News Broadcasting
IBN 7 to launch talk show ‘Zindagi Live
MUMBAI: IBN 7 will launch a weekly talk show Zindagi Live from 9 September. The show will try to provide a platform for people who have survived adversities in life. Hosted by Richa Anirudh, a panel of experts will join the show for discussions with the guest.
Every Sunday each episode will focus on issues like divorce, alcoholism, obesity and AIDS among others. The personal accounts will be accompanied by interesting facts, trivia and statistics to further enhance viewer knowledge on the subject.
IBN 7 managing editor Ashutosh said, “Zindagi Live is a show on the personal struggles of ordinary people, who have battled adversities and have now chosen to share their experiences with our viewers. While for some, these accounts might show a different and more realistic side to life, for others they may provide strength, comfort and inspiration, that despite the hardships life must go on.”
Added CNN-IBN and IBN 7 national sales head Sanjay Dua, “At IBN 7 it is our constant endeavour to provide interesting new programming and Zindagi Live is one such example. The property promises to be unlike any other talk show on Hindi news television and is bound to attract great response from both the viewers and the advertising fraternity, alike.”
News Broadcasting
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.
