Terming the state "pride" of the country, Modi said it is the gateway of the nation as it guards the frontier. It is the duty of the government to develop the state at any cost, he said.
'With changing times, elections no longer are won by giving subsidies, doles and gifts before and after.' 'Entitlements, rightful gains of growth and economic development and the like are becoming important for increasingly conscious and demanding voters, especially younger voters,' points out Bheemaiah Krishnan Ravi.
Auchan and another French retailer, Carrefour, exited India in 2014
The current broadcasting platforms believe the road ahead for Netflix might not be a cakewalk
Talk of a blackout by other news channels in solidarity remained inconclusive because of the heavy news agenda on that day.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
'I got the script of OMG: Oh My God and I believed in it so much that I quit my job. Singh Is Bliing was a success but it was not a film that made a difference.' Meet Ashvini Yardi.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Newspaper readership was 50 per cent in the 16-19 year age group, the highest in any age segment, followed by 42 per cent each in the 12-15 years and 20-29 year age group.
International Ski Federation (FIS) president Gian-Franco Kasper has warned FIFA against holding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at the same time as the Winter Olympic Games.
Restricted by state government orders, the ownership of such land could not be formally registered, so the advances made continued to be reflected in the accounts as 'advances against land'.
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The DoT is wrongly asking subscribers to link their mobile numbers to Aadhaar in order to keep them active, says Gopal Krishna.
Sunil Nayyar moved to India as head of sales for Sony.
Bajrang Punia has established himself as the undisputed superstar of Indian wrestling but the road to glory was fraught with temptations
'I cried after my elimination from Indian Idol because I had got used to the lavish lifestyle, the good food, good hotels, good clothes and I was going to miss that.' Shivam Pathak returns to the good life, thanks to his hit music in Mary Kom.
The teenager's simple idea to solve a problem has been developed into an app which launched July 18 in Mumbai.
Ellen Pompeo aka Meredith Grey takes on the pay gap problem in entertainment like a badass.
Pakistan on Sunday ordered a judicial probe into sectarian clashes in Rawalpindi that killed at least 10 people as authorities imposed curfew for the second day, turning the garrison city into a ghost town.
The former Test batsman clearly played a part in trying to cover up the cheating by getting word to Bancroft that his use of some tape to try and scuff up one side of the ball had been spotted by the television cameras.
The income tax department on Monday released rules for equalisation levy - a tax on online advertisements that would come into effect from June 1.
Analysts say that Republic TV has to hit the top spot in the shortest possible time if it has to make a dent in the ad market and break even, writes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Ajit Balakrishnan recalls some lessons from the last time people talked of 'convergence' -- the mid-1990s.
The CEOs of Cricket Australia, the National Rugby League and Football Federation Australia, have signed up to the "Pathway to Pay Equality" report by the Male Champions of Change Institute (MCC), which details a milestone-based approach to achieving pay equity between male and female athletes.
Some investors have questioned whether James is less attached to some parts of the media empire that his father built
'We should become an all-encompassing entertainment and information destination," says chairman Subhash Chandra, who monitors the group on a monthly basis, leaving the day-to-day operations to the chief executive officers.
Former Manchester United and Mumbai City forward, Uruguay's Diego Forlan and La Liga's managing director for India, Jose Antonio Cachaza discussed ways for India to become a footballing powerhouse. Norma Godinho/Rediff.com sat in as the duo discussed Indian football and the Spanish League's new India tie-up.
'Sunny Gavaskar is very mischievous, Harsha Bhogle is like a schoolboy," sports broadcaster Alan Wilkins tells Rediff.com/Norma Godinho in an exclusive interview.
Or is all of media being re-invented, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
In first major growth in 5 years, 2,000 advertisers were added in Jan-Sep 2015.
The channel has begun forensic investigations into the leak of the next episode, which was put up on Reddit three days before the official release.
Titan's sarees will ride on the parent brand's immense equity and deep penetration to crack open the potential Rs 550 billion market.
Jet's advertising and that of most other airlines has been limited to new routes or promotional fares.
A definitive guide to the movers and shakers who sit at the helm of the Asian sports boom.
Trailers are key to the way an audience perceives a movie and hence a big part of the lifecycle of a movie.
Here's how she is linked to the most talked about Oscars speech of the year.
Troubles for SpiceJet seem to have piled up and it remains financially strapped.
The US and Pakistan then struck a deal that the US would raid his compound but make it look as if Pakistan was unaware, Hersh said.
The company is offering its own devices under the brand name Lyf along with other brands to employees at a 25 per cent discount.
"We want to work closely (with) Pakistan to create a more stable and secure Pakistan as well," he said.
