Anna being released: sources

Thanks to an unprecedented outpouring of support and emotion from across the country, the government is learnt to have issued an order to release Anna Hazare. According to unconfirmed reports, the government has released a warrant for his release to the Director General of Prisons, Delhi. The order/recommendation has to be processed and agreed by […]

BJP, left parties hold joint meeting to discuss Anna Hazare crackdown

India’s major opposition parties, including the right-of-centre Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), the Communists and regional parties have come together to determine the oppositions’ next move on the Anna Hazare agitation. Minutes after both houses of the Indian Parliament were adjourned after a shouting match between the opposition and the governing sides, leaders of opposition parties […]

US credit rating downgrade may impact India’s IT, gems & jewellery exports: FIEO

The apex organization of Indian exporters has expressed alarm over the downgrading of US Government credit rating from the top level ‘AAA’ to the AA+ category by credit-rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P.) Exports of garments, handicrafts, leather, gems and jewellery and IT are likely to be the most affected, the Federation of Indian Exporters […]