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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

New Delhi, August 2: Concern today mounted over the health of three Team Anna members, whose fast entered the ninth day, as activists held discussions on the next course of action though the government showed no sign of getting into negotiation to end the stir. Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Gopal Rai have refused hospitalisation despite their health condition worsening and a warning from

New Delhi, August 2: The investigation into the four low-intensity explosions that rocked Pune's busy Junglee Maharaj Road began on Thursday. Investigators are trying to find out the source of the explosives used in the attack. Sources say the material used suggests that it was a well-planned attack. Sources add the operation doesn't appear to be the work of a sleeper cell but of a terror group

Shillong, August 2: The ruling Congress in Meghalaya on Wednesday said that P A Sangma's decision to float a national party, exclusively for tribal communities could affect the state. "Charity begins at home.... No brain drain is necessary when he could contribute so much to state politics," Meghalaya Pradesh Congress committee president and former CM D D Lapang said. The comments came as on

New Delhi, August 2: India is all set to launch its ambitious mission to Mars in October-November next year as the Union Cabinet is likely to clear the project on Thursday seen as the first step towards exploring the Red planet. The mission envisages launching an orbiter spacecraft of 1,350 kg mass around Mars using advanced version of highly proven four-stage Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

Pune, August 2: Within hours of Sushilkumar Shinde taking over as the country's home minister on Wednesday, coordinated serial terror bomb blasts rocked Pune, a city scarred by the horrible German Bakery attack that killed 17 people two years ago. It marked a shattering of the welcome respite from blasts that the country had enjoyed, and underlined the challenges facing Shinde in his new

Pune, August 2: Four low-intensity blasts rocked the busy Junglee Maharaj Road in Pune on Wednesday evening injuring one person. The explosions were set off with pencil cell detonators placed in a plastic bag, a dustbin and on cycles at two locations, police said. Speaking to reporters at a blast site, Pune Police Commissioner Gulabrao Pol said it was a case of mischief and no terror act. “The

New Delhi, August 1: Two decades of economic reforms and drum beating about inclusive growth seem to have failed to change the face of rural India as 10 per cent of the population live on less than Rs 17 a day. According to a government survey released for 2011-12 on household consumer expenditure, "The poorest 10 per cent of India's rural population had an average monthly per capita expenditure