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Star Sports to air curtain raiser to India-Pak series
MUMBAI: STAR Sports presents Sarhad Paar, a curtain raiser to the historic India-Pak series all set to telecast the third Sportsline special on 1 March 2004 at 7.30 pm.
The 24 minute special hosted by Sujata Padmanabhan and shot in the backdrop of Kashmir talks to current and ex cricketers from India and Pakistan, as India begins its tour of Pakistan
The programme will address the issue of the sport inciting passion that can easily put the much-talked about Australia-England rivalry to shame, but also its power to build bridges between soldiers and common villagers alike living across the huge barbed wire fences.
The show will include views from Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, pace bowlers Zaheer Khan, Laxmipati Balaji and Irfan Pathan, newcomers Rohan Gavaskar and Akash Chopra, veterans Ajit Wadekar, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, E A S Prasanna and Laxman Sivaramakrishnan and Pakistani cricketers like Ezaj Ahmed, Saeed Anwar and Mustaq Mohammed.
The programme also touch upon the two teams’ peculiar advantages and disadvantages, both in the five one dayers starting March 13 and the three test series starting March 28..
April 2004 series is the first complete Indian tour of Pakistan.
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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.
