With just a day left for the Budget Session of Parliament to begin, Congress party has yet to appoint its Leader in the Lok Sabha. Earlier there were talks that Rahul Gandhi, who is reluctant to continue as Congress president after the party's drubbing the polls, will be taking charge of the grand old party's attack on the government in the lower House.

A day left to Budget session, Congress inconclusive of its Lok Sabha leader

Congress MP and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the solution to the three-language formula is not by abandoning the idea but ensure its better implementation.

Solution to three languages formula lies in its better implementation: Shashi Tharoor on centre's draft education plan

Rahul Gandhi is the best person to pull the Congress out of its predicament following the setback in the Lok Sabha polls, says party leader Shashi Tharoor while declaring that his party is "alive and kicking" and it is too premature to write its obituary.

Rahul best person to lead party, too premature to write Congress' obituary: Shashi Tharoor

A Delhi court Tuesday allowed Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, an accused in a case related to wife Sunanda Pushkar's death, to travel abroad. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj granted permission to Tharoor to go to the USA from May 5-20.

Delhi court allows Shashi Tharoor to travel abroad

A Delhi court has sought a response from the city police on a plea by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, accused in the death case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, seeking its nod to travel abroad.

Delhi court seeks Delhi Police reply on Shashi Tharoor's plea to travel abroad

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has been summoned by Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on June 7 for his alleged "scorpion" remark against PM Modi. Tharoor had stirred up a controversy in October last year after he had claimed that an unnamed RSS source had told a journalist that Prime Minister Modi was like a scorpion sitting on a Shiv Linga who cannot be removed by hand or hit with a chappal (slipper).

Court issues summons to Shashi Tharoor over his 'scorpion' remark on PM Modi

Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor Monday suffered head injuries while performing 'thulabharam' ritual at a temple here. According to party sources, Tharoor who is aiming for a hat-trick from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency sustained injuries on his head, which required six stitches.

Shashi Tharoor sustains injuries while performing 'thulabharam' at Temple

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will go on trial on February 21 for the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. The Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram is being tried for abetment to suicide.

Sunanda Pushkar death: Trial against Shashi Tharoor to begin on February 21

Calling the interim Budget presented by Centre on Friday as "yet another jumla", the Congress hit out at the BJP led government claiming that the Budget was an insult to the farmers.

It was not an interim Budget but a full fledged Budget: Chidambaram

Film stars in south India are worshipped and given godly status. Fans build temples, shrines for their favourite stars quite often. So it isn't surprising that Shah Rukh Khan, superstar of Bollywood, has got one of his own in Munnar, Kerala.

Shashi Tharoor visits a shrine dedicated to Shah Rukh Khan in Kerala, shares photos on Twitter

Delhi's Patiala House Court on Monday further adjourned Sunanda Pushkar death case till January 21. Earlier, the court had deferred hearing in the case till January 14.

Sunanda Pushkar death case hearing adjourned till January 21

Cases involving political bigwigs like P Chidambaram, Lalu Prasad and Shashi Tharoor made headlines in 2018 from Delhi courts which drew global attention while dealing with the case of extradited alleged middleman Christian Michel in the VVIP chopper scam.

Cases of high and mighty, VVIP chopper scam kept trial courts busy in 2018

It took 13 rounds of diplomatic discussions between India and China to resolve the face-off between their militaries in Doklam last year, according to a report by a parliamentary panel.

Parliamentary panel concerned over Chinese infrastructure close to Doklam

Realising that middle class opinion matters most in the age of social media, Congress has formed Political Action Group (PAG) in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections in 2019.

Congress targets middle class for 2019 elections

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a "hero on a white stallion with an upraised sword in his hand". Tharoor had waded into a controversy at the Bangalore Literature Festival Sunday last by claiming that an unnamed RSS leader had compared Modi to "a scorpion sitting on a Shivling" and "you cannot remove him with your hand and you cannot hit it with a chappal either".

Modi a hero on a white stallion with upraised sword: Shashi Tharoor

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Saturday alleged the trend of erecting statues and Raising the issue of Ram temple at Ayodhya were attempts to distract the masses from "failures" of the BJP government at the Centre.

Ram statue, temple attempts to distract masses from Centre's failures: Shashi Tharoor

A criminal defamation complaint has been filed in Delhi's Patiala House Court against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for his alleged remark 'Modi is like a scorpion on Shivling'.

Criminal defamation complaint filed against Tharoor for 'Modi is like a scorpion' taunt

Condemning the remark made by Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Giriraj Singh on Sunday said Tharoor would have been silenced if he had made the remark in Pakistan.

Had this been Pakistan, Tharoor would've been silenced: Giriraj Singh

Union minister Prakash Javadekar Sunday said Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's remark on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shiv Linga reflected the party's mentality which had become evident when former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi dubbed the opposition a "scorpion" in 1984 polls.

Rajiv Gandhi had dubbed opposition scorpion in 1984: Prakash Javadekar

The BJP on October 28 hit out at Congress leader Shashi Tharoor over his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shiv Linga, asking Congress chief Rahul Gandhi whether he supports his party leader's comments.

Ravi Shankar Prasad hits out at Shashi Tharoor over Shiv Linga remarks

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor courted a fresh controversy on Sunday when he quoted an unnamed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) source to compare Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a “scorpion sitting on a Shivling”.

Modi a 'scorpion on Shivling', can’t remove with hand: Tharoor quotes RSS source

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said Narendra Modi has failed to fulfill public faith in last four years and that he is a ''paradoxical prime minister''.

Modi's rule has not been good for India: Manmohan Singh

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has kicked up a row with remarks that no "good" Hindu would favour a Ram temple in Ayodhya by demolishing somebody else's place of worship, drawing stinging criticism from the BJP which dubbed his party and its chief Rahul Gandhi "anti- Hindu".

Good Hindus won't want temple by demolishing someone else's place of worship: Tharoor

The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking cancellation of Shashi Tharoor's anticipatory bail granted by a trial court in the Sunanda Pushkar death case.

HC dismisses plea challenging cancellation of Shashi Tharoor's bail plea in Pushkar death case

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