Rubika Liyaquat to join News18 India as consulting editor

News18 India is sprucing up its line-up and programming ahead of the upcoming general elections. The latest addition to its editorial team is Rubika Liyaquat, who is joining the Hindi news channel as a consulting editor. She has earlier been with news channels such as ABP News and Zee News. Liyaquat is not just massively popular on TV, but has also got a massive following of her own on social media.

The channel has consistently been the No. 1 in the Hindi TV news segment for more than 18 months now, as per BARC numbers.

News18 India already has popular names such as Prateek Trivedi, Kishore Ajwani, Amish Devgan and Aman Chopra in its editorial team.

The channel onboarded another popular TV News face, Pankaj Bhargava, last week. Bhargava joined News18 India from India TV, where he was among the leading faces during prime time hours.