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S&P chief Deven Sharma to step down after US downgrade
23 Aug 2011
The management change had been in the works for months, and was unrelated to either the Justice Department's inquiry into S&P's ratings of subprime mortgage securities or the US ratings downgrade
Replacing Narayana Murthy, Kamath aims at new horizons for Infosys
22 Aug 2011
K V Kamath, who today took over as the new chairman of Infosys Ltd says he would realign business segments and sharpen service offerings, in the wake of the company losing its bellwether status as a software exporter
Despite government feelers Hazare steadfast on Lokpal
22 Aug 2011
As Anna Hazare's fast for a strong anti-corruption bill entered its seventh day on Monday, the government continued its efforts for a back-door compromise on the agitation
Hazare stays on anti-graft warpath
20 Aug 2011
Pak activist to mount Hazare-style protest
19 Aug 2011
Narayana Murthy bids farewell to Infosys
19 Aug 2011
Not everyone believes that Murthy will fade into the sunset anytime soon and that even as chairman emeritus he would continue to cast a long shadow over Infosys
Hegde hopes for a compromise on Lokpal bill
18 Aug 2011
Hazare to leave jail as government drops all conditions
18 Aug 2011
The breakthrough came after a nearly 30-minute meeting between Hazare aides Kiran Bedi, Prashant Bhushan, Manish Sisodia and Kejriwal and Delhi Police Commissioner B K Gupta shortly after midnight.
Hazare rejects government's conditions; protests spread
17 Aug 2011
The government has offered to relax the number of days that Anna Hazare can protest to 21 days from the earlier offer of seven days
On the edge of catastrophe
17 Aug 2011
If the Lokpal has the power to prosecute, then some other body must have the power to adjudicate. That other body must be totally independent of the Lokpal if justice is not to be turned into a joke. This pre-requisite would be violated if the judiciary is brought under the Lokpal, writes Prem Shankar Jha
On the edge of catastrophe
17 Aug 2011
If the Lokpal has the power to prosecute, then some other body must have the power to adjudicate. That other body must be totally independent of the Lokpal if justice is not to be turned into a joke. This pre-requisite would be violated if the judiciary is brought under the Lokpal, writes Prem Shankar Jha
PM dubs Hazare’s anti-graft protest ‘undemocratic’
17 Aug 2011
Amid continuous chants of "shame shame" from the opposition benches, the prime minister appealed to all political parties to ensure that the government Parliament and their processes, function smoothly and effectively
Government bows to public, but Hazare refuses to leave jail
16 Aug 2011
The 73-year-old Hazare also refused any food in Tihar Jail, saying he would continue his fast-unto-death behind bars unless the government gave a firm commitment to a comprehensive anti-graft bill.
Hazare supporter and social activist shot dead in Bhopal
16 Aug 2011
Shehla Masood, 35, an RTI activist was driving a car when she was attacked by an unidentified assailant close to her residence in the Koh-e-Fiza area of Bhopal.