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Harbhajan Mann is etc’s latest Pop Ki Aandhi
Popular bhangra pop singer Harbhajan Mann (not to be confused with cricket star Harbhajan Singh) is music channel etc's Pop Ki Aandhi for the second half of this month.
Harbhajan's latest album is called Haaye Meri Billo. He will appear on the channel on Thursday 20 December at 7:30 pm and Wednesday 26 December at 8 pm.
Pop Ki Aandhi is a slot that the channel reserves for musicians who are making waves with their music. Each month, two artistes are showcased in each fortnights.
Born in Punjab, Harbhajan Mann spent his formative years in Vancouver, Canada. So it is not surprising to learn that ice hockey and not cricket is his favourite sport. He has returned to India after 15 years and has wasted no time establishing himself as a major force to be reckoned with in the bhangra-pop music scene.
Some of his songs that are popular include Oye hoye, Cham Cham and Husnu Jawani malomal. He has also worked on the playback for the Hindi movie Papa The Great. He admires Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai and lets on that he will start acting sometime next year.
He has this to say about which kind of music he prefers working on, "It all depends on the pasteurization of a song. As long as the video of a non-film song is good, I don't find anything wrong with it. Sometimes, I get offers to do playback, but then what's the point singing a good song for others. I prefer doing it for myself".
Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was his role model. Considering the exuberance he exudes on stage, it is suprising to learn that he feels shy in front of the camera. However, he says that a live crowd charges him up. He describes himself as a "humble, down-to-earth good human being."
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Times Network to air JVC Exit Poll across 5 regions on April 29
Four-hour broadcast spans states and Puducherry with data-led analysis
MUMBAI: Times Network is set to roll out what it calls one of its most expansive election programming efforts yet, culminating in the JVC Exit Poll on 29 April, with a multi-hour broadcast spanning key poll-bound regions.
The exit poll will air across Times Now and Times Now Navbharat, beginning at 5pm and 4pm respectively. Co-powered by Vedanta and Jindal Stainless, the programming aims to combine on-ground reportage with data-driven projections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
The network has deployed over 50 journalists across these regions, gathering voter sentiment and local insights in the run-up to polling. The effort builds on its ongoing election formats such as Election Yatra and Election Premier League, which have tracked campaign narratives and community-level issues.
In parallel, Times Now Navbharat has focused on constituency-level reporting in West Bengal through its Jan Gan ka Mann series, capturing voter opinions across diverse segments.
The coverage has also featured interviews with prominent political leaders. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan have appeared on the network’s election specials. From Tamil Nadu, voices including deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, BJP leader K Annamalai and NTK’s Seeman have also featured in discussions.
On the day of the exit poll, the network’s primetime anchors, including Navika Kumar, Zakka Jacob and Sumit Awasthi, will lead the coverage. They will be joined by a panel of political analysts, psephologists and senior journalists offering real-time insights and interpretation of trends.
The programming will integrate grassroots reportage with analytics from the JVC Exit Poll, aiming to give viewers an early sense of electoral outcomes ahead of the official results on 4 May.
With its combined English and Hindi broadcast reach, Times Network is positioning this effort as a comprehensive look at voter sentiment, blending field reporting, data and debate to decode what could lie ahead when the final mandate is revealed.
