauguration of the state office will take place at 11 am on Saturday. Shah will ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the political storm over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar, the BJP on Friday lashed out at "hypocratic and unscrupulous" Congress for its "double-faced duplicity" on the issue of linking Aadhaar with voter identity card. Amit Malviya, in-charge of BJP's National Information and Technology Department, shared, on X, old videos of Parliament proceedings and screen grabs of news items carrying statements of Congress leaders - R ...Read More >
New Delhi [India] July 11: With telecom compliance under increasing regulatory pressure in India, enterprises are re-evaluating the resilience and legality of their contact center infrastructure. In this context, Simple2Call, a US-based Contact Center-as-a-Service (CCaaS) provider, has launched its AI-powered, private cloud-hosted Contact Center Suite (CCS) in India, designed to meet evolving regulatory and operational demands. Also Read | Amira Ishtara Viral Video With Johnny Sins? Archita Phu ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on July 14 an anticipatory bail application of Indore-based cartoonist Hemant Malviya for his objectionable caricatures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi posted the matter for hearing on July 14 after advocate Vrinda Grover mentioned the matter for early hearing. Also Read | Shashi Tharoor Emergency Remarks: Congress Lead ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram | Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Shashi Tharoor is facing intense criticism from the Congress's state unit over his continued actions that have placed the party in a difficult position. A day after his article criticising Indira Gandhi over the Emergency appeared in a Malayalam daily, senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Thiruvananthapuram MP, urging him to choose a clear political path if he feels constrained within the ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 11 (PTI) Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Shashi Tharoor is facing intense criticism from the Congress's state unit over his continued actions that have placed the party in a difficult position. A day after his article criticising Indira Gandhi over the Emergency appeared in a Malayalam daily, senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Thiruvananthapuram MP, urging him to choose a clear political path if he feels constrained ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday criticised the Emergency and the Gandhis for suspending fundamental rights, in what is seen as another poke at the Congress leadership after defying the party on the Union govt's global outreach on Operation Sindoor and statements lauding PM Narendra Modi.The remarks targeting Indira Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi in an article on an English website and a Malayalam daily in Kerala appeared to ruffle feathers in Congress, but the party maintained ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a veiled swipe at Congress MP Shashi Tharoor after he penned an article on the Emergency, party leader Manickam Tagore on Thursday said when a colleague starts repeating BJP lines word for word, one begins to wonder whether "the bird is becoming a parrot". Tharoor has said that the Emergency should not be remembered merely as a dark chapter in India's history, but that its lessons must be fully understood. Without naming anyone, Tagore, who is a Congress MP from Virudhunagar in T ...Read More >
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has once again found himself in a delicate position within his party amid buzz over rift within the party leadership. In an article published in Malayalam daily Deepika, Tharoor called the 1975 Emergency imposed under then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, as a "dark chapter" in India's history. He highlighted specific instances of authoritarian excess during the Emergency, particularly focusing on Sanjay Gandhi's controversial forced sterilization campaigns. " ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 10 (PTI) A day after Shashi Tharoor shared a survey suggesting he is the most preferred choice for chief minister among Congress-led UDF leaders in Kerala, senior party leader K Muraleedharan took a swipe at the Thiruvananthapuram MP on Thursday, saying "he should first decide which party he belongs to". "Even if someone else is leading in the survey, if the UDF comes to power in the 2026 Assembly polls, the chief minister will be from the UDF," Muraleedharan told report ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 10 (PTI) A day after Shashi Tharoor shared a survey suggesting he is the most preferred choice for chief minister among Congress-led UDF leaders in Kerala, senior party leader K Muraleedharan took a swipe at the Thiruvananthapuram MP on Thursday, saying "he should first decide which party he belongs to". "Even if someone else is leading in the survey, if the UDF comes to power in the 2026 Assembly polls, the chief minister will be from the UDF," Muraleedharan told report ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Congress and Shashi Tharoor have been associated for 16 long years. But of late, the Thiruvananthapuram MP seems to be bringing more cheers to the rival BJP than his own party Congress. And what's more, Tharoor seems to be pushing the boundaries with every new "statement" he makes.In the last 6 months, there have been several instances when Tharoor's critical remarks have become fodder for the BJP to attack the Congress. Whenever Tharoor speaks - the Congress ducks for cover while BJP ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, July 10: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has criticised the Emergency declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975, saying the people of the country responded clearly to the excesses of that period by voting her party out of power by a large margin. In an article published on the measure, which lasted between 25 June 1975 and 21 March 1977, in the Malayalam daily 'Deepika' on Thursday, the Congress Working Committee member termed it "a dark chapter" in India's histo ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 10 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has criticised the Emergency declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975, saying the people of the country responded clearly to the excesses of that period by voting her party out of power by a large margin. In an article published on the measure, which lasted between 25 June 1975 and 21 March 1977, in the Malayalam daily 'Deepika' on Thursday, the Congress Working Committee member termed it "a dark chapter" in India's ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI ) Rajya Sabha MP Sandosh Kumar has written to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, seeking immediate diplomatic intervention to save Nimisha Priya, an Indian national facing execution by Yemeni authorities on July 16. In a letter to Jaishankar, the CPI MP highlighted that Nimisha Priya's case has "shaken the conscience of the public" about the lack of legal safeguards. Also Read | Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Shashi Tharoor ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 10: iQOO is a brand name that has become synonymous with performance-oriented smartphones that punch above their weight. Recently, the company introduced the iQOO Neo 10R in India as the ultimate performance smartphone in the mid-range segment. Since its launch on 11th March 2025, the Neo 10R has quickly gained a reputation as the go-to gaming phone in the sub-Rs. 30,000 segment. Also Read | Is It Dry Day Today on 10 July 2025 for Guru Purnima? Know if Alcohol I ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday accused the BJP leadership and the central government of crossing all "limits of indifference" in the name of governance, alleging that recent tragedies like the Gujarat bridge collapse and the Ahmedabad plane crash were the result of a "leadership crisis," "rampant corruption," and "incompetence." His remarks came after a large portion of Gambhira bridge in Gujarat's Vadodara district collapsed on Wednesday. Th ...Read More >
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has shared a survey on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) which projects him as the preferred choice for the Chief Minister's post in Kerala. However, the survey has drawn criticism from within the party, with a Congress leader dismissing it as "cooked up." The survey, conducted by a little-known organization called 'Jan Ki Baat', claimed that 48% of respondents favoured Tharoor as the next CM, significantly ahead of other pote ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, July 10: Amid an uneasy equation with the Congress high command, senior leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor appears to have received a significant boost from a pre-poll survey conducted by Mumbai-based VoteVibe, which names him as the most preferred candidate for the post of Kerala Chief Minister. Tharoor wasted no time in sharing the survey results on his X handle on Wednesday. The post -- seemingly shared by a supporter -- was also tagged to senior Congress lea ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Thiruvananthapuram Congress MP Shashi Tharoor set the cat among the pigeons on Thursday when he criticised late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay Gandhi for imposing the Emergency, in an article to commemorate its 50 years, leaving Congress leaders in Kerala jittery. No sooner did the Emergency article surface, that veteran Congress leader and former lawmaker K. Muraleedharan minced no words and asked Tharoor to decide "which party he i ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday called 1975 Emergency a dark chapter in India's history and added that this should serve as a reminder for everyone and everywhere, that democracy cannot be taken for granted. In a strongly-worded Op-Ed in a leading daily, the Congress MP said that the Emergency, imposed in 1975, demonstrated how fragile democratic institutions can be trampled upon, even in a country where they are ostensibly robust and remind ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has once again stirred controversy within the party by strongly criticising the Emergency period and directly targeting the Nehru-Gandhi family. In a recent article that has gone viral, Tharoor described the Emergency as a "dark period" in India's democratic history and called out the "unspeakable atrocities" committed during that time. Tharoor did not mince words as he blamed former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for enforcing harsh meas ...Read More >
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