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  • News18 India to telecast ‘Mahapoll’ ahead of assembly elections

    News18 India to telecast ‘Mahapoll’ ahead of assembly elections

    Mumbai: As the polling dates for the upcoming assembly elections approach closer, political parties are driving their campaigns to the pinnacle in all poll-bound states including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Uttarakhand. News18 India will get a step ahead and telecast the biggest opinion poll ‘Mahapoll’ that will comprehensively analyse and decipher these poll results and give a better and clearer picture to the general public. 

    In the run-up to these polls, everyone is keen on the public and experts’ opinions to understand which way the tide is turning.  Over the past few days, various opinion polls have been released making a forecast on the outcome of the elections. The ‘Mahapoll’ will be hosted by the channel’s renowned anchors Aman Chopra and Preeti Raghunandan and will have eminent political leaders and political commentators as panelists.

    The ‘Mahapoll’ will also get telecast on News18 Uttar Pradesh/ Uttarakhand and News18 Punjab/ Haryana/ Himachal Pradesh on Friday, 7 p.m onwards.

    News18 India, being the country’s leading Hindi news channel, aims to set the best foot forward in the run-up to the polls by tapping into the power of its comprehensive network of regional channels and reporters bringing insights from ground zero. The shows have been aligned up to the expectations of the viewers as more action is awaited in the poll-bound states.

    Viewers can watch ‘Mahapoll’ on Friday from 8 p.m onwards only on News18 India.

  • BBC Tamil launches morning news programme

    BBC Tamil launches morning news programme

    MUMBAI: To meet the increased flow of news about the situation in Sri Lanka and the general election in India, the BBC’s Tamil service, BBC Tamilosai, has launched a 10-day special morning news programme.

    The special 15-minute programme will be broadcast from 7 am every day until 20 May. The programme is broadcast on 19 (15285 kHz) and 16 (17515 kHz) meters on shortwave and is also available via the website bbctamil.com as a special audio folder for diaspora listeners.

    BBC Tamil head Thirumalai Manivannan says, “With events unfolding in Sri Lanka as well as the general election in India, the BBC Tamil team feels that it’s important to keep our audiences up to date with latest developments outside our normal daily half-hour broadcasts at 15.45 GMT (21.15 Sri Lankan and Indian Standard Times).

    “As we have done in the past, we decided to add this special morning programme to our news output, to ensure our radio and online audiences are kept fully informed about developments which are directly affecting them.”

    BBC Tamilosai is one of the 32 language and regional services broadcast by BBC World Service. It offers a daily programme of news, current affairs and features, providing global insight to listeners in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu in India and across the world. BBC Tamilosai is broadcast across Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu in India via shortwave.

    The BBC’s special Tamil-language infotainment output for India’s FM market includes sports, business and showbiz bulletins and is available in Chennai via partner station, Radio One.