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‘India’s Most Wanted’ returns to India TV
MUMBAI: India’s Most Wanted man is back. And with a vengeance. For starters, Suhaib Ilyasi, the host, producer of the crime busting show that rocked many a criminal’s boat has started appearing on the small screen from 20 May.
Ilyasi is back at doing what he did best in the nineties, anchoring the same show, calling it India TV’s Most Wanted. The channel: Rajat Sharma’s India TV.
Not only that. Ilyasi is set to join Sharma, Tarun Tejpal, Maneka Gandhi in the campaign promoting the news channel. He says that the show, in its new avatar, is even more aggressive. Short 10 minute clips called Faraar Kaun highlighting a criminal, air on the channel three times a day (9:50 am, 2:50 pm and 9:50 pm) six times a week. A half hour programme going more into the details about a criminal comes on air at 9 pm on Sunday. This is the programme which has been called India TV’s Most Wanted. (The brand India’s Most Wanted [IMW] belongs to Zee TV, Ilyasi says).
“Earlier when we were on Zee TV we had no time to repeat the shows. But we will show the clips again and again until a result is produced,” Ilyasi says, in a conversation to indiantelevision.com.
He says he knows that he is going to face a backlash from those who will be harmed by the show. “But that is not going to deter me,” he reiterates. “I am a man with a mission. It’s ‘deewangi’… it’s a passion… it is not the work of a wise person. What I am doing is the work of a madman,” says Ilyasi. “But I tell myself that we have one life… so let’s do whatever we want to do.. whatever we can do… let’s serve our motherland. I can use television to clean up the country. Even if I have to lose my life it’s OK.”
According to him, IMW on Zee TV helped bring around 60 dubious characters to book. “I know some of them are behind bars, some out on bail, some have been killed in encounters,” he says. “In that way I achieved what I had set out to do.”
He points out that he had been framed the last time around. “My wife and I were hit by the pressures of the job. I was too busy doing the show. She couldn’t take it and she committed suicide,” he explains. “My sister-in-law in Canada wanted custody of our child, which I was against. She innocently mentioned to someone that I had asked for Rs 17,000 as dowry and before she and I knew it, the whole thing had become a bit of a circus and I landed up behind bars for a month.” Ilyasi reveals that the custody battle is still on and the experience in jail has taught him a lot.
Coming back to India TV’s Most Wanted, Ilyasi elaborates, “We don’t believe what the police says is right. We research the programme. I know how the police work. When their bosses told them I should be behind bars; I was. We have to be very careful about the information provided by statutory organisations like the CBI or the police. We are very clear that we nail whoever is wrong whether it is the police or whoever.”
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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.
