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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicIndian TV news

Topic: Indian TV news

TV news did during 2024 election what it has been doing for 10 years—be in Modi’s corner

'We’ve never seen a PM like this before,' exclaims a News Nation editor. An ABP News anchor introduces Modi as the man without whom you couldn't dream of a ‘Viksit Bharat’. Times Now promotes itself as ‘The channel PM Modi trusts'.

Both Modi and Priyanka Gandhi are now on TV—only one of them is asked follow-up questions

Almost all of Modi's TV interviews follow the same pattern: compliments, praise, and topics he has addressed in his rallies. No tricky or difficult questions are asked.

From roadshows to studio shows, Modi ‘interviews’ are everywhere—what has changed?

PM Modi has opened himself up to questions in the middle of his campaign—he’s less formal, more spontaneous. He’s on a boat with TV 18 India, strolls in a garden with India Today correspondent, and walks inside a building with India TV. 

For once, TV news chose sensitive over sensational—Uttarakhand tunnel rescue coverage shows

The government deserves compliments for placing a barrier between the public and the rescue mission. Or news channels would have done everything to enter the tunnel.

SubscriberWrites: Debate which no one in nation wants to know – Dynamic landscape of Indian TV news debates

With a diverse array of topics, passionate panellists, and a massive viewership, Indian TV news debates have evolved over the years, both in terms of content and impact.

From Haryana to ‘terror’ on train, TV news is shy to identify victims when they are Muslim

Policemen can be seen marching in Haryana’s Gurugram after the communal violence as if they are going to war. Just days ago, an RPF constable gunned down four people on a Mumbai-Jaipur train.

Blood on camera turns news channels into revellers. Atiq’s murder gets non-stop coverage

Hindi and English news channels replayed Atiq Ahmed’s murder on live TV for over 72 hours, in slow-motion shots too. Nothing was blurred, except perhaps the line of decency.

Khan Market, George Soros gang, bulldozer politics – TV news just can’t stop these phrases

Politics is everything — that’s the drumbeat on TV news. Everything is a battle, ‘face off’; it’s always ‘Sisodia vs BJP’, ‘AAP vs Centre’, Yogi vs Mafia Raj’.

In week of BBC documentary, Parchi Baba and his ‘chamatkar’ was ‘breaking news’ on Indian TV

Whether Dhirendra Shastri is a 'con man or a god man', he has definitely become an overnight TV and social media sensation through carpet coverage on India's news channels.

If you must watch television in 2023, make it Hindi news channels

Skip English news except for poll results. Ignore entertainment channels except for reality shows like KBC. And avoid Bigg Boss unless you enjoy people making fools of themselves on national TV.

On Camera

The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.