DMK, in its executive committee meet, has passed a resolution, demanding India to boycott the Commonwealth meeting in Colombo. Further on, the party has reiterated its stand that India should move for an internationally monitored probe into the war crimes comm...
Lawyers protest in front of the Madras High Court and boycott proceedings. The lawyers demand that an international probe be conducted into the alleged war crimes committed on Tamil during the civil war in Sri Lanka.
The Telugu Desam Party boycotts the Governor's address to the state Assembly at the start of the Budget session. TDP leaders address the media to explain the reasons for the boycott, specifically the government's failures to honour its promises made during ear...
Even as the public outcry over Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf's personal pilgrimage gains momentum, live visuals show a helicopter ready to fly him to Jaipur. Earlier, family of slain martyrs and the spiritual head of the Ajmer Sharif dargah had vo...
Despite rising voices of dissent and outrage, which range from the spiritual head of the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer to the family of slain martyrs, from across the country over the private visit of Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf, N...
Pakistan Prime Minister will be in India for a private visit to the Ajmer Sharif dargah. However, this decision has met with increasing protests. From the spiritual head of the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer to the family of slain martyrs have opp...
Left leaders boycott the Presidential address over the issue of price rise. Stating when the entire workforce of the country has boycotted work, Left parties, too, cannot work and attend Parliament. CPI(M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury says that the governm...
In a clean sweep victory, the UDF won all 21 seats in the Kozhikode district co-operative banks elections. The UDF takes over the administration of the board from LDF after a gap of four decades. The UDF leaders claim they won as they succeeded in overcoming t...
The Kannur and Kasargod district cooperative banks elections have brought a sweeping victory for the UDF. The UDF has won all 21 seats in Kannur, overcoming LDF attempts to sabotage the election. The UDF has also won 12 seats in Kasargod district. However, the...
The United Democratic Front(UDF) registers a clean sweep in the elections to the district cooperative banks in all the 11 districts. The UDF has captured the administration of Ernakulam district cooperative bank after a gap of 25 years. The LDF boycotted the e...
PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana says he never mentioned that those MLAs seeking to leave the Congress party would be boycotted. He was clarifying his remark made earlier about MLAs who were indulging in anti-party activities and who had been letting out that the...
As if the threats and fatwa issued against Kashmiri all-girl rock band 'Pragaash' is not enough, the family members of the girls are threatened with social boycott. Dukhtaraan-e-Millat, an all-women outfit, which has issued this threat, has also slammed Jammu ...
As if the threats and fatwa issued against Kashmiri all-girl rock band 'Pragaash' is not enough, the family members of the girls are threatened with social boycott. Despite the support from various corners and the assurances of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister...
The controversy surrounding Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's 'saffron terror' remark refuses to die down, as the BJP has decided to boycott all of Shinde's public appearances, until he tenders an apology. The BJP took the decision at the party's core group ...
Stalin and other DMK leaders boycott the Governor's speech during the pre-budget session of the Tamil Nadu Assembly. Stalin accused Jayalalithaa of not calling an all-party meet for resolving power deficit problems in the State.
A day after the Centre said the decision on Telangana could be delayed, a hot of non-Congress leaders gathered at the 'Samara Deeksha' of the Telangana Political JAC, while Congress leaders met separately. This video has the speech of Kodandaram at Indira Park...
Despite a boycott by the Muslim Brotherhood and Jordan's other opposition groups, the country's first Parliamentary election after the Arab Spring has recorded a high voter turnout, according to election officials. More than 56% of Jordan's 2.3 million registe...
Jordanian opposition that boycotted yesterday's Presidential election claimed the vote was rigged and the results would undermine the future parliament's credibility. The government, however, has hailed the polls as a gradual step towards democracy. This is th...
As Jordan finally conducts parliamentary elections after two years of Arab Spring protests, the chorus of critical voices says the country is as far from real change as ever, and the government is likely to rig the ballot. The election is being boycotted by th...
The Producers Association has asked the Film Employees Federation of Kerala (FEFKA), an association of film technicians, not to work in Prithviraj's films. The Producers Association has also requested theatre owners not to screen the actor's films, and written...
The stand-off between AITA and tennis players, led by Somdev Devvarman continues as the tennis body refuses to compromise any further. Eight tennis players had earlier threatened to boycott Davis Cup tie against South Korea if their demands are not met. Now th...
Actor Kamal Haasan has set aside the release of his film 'Vishwaroopam' following the controversy regarding its release on DTH platform. The actor has held off the release on theatres as well, saying he is only concerned about his audience. Saying he is sorry ...
Justice for the Delhi gangrape victim might come slow as lawyers at lower courts in Saket have refused to represent the five accused in the case saying it was immoral. This means, now the government will have to appoint a lawyer for them. The Delhi gangrape ca...
Senior tennis players have let the All India Tennis Association know that they will not be available to play the Davis Cup tie against South Korea. The crisis that has hit Indian tennis after the London Olympics seems to have deepened as the revolting players ...
Despite a watertight case against the accused in the Delhi gangrape, there could be some obstacles. Boycott of lawyers may slow down speedy justice. Long list of 40 witnesses, many of whom are currently abroad may also delay the fast track trial.
Egypt will go in for a second phase of voting on the constitutional referendum that has sparked several protests in the past few weeks. Anti-Morsi groups have held protests against the draft constitution sayign that it favours the Islamists. Tension over the d...
Finnish-Russian families are losing their children, who are taken away by the Finnish social services on the smallest of charges made against the parents. This documentary speaks to parents who have lost their children to the child protection system. Rimma Sal...
The BJP will participate in the joint parliamentary committee probing the 2G scam, after boycotting the last four meetings of the JPC. BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan says they have got new evidence after the submissions made by a former Cabinet secretary, that ...
The BJP does not show up at the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meet on the 2G spectrum scam once again. The BJP had earlier demanded that P Chidambaram be called in as a witness in the 2G case. In the previous meetings, the party had walked out stating th...
The Left leaders have stormed out of the JPC meet on 2G after asking for the Finance Minister P Chidambaram to be examined. The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party have allegedly backed the demands made by the Left leaders. CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta ...
The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the 2G issue will be meeting today, but the BJP will most likely boycott the meeting. The opposition is holding a boycott over the issue of witnesses. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram have be...
Years ago there was a phase when Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi stopped singing with each other. They had arguments over royalties, an issue that was settled later. And the duo went ahead to give us some of the greatest Bollywood music. But now an statement...
There are indications that the Congress is not really worried about the threat and deadline set by TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. TMC appears to have three options before the party: boycott of ministries, withdrawal from ministries a...
Once again junior doctors at Hyderabad's Osmania Hospital are on strike demanding the state government fulfill its promise of upgrading the infrastructure at the hospital. The doctors say each time promises are made but the hospital that caters to poor patient...
The Cabinet has cleared the bill, giving the go-ahead for the Central University to be set up at Motihari in Bihar. This has come as a blow to Kapil Sibal who had opposed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and wanted the varsity to be set up in Gaya. This could be th...
Ahead of the NAM summit, New Delhi has signalled its strong support for the Tehran. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to meet Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamini. A trilateral meeting is also planned with Iran President Ahmadinejad and Afghan Preside...
BJP's Jaswant Singh says the Congress members of the JPC abused them. It was a stormy meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee probing the 2G scam. The BJP walked out saying the Congress members had used indecent words against the BJP. The BJP wants to cal...
MNS activists force the toll booth employees to let vehicles pass without paying the toll tax after MNS chief Raj Thackeray has asked Mumbaikars to refrain from paying toll tax. Three toll booths in Mumbai have already been shut. Raj alleges that there is corr...
Even as the NCP affirm that the NCP is part of the UPA alliance and will continue to be so, the party has set a deadline for Congress to sought out the issue. The rift between Congress and NCP came out in the open after the NCP chief Sharad Pawar was not offer...
TDP had issued an whip to its MLAs to boycott the Presidential polls. When its MLAs went ahead and voted either for Pranab Mukherjee or PA Sangma, the TDP issued orders to suspend four of its MLAs. On the phone line, MLA Chinna Rama Kotaiah said it was his rig...
In an attempt to avoid a controversy before the Presidential elections, the Prime Minister has called off the Cabinet meeting this week citing that they are busy with Presidential elections. A controversy has been brewing over the No. 2 spot in the Cabinet. Sh...
These are two neighbouring villages in Prakasam district. An incident that involves a male from one village and a woman from another forces them to announce a boycott of each other. Result is that bus and transport service to one of two village remains paralys...
Work in courts across the country is set to be paralysed for two days as 1.7 million lawyers join a nation-wide strike called by Bar Council of India in protest against HRD ministry’s Higher Education and Research Bill. The BCI contends that the Bill is aime...
Will the new CEA act destroy the medical profession? Doctors to go on nation-wide strike on June 25 to protest against the tough Clinical Establishment Act that is to be tabled in the Parliament. The boycott work call has been given the Indian Medical Associat...
The voting in the by-polls for 18 Assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat ended peacefully, with polling percentage as high as 80%. Ramachandrapuram constituency polled 85% votes, while just 55% of voters in Tirupati exercised their right in this by-e...
Even as the BJP is trying to present itself as a cohesive alternative to the scam-ridden Congress, the rift within the party is out in the open as senior leaders boycott Mumbai rally.
Even as key allies of UPA stays away from the third anniversary dinner, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav shows solidarity to Congress by sharing the stage with Sonia Gandhi.
Upset with Nitin Gadkari getting a second term as BJP President, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, will skip the party National Executive Meet to be held in Mumbai on May 24.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, upset about Nitin Gadkari getting a second term as party President, will skip BJP National Executive Meet to be held in Mumbai on May 24.
A school girl was gang-raped in Noida, police reveal her identity and shame her. Indigo Airlines enters 'hall of shame' by denying ticket to a differently-abled student, and more news
Sending a message against the government's plan to hold civic polls in Jammu & Kashmir, terrorists kill a village sarpanch, belonging to NCP, in the Kulgam area.
While PM urges opposition to maintain calm at Parl winter session, Times Now brings you reactions from various political outfits on 2G, Lokpal and inflation.
Opposition will question govt on inflation, black money and 2G as NDA boycott Home Min and left parties are set to move adjournment motion over price rise.