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Indiantelevision.com to host first ever Sahyadri Navratna Puraskar 2002 Awards
Indiantelevision.com is adding another feather to its cap.
The Mumbai based television information and services company will hold the first ever Sahyadri Navratna Puraskar 2002 on 27 April in Mumbai at Hotel Juhu Centaur. Announcing this at a press conference at the CCI, indiantelevision.com CEO Anil Wanvari said that the first of their kind awards have been instituted to recognise nine outstanding Marathi (he called them Marathi Manus) achievers from different walks of life such as film, music, theatre, television, sports, social work, business and media.
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd has opted for the main title sponsorship of the Sahyadri Navratna Awards for its soap brand Godrej No 1. Tata Agni Leaf from the Tata Tetley stable and Bajaj Shevashram had chosen to be the associate sponsors for the awards show which is to be telecast on TV, at the time of writing. State-owned pubcaster DD Sahyadri is supporting the awards.
The Godrej No 1 Sahyadri Navratna Puraskar show will be aired on 1 May 2002 from 3 pm to 6 pm on DD Sahyadri. Mumbai Doordarshan Kendra director Mukesh Sharma, who was present on the occasion, said that the channel has decided to support the awards as they are a reflection of the aspirations of Maharashtrians.
GCPL marketing manager P.P. Buch said his company had opted to back the awards because Godrej No 1 was partnering the No 1 Marathi television channel in its efforts to reward Maharastrians all over.
A jury panel of industry professionals and experts have helped in short-listing the nominations for the various categories. The jury includes former India cricket captain Ajit Wadekar, filmmaker Amol Palekar, music and art critic Dr Ashok Ranade, Maharashtra Times editor Bharat Kumar Raut, Maharashtra Government cultural secretary Govind Swaroop, theatre personality Kamlakar Sontakke, Sabe TV vice-chairman Markand Adhikari, IMPPA president and Mukti Foundation president Smita Thackeray, filmmaker Jabbar Patel and film and TV personality Sachin Pilgaonkar.
The Godrej No 1 Sahyadri Navratna Puraskar 2002 seek to recognise excellence in the Marathi community from the following six among the nine spheres of activity.
Swar Ratna – For excellence in singing.
Chitra Ratna – For excellence in cinema.
Natya Ratna – For excellence in Theatre.
Ratna Saurabh – For Excellence in sports.
Seva Ratna – To recognise work rendered to the cause of people.
Ratna Sharda – The Award for outstanding achievement by a female in any field.
Ratna Darpan – The Award for outstanding achievement in journalism and media.
Vaibhav Ratna – The Award for outstanding achievement in Industry/Business.
Ratna Vahini – To recognise the outstanding Marathi Television Channel.
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CNN-News18 to air live counting day coverage for five state election results on May 4
The channel is rolling out its biggest election coverage machinery yet for results day on 4th May
NOIDA: The votes have been cast. Now comes the reckoning. CNN-News18 is pulling out all the stops for results day on 4th May, when counting begins across five battleground states — West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry — in what promises to be one of the most closely watched electoral verdicts in recent memory.
The channel’s coverage, titled Battle for the States: The Verdict, kicks off at 7am and runs through the day across linear TV, connected television and YouTube. It is the culmination of CNN-News18’s multi-format editorial initiative, Battle for the States, which has tracked the polls from the beginning under the theme Road to Power.
At the operational heart of the coverage will be the Live Results Hub, the channel’s central command centre built to collate, verify and process real-time data flowing in from reporters stationed at counting centres across constituencies. The hub combines newsroom intelligence, analytics and on-the-ground reporting to deliver what the channel promises will be the fastest and most accurate results coverage in English news.
Leading the on-air charge will be primetime anchors Rahul Shivshankar, Anand Narasimhan, Aman Sharma, Nabila Jamal and Shivani Gupta. They will be joined by a wide panel of commentators including author Chetan Bhagat; GVL Narasimha Rao, senior leader of the BJP; Smita Prakash, editor of ANI; activist Saira Shah Halim; political analyst Sumanth C Raman; Abhijit Iyer Mitra, senior fellow at IPCS; Amitabh Tiwari, founder of VoteVibe; columnist Abhijit Majumdar; Nalin Mehta, managing editor of MoneyControl; political analyst Tehseen Poonawalla; senior journalist Subir Bhaumik; and political analyst Manojit Mandal.
Shivshankar, who serves as editorial affairs director at CNN-News18, set out the stakes plainly. “Counting day is one of the most watched events in the electoral cycle, where speed and credibility are tested in real time,” he said. “Battle for the States: The Verdict is built on that promise, combining ground reporting, sharp analysis and cutting-edge election technology to give viewers the clearest and fastest route to the verdict. On May 4, CNN-News18 will once again be the nation’s most trusted channel to witness democracy in action.”
Smriti Mehra, chief executive of English and Business News at Network18, framed the coverage in broader terms. “Elections are defining national events, and audiences turn to brands they trust in moments that matter,” she said. “CNN-News18 has consistently led from the front in every election coverage, and this special programming reflects the scale of our ambition and editorial strength.”
The channel has form here. It claims to have been India’s most preferred English news destination for election results for the past 20 years, covering everything from the 2024 general elections to the Delhi, Maharashtra, Bihar and BMC polls on the back of what it calls an “Always First, Always Right” record. Five states, one day, and a nation waiting for answers. The clock starts at 7am on 4th May.
