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Thursday, April 9, 2026
TopicTV channels

Topic: TV channels

‘Brat’, bouncers, or Lamborghini? What made TV channels angriest about Kanpur car crash

Once it was established that Shivam Mishra was a tobacco tycoon’s ‘rich, arrogant, shameless brat’ who drove a Lamborghini, news channels went after the Kanpur police.

Modi-media love affair takes a break. It’s INDIA that has come in between

What had been described as ‘Modi ya Mahagathbandhan’ by India TV on Monday became ‘NDA v/s INDIA’ on TV9 Bharatvarsh by Tuesday.

Hussain Obama, Modi UCC pitch, Bakr-Eid goat—TV channels’ unhealthy obsession with Muslims

What Indians newspapers don’t do is chase after ‘Musalmaan’ like India TV news. And the stories can be anything as long as Muslims are involved and can be named.

Don’t spread fake news on state institutions — Pakistan watchdog warns in diktat to media

New Delhi: Pakistan has released a slew of directives to news channels asking them to refrain from indulging in "spreading misinformation and disinformation" against the...

Stop airing ‘misleading’ Naaptol & Sensodyne ads, govt tells private TV channels

Nidhi Khare, head of Central Consumer Protection Authority, a statutory body that protects consumers’ rights, says both firms did not submit data to substantiate their claims.

‘Hitting okay, but no hugging’ — Pakistanis speak out against new PEMRA rules for TV

Many criticised PEMRA for allowing domestic violence scenes while asking TV channels to refrain from ‘hugging and caressing’ content in its recent notice.

To save TV channels and get quality content, India needs better regulator than TRAI

Design flaws in TRAI are directly responsible for the TV sector becoming litigious, and the regulator’s continued interference could mean the end of it.

Rihanna’s tweet took TV news back to ’70s. No foreign criticism of India allowed

Instead of showing the BJP boast about Budget 2021, TV channels chose to defend the ‘military zone’ at Delhi borders, and attack Rahul Gandhi and Rihanna.

From Smriti Irani to Ravi Shankar Prasad — Modi’s ‘TV’ cabinet fought Opposition well

News channels found the Opposition, middlemen, Khalistanis and other miscreants responsible for farmers’ protests.

Modi’s boat ride got the coverage, but on TV, kisan won the sympathy vote

When a Zee News reporter tried to explain a gathering how the new farm laws helped farmers, one of them interrupted — we are educated, don’t tell us what to say.

On Camera

Trump’s fanboys in BJP are now proved wrong. Lesson here is to never personalise diplomacy

The only thing our deeply divided world can agree on is that Trump is a menace. Indians who once sang his praises have now turned viciously against him.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.