Boycott Culture

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday deplored the "boycott culture" targeting certain films and said such instances vitiate the atmosphere at a time when India is keen to enhance its influence as a soft power.

Taapsee Pannu said she has passed the stage of "being bothered" by social media trends

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing the seventh governing council meeting of the government's think tank Niti Aayog which is currently underway at Rashtrapati Bhawan's cultural centre in the national capital.

A large cultural festival in Kerala featuring elephants is in the midst of "jumbo" controversy. Thrissur Pooram, held annually at Vadakkunnathan Temple, has a celebrity elephant at the centre of the festivities.

A leader of Indonesia's second largest Muslim organisation has called for a boycott of Starbucks, saying that the international coffee chain's pro-gay stand risks ruining the 'religious and cultured' core of the Southeast Asian nation.

Under attack from political and cultural quarters for forcing cancellation of Ghulam Ali's concert in Mumbai, Shiv Sena today said it was not possible to have fun when soldiers are being martyred and that it will continue to "boycott" Pakistan till it stops terror activities.

A day after renowned Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali's concert in Mumbai was cancelled following Shiv Sena's demand, the party -- which governs Maharashtra along with the BJP -- said terror and cultural ties cannot go hand in hand.

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday deplored the "boycott culture" targeting certain films and said such instances vitiate the atmosphere at a time when India is keen to enhance its influence as a soft power.

Taapsee Pannu said she has passed the stage of "being bothered" by social media trends

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing the seventh governing council meeting of the government's think tank Niti Aayog which is currently underway at Rashtrapati Bhawan's cultural centre in the national capital.

A large cultural festival in Kerala featuring elephants is in the midst of "jumbo" controversy. Thrissur Pooram, held annually at Vadakkunnathan Temple, has a celebrity elephant at the centre of the festivities.

A leader of Indonesia's second largest Muslim organisation has called for a boycott of Starbucks, saying that the international coffee chain's pro-gay stand risks ruining the 'religious and cultured' core of the Southeast Asian nation.

Under attack from political and cultural quarters for forcing cancellation of Ghulam Ali's concert in Mumbai, Shiv Sena today said it was not possible to have fun when soldiers are being martyred and that it will continue to "boycott" Pakistan till it stops terror activities.

A day after renowned Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali's concert in Mumbai was cancelled following Shiv Sena's demand, the party -- which governs Maharashtra along with the BJP -- said terror and cultural ties cannot go hand in hand.