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Parents die in tiff over daughter’s TV watching
MUMBAI: Talk about a senseless tragedy. An argument over a teenaged girl’s television watching ended on Wednesday with the death of both parents in a north Kolkata home.
An Indo-Asian News Service report says the office-goer Manas Haldar returned home in the Cossipore area of Kolkata on 16 January and was enraged to find his his 19-year-old daughter Rituparna glued to the TV.
Haldar lambasted Rituparna for neglecting her studies and being constantly in front of the TV, but his wife Chameli intervened and asked him to go easy on trhe girl.
This enraged the 56-year-old man even further and in a fit of pique, he poured kerosene and set himself on fire. His wife’s attempts to douse the flames resulted in here also getting consumed by the blaze. Both husband and wife succumbed to their injuries on Wednesday.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
