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Star News to shift base to Delhi
MUMBAI: Star News is gearing up its Delhi operations with a view to sharpen its competitiveness that would herald a major shift in its functioning.
In the first phase of this game plan, which has been okayed by the management board in principle recently, the Delhi set-up will be beefed up in a way so that it could also function as the headquarters of the Hindi news channel.
According to Star News sources, the first phase could take up to six months time for completion.
Indiantelevision.com has learnt from a source that this gradual shifting of base to Delhi has got necessitated due to various reasons, including sourcing and nurturing of manpower for the Hindi news channel that primarily comes from North India.
The board of Media Content & Communications Services Pvt. Ltd (MCCS), which manages Star News and its Bengali sibling Star Ananda, has in principle given the green signal for this move taking into account various factors. MCCS is also setting up a committee that would look into the costing and feasibility of re-locating to Delhi.
However, the ad sales and marketing ops of Star News, which has been snapping at the heels of news market leader Aaj Tak from time to time, will stay put in Mumbai. Keeping in tune with this, it is expected that MCCS chief executive Uday Shankar will flit between Delhi and Mumbai as hes also involved in content creation on a daily basis.
MCCS is a 26:74 joint venture between the Rupert Murdoch-owned Star Group and the Kolkata-based Ananda Bazaar Patrika (ABP TV).
When Star News began afresh, after having severed content relationship with NDTV in 2003, it based its headquarters in Mumbai. Ravina Raj Kohli, the then president of the news channel, was heading a vision of creating an entity that would take on the likes of NDTV and Aaj Tak from Mumbai, which
is known more as the hub of Indias financial and entertainment activities.
Kohli had then pointed out that Star News, based in Mumbai with Delhi positioned as a super bureau, was modeled on Fox News in the US that is headquartered in New York, while Washington, the base for all political news and developments, served as a `super bureau.
At present, most news channels having national presence in India are based in and around Delhi from where most political and policy-level news emanate.
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Rising Bharat Summit 2026 spotlights India’s global ascent
PM Modi keynotes two-day event with ministers, diplomats and icons in New Delhi.
MUMBAI: India didn’t just host a summit, it threw a coming-out party for a nation ready to own the global stage. The News18 Rising Bharat Summit 2026, held on 27–28 February in New Delhi, emerged as a high-octane platform for ideas, vision and strategic dialogue, uniting national leadership, global policymakers, industry titans, defence strategists and cultural icons under the theme “Strength Within”.
Prime minister Narendra Modi set the tone with a keynote that framed India’s resurgence as a reclaiming of lost potential built over generations. “In previous industrial revolutions, India and the Global South were merely followers,” he said. “But in the era of Artificial Intelligence, India is a partner in decisions and shaping them.” He highlighted the country’s thriving AI startup ecosystem and the recent AI Impact Summit attended by over 100 nations.
Union minister Piyush Goyal (Commerce & Industry) stressed India’s readiness to scale exports and deepen manufacturing, while Ashwini Vaishnaw (Railways, I&B, Electronics & IT) positioned technology and infrastructure as twin engines of growth, especially in AI and digital trust. Jyotiraditya Scindia (Communications & North East Development) revealed India’s ambition to lead in 6G through the Bharat 6G Alliance and partnerships with over 30 countries.
Global voices added depth: former Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo called India’s development “self-sustaining” and strategically vital; ex-UK Chief of Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter asserted India deserves a seat at the great powers’ table; and former US Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez joined ambassadors from Norway, Germany and Sweden in discussions on geopolitical realignment, sustainability and defence preparedness.
Other speakers included veteran investor Ramesh Damani, World Gold Council CEO David Tait, Vianai Systems founder Dr Vishal Sikka, DeepTech Bharat Foundation co-founder Shashi Shekhar Vempati, defence experts Rajesh Kumar Singh, Sunil Ambekar, Patrick McGee, Tom Cooper and Adrian Fontanellaz, plus cultural and sporting icons Kangana Ranaut, Saina Nehwal, PR Sreejesh, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mithali Raj, Anil Kapoor and Yami Gautam.
The summit was supported by Jio Financial Services (Presenting Partner), Phonepe and DS Group (Co-Presenting Partners), Pernod Ricard India and Kia Seltos (Powered By & Driven By), state governments of Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand (State Partners), and associate partners including NSE, M3M Foundation and Reliance Industries.
Broadcast live across News18 Network, CNBC-TV18 and CNBC Awaaz, the event reinforced India’s image as a confident democracy and emerging global power proving that when strength comes from within, the world can’t help but watch.
