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Congress leader Shashi Thaoor, who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, told NDTV today Donald Trump is a familiar politician who India has engaged with before.

Parliament's standing committees were constituted on Thursday with BJP's Bhartruhari Mahtab to helm the key panel on Finance and Congress' Shashi Tharoor to head the panel on External Affairs.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will head the parliamentary standing committee on external affairs and veteran leader Digvijaya Singh will head the panel on education, party sources said on Thursday.

In a relief for Shashi Tharoor, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed proceedings before a trial court in a defamation case lodged against the Congress MP for his alleged "scorpion on Shivling" remarks targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has called for changes to the "overall attitude in Indian society", remarking also that "there must be something wrong with Indian men", against the backdrop of #MeToo allegations in the Malayalam film industry.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to cancel the defamation proceedings against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on a complaint over his alleged "scorpion on shivling" remark targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Ukraine is a good gesture and will be appreciated.

Amid the ongoing violence in Bangladesh, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that it is difficult for people in India to be indifferent when every symbol of the country's friendship with Bangladesh is being attacked there.

Praising the Centre for giving refuge to Sheikh Hasina after she was forced to resign as Bangladesh Prime Minister amid violent protests, Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor told NDTV power shift in the neighbouring country is no cause for worry

A statue meant to commemorate the liberation of Bangladesh has been destroyed by "anti-India vandals", Congress leader Shashi Tharoor claimed today. Internet pointed out that the statues were built that way.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has responded to the social media backlash over his tweet describing a visit to landslide-hit Wayanad as "memorable". Memorable, he has said, means something likely to be remembered because it is "unforgettable".

The landslides in Kerala's Wayanad - which have killed at least 150 people - underline the importance of developing technology to predict such ecological disasters and give authorities time to evacuate people, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor told NDTV.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor spoke about the recent incident in Old Rajinder Nagar, in which a UPSC aspirant from Kerala and two other students lost their lives, and said that there is "rampant violation of basic norms" in the national capital.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday introduced a private member bill that seeks to provide one per cent reservation for transgender persons across categories in government establishments, including educational institutions.

Job creation as the focus of this year's budget and the Centre's much publicised spends on infrastructure became the two key issues over which Congress's Shashi Tharoor and the BJP's Jay Panda butted heads this evening.

Congress leader Shashi Thaoor, who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, told NDTV today Donald Trump is a familiar politician who India has engaged with before.

Parliament's standing committees were constituted on Thursday with BJP's Bhartruhari Mahtab to helm the key panel on Finance and Congress' Shashi Tharoor to head the panel on External Affairs.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will head the parliamentary standing committee on external affairs and veteran leader Digvijaya Singh will head the panel on education, party sources said on Thursday.

In a relief for Shashi Tharoor, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed proceedings before a trial court in a defamation case lodged against the Congress MP for his alleged "scorpion on Shivling" remarks targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has called for changes to the "overall attitude in Indian society", remarking also that "there must be something wrong with Indian men", against the backdrop of #MeToo allegations in the Malayalam film industry.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to cancel the defamation proceedings against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on a complaint over his alleged "scorpion on shivling" remark targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Ukraine is a good gesture and will be appreciated.

Amid the ongoing violence in Bangladesh, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that it is difficult for people in India to be indifferent when every symbol of the country's friendship with Bangladesh is being attacked there.

Praising the Centre for giving refuge to Sheikh Hasina after she was forced to resign as Bangladesh Prime Minister amid violent protests, Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor told NDTV power shift in the neighbouring country is no cause for worry

A statue meant to commemorate the liberation of Bangladesh has been destroyed by "anti-India vandals", Congress leader Shashi Tharoor claimed today. Internet pointed out that the statues were built that way.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has responded to the social media backlash over his tweet describing a visit to landslide-hit Wayanad as "memorable". Memorable, he has said, means something likely to be remembered because it is "unforgettable".

The landslides in Kerala's Wayanad - which have killed at least 150 people - underline the importance of developing technology to predict such ecological disasters and give authorities time to evacuate people, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor told NDTV.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor spoke about the recent incident in Old Rajinder Nagar, in which a UPSC aspirant from Kerala and two other students lost their lives, and said that there is "rampant violation of basic norms" in the national capital.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday introduced a private member bill that seeks to provide one per cent reservation for transgender persons across categories in government establishments, including educational institutions.

Job creation as the focus of this year's budget and the Centre's much publicised spends on infrastructure became the two key issues over which Congress's Shashi Tharoor and the BJP's Jay Panda butted heads this evening.