News Broadcasting
Positiv TV plans to launch national news channel ‘Focus’
MUMBAI: Guwahati-based media company Positiv TV is planning to launch a bi-lingual national news channel ‘Focus.’ The target date is 26 January, 2008.
“We will launch the news channel after the initial dry run. We are aiming at a 26 January launch if there are no procedural delays,” says Positiv TV promoter Manoranjana Sinh.
With bureaus spread across the country, Focus’ head office will be in located in Noida.
Positiv TV currently operates a bi-lingual news channel in North-East ‘NE TV’, a bi-lingual entertainment channel NE ‘Hi-Fi’ and a Bengali infotainment channel NE Bangla in West Bengal.
Sinh says NE Bangla will be re-launched as a news channel on 2 December. NE Bangla operates out of Kolkata. Headed by Ramesh Gandhi, NE Bangla gets its content from Rainbow Productions. Earlier Rainbow Productions provided content to ATN news and DD.
As reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com, Positiv TV will be also launching two news channels for Jharkhand and Hyderabad.
The company will first launch Hamar TV in Jharkhand followed by HY TV in Hyderabad.
North East Multimedia, the radio venture of the company, operates three FM stations in Guwahati, Shillong and Agartala. By the year end, it will roll out the fourth station in Itanagar to complete launching all stations of which it has obtained license.
News Broadcasting
Kamlesh Singh receives Haldi Ghati Award from MMCF
India Today Group editor honoured for three decades of journalism at Udaipur ceremony.
MUMBAI- Kamlesh Singh just turned a lifetime of sharp words into a shiny shield because when journalism wakes up a society, even the Maharana of Mewar wants to pin a medal on it.
The Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF) conferred its prestigious Haldi Ghati Award on Kamlesh Singh, a senior editor at the India Today Group, during a ceremony in Udaipur on 15 March 2026. The national award, instituted in 1981-82, recognises “work of permanent value that initiates an awakening in society through the medium of journalism.”
Singh, who leads several editorial initiatives including Aaj Tak Radio, the Teen Taal community and The Lallantop, was presented the honour by Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, Managing Trustee of MMCF. The citation highlighted his three decades of contributions to Indian media, innovations in digital journalism, mentoring young reporters, and his popular podcast persona “Tau” on Teen Taal, which fosters thoughtful public discourse.
The Haldi Ghati Award, named after the historic Battle of Haldighati symbolising valour and resilience, is one of four national awards given annually by MMCF. Past recipients include Tavleen Singh, Piyush Pandey and Raj Chengappa.
Other honourees this year included Padma Vibhushan Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Vedamurti Devvrat Rekhe, Treeman of India Marimuthu Yoganathan, Vir Chakra Capt Rizwan Malik, and US-based researcher Molly Emma Aitken, who received the Colonel James Tod Award for contributions to understanding Mewar’s spirit and values.
In an era where headlines often shout louder than substance, the MMCF quietly reminded everyone that real journalism isn’t about noise, it’s about the quiet, persistent work that stirs society awake, one thoughtful story at a time.
