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India TV’S ‘Chunav Manch Up’ creates national headlines
MUMBAI: India TV’s UP election conclave made national headlines when Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister gave his first and frank reaction on reports of family feud. Akhilesh Yadav chose AapKi Adalat at India TV’s full-day mega conclave Chunav Manch – Uttar Pradesh to state that he wants the final say on selection of candidates of his party for the coming assembly elections. His assertion created thunderous & rippling national headlines.
Riding on the towering scale of execution, enviable line-up of participation, precise timing & India TV’s editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma himself leading the charge with a series of power packed Aap Ki Adalat – Chunav Manch Specials, compelled rival news channels to cut India TV Mega Conclave live.
While the Hyper-Political Uttar Pradesh continued riddling the fervent political watchers and the most able national media, India TV yet again triumphed in delving top-end and exclusive content right from the epicenter of activity, Lucknow, that was picked up by none but all of the National Media at real time.
While UP’s first family showed no signs of recouping from the feud it has found itself into & while speculations were at its peak, India TV Chunav Manch saw UP CM Akhilesh Yadav & his Uncle & Senior SP Leader Shivpal Yadav in two separate exclusives, those had the entire nation, including the top media organizations glued.
Other big headlines came from no less than BJP National President Amit Shah, BJP State President Keshav Maurya, Congress State President Raj Babbar, Cabinet Minister Anupriya Patel, SP MP Naresh Agarwal amongst top National & State Politicians like Congress MP PL Punia, EX- UP BJP Chief Laxmikant Bajpai, Maharashtra SP Chief Abu Azmi, BJP MLA Sangeet Som, Congress Leader & Former MoS Home Affairs RPN Singh, AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi, Congress MLA Pramod Tiwari, BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj, SP Leader Ambika Chaudhary, BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, Congress Leader & Former MoS HRD Jitin Prasad, SP Spoksperson Gaurav Bhatia, BJP Spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi, Congress Leader Akhilesh Pratap Singh amongst others.
India TV MD & CEO Ritu Dhawan on the success of India TV Chunav Manch conceded, “Though we were sure that we will raise the bar for our industry peers with sheer scale & concept of execution itself, but we are elated to be able to match our audiences high expectations in terms of power content created through the effort.”
“We compete only with ourselves” She added while highlighting the strategic punctuation of a couple of Aap Ki Adalat Chunav Manch Specials.
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Rising Bharat Summit 2026 to spotlight India’s global rise
PM Modi keynotes two-day event on 27–28 February in New Delhi with ministers, diplomats and icons.
MUMBAI: India’s rise isn’t just making headlines, it’s headlining its own summit, and this time the guest list reads like a global power playlist. News18 Network will host the Rising Bharat Summit 2026, a high-powered thought-leadership forum anchored around the theme “Spotlighting Bharat’s Rise: Driven by Strength Within.” The two-day event kicks off on 27 February 2026 at 10:00 AM in New Delhi, bringing together policymakers, diplomats, business leaders, strategists, innovators, and cultural icons for conversations that aim to define India’s confident, self-assured role on the world stage.
Prime minister Narendra Modi will deliver the keynote address, setting the tone for discussions on economic momentum, geopolitical positioning, and long-term aspirations for the decade ahead.
The ministerial lineup includes Piyush Goyal (Commerce and Industry), Ashwini Vaishnaw (Railways, Information & Broadcasting, Electronics & IT), Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (Communications & Development of North Eastern Region), and Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta.
Global diplomacy and strategic voices feature former Singapore foreign minister George Yeo, ex-UK Chief of defence staff general Sir Nick Carter, former US commerce secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez, and ambassadors from Norway (May-Elin Stener), Germany (Philipp Ackermann), and Sweden (Jan Thesleff).
Industry, innovation, and economic perspectives come from veteran investor Ramesh Damani, World Gold Council CEO David Tait, Vianai Systems Founder & CEO Dr Vishal Sikka, and Deeptech Bharat Foundation co-founder Shashi Shekhar Vempati.
Defence, technology, and thought leadership include Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, RSS Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh Sunil Ambekar, Apple expert Patrick McGee, military aviation historian Tom Cooper, and defence scholar Adrian Fontanellaz.
Culture, sports, and popular influence bring actor-MP Kangana Ranaut, Olympic medallists Saina Nehwal and PR Sreejesh, cricketers Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Mithali Raj, plus film stars Anil Kapoor and Yami Gautam.
Broadcast live across News18 Network channels, CNBC-TV18, CNBC Awaaz, and streaming platforms from 10:00 am on both days, the summit aims to move beyond headlines and shape deeper narratives around policy, leadership, and innovation at a decisive moment for India’s global trajectory.
In a world watching Bharat’s next moves, this gathering isn’t just talk, it’s the opening scene of a story that’s already rewriting the script.
