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    Doordarshan News

    Independence Day 2026 PM Modi Red Fort speech: When and where to watch it live

    A volunteer holds an Indian national flag during a tricolour campaign in Kolkata on August 10, 2026 ahead of country's 80th Independence Day on August 15.
    India News
    Updated 8 days ago

    When broadcasting was committed to public good

    Technology can personalise and multiply messages, but participation still depends on trust, dialogue and a sense of shared ownership Public value and financial sustainability need not be opposing goals.
    Opinion
    Published 18 days ago

    Shruti Sharma on Office Office: A good comedy show is the need of the hour

    Actor Shruti Sharma and playing Anokhi Lal Mussaddi in DD show Office Office: Chali Mussaddi Ki Beti, a spinoff of the Pankaj Kapur's cult show Office Office
    Htcity
    Updated 73 days ago

    FIR filed after Doordarshan building’s falling debris injures employee

    Photo for representation (Shutterstock)
    Cities
    Published 84 days ago

    ‘PM Modi’s address to nation violated MCC’, CPI MP writes to CEC

    ‘PM Modi’s address to nation violated MCC’, CPI MP writes to CEC
    India News
    Published 125 days ago

    Movie bug bit when I was seven: Ramesh Sippy looks back at 'Sholay' and how it all started

    Movie bug bit when I was seven: Ramesh Sippy looks back at 'Sholay' and how it all started
    Entertainment
    Published 141 days ago

    Neena Gupta’s nostalgic post on TV serial Dard strikes a chord

    Neena Gupta's nostalgic post about her first TV serial, Dard, drew responses from fans reminiscing about classic Doordarshan shows.
    Entertainment
    Published 168 days ago

    She taught us how to speak to a nation: Shammi Narang writes on DD legend Sarla

    Veteran Doordarshan news anchor Sarla Maheshwari recently passed away, at the age of 71. Her ex-colleague Shammi Narang paid tribute to her, as did the national broadcaster.
    India News
    Updated 190 days ago

    Who was Sarla Maheswari? Veteran Doordarshan anchor dies at the age of 71

    Doordarshan news anchor Sarla Maheshwari, 71, passed away on Thursday.
    Trending
    Updated 191 days ago

    90s nostalgia: When Doordarshan’s Republic Day broadcast united families

    90s nostalgia: When Doordarshan’s Republic Day broadcast united families
    Trending
    Updated 209 days ago

    ‘Rabada ka kabada kar de’: Ravi Shastri's swag soaked motivation for IND batter

    Mumbai Cricket Association urged to commemorate Ravi Shastri at the Wankhede Stadium.
    Cricket
    Updated 299 days ago

    HT Picks; New Reads

    This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a book on Doordarshan and the early era of television in India and a volume that traces how India attempted huge transformations even as it stayed democratic. (Akash Shrivastav)
    Books
    Published 302 days ago

    Doordarshan's foundation day: Delhi gets a date with TV’s OG broadcasters

    Former Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Indian television journalist and director, Salma Sultan along with guests released a book, Doordarshan Diaries: The Golden Era of Television by Sheila Chaman.
    Htcity
    Published 340 days ago

    From censorship to arrests, when culture, artists came in crosshairs

    Movies like Kissa Kursee Ka and Aandhi, which had characters that seemed to be based on then PM Indira Gandhi and peopleclose to her, were banned after Emergency was imposed. (IMDB)
    India News
    Published 426 days ago

    Deepika’s fashion slip at WAVES 2025 fixed by Mira Kapoor in unseen video; watch

    Deepika Padukone's fashion slip at 2025 WAVES summit goes viral as Mira Kapoor
    Htcity
    Published 479 days ago

    Remembering Bharatnatyam dancer and producer Kamalini Nagarajan Dutt

    Kamalini Nagarajan Dutt.
    Htcity
    Published 481 days ago

    Spice of Life | Benegal redefined cinema with passion for his craft

    Shyam Benegal had the unique ability to narrate a socially relevant story without sounding preachy. (HT File)
    Cities
    Updated 599 days ago

    Gauahar Khan on making TV debut with Fauji 2, following Shah Rukh Khan's legacy

    Gauahar Khan on her fiction TV debut with Fauji 2
    Htcity
    Published 622 days ago

    Vicky Jain reveals what Ankita Lokhande said about his acting debut in Fauji 2

    Vicky Jain on Ankita Lokhande, Shah Rukh Khan's reaction to Fauji 2
    Htcity
    Published 673 days ago

    Wagle Duniya merges television and web format: Showrunner JD Majethia

    Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Duniya Naye Kissey premiered in 2021 on Sony SAB.
    Entertainment
    Published 709 days ago

    ‘Anything could go wrong’: Anchors recall early days of TV in India

    Siddhartha Basu with co-host Komal GB Singh on the sets of the TV show India Quiz in 1989. (Image courtesy Siddhartha Basu)
    Lifestyle
    Updated 834 days ago

    MK Stalin attacks BJP over 'saffron' Doordarshan logo, says 'such fascism...'

    Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin shows his fingers marked with indelible ink after casting his vote for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections.
    India News
    Published 854 days ago

    Doordarshan anchor faints during live news reading: ‘I could no longer see’

    Lopamudra Sinha fainted while reading live news.
    Trending
    Published 854 days ago

    Pooja Bhatt: Some OTT makers are going back to casting big names first

    Pooja Bhatt was last seen in Big Girls Don't Cry
    Htcity
    Published 862 days ago

    Doordarshan airs The Kerala Story, Dhruv Rathee's video screened to counter

    The story of ‘The Kerala Story’ movie revolves around the lives of three girls from the state who narrate their ordeal of being trapped in marriage after converting to Islam and taken to Afghanistan where they are forced to join terrorist outfit ISIS. (File Photo)
    India News
    Updated 868 days ago

    CM Vijayan asks Doordarshan to withdraw screening of ‘The Kerala Story’

    Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
    India News
    Updated 870 days ago

    Dehave Degula: The game-changing ideas of Basavanna

    Basava, so the story goes, rejected the trappings of his caste and left home as a boy to seek guidance at the feet of Ishanya Guru at Kudalasangama (AFP)
    India News
    Updated 950 days ago

    Agri expert dies after collapsing on live Doordarshan show in Kerala

    Dr Ani S Das.
    India News
    Published 953 days ago

    When Ram appeared before us all

    Ramanand Sagar’s TV show Ramayan is based on Valmiki’s Ramayana and Tulsidas’ Ramcharitmanas.
    Entertainment
    Published 953 days ago

    Madhukar Thote passes away at 93

    After retiring as a chief engineer of Doordarshan and AIR in 1988, Thote was associated with the Savitribai Phule Pune University for 22 years as head of the department for communication studies, and director of the Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMMRC). (HT PHOTO)
    Cities
    Published 962 days ago
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