Anjana Om Kashyap

Anjana Om Kashyap is an Indian journalist, television news anchor and media executive who serves as Managing Editor of the Hindi-language news channel Aaj Tak. She began her journalism career with Doordarshan before joining Zee News. She later worked for News 24 and subsequently joined Aaj Tak.

Early life and education Kashyap was born in a middle-class family to Omprakash Tiwari in Ranchi, then in Bihar. Scroll.in has noted her to be an establishment friendly news anchor. Kashyap was one of the few reporters who was allowed to interview Narendra Modi in the run-up to the 2019 National Elections. Saxena opines that Kashyap refused to pose any challenging question to him. She was widely criticised for her inappropriate behaviour. The Indian Medical Association subsequently filed a complaint against her, for endangering the lives of children, in an attempt to gain publicity.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes 2016 Sultan Herself News anchor

Awards and accolades In November 2014, Kashyap was awarded the Indian Television Academy Award for Best Anchor after her work as a news anchor on Aaj Tak. In February 2015, she received the ENBA Awards Best Anchor (Hindi) honour — as reported under the coverage of the 2014 ENBA ceremony. In December 2018, she was awarded the Indian Television Academy Award for Best Anchor – News/Current Affairs Show in Hindi.

Personal life Kashyap is married to Mangesh Kashyap, an officer of the 1995 Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service cadre.

In October 2025, an FIR was filed against Kashyap for her remarks on the sage Valmiki which supposedly hurt the sentiments of the Valmiki caste.

On the morning of 11 November 2025, Kashyap aired an unverified and false report claiming that veteran actor Dharmendra had died. After the story got viral, many prominent figures condoled Dharmendra's death on X only to delete their posts after finding out that the actor did not die but was in fact receiving treatment. Aaj Tak and India Today later expressed apologies on their social media handles. She became a target for trolls who in turn started sharing news of her fake death.

In May 2026, Kashyap made a statement against Youtuber teachers, that led to widespread social media backlash, along with allegations and counter allegations. While she commented on the growing influence of online “star teachers” and commercialisation of online teachers, using derogatory words like "do kaudi ke Star teachers" etc for them, meaning frauds and imposters, this led to massive social media reaction in form of videos, posts and broadcasts from many online teachers, with some using defamatory words like “bikau patrakar”, “chatukar”, “dalli”, and accused them of engaging in “dalaali” and operating a “fake news ki dukaan" for Anjana and Aaj Tak. Later Anjana and TV Today Network filed a defamation suit before the Delhi High Court against Khan Sir, Abhinay Sharma, Babita Tyagi, Arvind Bhadauriya, and the 4PM News Network, seeking a compensation of Rs. 2 crore and immediate removal of defamatory material from social media platforms. On 8 June, the Delhi High Court refused to provide any Interim relief to Kashyap and TV Today in their defamation suit fixing 17 June as next date of hearing.