|  28 Mar 2013

Parliamentary Committee wants Prasar Bharati to recover Rs 33.9 million from BCCI

NEW DELHI: A Parliamentary Committee has refused to accept the statement of the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry that people who signed documents relating to payments to the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India in 2005 had since retired. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC)...

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 |  28 Mar 2013

It was fun rendering for Sunny Deol: Tochi Raina

MUMBAI: After all the 'Khalbali' in 3G, sufi singer Tochi Raina will be heard in Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru's 'I Love NY'. His track 'Gud Naal Ishq Mitha' is used as a promotional video for the film. "The dance number is the remix of the old 'Gud Naal Ishq Mitha' but this track has received new...

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 |  28 Mar 2013

80 per cent smartphone users in India use password

NEW DELHI: A study has shown that 79 per cent of smartphone owners in India have password protection on their devices and 86 per cent of smartphone owners store personal and intimate information on their mobile devices which necessitates password protection. McAfee, leading digital data protection...

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 |  28 Mar 2013

Victoria Beckham refuses to perform with 'Spice Girls'

MUMBAI: Victoria Beckham reportedly won’t ever sing again with her former superstar pop group ‘The Spice Girls' and remaining members of the band are looking for a replacement. According to reports 38-year-old singer-turned-designer Beckham declared, “I won’t sing again, I’m not getting up on stage...

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 |  28 Mar 2013

Rolling Stones to headline Glastonbury Festival

MUMBAI: Legendary rock band Rolling Stones will be playing at Britain's Glastonbury music festival for the first time. Apart from Rolling Stones, Arctic Monkeys and folk band Mumford & Sons will headline the three-day festival. Frontman Mick Jagger tweeted, “Can't wait to play Glastonbury. I...

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 |  28 Mar 2013

Lava launches XOLO B700

MUMBAI: Lava has unveiled dual-SIM XOLO B700, officially in the country. The device features Android v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), 4.3-inch IPS display with 540 x 960 pixels resolution, 1GHz dual-core processor, PowerVR SGX 531 GPU, 512 MB RAM, 5MP rear camera with LED flash, 0.3MP front camera, 4GB...

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 |  28 Mar 2013

Committee set up to scrutinize proposals of DPCs to fill posts in Prasar Bharati

NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati has received clearance for immediately filling up 1150 posts out of the 3452 posts which had been identified as critical and approved by group of ministers in June 2009. Following the recommendation by the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry, the proposal for...

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 |  28 Mar 2013

Financial restructuring to help Prasar Bharati save over Rs 120 billion

NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati is expected to benefit to the tune of Rs.120.71 billion during the current fiscal because of various measures taken to financial restructure of the public broadcaster. Following recommendations of the group of ministers on Prasar Bharati, concerted efforts have resulted in...

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 |  28 Mar 2013

Karadi Tales audiobook 'Little Vinayak' is Outstanding Book of 2013

MUMBAI: The Karadi Tales audiobook ‘Little Vinayak’ narrated by renowned actress Vidya Balan has been chosen as one of the Outstanding Books of 2013 by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)! Karadi Tales is a subsidiary of ACK Media, which provides meaningful entertainment...

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 |  28 Mar 2013

MySwar launches music app

MUMBAI: Music website MySwar.com has launched a music app for Android and iOS users, offering music lovers their favorite tracks on smartphone. Speaking with Radioandmusic.com, MySwar founder Param Arunachalam said, “There are many websites providing music data but most of them lack accurate...

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 |  28 Mar 2013

John Legend releases single 'Who Do We Think We Are'

MUMBAI: Multiple Grammy-Award winning artist John Legend has announced the release of his single 'Who Do We Think We Are' featuring Rick Ross.

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 |  28 Mar 2013

'Laila' from Shootout at Wadala only on Fever FM

MUMBAI: Keeping to its promise of offering the best and freshest music from the Industry, Fever FM has exclusively partnered with Balaji Motion Pictures & White Feather Films next – ‘Shootout at Wadala’. The station has partnered with the Bollywood blockbuster and will be playing out exclusive...

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 |  28 Mar 2013

GSMA announces mobile enabled community services programme

MUMBAI: The GSMA today announced the launch of the Mobile Enabled Community Services (MECS) programme, which leverages mobile technology and infrastructure to help improve access to basic energy and water services in underserved communities. The new programme is supported by a ?4.1million grant...

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 |  28 Mar 2013

Twitter's ad revenue to reach $1 billion in 2014

MUMBAI: Twitter is expected to earn more than half-billion dollars in ad revenue in 2013 and nearly $1 billion next year due to a surge in mobile advertising on its microblogging service, according to a report. Twitter projects incremental growth from mobile advertising over the next two years.

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