3 Year Agenda

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new council of ministers will hold a three-day conclave next week to chalk out an agenda for the remaining three years of the government's term, sources said on Friday.

India's latest parliament session ended in 10 days but it was one of the most productive in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's six year stint, as his administration managed to push through a stalled reform agenda to try and reverse the worst economic downturn in decades.

In the worst rift in years among some of the most powerful states in the Arab world, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed their ties with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of supporting terrorism. The coordinated move dramatically escalates a dispute over Qatar's support of the Muslim Brotherhood, the world's oldest Islamist...

Any talk of taxing farm incomes turned out to be a political hot potato but NITI Aayog's three-year action agenda - discussed between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Ministers last week - has set out several ambitious goals.

In a BSE filing, NHPC said: "The Board may consider an agenda item to raise the debt up to Rs 3,975 crore for the year 2015-16 and 2016-17 up to AGM through term loans/ corporate bonds/tax free bond on secured/unsecured basis from domestic market in suitable tranches."

BSNL losses are expected at around Rs. 8,198 crore, and that of MTNL is likely to be around Rs. 3,300 crore for the financial year 2012-13.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new council of ministers will hold a three-day conclave next week to chalk out an agenda for the remaining three years of the government's term, sources said on Friday.

India's latest parliament session ended in 10 days but it was one of the most productive in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's six year stint, as his administration managed to push through a stalled reform agenda to try and reverse the worst economic downturn in decades.

In the worst rift in years among some of the most powerful states in the Arab world, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed their ties with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of supporting terrorism. The coordinated move dramatically escalates a dispute over Qatar's support of the Muslim Brotherhood, the world's oldest Islamist...

Any talk of taxing farm incomes turned out to be a political hot potato but NITI Aayog's three-year action agenda - discussed between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Ministers last week - has set out several ambitious goals.

In a BSE filing, NHPC said: "The Board may consider an agenda item to raise the debt up to Rs 3,975 crore for the year 2015-16 and 2016-17 up to AGM through term loans/ corporate bonds/tax free bond on secured/unsecured basis from domestic market in suitable tranches."

BSNL losses are expected at around Rs. 8,198 crore, and that of MTNL is likely to be around Rs. 3,300 crore for the financial year 2012-13.