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Topic: News channels

Confused & clueless: Republic TV & Zee News’ Maharashtra coverage had Bigg Boss elements

Zee News said Congress will “offer outside support” while Republic TV claimed the party wants six cabinet berths and the speaker's post.

In Delhi lawyers-police clash, India’s news channels have already picked sides

TV news channels travelled far and wide last week. But none went further than WION to bring a ‘World Exclusive’ from Israel.

Every dog has its day. On Zee News & News18 India, Trump’s ‘killer K-9’ had many

Only thing missing was using Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's underwear to ascertain his DNA – guess that was too gross for our news channels.

Here’s why you will watch Arnab Goswami & Navika Kumar long after election results are out

In both ‘#24October with Arnab’ & ‘#Oct24WithTimes Now’, Haryana-Maharashtra results will be hailed as “historic” BJP win, Congress will be dumped into graveyard.

In Indian TV ads, Aam Aadmi Party is the new Patanjali this festive season

Patanjali, which used to sponsor most prime time news shows once upon a time, is almost absent now. Instead, it's the Aam Aadmi Party ads that have taken over.

Times Now, NewsX say Pakistani terrorists’ plan ‘foiled’, India Today finds their ‘bodies’

Such was Pakistan’s dominance across India’s English and Hindi news channels that, on occasions, one could have mistaken these for Pakistani news channels.

Zee News & India Today could barely contain their glee at Rahul Gandhi’s resignation

Republic simply wrote “Rahul resigns”, and then rolled out not one, not two but four of its correspondents to discuss the resignation.

Indians who no longer care about ‘khooni jung’ on news channels can say Salaam to Cricket

News channels continue to bowl bouncers at the opposition, ignoring the latest data showing a further fall in GDP and higher unemployment rates.

Indian TV channels still in election mode, covering every Modi move & taunting Rahul Gandhi

If it was Modinama before, it is Modiyatra now. TV channels have abdicated their duties of reporting news in favour of following their leader.

Chaiwala to Nalayak: How Pakistan TV anchors are describing Narendra Modi

As India and Pakistan face-off over Pulwama, some TV anchors are singing Bollywood songs, reciting poems to inflame passions.

On Camera

‘Sonia wouldn’t become PM’—Congress ‘whisper campaign’ that denied PC Alexander President post

The irony with PC Alexander was that when Indira Gandhi returned to power in 1980, she handpicked him as Principal Secretary and he became her political adviser, conscience keeper and administrative trouble-shooter.

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.