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Austria, Germany backs France over boycotting Winter Olympics in South Kor
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], Sept.24 (ANI): With tensions over the Korean Peninsula mounting, Austria and Germany have joined France to boycott the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, citing safety concerns over threats from nuclear-armed Pyongyang.
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Shimla: Students boycott classes to protest against shortage of teachers
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 17 (ANI): In a serious lapse by the concerned authorities, students of a government High School at Palzara in Shimla have boycotted their classes as a mark of protest due to an acute shortage of teachers in the school.
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Ayodhya ascetic calls for 'social boycott' of fake 'Babas'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 11 (ANI): Welcoming the list of "fake babas" by the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, Swami Hardayal Shastri, the astrologer in Shanidhaam temple of Ayodhya, on Monday called for a social boycott of those listed.
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NCP boycotts Opposition meeting called by Sonia Gandhi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], August 11 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday skipped a meeting of Opposition parties called by Congress president Sonia Gandhi after the Congress suggested that the former had betrayed it in the recent Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat.
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Udhampur girls make hand-made rakhis, boycott Chinese products
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug. 7 (ANI): Highly inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Make in India goal and not happy about the stand-off, Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur girls made hand-made rakhis to boycott China-made products.
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Ramdev urges to boycott Chinese products
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], August 5 (ANI): Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday urged the people of the country to boycott Chinese products.
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Gulf crisis: Qatar makes legal complaint to WTO over trade boycott
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], August 1 (ANI): Qatar has filed a legal complaint at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to challenge the trade boycott by the four Arab countries, the local media reported.
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Worshippers refuse to enter Temple Mount despite removal of detectors
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], July 26 (ANI): Despite Israel removing metal detectors from holy Temple Mount compound, Muslim worshippers on Tuesday evening refused to enter, thus continuing their boycott.
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Gulf crisis: Qatar ready for dialogue to resolve blockade
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], July. 22 (ANI): Asserting that differences can be resolved through dialogue and political differences should not burden civilians, Qatar's ruling emir said he is open for dialogue to solve the boycott by the four powerful Arab neighbours.
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Afghanistan A replace Australia A in Proteas triangular series
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], July 17 (ANI): In the wake of Australia A's decision to boycott tour to South Africa due to ongoing pay dispute, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has accepted Cricket South Africa's (CSA) offer to play the triangular series which also features India
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Arab states boycotting Qatar will seek to change Doha's 'terror&
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], July 10 (ANI): Four Arab states boycotting Qatar will pursue their commitment towards changing Doha's policy of financing and giving safe havens to terrorist organizations, the Egyptian foreign ministry has said.
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NC to boycott remaining Legislative session due to 'anti-people, vagu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 6 (ANI): The National Conference on Thursday asserted that the 'vague, ambiguous and anti-people resolution passed by the State legislature to extend the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to Jammu and Kashmir' was an unequivocal compromise with
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