News Broadcasting
Politics, movies and love: NDTV 24X7’s weekend agenda
Weekends on NDTV 24X7 are usually sure hits, this weekend its no different. Starting today, 14 February 2004 at 7:30 PM, noted journalist Shekhar Gupta will Walk the Talk with the opposition leader Rajya Sabha, Manmohan Singh.
In his first major interview in several years, Manmohan Singh talks about being torn between principles and practicalities.
Following this power pack interview is Rajdeep Sardesai hosted The Big Fight. This week, the ace reporter will be at the centre of a face-off between people on opposite sides discussing the pros and cons of Valentines Day and whether or not it has become a distortion of Indian Culture.
On the panelist will be the National Executive Committee Member, BJP, Seshadri Chari and Equus Advertising CEO, Suhel Seth.
Last on the weekend special menu is We the people. Hosted by the award-winning correspondent Barkha Dutt, the episode aired on Sunday 15 February at 8 PM will discuss whether jingoism in Bollywood is playing spoil sport in Indo-Pak relations.
Barkha will be guiding an in-studio audience as they question panelists on the that is stirring up controversy.
The panelist include famous Bollywood personalities like Mahesh Bhat, Javed Akhtar, director Anil Sharma of Gaddar fame, soon-to-be released movie Sheen's director Ashok Pandit and journalist Mayank Shekhar.
News Broadcasting
Times Network to air JVC Exit Poll across 5 regions on April 29
Four-hour broadcast spans states and Puducherry with data-led analysis
MUMBAI: Times Network is set to roll out what it calls one of its most expansive election programming efforts yet, culminating in the JVC Exit Poll on 29 April, with a multi-hour broadcast spanning key poll-bound regions.
The exit poll will air across Times Now and Times Now Navbharat, beginning at 5pm and 4pm respectively. Co-powered by Vedanta and Jindal Stainless, the programming aims to combine on-ground reportage with data-driven projections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
The network has deployed over 50 journalists across these regions, gathering voter sentiment and local insights in the run-up to polling. The effort builds on its ongoing election formats such as Election Yatra and Election Premier League, which have tracked campaign narratives and community-level issues.
In parallel, Times Now Navbharat has focused on constituency-level reporting in West Bengal through its Jan Gan ka Mann series, capturing voter opinions across diverse segments.
The coverage has also featured interviews with prominent political leaders. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan have appeared on the network’s election specials. From Tamil Nadu, voices including deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, BJP leader K Annamalai and NTK’s Seeman have also featured in discussions.
On the day of the exit poll, the network’s primetime anchors, including Navika Kumar, Zakka Jacob and Sumit Awasthi, will lead the coverage. They will be joined by a panel of political analysts, psephologists and senior journalists offering real-time insights and interpretation of trends.
The programming will integrate grassroots reportage with analytics from the JVC Exit Poll, aiming to give viewers an early sense of electoral outcomes ahead of the official results on 4 May.
With its combined English and Hindi broadcast reach, Times Network is positioning this effort as a comprehensive look at voter sentiment, blending field reporting, data and debate to decode what could lie ahead when the final mandate is revealed.
