News Broadcasting
Times Now launches two new shows
MUMBAI: Times Now adds two new shows on lifestyle and travel are vivid and experiential to the weekend lineup. The channel has launched High Life and Take A Break on 18 November.
Take A Break is all about short getaways to locations that don’t exist on the tourist map where Malaika Shenoy shares the experiences. The show airs at 10:30 pm every saturday. High Life showcases the best that money can buy and other lavish houses, extraordinaire office spaces, night life, collectibles etc. The show will be hosted by model and film actor Tara Sharma and will air at 7.30 pm.
Talking about the new shows Times Now editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami said, “At Times Now, we believe in offering viewers shows that they can both enjoy watching and which are useful to them. High Life celebrates the high life, and will be very good viewing. And, just ahead of the holiday season, Take a Break is a ready reckoner on places about town where one can take a few days off. Both the shows add to the already exciting fare on Times Now weekend”
Both the shows are produced in-house and the executive producer programming Preeti Prasad adds, “At Times Now we’ve always believed in producing high quality programmes in-house, these two shows reinforce our commitment. Our shows like Line of Duty (that won an award in Rome) have set the standards in non-fiction television production. Our new weekend shows entertain both the voyeur and the voyager in you!”
News Broadcasting
CNN-News18 to host Kolkata Town Hall on Hooghly River
‘Bhalobasa Bengal Inspiring Bharat’ event on April 20 brings cultural icons, trailblazing women and leaders aboard a cruise to celebrate Bengal’s enduring influence.
MUMBAI: Bengal is about to make fresh waves on the Hooghly and this time the current is pure conversation. CNN-News18 is taking its iconic Town Hall format to the waters of the iconic Hooghly River on 20 April 2026 with a special edition titled ‘Bhalobasa Bengal – Inspiring Bharat’. The floating event will celebrate the state’s rich cultural legacy and how its ideas, creativity and spirit continue to shape the rest of the country.
The unique riverside setting draws on Bengal’s history as a cradle of reform, art and intellectual thought. The speaker line-up mirrors that diversity: cultural heavyweights Mithun Chakraborty and Sreenanda Shankar will share the stage with trailblazing “Devis” such as Tanya Sanyal (India’s first woman firefighter in aviation), Ipsita Chakraborty (Kolkata’s first woman bartender) and Reshma Nilofer Visalakshi (Nari Shakti awardee and marine pilot). Music will flow through the celebrated pianist-vocalist duo Sourendro and Soumyojit, while public life and governance will be represented by Smriti Irani, Leander Paes, Saira Shah Halim, Keya Ghosh, Rekha Patra, Roopa Ganguly and Babul Supriyo.
CNN-News18, editorial affairs director, Rahul Shivshankar, said the event honours voices that carry Bengal’s legacy forward. Smriti Mehra, CEO – English & Business News, Network18, added that Bengal’s stories resonate far beyond its borders, especially as the state heads into polls.
From the first woman to battle flames in the skies to legendary actors who shaped Indian cinema, the gathering promises a rich mix of inspiration, courage and candid dialogue. In a city where culture has always flowed as freely as the river itself, CNN-News18 is turning the Hooghly into a floating forum for ideas that matter.
Tune in on 20 April on CNN-News18, CTV and YouTube to catch Bengal’s heartbeat in full flow.
