NEW DELHI: Leeladhar Mandloi, a senior officer of the Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service, has been made the Director General of All India Radio.
Mandloi had been asked earlier this year to hold additional charge of both All India Radio and Doordarshan after then. DD DG Aruna Sharma was transferred to her home state cadre in Madhya Pradesh and Noreen Naqvi had retired from AIR.
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MUMBAI: On the occasion of nightingale's 82 birth anniversary, Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar will be honored with the first �Hridaynath Lifetime Achivement Award' on wednesday 28 September, at Sri Shanmukhananda Auditorium, Mumbai.
The award will be presented by the legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan along with the special guest of honour Yash Chopra. Eminent singers including Suresh Wadkar, Kavitha Krishnamurty, Sudesh Bhosle, Sadhana Sargam, Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan and Sonu Nigam...
MUMBAI: Paparazzi Queen Lady Gaga will perform at the closing ceremony of India's first �2011 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix' to be held on 30 October at Noida.
The closing ceremony will be held at LAP Buddh Circuit restrobar, co-owned by actor Arjun Rampal. He said, It's a very big thing that Lady Gaga has agreed to perform in India. She's at the peak of her career and I am thrilled to announce that she will come to India for the first time."
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MUMBAI: To commemorate the death anniversary of veteran singer Mahendra Kapoor, son Ruhan will unveil music album of the legend's unreleased tracks.
Speaking about the album Ruhan said, Before his demise, my dad had conceived some music tracks. In his memory, I have created an album out of these tracks that will be released soon....
Mahendra Kapoor has also lent his voice to Manoj Kumar's patriotic song 'Meri Desh Ki Dharti' and in several BR films like Dhool Ka Phool, Gumrah...
MUMBAI: In the new era of digital revolution music portal �India Gig Alert', is encouraging and promoting independent recording artistes, bands, DJs, photographers and other music industry members, by providing them a platform to showcase their talent.
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MUMBAI: Research in Motion (RIM) has launched its Blackberry Os 7 based smartphone �Torch 9860' in the Indian market.
The device is powered with 1.2GHz processor, 3.7inch 24-bit capacitive touch screen display, 3G connectivity, bluetooth (802.11 b/g/n), GPRS, EDGE, 3G and WLAN. The handset is embedded with 768 MB RAM, 4GB internal memory expandable up to 32 GB with a microSD memory card, 1230 mAh Li-ion battery that offers talk time of 6.2 hours and standby time of 11.8 days, 5...
MUMBAI: The eighth edition of �Mirchi Kaan awards' have received 250 entries across its 16 categories, along with special awards for the best writer, best voice and crystal award for most outstanding radio commercial of the year.
A panel of distinguished personalities, including Prasoon Joshi of McCann Erickson, Josy Paul from BBDO, K V Sridhar (Pops) of Leo Burnett, Agnello Dias from Taproot, Ashish Khazanchi of Publicis Ambience and Malavika Mehra of Grey shortlisted the variety of nominations on 23 September.
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MUMBAI: Pop/Folk/Singer/Songwriter Jessica Carvo releases her single Love Is Something I Want More Of,... following her performance on the 3rd season of NBC's Television Show The Sing Off.... Jessica is one of the featured performers on the show with the Deltones; an acapella group hailing from the University of Delaware who are competing against 15 other acapella groups across the country for a chance at $200,000 and a recording contract with Epic/Sony Music.
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MUMBAI: NEW DELHI: A mesmerizing colourful cultural fiesta was organized in the capital to mark the 85th birthday of living legend Bhupen Hazarika, the evergreen balladeer from the north east who has captivated the hearts of the nation through his singing and his music.
The programme was organized by Assam Association, Delhi, and Cotton College Alumni Association, New Delhi-NCR, in association with the Asom Sahitya Sabha, New Delhi Chapter; All Assam Lekhika Samaroh, Delhi and Just Be Friendly (JBF).
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BANGALORE: The sixth season of Asianet's reality show 'Idea Star Singer' begins on 26 September at 8 pm.
Asianet Idea Cellular is a continuous on going show on the channel. The sixth edition was inaugurated by jury members – play back singers Hariharan, K.S.Chithra, M.G.Sreekumar and music director M. Jayachandran in the presence of Asianet managing director K Madhavan and business head John Brittas.
The new edition will have 30 contestants from across Kerala vying for the top spot. Auditions were conducted in all major cities in Kerala and abroad.
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