India Today (formerly Headlines Today) is a 24-hour

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based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh that carries news, current affairs and business programming in India. The channel is owned by TV Today Network Ltd, which is a part of Living Media.

History

The channel was launched in 2003 as a sister channel of the Hindi

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news channel. It is one of the four news channels from the TV Today Network stable, the others being

, Tez and Delhi Aaj Tak. Alok Verma was brought in as the Executive Producer to successfully launch TV Today group's foray into the English news channel category. Media watchers flagged the channel for unethical use of footage in September 2015 and sexist content. In October 2020, India Today named in FIR filed by Mumbai police in Fake TRP Ratings Scandal. India Today was fined Rupees 5 Lakh, for Viewership Manipulation, by BARC. India Today admitted to being fined for viewership malpractice. Bombay High Court directs TV Today Network to Pay 5 lakh fine imposed by BARC

Associated journalists

Rahul Kanwal Rahul Kanwal is an Indian TV journalist and News Director at India Today. He was born on 14 September 1980 in Deolali, Maharashtra. He is the host of the prime-time show Newstrack on weekdays and interview based show, Jab We Met, on India Today T ...

- News Director * Rajdeep Sardesai - Consulting Editor * Gaurav C Sawant - Executive Editor *

Shiv Aroor Shiv Aroor is an Indian journalist and author. He is an editor and anchor at India Today (TV channel). He is also a defence correspondent, having done conflict reporting from defence zones such as Kashmir, Sri Lanka and Libya. He also runs a d ...

- Consulting Editor Anchors include Preeti Choudhry,

, Gaurav Sawant, Chaiti Narula , Nabila Jamal, Akshita Nandagopal

Awards

India Today and its brother channel

has won numerous awards over the years at the Indian Television Academy (ITA) Awards, and the Exchange4media News Broadcasting (ENBA) Awards.

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History

Associated journalists

Awards

See also

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