Rubika Liyaquat: Bio, Husband’s Name, Age & Net Worth in 2026
If you’ve watched Hindi news television in the last decade, chances are you’ve come across Rubika Liyaquat mid-debate, refusing to let a guest dodge a question. That’s kind of her signature. She’s spent nearly twenty years in newsrooms now, and 2026 finds her as busy — and as talked about — as ever.
Where She Started
Rubika was born on April 18, 1983, in Udaipur, Rajasthan, which puts her at 43 this year. She did her schooling at St. Gregorios Senior Secondary School back home, then headed to Mumbai University for a Mass Communication degree. That’s really where things clicked for her — she’s mentioned in past interviews that the pull toward live news and reporting started in those college years, not before.
The Career Climb
She got her first real break in journalism in 2007, and from there worked her way through some of the country’s most-watched channels: News24, Aaj Tak, Zee News. She stuck around at ABP News for a solid five-plus years as one of their lead anchors before a somewhat unexpected jump — she took on a Vice President role at Bharat24 in mid-2023. That didn’t last too long, though, because by December of that same year she’d already moved to News18 India as Consulting Editor, where she still hosts shows like Taal Thok Ke and Master Stroke. Anyone who’s seen her interview style knows what to expect: she pushes, she interrupts when she needs to, and she rarely lets a politician off the hook. People either love that or can’t stand it — there’s not much middle ground with her.
Her Husband, Naved Qureshi
Rubika married Naved Qureshi, also a journalist, on April 28, 2012. He built his own name in the field too — started out anchoring at News Express, then moved to Aaj Tak, and later News Nation, juggling both anchoring and senior producer duties. One thing that’s stuck around in industry chatter: his 2018 coverage of the Wagah Border Republic Day parade actually pulled bigger numbers than what Aaj Tak, Zee, and ABP put out that day.
The two have a son and a daughter together, though Rubika has kept their names out of the press — she doesn’t post much about her kids online either, which is a bit unusual for someone with her public profile. Her wider family includes her parents, Amar and Fatma Liyaquat, her brother Naaim Qureshi, and a younger sister, Anjum Liyaquat, who she’s said to be quite close with.
Awards and Recognition
She picked up the Best Talk/Chat Show award at the ITA Awards in 2022, and back in 2018 she received the Ganesh Vidyarthi Puraskar for her journalism work. But if you ask most people what her career highlight is, they’ll probably bring up her 2019 interview with PM Narendra Modi — it’s the kind of get that changes how seriously people take you as a journalist.
What She’s Worth in 2026
Money-wise, Rubika’s net worth is currently pegged at around ₹2 crore, or roughly $240,000, most of it coming from her TV salary and the various appearances that come with being a recognizable news face. She’s also got a decent following spread across Instagram, Facebook, and X — enough to keep her firmly in the “well-known” category of Indian broadcast journalism, well past the point where most anchors fade out.
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