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MUMBAI:
TIMES NOW, India’s No 1 English News Television Channel is
packing in all the action this week in the special preview of the
forthcoming episode of Lead India, an initiative of The Times of
India to identify new leaders for a new India.
Viewers
can catch the special preview on TIMES NOW, the news partner for
the Lead India campaign. The previews will run on news bulletins
all day on Friday and Saturday before the episode airs on Star One
at 8 pm on Saturday 19 January 08.
Excitement
is at its peak this week with judges like the evergreen Bollywood
star Anil Kapoor and Industrialist Shashi Ruia of Essar Group joining
Dr Kiran Bedi, Javed Akhtar and Vikas Singh on Lead India.
In
the forthcoming episode, contestants will get a one-in-a-million
opportunity to interact with the British High Commissioner Mr. Richard
Stag who will present a brief insight into the political scene in
UK and his view of the scene in India. Mr. Stag will also be awarding
contestants a scholarship for a Masters Programme at the prestigious
London School of Economics.
The
contestants battle it out with each having to present their views
on various current social topics ranging from SEZs and cast reservations
for medical students to sting operations and death penalties for
rape cases. For the first time ever, the show will have an open
discussion between the contestants and the audience which include
renowned women’s welfare organisations, an NGO Swadesh Jagran
Manch, management and medical institutes, minority welfare committees
and political affiliation groups.
With
just two more episodes to go, the excitement is spiraling up every
second with heated discussions and loads of action as contestants
tread carefully to become what we call ‘the New National Leader’.
Watch
as these contestants remake history and revive a nation long known
for its great leaders. Stay hooked to India’s leading English
News Channel. Stay hooked to TIMES NOW!!!
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