San Francisco: eBay pulled a listing on Wednesday for a Nike t-shirt displaying the phrase "Boston Massacre," citing the online marketplace's policy against "offensive materials."
The t-shirt was listed for sale earlier this week on eBay and received bids of more than $150,000, according to bid history on the company's website.
The t-shirt refers to the rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox baseball teams and has images of red blood spattered on the word Boston.
In the wake of the Boston Marathon attack, Nike pulled all the shirts from stores, but a used one turned up on eBay....
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02:10 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Hyderabad: TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday met senior Congress leaders from Telangana region, triggering off speculation that some ruling party MPs might join the Telangana party ahead of next year's general polls. The TRS president went to the residence of senior Congress leader K Keshav Rao here and held talks with him for about two hours. Congress Lok Sabha member M Jagannath was also present at the meeting....
03:30 AM, Apr 15, 2013
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) would fight the Andhra Pradesh Assembly polls and the 2014 Lok Sabha elections alone, party president K Chandrasekhar Rao said on Friday. "TRS politbureau today resolved to face the ensuing elections without having alliance with any party. After elections, we will move strategically to achieve separate Telangana," he told reporters. He said the candidates for elections would be finalised next month in consultation with a...
10:50 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Hyderabad: Opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh have decided to go ahead with their statewide shutdown on April 9 despite the government providing some relief from the steep hike in electricity tariff announced last week. Bowing to pressure from the opposition and also a section of its own leaders, the Congress government exempted consumers using 200 units or less a month from the tariff hike. However, the latest relief from the...
12:24 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker on Saturday issued notices to 18 rebel legislators of ruling Congress party and main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP), asking them why they should not be disqualified. Speaker N Manohar issued notices to nine legislators each of Congress and TDP after their respective parties submitted petitions, seeking their disqualification. These legislators had defied the whips issued by their respective parties to support no-confidence motion...
12:10 AM, Mar 31, 2013
TRS, BJP and other pro-Telangana organisations on Thursday began a 'Sadak Bandh' (road blockade) on the Hyderabad-Bangalore Highway in support of the separate statehood demand even as police denied permission for it. ...
12:33 PM, Mar 21, 2013
Taking a tough stand, the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday said it would soon seek disciplinary action against the nine rebel MLAs who voted against the Government during a no-confidence motion last week. ...
12:46 AM, Mar 21, 2013
Fifteen MLAs belonging to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) have been suspended for a day from the Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Monday as they disrupted proceedings demanding adoption of a resolution on the statehood issue. ...
11:15 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker N Manohar on Friday admitted the notices for no-confidence motion given by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSR Congress Party against the Congress-led state government. ...
11:18 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Why the Congress is dragging its feet on Telangana. CNN-IBN's deputy bureau chief Pallavi Ghosh joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
11:38 AM, Feb 06, 2013
![Cong MPs want to remain in party and still want to be protagonists of Telangana cause: K Nageshwar]( "Cong MPs want to remain in party and still want to be protagonists of Telangana cause: K Nageshwar")
Political analyst & independent member of Andhra Pradesh legislative council K Nageshwar joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Telangana conundrum. ...
03:08 PM, Jan 31, 2013
A Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader has filed a police complaint against Congress President and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, at the One Town police station in Karimnagar on Wednesday. TRS leader Sardar Ravinder Singh filed the complaint alleging that the UPA chairperson had assured formation of Telangana during the General elections of 2004 and 2009, but did not keep her word, One Town circle inspector V Surender told PTI. ...
11:43 PM, Jan 30, 2013
The Telangana protests are set to get louder in the national capital on Wednesday as seven Congress MPs will be arriving in Delhi this morning and are expected to hand over their letters of resignation to Sonia Gandhi. ...
06:39 AM, Jan 30, 2013
The Telangana crisis continues as seven Congress MPs from Andhra Pradesh have said that they will send their resignation letters to party President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday. The MPs, after being summoned by the party high command, will land in Delhi on Wednesday. ...
02:24 PM, Jan 29, 2013
A midnight statement three years ago on the formation of Telangana, by the then Home Minister P Chidambaram, that was aimed at ending TRS chief K Chandrashekhara Rao's fast unto death opened a pandora's box. But just a few days later the Centre went back on its word by appointing a committee headed by Justice BN Srikrishna to decide on a separate state of Telangana. ...
01:54 PM, Jan 29, 2013
The Telangana stir has intensified on Monday with activists and police clashing at Indira Park in Hyderabad. The Ranga Reddy district court has now admitted a petition against former home minister P Chidambaram and Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde accusing them of cheating the people of Telangana with their statements. The court has directed the police to register a case. ...
02:23 PM, Jan 28, 2013
The Telangana stir intensified on Monday as angry Protestors clashed with the police at the Indira Park in Hyderabad, which has become the nerve centre of the pro-Telangana protests, with the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leading a 36-hour relay strike. Agitating protestors also broke barricades. ...
11:33 AM, Jan 28, 2013
Pro-Telangana activists are upset with yet another delay on the statehood issue and have threatened to intensify the protests in Hyderabad. This came after the Centre deferred the Telangana decision once again on Sunday. After a meeting of top Congress leaders, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde issued a statement saying the consultation process is still on and a final decision cannot be reached now. ...
07:41 AM, Jan 28, 2013
In a bid to mount pressure on the Centre over the Telangana separate statehood issue, Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader KT Rama Rao on Sunday morning courted arrest while the Telangana Joint Action Committee said that they would go ahead with its 36-hour hunger strike, despite a ban. Police had denied permission to TJAC for the strike. ...
11:48 AM, Jan 27, 2013
In another twist to the Telangana tangle, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress incharge of Andhra Pradesh's political affairs, hinted on Wednesday night of a delay in deciding on the issue of separate statehood. Congress leaders from the region, who were hopeful of a quick decision, are now finding it hard to save face. ...
08:10 AM, Jan 27, 2013
