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An Indian rolling-news broadcast pairs development announcements with storm warnings and a divided election result in Uttar Pradesh.
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Republic Bharat LIVE: Joshimath Helicopter Crash | PM Modi Gujarat Visit | Rahul Gandhi | Gyanesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Gujarat visit and rain-related travel disruption feature in a rolling-news broadcast from Republic Bharat, India's Hindi-language news channel.
The broadcaster's briefing says Modi was beginning a two-day visit to the western Indian state to inaugurate and dedicate development projects worth more than 140 billion rupees. Gujarat is familiar political territory for Modi: he served as its chief minister before becoming prime minister in 2014.
Weather coverage reaches across several regions. The channel reports torrential rain and strong winds associated with Cyclone Arnab in parts of West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, disrupting flights and trains. Separately, it describes intermittent overnight rain around Delhi and neighbouring cities, including Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram, accompanied by cold winds and falling temperatures.
The political briefing also reports a split outcome in eleven legislative contests in Uttar Pradesh: six seats for Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party and five for the Samajwadi Party. It highlights Samajwadi victories in legislative council elections in Varanasi and Lucknow. Party leader Akhilesh Yadav portrays those results as a setback for the BJP governments at both state and national level.
The upload carries the title "Republic Bharat LIVE: Joshimath Helicopter Crash | PM Modi Gujarat Visit | Rahul Gandhi | Gyanesh". Its accompanying briefing concentrates on the Gujarat visit, weather and election results rather than providing details of the helicopter incident named in the title.
India's prime minister since 2014 and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He previously served as Gujarat's chief minister from 2001 to 2014.
More on Wikipedia ›A Hindu nationalist political party that has governed India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi since 2014. It is one of the country's two major political parties.
More on Wikipedia ›An Indian socialist political party led by Akhilesh Yadav, a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. It is the third-largest party in India's lower house of parliament.
More on Wikipedia ›National president of the Samajwadi Party and a member of India's parliament for Kannauj. He served as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017.
More on Wikipedia ›An Indian National Congress politician who has led the opposition in India's lower house of parliament since June 2024. He represents Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh.
More on Wikipedia ›Gyanesh Kumar is India's chief election commissioner and a former Indian Administrative Service officer.
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Where next?
- Channel
- Republic Bharat
- Subscribers
- 32,000,000
- Channel views, pace per day
- 29,560,011 (on a normal day: 5,382,310)
- Video published
- October 30, 2026
- Video views so far
- 197,907 (less than a day online)
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- 178,705
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The rolling-news upload drew about 179,000 views since yesterday.
