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Star News launches ‘Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai’ a special wedding series
Mumbai, November 15, 2005: With the wedding season around the corner, STAR News, India’s trendsetting first homegrown news channel, today announced a new addition to its variety filled line-up with a ‘wedding special’ reality series. Interestingly titled, Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai, this first-of-its-kind reality special, will air daily over a period of two weeks starting 15 November. This special series will follow the ‘special’ bride right from start of the wedding plans till her auspicious Grihapravesh.
This series promises to be exciting as well as informative for the viewers and give them a flavour of the festive season. The series will feature all the elements & rituals of a wedding including the actual wedding in detail in separate episodes. Wedding preparations & planning starting from the bachelor party, wedding cards, venue selection, music arrangement, hairstyles and make-up, mehendi, sangeet, food, shopping for both bride and groom, jewelery, furniture, grihapravesh and finally the honeymoon packages.
Watch the A to Z of what goes into a wedding with the excitement of witnessing the making of a real wedding. Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai will showcase as a special segment daily between 3 and 4 pm on weekdays and also between 10 and 10.30 pm on weekends. This special reality series will kick start from 15th November 2005.
ABOUT STAR NEWS
STAR News, the first Indian news channel, is a joint venture between ABP TV, a 100 % subsidiary of ABP Pvt. Ltd.; and STAR News Broadcasting Ltd., wholly-owned subsidiary of the STAR Group; two of the biggest brands in Indian media. The Channel is best defined by a fair and balanced approach that combines prompt reporting with insightful analysis of news and current affairs. Living up to its motto of “Aapko Rakhe Aagey”, STAR News is a people’s channel that focuses on relevant news in a cutting-edge format.
Since its conception, the Channel has grown to command a viewership of over 20 million Indian homes. Today, STAR News is available in the Indian subcontinent, South-East Asia, Central Asia, UK, USA and Australia, making it the first and only Global Indian News Channel.
For further information, please contact:
Rashmi Naik / Navin Tauro
Vaishnavi Corporate Communications
Tel: / 022 5656 8787
Fax: 5656 8788
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CNN-News18 to host Kolkata Town Hall on Hooghly River
‘Bhalobasa Bengal Inspiring Bharat’ event on April 20 brings cultural icons, trailblazing women and leaders aboard a cruise to celebrate Bengal’s enduring influence.
MUMBAI: Bengal is about to make fresh waves on the Hooghly and this time the current is pure conversation. CNN-News18 is taking its iconic Town Hall format to the waters of the iconic Hooghly River on 20 April 2026 with a special edition titled ‘Bhalobasa Bengal – Inspiring Bharat’. The floating event will celebrate the state’s rich cultural legacy and how its ideas, creativity and spirit continue to shape the rest of the country.
The unique riverside setting draws on Bengal’s history as a cradle of reform, art and intellectual thought. The speaker line-up mirrors that diversity: cultural heavyweights Mithun Chakraborty and Sreenanda Shankar will share the stage with trailblazing “Devis” such as Tanya Sanyal (India’s first woman firefighter in aviation), Ipsita Chakraborty (Kolkata’s first woman bartender) and Reshma Nilofer Visalakshi (Nari Shakti awardee and marine pilot). Music will flow through the celebrated pianist-vocalist duo Sourendro and Soumyojit, while public life and governance will be represented by Smriti Irani, Leander Paes, Saira Shah Halim, Keya Ghosh, Rekha Patra, Roopa Ganguly and Babul Supriyo.
CNN-News18, editorial affairs director, Rahul Shivshankar, said the event honours voices that carry Bengal’s legacy forward. Smriti Mehra, CEO – English & Business News, Network18, added that Bengal’s stories resonate far beyond its borders, especially as the state heads into polls.
From the first woman to battle flames in the skies to legendary actors who shaped Indian cinema, the gathering promises a rich mix of inspiration, courage and candid dialogue. In a city where culture has always flowed as freely as the river itself, CNN-News18 is turning the Hooghly into a floating forum for ideas that matter.
Tune in on 20 April on CNN-News18, CTV and YouTube to catch Bengal’s heartbeat in full flow.
