Tanishq pulls advertisement amid call for boycott
New Delhi/IBNS: Popular jewellery brand Tanishq has reportedly pulled its advertisement that had stirred a row on social media over its content though netizens are divided over the boycott call for the ad.
'In worst possible taste': Shashi Tharoor slams Anurag Thakur's remark on Nehru-Gandhi
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday slammed Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur’s comment in the Parliament on the Nehru-Gandhi family and said the speech was delivered in the 'worst possible taste'.
Discussions will resume again: Shashi Tharoor after meeting Facebook India chief
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, on Wednesday informed that the Facebook representatives will appear again to resume the discussion on the row over the social media giant's content policy.
Opposition attacks BJP government over its 'No Question Hour' move in Parliament
New Delhi/IBNS: Several opposition parties have slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre after the ruling dispensation decided to cancel the "Question Hour" in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament amid Covid-19.
Facebook reps summoned by Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary panel on Sept 2
New Delhi/IBNS: Facebook representatives have been summoned to meet the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, after the social media giant has been caught up in a controversy over its contents' policy regarding some posts shared by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders.
Facebook row: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey moves privilege motion against Shashi Tharoor, Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi/IBNS: The war of words between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over social media giant Facebook's content policies reached a new height on Wednesday with breach of privilege notice moved against each other by leaders of both parties.
New Delhi/IBNS: Two opposition party MPs on Tuesday engaged themselves into a heated war of words with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey over the talks to summon social networking site Facebook for allegedly ignoring hate speeches posted by the ruling saffron outfit.
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Congress MP and ex-Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit's son Sandeep joined the list of leaders who have pulled up the party leadership after the country's oldest outfit registered a humiliating result in Delhi assembly elections little more than a week ago by drawing a blank.
Kerala: Court summons Union Law Minister in defamation case
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) here on Saturday summoned Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to appear before it, in a defamation case filed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor representing the Lok Sabha seat here.
Rahul Gandhi meant it metaphorically: Shashi Tharoor on 'Modi will be beaten with sticks' remark
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after Narendra Modi wittily replied to Rahul Gandhi's statement where he had said the Prime Minister "will be beaten by youth with sticks", Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday defending his party colleague saying the remark was just a metaphor.
Shashi Tharoor apologises for calling Arvind Kejriwal 'eunuch' over CAA inaction
NewDelhi/IBNS: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has issued an apology for calling Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal a "eunuch" for not taking any proper action at a time violence had erupted over Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, in the national capital.
Multi-faith people join anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh
New Delhi/IBNS: People belonging to multiple faiths turned up at Shaheen Bagh here on Sunday to join the ongoing protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, media reports said.
Delhi Assembly polls: Congress manifesto to reflect public opinion, says Tharoor
New Delhi/UNI: Taking a dig at the BJP government, the Congress on Friday alleged that at a time when voices of people are being muzzled and dissent being suppressed, the time is to listen to the voice of people to forge a dialogue.
Have you changed your opinion? Shashi Tharoor slams Modi over FIRs against intellectuals
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi: Citing Narendra Modi's reference to freedom of speech and expression during a 2016 address in the US Congress, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor slammed the Prime Minister over the First Information Reports (FIRs) filed against the intellectuals who had voiced concerns over mob lynching.
Worse than insult: Shashi Tharoor slams JNU for asking CV from Romila Thapar
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has hit out at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration for asking historian and Padma Bhushan Romila Thapar to submit her Curriculum Vitae (CV) to continue as a professor emeriti, calling the move as "worse than insult".