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‘Powerless’ Josh duo reign on MTV in March
MUMBAI: Punjabi mundas – Josh who shot to fame with their bhangra track on Nelly Furtado’s song Powerless are all set to rock MTV the whole of March.
The Josh duo Rupinder Magon aka Rup and Qurram Hussain aka Q have been chosen as MTV artists of the month.
Viewers can get a complete download, history and geography on this Canadian Bhangra duo and their various collaborations with Sukhbir, Apache Indian and Nelly Furtado on the MTV Alert – Josh Naal – special on 11 March at 5:00 pm.
An introspection on the band – their life, music, philosophies, success personal take on Bollywood on the MTV Alert – Josh Naal – special on 21 March at 2:00 pm with repeats on 26 March at 5:00 pm and 28 March at 12:30 pm.
Rup and Q made their debut with Main Hoon Tanha a single that they performed at the International Bollywood Awards. Since then they’ve been gigging around Manhattan clubs and have completed a Canadian tour with Panjabi MC.
Over the span of last two years, Josh performed numerous shows, gaining quite a large fan club. Riding on this wave of hot new act Josh is cashing in by releasing its second album J2. Their first album Within, received success in their local markets.
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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.
