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Asianet News to air special programmes for Onam
MUMBAI: Asianet news, the top of the line news channel in the state, is ready to celebrate Onam with a varied range of special programmes. Sticking on to its multifaceted approach, the channel is coming up with ten Onam special programmes, ranging from the history of the festival to how demonitisation and GST has affected the celebration. The programmes would be telecast on every day from Atham to Thiruvonam at 7.30pm.
On 28 August, Churamirangum Onam (Onam depending Neighbors )traces the root of flowers and vegetables coming from Gudallur and finds it market in Kozhikkode. Bhoomiyude velicham(The new culture of agriculture), a program by the state award winning C. Anoop, would give us an insight on pesticide free onam and also would introduce some of the best organic farmers in the state. The program is to be telecast on 29 August.
Majority of the keralites would never think of a non vegetarian sadya for Onam. But for the people in the North Malabar region, the sadya would be incomplete without a non vegetarian dish. The program Onnalla,Randonam(Two Onams) will take you through the food culture of the malabar region during Onam and also through their Onam celebration,which is less familiar to the rest of the Keralites. The programme will be telecast on 30 08 17.
Business Onam, would have in detail how demonatisation and GST have affected the common man and thereby their celebrations. (31 08 17)
Teen age national celebrities Vaishnav and Yumna will be featured in a rare appearance of both. These singers will perform and engage in a chat show named Pattupookkalam (Flowers of songs) 0n (01 09 17).
Karyastanillatha Onam , a film based programme looks into the state of film in after the industry after Dileep’s arrest and also new releases sans popular hero.
Chat shows, one with the young politicians and another with the young officers in the administrative service are also in the line. A travelouge through the woods by a group of women photographers would also be a special onam treat to the viewers.Pen Camera, (Women with camera) 02 09 17,9.30 pm
Malayalathinte Youvanam, (Evergreen Malayalam) to be telecast on Thiruvonam, will have the veteran writer M.T.Vasudevan Nair sharing his thoughts and memories of Onam with M G Radhakrishnan, Editor of Asianet News.
With a wide variety of programs getting ready down the lane, the viewers could sit back and enjoy this Onam season with their all time favourite news channel, Asianet news.
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CNN-News18 to air live counting day coverage for five state election results on May 4
The channel is rolling out its biggest election coverage machinery yet for results day on 4th May
NOIDA: The votes have been cast. Now comes the reckoning. CNN-News18 is pulling out all the stops for results day on 4th May, when counting begins across five battleground states — West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry — in what promises to be one of the most closely watched electoral verdicts in recent memory.
The channel’s coverage, titled Battle for the States: The Verdict, kicks off at 7am and runs through the day across linear TV, connected television and YouTube. It is the culmination of CNN-News18’s multi-format editorial initiative, Battle for the States, which has tracked the polls from the beginning under the theme Road to Power.
At the operational heart of the coverage will be the Live Results Hub, the channel’s central command centre built to collate, verify and process real-time data flowing in from reporters stationed at counting centres across constituencies. The hub combines newsroom intelligence, analytics and on-the-ground reporting to deliver what the channel promises will be the fastest and most accurate results coverage in English news.
Leading the on-air charge will be primetime anchors Rahul Shivshankar, Anand Narasimhan, Aman Sharma, Nabila Jamal and Shivani Gupta. They will be joined by a wide panel of commentators including author Chetan Bhagat; GVL Narasimha Rao, senior leader of the BJP; Smita Prakash, editor of ANI; activist Saira Shah Halim; political analyst Sumanth C Raman; Abhijit Iyer Mitra, senior fellow at IPCS; Amitabh Tiwari, founder of VoteVibe; columnist Abhijit Majumdar; Nalin Mehta, managing editor of MoneyControl; political analyst Tehseen Poonawalla; senior journalist Subir Bhaumik; and political analyst Manojit Mandal.
Shivshankar, who serves as editorial affairs director at CNN-News18, set out the stakes plainly. “Counting day is one of the most watched events in the electoral cycle, where speed and credibility are tested in real time,” he said. “Battle for the States: The Verdict is built on that promise, combining ground reporting, sharp analysis and cutting-edge election technology to give viewers the clearest and fastest route to the verdict. On May 4, CNN-News18 will once again be the nation’s most trusted channel to witness democracy in action.”
Smriti Mehra, chief executive of English and Business News at Network18, framed the coverage in broader terms. “Elections are defining national events, and audiences turn to brands they trust in moments that matter,” she said. “CNN-News18 has consistently led from the front in every election coverage, and this special programming reflects the scale of our ambition and editorial strength.”
The channel has form here. It claims to have been India’s most preferred English news destination for election results for the past 20 years, covering everything from the 2024 general elections to the Delhi, Maharashtra, Bihar and BMC polls on the back of what it calls an “Always First, Always Right” record. Five states, one day, and a nation waiting for answers. The clock starts at 7am on 4th May.
