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New Delhi, August 4: A day after Team Anna announced its political debut, some dejected Anna Hazare supporters at Navsari in Surat burnt posters of Anna and India Against Corruption. The supporters are against the team's decision to form a political party. The supporters had been sitting with Anna in protest for the past 10 days. The decision has got mixed reactions from Anna's supporters. Some

New Delhi, August 4: Tired of pesky text messages? Forwarding it to a designated number is all it will take to initiate action against the telemarketer, according to a proposal by the telecom regulator on Friday, which included a hefty penalty on unregistered telemarketers as well. In a consultation paper, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has suggested that unregistered

Jalandhar, August 4: Muslims protested outside the office of Commissioner of Police here on Friday for not allowing them to complete their prayers during Ramzan days on a Waqf Board land in Gazi Gulla locality after Hindu residents of the locality had opposed their offering prayers at the site and building a mosque there on Thursday. Even as the Muslims had started offering prayers with the advent

Mumbai, August 4: The government on Friday fixed Rs 14,000 crore as minimum price or base price for the much-awaited auctioning of the 2G spectrum. “The Cabinet approved the reserve price of Rs 14,000 crore for 5 MHz pan India in 1800 MHz band. The Cabinet also approved the recommendation of Empowered Group of Ministers for reserve price for 800 MHz band at 1.3 times that of 1800 MHz band. This

New Delhi, August 3: Sixty-year old Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi, a 1976-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh Cadre, is all set to become the new Election Commissioner in the existing vacancy and a formal notification is expected any time from President Pranab Mukherjee. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has already approved his file. Similarly, Vice-President Hamid Ansari’s Secretary Shumsherj K Sheriff

New Delhi, August 3: The Supreme Court today warned the Director Generals of Police and Commissioners of Police in all the states and union territories of contempt action if they fail to take action on use of tinted glasses in vehicles. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar asked the police machinery in the country to not only challan the offending vehicles but also to take forthwith

New Delhi, August 3: India’s crucial monsoon is expected to be 15 per cent deficient this season, the weather office said on Friday, the first indication of a drought in three years. The country has received 20 per cent less rains than normal since the delayed onset of monsoon in June. Till Thursday, the country had received 378.8 mm rainfall against the normal of 471.4 mm. “We expect monsoon to

New Delhi, August 3: Team Anna today said its political alternative will not compromise on corruption, holding their fight is for changing the system and not power. "Anna is a hero of people. How long he can remain deaf to the voice of people? He has taken a decision to challenge the political class," a statement posted on the India Against Corruption website said. "Now Team Anna is ready to enter

New Delhi, August 3: Monsoon rains will not be enough to save the country from its first drought in three years, the weather office said on Thursday as it forecast that the El Nino weather pattern should reduce rains again in the second half of the June to September season. India, one of the world's largest food producers and consumers with a population of 1.2 billion, last suffered a drought in

New Delhi, August 2: Team Anna today blinked in the battle of attrition with the Government by announcing plans to end the indefinite fast tomorrow evening as it pitched for an alternative to the current political system. Anna Hazare's announcement on calling off the agitation demanding Lokpal Bill at 5 PM tomorrow came on a day when a group of eminent personalities, including jurist V R Krishna