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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicTV channels

Topic: TV channels

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.

TV channels spent the week teaching viewers how to wear a mask and what ‘love-jihad’ is

Anchors on NDTV India, NDTV 24x7 and India Today, like Rajdeep Sardesai, were distinctly uncomfortable with the UP government’s move.

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.