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Akashvani: A voice from the sky, and a name that stuck
July 12, 2026 1:24 am
Celebrating 90 years of Akashvani, is technically inaccurate. The institution may have been called only Akashvani since 2023, but what has turned 90 is what generations of Indians have known as All India Radio.
Explained: Rules for political parties to use state-funded media during polls
May 19, 2024 1:17 pm
Two Opposition leaders, Sitaram Yechury and G Devarajan, recently slammed Doordarshan and All India Radio for ‘censoring’ their speeches. Here is what the rulebook officially says.
No 'Muslims', 'communal authoritarian regime': Opp leaders Sitaram Yechury, G Devarajan censored by Doordarshan, AIR
May 19, 2024 1:18 pm
The Opposition leaders had to drop these words from their speeches made on the public broadcaster in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.
Ameen Sayani, the golden voice of India that revolutionised radio presentation, falls silent
February 23, 2024 1:39 pm
Ameen Sayani, the most identified and recognisable voice on Indian radio, passed away on Tuesday night due to a cardiac arrest in his Mumbai home. He was 91.
India is peace loving, but won’t spare those who cast an evil eye: Rajnath to soldiers
August 15, 2023 2:31 am
Minister says government is making all efforts to modernise the Armed Forces with state-of-the-art weaponry and best training to protect the country from all future challenges
Govt cuts farm airtime: Kisan Ki Baat, Kisanvani 3 days a week
July 31, 2023 7:38 am
The programmes, sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, will now be aired on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
National Broadcasting Day 2023: How the radio came to India
July 24, 2023 9:59 am
National Broadcasting Day in India is marked on July 23 as symbolic of the Radio Club of Bombay (established by some businessmen) making the first-ever broadcast in the country in June 1923.
Akashvani’s 90 m-long tower brought down before cyclone strikes
June 15, 2023 4:24 am
A release from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said, "The move follows a safety audit of this 35-year-old tower by the structural experts from NIT Surat and CCW who recommended the dismantling of this tower in January 2023."
Death of AIR employee, daughter: ‘Residents thought stench was due to rats, sewage, called cops after 7 days’
June 02, 2023 9:21 am
According to police, they had to break the windows of the house as there was a twin-locking system, which can only be accessed by residents, and found the bodies of 64-year-old Rajrani Lal and her daughter Ginni (30).
Retd AIR official, her daughter found dead in locked flat
June 01, 2023 3:07 am
The deceased have been identified as Rajrani Lal (64) and her daughter Ginni, a student. Police registered a case of murder based on injuries found on the bodies.
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