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India TV breaks news with rare Dawood visuals
NEW DELHI: India TV, a Hindi language news channel, today announced the launch of Breaking News, a news show, by drumming up rare visuals of a Dubai-based don and his links with the Indian entertainment industry.
The lead story in the inaugural show on Wednesday aired first-ever video visuals of Dawood Ibrahim and his associates. Dawood is not only on India’s most -wanted list, but has been dubbed a global terrorist by the USA.
However, no Indian or US agencies have been able to procure Dawood’s moving images and most Indian news channels use old photographs of Dawood, mostly snapped years back in Sharjah during cricket matches played there.
The sensational video was provided to India TV by one of its viewers and includes Dawood’s pictures with a leading Hindi film industry actor.
Breaking News, claimed by India TV to be the “biggest” such show, is about unveiling lesser known facts relating to subjects and issues of national and social importance.
Rajat Sharma and Sudhir Choudhary, two well-known faces of Indian TV industry, present the new show in a format that marries interactivity with live generation of news. The three-hour show from 9.00 pm to midnight airs from Monday to Friday, according to an official statement from India TV.
The statement quoted Rajat Sharma, editor-in-chief and chairman of India TV, as saying, “Astonishing as it is to see never-before pictures of Dawood, the video is a never-before opportunity to highlight Bollywood’s unholy nexus with the Dubai underworld. The D-Company video forces us to think deeper about an industry, which is the source of so much pleasure to us and our loved ones. It brings back on the national agenda, the urgent need to cleanse the funding that fuels one of the few world-class industries that we can boast of.
“Our intent has been to portray evidence never presented before, and not to cast aspersions on the individuals involved or their affiliates. People depicted as part of the (television) presentation are incidental. There is always more to life than what is visible to the eye, on both the good and the bad side and India TV understand this equation very well.”
Sharma added that by engaging experts from within the Indian film industry and opinion makers on the show, the thrust is to take the “debate to a higher level, capturing a wider view on underlying issues.”
Interestingly,India TV tied up with DTH service provider Dish TV, 20 per cent owned by Zee Telefilms, to drum up public support by airing the news channel between 9 p.m. and midnight on Wednesday at various places via Dish’s mobile vans. Dish TV lent about six mobile vans to India TV on request.
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Rising Bharat Summit 2026 spotlights India’s global ascent
PM Modi keynotes two-day event with ministers, diplomats and icons in New Delhi.
MUMBAI: India didn’t just host a summit, it threw a coming-out party for a nation ready to own the global stage. The News18 Rising Bharat Summit 2026, held on 27–28 February in New Delhi, emerged as a high-octane platform for ideas, vision and strategic dialogue, uniting national leadership, global policymakers, industry titans, defence strategists and cultural icons under the theme “Strength Within”.
Prime minister Narendra Modi set the tone with a keynote that framed India’s resurgence as a reclaiming of lost potential built over generations. “In previous industrial revolutions, India and the Global South were merely followers,” he said. “But in the era of Artificial Intelligence, India is a partner in decisions and shaping them.” He highlighted the country’s thriving AI startup ecosystem and the recent AI Impact Summit attended by over 100 nations.
Union minister Piyush Goyal (Commerce & Industry) stressed India’s readiness to scale exports and deepen manufacturing, while Ashwini Vaishnaw (Railways, I&B, Electronics & IT) positioned technology and infrastructure as twin engines of growth, especially in AI and digital trust. Jyotiraditya Scindia (Communications & North East Development) revealed India’s ambition to lead in 6G through the Bharat 6G Alliance and partnerships with over 30 countries.
Global voices added depth: former Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo called India’s development “self-sustaining” and strategically vital; ex-UK Chief of Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter asserted India deserves a seat at the great powers’ table; and former US Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez joined ambassadors from Norway, Germany and Sweden in discussions on geopolitical realignment, sustainability and defence preparedness.
Other speakers included veteran investor Ramesh Damani, World Gold Council CEO David Tait, Vianai Systems founder Dr Vishal Sikka, DeepTech Bharat Foundation co-founder Shashi Shekhar Vempati, defence experts Rajesh Kumar Singh, Sunil Ambekar, Patrick McGee, Tom Cooper and Adrian Fontanellaz, plus cultural and sporting icons Kangana Ranaut, Saina Nehwal, PR Sreejesh, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mithali Raj, Anil Kapoor and Yami Gautam.
The summit was supported by Jio Financial Services (Presenting Partner), Phonepe and DS Group (Co-Presenting Partners), Pernod Ricard India and Kia Seltos (Powered By & Driven By), state governments of Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand (State Partners), and associate partners including NSE, M3M Foundation and Reliance Industries.
Broadcast live across News18 Network, CNBC-TV18 and CNBC Awaaz, the event reinforced India’s image as a confident democracy and emerging global power proving that when strength comes from within, the world can’t help but watch.
