Modi pledges to make India developed country in 25 years

The prime minister on Monday pledged to work with vigor to turn poverty-ridden India into a developed country in the next 25 years.

Wearing a flowing, cream-colored turban printed with small stripes of orange, white and green, Narendra Modi addressed the country from New Delhi’s 17th-century Mughal-era Red Fort to mark the 75th anniversary of India’s independence from British rule.