MUMBAI: Sahara Samay Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh has won the Madhav Jyoti Alankaran award for the best news channel for the second time in a row.

The Madhav Jyoti Alankaran Sanstha, named after Late Madhavrao Scindia , gives out awards to notable contributors in the field of journalism every year.

.Dignitaries present in the function were parliamentarian Jyotiraditya Scindia, BCCI vice president Rajeev Shukla and Sahara Samay Bhopal bureau chief Ramesh Sharma. Secretary of the organising committee Mukesh Agnihotri applauded Sahara Samay MP-CG contribution through its electronic media, a release said.

The channel's Ujjain bureau correspondent Manoj Saini won the best reporter award. Madhav Jyoti Sanstha also honoured actor Ashutosh Rana, TV reporter Nalini Singh and Sumit Awasthi.