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Rajesh Khanna to be conferred lifetime achievement award at Bollywood Awards
MUMBAI: The legendary superstar of the sixties, Rajesh Khanna will be conferred Lifetime Achievement Award at the sixth Bollywood Award 2004 and the Lifetime of Glamour award at the fourth Kingfisher Bollywood Fashion Awards.
Both these events will be held at The Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Organised by South Asians living in America, both the annual Bollywood Awards and the Kingfisher Bollywood Fashion Awards, honour movie and fashion artists from India for outstanding performances during the prior year.
Born as Jatin Khanna in Amritsar, on 29 December 1942, and affectionately called as ‘Kaka’, the yesteryears star won many accolades for his performances in movies like Anand, Bawarchi, Namak Haram, Daag, Aan Milo Sajna, Aap ki Kasam and Mehbooba. After his successful stint in films, he joined the political brigade. He contested and won election from a Delhi constituency and become a member of the parliament.
According to Bollywood Fashion Awards founder Sonia Dandona, “Ravishing stars, hot models, stylish celebrities, and awesome performances… It’s going to be a spectacular night.”
The Kingfisher Bollywood Fashion Awards and the Bollywood Awards (movie) will be held on Friday, 30 April and Saturday, 1 May at the Xanadu and the Mark G Etess Arena respectively, says an official press release.
Commenting on the Kingfisher Bollywood Fashion Awards 2004, the UB Group Chairman Dr Vijay Mallya said, “The Kingfisher Bollywood Fashion Award is yet another step in the direction of keeping its commitment and promoting fashion not just in India but internationally. These awards provide a platform for Indian designers and Indian fashion to be showcased internationally.”
Besides several Bollywood actors including Sunjay Dutt, Kareena Kapoor, Urmila, Bipasha, Hema Malini and Shankar Mahadevan, the event also boasts of attendance from several international stars.
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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.
