Tag: India News

  • Manoj Jagyasi elevated to Zee Media executive cluster head-sales

    Manoj Jagyasi elevated to Zee Media executive cluster head-sales

    NEW DELHI: Zee Media Corporation Ltd has elevated Manoj Jagyasi as executive cluster head-sales where he will be responsible for aligning the topline responsibilities with bottom numbers of cluster news channels under Zee Media.

    Jagyasi was earlier working as the executive cluster head–revenue for Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd for the past one year. 

    In his expanded role, he will be working on co-creation of content along with keeping news value intact for better monetization opportunities for revenue teams and will also be closely working with the management team from across all verticals, in order to build a future-ready model of digital + television. 

    Jagyasi carries more than 13 years of experience in business development and sales, across industries – television, radio, internet, and FMCG and has been associated with brands like Zee Unimedia Ltd, ETV News Network at TV 18, iTV Network–India News, HUL, and India Today. 

  • NBF condemns attempt to attack Arnab Goswami

    NBF condemns attempt to attack Arnab Goswami

    MUMBAI: The News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) has expressed concern and shock at the recent attempt to attack Republic TV managing director and editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, and his wife, by a section of a particular political party in Mumbai, while they were driving back home from work.

    "The NBF strongly condemns the attempt to attack Arnab, for performing his professional duty," said NBF secretary-general R Jai Krishna.

    "The attack on Arnab Goswami will not be taken lightly.  We stand by Arnab and will do whatever required in this fight. Attack on media will not be tolerated," said Prag News (Assam) founder Sanjive Narain.

    "Sorry to know about this incident. The government should provide sufficient personal security," said Digvijay News (Karnataka) MD Anand Sankeshwar.

    "It is very shocking," said Twentyfour News MD Sreekantan Nair. "We strongly protest against the incident, and request the police to take immediate action to arrest the culprits."   

    "We at ITV Network condemn this cowardly act of violence against Arnab Goswami and his family in today’s India. This is unacceptable and must be condemned by all," said ITV Network promoter Kartikeya Sharma.

    "It’s disgraceful for someone to attack Arnab and his wife. Such a cowardly act is deeply condemnable and shouldn’t be taken so easily. This is the price a journalist gets for raising relevant questions; it’s a shame. NBF and its members wouldn’t hesitate to go on a protest if the perpetrators are not brought to light soon,” said Fourth Dimension CEO Shankar Bala. 

    Journalists are professionals and reflect the views and sentiments of the larger people, opined NBF in a release, adding that instead of engaging in a democratic debate, such incidents of harassment and attempt to physically attack the individual is shocking and highly condemnable.

    NBF is India’s largest industry association representing the combined interests of over 300 TV news channels, discharging the essential service of taking news and information to the doorsteps of 100 crore Indians.

  • iTV Network appoints R K Arora as director – strategy and planning

    iTV Network appoints R K Arora as director – strategy and planning

    Noida: In an announcement made on Friday by iTV Network, R K Arora joins as director – strategy and planning. Arora has a wealth of leadership experience of around two-and-a-half decades in the news broadcasting, spanning the entire spectrum from strategic vision and planning to execution. He has a standout track record, result-oriented approach and has a deep understanding of news ecosystem.

    Arora was, until recently, the executive director and CEO of Zee Media Corporation Limited (ZMCL). He has previously held various senior executive positions with various media houses of repute viz. News Nation, India News, News 24 and India TV.

    Arora is a Chartered Accountant by profession and has formidable experience in Finance, Distribution, overall operations and formulating strategies for the organization. In his new role at iTV network, he will focus on creating streamlined operating models between cross-functional teams, orchestrating a rhythm of the business system of focus and accountability, and driving efficiencies in go to market activities by streamlining processes and automating work.

    He will report to the network's board.

    Arora is an iTV alumnus, and elaborating on the vision that he aims to follow in his new role at iTV Network, he said, “It is a nice moment to come back to iTV network. With so much change and disruption unfolding in the news industry, this is an opportune time to work with increased focus on growth and innovation, and I am excited to channel my experience and insights from towards overall strategic development and growth of iTV network.”

    Speaking on Arora’s new role with iTV Network, Kartikeya Sharma, Founder and Promoter of iTV Network, said, “His extensive experience across news industry brings a wealth of knowledge and experience on how technology is disrupting and transforming the industry. As iTV network continues to grow in 2019, Arora’s unique insights and expertise will help guide the vision and drive forward our ambitious global growth plans.”

  • India News launches, ‘Desh Ka Sawaal’, daily debate show

    India News launches, ‘Desh Ka Sawaal’, daily debate show

    MUMBAI: India News, one of the leading Hindi news channel by iTV Network, launches ‘Desh Ka Sawaal’ a daily debate show anchored by Shri Manish Awasthi, Chief Political Editor. The show is being telecasted from Monday to Saturday from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM. 

    The special debate show is focused upon serious issues which affects the people of the country. Each day, ‘Desh Ka Sawaal’ will raise a burning question from the field of Politics, Current Affairs, Sports, Entertainment and other major stories of the day. In the show, the panelists will have an equal opportunity and time to voice their opinion and avoid any hue & cry during the show. 

    At the end of the debate, the anchor gives his unbiased opinion to conclude the debate. The format of the show has been created to help viewers to understand the crux of the issue, rather than viewing a heated and argumentative debate. 

  • India News Haryana Hosted Mega Political Conclave ‘Manch Haryana’ in Chandigarh

    India News Haryana Hosted Mega Political Conclave ‘Manch Haryana’ in Chandigarh

    Chandigarh: India News Haryana the leading regional Hindi news channel by iTV Network today hosted a mega political conclave ‘Manch Haryana’ at Hotel Taj, Chandigarh to present the holistic picture of the development in the state. Manch Haryana is an initiative of India News Haryana, to foster a sense of citizenship and make political processes more transparent and accountable towards the people of the state.      

    The event was graced by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Haryana, Sh. Manohar Lal. While attending, Shri Manohar Lal in an exclusive session at India News Manch Haryana, said “The people of the state of Haryana has given us so much Love because of our fair and transparent governance.” We will prove the slogan of ‘Ab Ki Baar 75 Paar’, because people and trust and confidence in our government.” On the employment front, Shri Manohar Lal said, “Our government has given huge jobs, our focus is on skill development, and we have opened Vishwakarma Skill University to polish skills of youth to get new jobs.” He further added that, “Haryana has ranked number 3 from 14 in the ease of doing business ranking.”  Further on the farmer empowerment he said “Our government has given maximum compensation to farmers, we have recently started ‘Meri Fasal Mera Byora’ portal for farmers benefit, and by 2022 we will achieve our target to double the farmer’s income.” He also announced about his next 5 years plans. He said “Govt. is planning to set up a database of the people of the state to provide benefits of government schemes.”

    The conclave was attended by the biggest political leaders of Haryana, who voiced their opinion on various topical issues. The event of Haryana Manch was marked by multiple panel discussions and one-on-ones that sought and addressed several key issues including law and order, development and infrastructure, health and education, youth welfare and employment, women safety and agriculture.

    During the India News Haryana Manch Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Former Chief Minister of Haryana, spoke exclusively during a one on one session, while speaking he said “Congress government did a lot for people of the state while BJP government failed on most of the points.” On the issue of development he said, “Anyone can compare the statistics of the work done by Congress and BJP government on employment and development.”

    In another session on employment through industrial development in the state, Shri Vipul Goyal, Industry & Commerce Minister, Govt. of Haryana and Shri Kuldeep Sharma, Senior Congress Leader attended the session, while discussing, Shri Sharma said “Haryana has not yet been developed in terms of industrial growth, further he suggested that, Haryana government should reserve some percentage of Jobs for the people of Haryana” countering the same, Shri Goyal said “People of the state are happy with the work of Manohar Lal-led BJP government.” While speaking on providing jobs he said, “Our government has provided more jobs than promised, we have organized more than 160 Job fairs under ITI in 2016-17.”

    In an exclusive session with the Shri Vinod Sharma, Former Central Minister and President of Haryana Jan Chetna Party, Mr. Sharma said “establishing Industries can create Job opportunities in the state”, further he added that, every district should have IMT, while employment is an important issue, the state can only develop once our youth get jobs.”  Further he added that, “People were not satisfied with the work done by Congress government.”  He also said that, “In a democracy, only people matters not any politician.” 

    In an exclusive session with Finance Minister of Haryana Captain Abhimanyu, he said, “Employment rate has increased in past five years, crores of rupees has been invested in Haryana.” He also shared his views on the Budget 2019-20, says “Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman presented a historic budget.” He also said that “Our government avoided loans, tightened expenses and cut down the losses of Electricity Companies.”  On the employment generation he said, “Our government has given employment to the youth of the state in an honest manner.”

    In another session on the social security in the state, Shri. Krishan Bedi, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of Haryana with Shri Satbir Saini, Senior INLD Leader and  Shri Karan Singh Dalal, Senior Congress Leader, the leaders discussed about the situation on how Haryana can become a better place for coming generations and the development work done by BJP government so far in the state.  During the session, Shri. Krishan Bedi said “We have empowered all the sections of the society, our government has implemented CM Shagun Yojna for daughter’s marriage.” While, Shri Satbir Saini said “Crime graph has increased in the state.”

    In an important session on water conservation, Shri Rao Narbir Singh, Cabinet Minister for PWD (B&R), Forest, Civil Aviation & Architecture, Govt. of Haryana and Shri Karan Singh Dalal, Senior Congress Leader, discussed about the core issue and how the government can take adequate steps to improve ground lever water level in Haryana. While speaking Shri Rao Narbir Singh, said “Our government has implemented many projects for water conservation, no one can get the benefit in just one day, we have created many bridges and Dams.” While, Shri Karan Singh Dalal said “Water Conservation is the need of the hour today.”  Further he suggested that, “Government should build a Bridge over Yamuna River in Haryana and the government should also focus on Crop diversification at large scale.” 

    In another session on Health & Wellness situation in the state, the panelists including Shri Ram Bilas Sharma, Education Minister, Govt of Haryana with Ms. Geeta Bhukkal, Senior Congress Leader. Shri Ram Bilas Sharma said “We have increased the number of teachers in the state, the education system of the state became much better under our regime.” While, Ms. Geeta Bhukkal said “We should avoid politics in the name of education and health.”

    In another session, Haryana Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Mr. O.P. Dhankar, said “Haryana is moving on a development pathway. We are educating farmers to stop crop burning in the state, we are working for the betterment of farmers.” Further he also added that, “Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has a vision to double to salaries of the farmers in India.”

    During Manch Haryana, high-caliber individuals from the state were also felicitated by the Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri. Manohar Lal with the Haryana Gaurav Awards. The award took genuine pride in the efforts of real-life heroes from the state and saluted them for resolutely chipping away at their goals to turn simple life experiences into something extraordinary.  

  • India News appoints Dinesh Gautam as executive editor

    India News appoints Dinesh Gautam as executive editor

    MUMBAI: India News of iTV Network has appointed Dinesh Gautam as its new executive editor. Prior to joining the organisation, he worked with ETV Bharat as editor for five Hindi news channels.

    Gautam has been in the TV news industry for two decades. He commenced his career in 2001 at Zee Media as principal correspondent and anchor. After almost three years of his stint with the organisation, he made a move in 2005 as deputy editor senior anchor at Sahara Samay.

    After almost a decade, in 2015, he joined Broadcast Initiatives Ltd—HDIL as deputy editor senior anchor. After gaining eleven months of experience with the company, he switched to JK 24×7 news channel as executive director senior anchor. Later, after a span of six months, he served Moonlight films and Theatre Studio in 2017, as creative director.

  • India News curates special programming for IPL 2019

    India News curates special programming for IPL 2019

    MUMBAI: As the cricket fever is rising up with 2019 Indian Premiere League (IPL) season 12, beginning from 23rd March, India News, one of India’s leading Hindi news channel curates special programming lineup for the IPL series under the umbrella branding of  Jhamajham Cricket, the special cricket show telecasted every day at 6:30 PM.  

    India News will bring to the viewers a descriptive and insightful review of each match from on and off the field during all the IPL matches. 

    During the half an hour cricket show Jhamajham Cricket will cover  different aspects of the IPL  series including top news stories of the IPL Matches in a superfast format, the show will be a showcase the graphical representation of bowling and batting figures of key players from both the innings also there will be a special segment to analyze bowler’s performances for each day, the cricket experts will gauge and analyze the players performance during the studio discussion.      

    There will be special guests from the cricket fraternity like Mr. Praveen Kumar, Mr. Anshuman Gaekwad, Mr. Reetinder Sodhi and Mr. Rajkumar Sharma who will give their expert opinions on the team strategies, pre and post-match analysis and team line up during studio discussions.

    These cricket experts will analyze the player’s performance during these segments and will also analyze the performances of each team to make it to the finals. In addition to the studio shows, there will be special outdoor shows with the live audience which will cover spot interviews and vox-pop with fans from the cricket stadium.

  • Nikhil Kumar Dubey Joins India News as Executive Editor

    Nikhil Kumar Dubey Joins India News as Executive Editor

    MUMBAI: Nikhil Kumar Dubey, a noted television journalist is beginning a new innings with India News. He has joined India News as Executive Editor, and will be responsible for enhancing the accuracy, suitability and unique news production and programming of India News, known for its direct and unbiased brand of journalism.

    Dubey has had a longstanding association with ABP News – his first stint with the channel dates back to April 2006, under its erstwhile brand Star News. Other media organizations he has been associated with include Aaj Tak, Zee News, IndiaTV and Sahara Samay.

    Having spent over 16 years in the media industry and played crucial roles related to News delivery, Dubey's entry is expected to help India News reinforce its programming to continue reflecting the highest standards of news presentation –keeping fairness, objectivity and balance in the way information is treated.

    Dubey has an LLB degree from Allahabad University and a degree in Mass Communications from the University of Delhi.

  • India News Manch – Modi Sarkar Kitni Asardaar? India News Conclave to Analyze Modi Government’s Four Years in Power

    India News Manch – Modi Sarkar Kitni Asardaar? India News Conclave to Analyze Modi Government’s Four Years in Power

    MUMBAI: India News, known for its direct and unbiased brand of journalism, is all set to host a special conclave Manch – Modi Sarkar, Kitni Asardaar? (How Effective Has the Modi Government Been?) in New Delhi on Friday, May 25, 2018. The day-long event will present a comprehensive overview of the BJP government at the Centre as it completes four years in power under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The event will be telecast live on India News and NewsX starting 10.00 a.m. 

    Spread over a day, the conclave will feature top political leaders and ministers from the Modi cabinet, government officials and members from the opposition. Besides political leaders, the event will be attended by bureaucrats, economists, leading journalists, corporates and esteemed members of the civil society. 

    The conclave will feature Special one-on-one interviews and panel discussions with Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of Railways and Coal, Shri Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Hon’ble Minister of Information and Technology, Shri Prakash Javdekar, Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development, Dr. Jitendra Singh, MoS, PMO, Shri Subramanian Swamy, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Shri Randeep Surjewala, In-charge, Communications, AICC, Shri RPN Singh, Spokesperson, AICC, and other prominent politicians and leaders.

    Manch is an India News initiative to foster a sense of citizenship and make political processes more transparent and accountable towards the people of the country. The event in New Delhi will be marked by multiple panel discussions and one-on-ones that sought to address several key issues including Law and Order, Development and Infrastructure, Health and Education, Youth Welfare and Employment, Women Safety and Agriculture. 

  • India News Manch: Yogi Sarkar Kitni Asardar: uttar pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath reiterates his focus will remain fixed on development

    India News Manch: Yogi Sarkar Kitni Asardar: uttar pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath reiterates his focus will remain fixed on development

    MUMBAI: India News, organised an event called Yogi Sarkar, Kitni Asardaar? The day-long event, held in Lucknow on Saturday, March 17, 2018, presented a comprehensive overview of the BJP government’s first year in power in Uttar Pradesh under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

    Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was the chief guest at the elaborate event attended by several political leaders including Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, former CM Akhilesh Yadav, Sidharth Nath Singh, Health Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Swati Singh, State Minister of Women Welfare and Aparna Yadav, Samajwadi Party leader. In addition, the event was attended by bureaucrats, economists, leading journalists, corporates and esteemed members of the civil society.

    In an exclusive conversation with Kartikeya Sharma, founder and promoter of iTV Network, and Deepak Chaurasia, Editor-in-Chief, India News, the Chief Minister emphasised on the importance of working towards salvaging the state from the effects of years of caste and dynastic politics and shifting the focus towards development in the state.

    Upbeat about his government’s completion of a year in power, Yogi Adityanath reiterated his focus will remain fixed on development, women empowerment and agriculture. The Chief Minister talked about providing a reliable supply of electricity to farmers by encouraging private-sector participation to implement a robust system aimed at improving the condition of agriculture in the state.

    The Chief Minister noted that corruption, goondaism and gross mismanagement were some of the main challenges that his government had to grapple with when it assumed power in the state a year ago. He then highlighted the efforts of his government to address some of these long-standing concerns in sync with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas’ (Collective Efforts Inclusive Growth) policy.

    The event was marked by multiple panel discussions that captured the hits and misses of the past year, including the BJP’s recent defeat in the UP by-polls, and featured several ministers from the Yogi government and the opposition. The main areas that the conclave covered while evaluating the performance of the current government included: General effectiveness of the government with the focus on pointed macro- as well as micro-level questions, effectiveness of the government in enhancing women empowerment and Youth, effectiveness of the government in addressing minority concerns.

    The event culminated with the presentation of the India News Uttar Pradesh – Shaurya Samman Awards, a commendation ceremony that recognized exceptional acts of bravery and commitment by the UP police.