MUMBAI: New Year week of 2010 witnessed a sudden bus strike called by the Bus Service Operators in Kerala, demanding increase in bus fares. Even while government initiated talks, the bus operators continued with the strike. It was chaos for the general public, including women and students who had to struggle with the limited number of government buses. Roads were lined with people literally begging for lifts from two-wheelers and cars.
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MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM, the hottest radio station in Chennai warms up to the New Year 2010 by being the most preferred choice of radio for the biggest events in the Chennai metropolis.
This year too Radio Mirchi is the official radio partner for the biggest and most coveted event in Chennai the Chennai Sangamam
What's more, Radio Mirchi is also the exclusive Radio Partner for the biggest magnum opus-"Aayirathil Oruvan," starring Parthi Veeran fame Karthi and directed by Selvaraghavan.
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MUMBAI: Sony has announced its entry into the car music accessory segment, with the launch of the Xplod CDX -GT595 UI & CDX-GT696 UI In-car CD receiver.
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MUMBAI: Sensitive and sweet singer Kalpana, has become the favourite singer of music lovers with her tuneful song like �Ek Ooncha Lamba Kad' (film Welcome), �Billu Bhayankar'(film Billu) and �Hotty Naughty' (film De Dana Dan). After gaining prestigious position as the versatile singer of Bhojpuri films, singer Kalpana has given a serious knock at the golden gate of Bollywood and got the red carpet welcome.
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MUMBAI: The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) and its 25 international member bodies have applauded the Indian Cabinet's recent approval of changes to the Indian Copyright Act.
The changes to the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 if passed by Parliament, would finally recognise the rights of literary and musical creators whose works are used in Indian films.
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MUMBAI: Regarded as one of the oldest Hindustani Classical conferences in India, The Dover Lane music conference is scheduled to take place from 22 - 25 January 2010 at Nazrul Mancha, Kolkata.
This year's event will boast names like like Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia and Rashid Khan, among the performers.
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MUMBAI: UTV's Delhi-6, co-produced and directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and starring Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor has been launched on iTunes. UTV claims it is the first Indian film to be made available on the iTunes online store.
The movie is featured on the store in the "New and Noteworthy" film section and is available at $9.99 for download-to-own. Delhi-6 music which is composed by two-time Oscar winner A R Rahman with lyrics by Prasoon Joshi was a major hit last year....
MUMBAI: The Worldspace India has decided to initiate legal action against Worldspace Inc (the parent company) and Liberty Media.
The India team of the satellite radio company that was left in the lurch when Worldspace decided to terminate India operations abruptly on 31 December 2009, has been in talks with local lawyers on ways to secure their dues. It is learnt that the notice will shortly be despatched to the US parent.
The Worldspace India team continues to report daily to work in absence of any clear instructions.
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MUMBAI: After creating a mark in the US and Canada last year, Kailasa will be touring the European continent this summer to promote their international release- Yatra (Nomadic Souls).
Released last September by New York based Cumbancha; Yatra (Nomadic Souls) is the band's first internationally distributed album. The band had performed at places like the Brooklyn Music Festival, Stern Groove Festival, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Houston last year, post the release of the album abr...
MUMBAI: Handest manufacturer Airfone has tied up with music label T-Series to provide music content for its new handset, AF-27.
Users will get a T-Series music loaded 2 GB MicroSD Card with a five year standard warranty as standard accessory which is worth Rs 475 for free. This Micro SD card will consist of hit music from the music labels catalogue such as, 3 Idiots, Tare Zameen Par, Delhi-6 etc alongside 10 Ring tones, 20 Wallpapers & 10 Animations.
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