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Clea and MTV to promote ‘A Band Of Boys’
Now India has its own version of Backstreet Boys.
A Band of Boys, a talented group of five, has been chosen by Clearity, the image management division of Clea Public Relations as the next happening music group in town. Music channel MTV has chosen the band as its next Ubharta Sitara.
The group was chosen from among 300 aspirants. It includes Chin2 Bhosle, grandson of legendary singer Asha Bhosale and Sidharth Haldipur, son of well known composer Amar Haldipur. Singer Hariharan has been roped in to impart vocal training to the band members. Ustaad Qadir Khan is giving the band a firm footing in Hindustani classical music.
MTV will reserve spots on its channel for the band's music videos when it releases its first album. The channel will also advise the band on the songs to be included in forthcoming albums.
Music for the first album to be released in February 2002 revolves around the theme of love. Leslie Lewis of Colonial Cousins fame Compositions will be done by Leslie Lewis of Colonial Cousins fame. They will have a concert next month. Performance material will also include cover versions and remixes of film songs, both in English and Hindi.
Ubharta Sitara has, in the past, promoted film star Govinda when he released his first album. MTV will also support ground gigs that A Band of Boys stages.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
