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MUMBAI: Having achieved phenomenal milestone in the entertainment segment during his 17 years of experience in the industry, this flamboyant multitalented Model, Anchor/ Emcee, RJ, Gaurav Roda has ventured into yet another unexplored segment with the launch of BollyJammers – India’s first ever no
read moreMUMBAI: Rock band Coldplay and Welsh singer Duffy lead the way in the nominations for this year's Brit Awards, with each shortlisted for four awards. Singer-songwriter Duffy - whose debut album Rockferry has sold nearly 4.5 million copies worldwide - is up for best album, best single for chart-topper Mercy, best female solo artist and best breakthrough act. Coldplay are up for best album, best live act, best British single and best group.
read moreMUMBAI: Astral Media Inc. today announced a reorganization of some of its English-language Radio operations in markets across Canada. In order to maintain and enhance the competitive position of its 82 radio stations across Canada, following the integration of the Standard Radio assets, Astral Media Radio has reorganized some of its English-language operations. This has resulted in the departure of 23 employees at all levels of the organization. For the most part, these positions will not be replaced.
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MUMBAI: 5 lucky listeners of 94.3 FM Radio One, for the Fataafat Generation, got a chance of a lifetime to meet the action King of Bollywood Akshay Kumar this afternoon at Taj Land's End, Mumbai.
read moreMUMBAI: After a successful partnership from last year, BIG 92.7 FM has once again associated with the �The Mumbai Festival 2009'. The festival which is the biggest cultural festival in the city sees global performances and local audiences enriching the city's artistic wealth. The partnership will ensure latest updates from the festival on BIG FM. The festival was inaugurated on January 15 and will go up to till the end of the month.
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MUMBAI: The music launch of film Dilli 6 starring Abhishek Bachchan & Sonam Kapoor happened on the sets of reality show Indian Idol. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Of RANG DE BASANTI fame), Prasoon Joshi and Sonam Kapoor came to release the music of their much awaited film on the sets of Indian Idol. Why Indian Idol?
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MUMBAI: Music of Lottery was released at Planet M. Abhijit Sawant came early for the release of his debut film Lottery. Abhijeet Sawant will turn actor from singer. He performed and sang all the songs from the film for the media and guest who came for the launch. The release was done in style as it was an outdoor event.
read moreMUMBAI: Research In Motion has announced a collaboration with Redington India, a provider of supply chain solutions, to establish national retail distribution channels for BlackBerry smartphones. As part of the retail distribution agreement with Redington India, BlackBerry smartphones and service plans from supported carriers will initially be available in retail and modern trade outlets across nine Indian cities: Mumbai, Delhi, NCR, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune and Ahmedabad.
read moreMUMBAI: Following the resounding success �Bye Bye Thand' in January last year, Lucknow's Radio City 91.1FM joined hands with The Indian Red Cross Society once again this year for �Bye Bye Thand – A City Smile Initiative'. This unique campaign now in its second consecutive year, set out to support slum dwellers of Kudia Ghat with a generous helping hand from the people of Lucknow.
read moreMUMBAI: International participation at SXSW continues to make impressive gains. One fourth of all band applications for 2009 came from abroad and forty percent of the bands invited to perform at SXSW 2009 hail from outside the US. The UK still holds the lead in the number of accepted bands but 2009 shows a surprising surge from Mexico, third behind the UK and Canada with 41 invited bands. Spain ties with Australia for fourth place and an unusually large contingent of Brazilian bands comes in fifth.
read moreBANGALORE: The 4th annual national-level Bharat Ratna M S Subbulakshmi Memorial Music Festival will be held from February 1 to 4 at Prashanthi Kuteeram, S Vyasa University campus, near Electronic City. In memory of legendary vocalist MS Subbulakshmi, the festival is celebrated every year by Sri Lalithakala Academy Foundation. "It's a tribute to her. We want the younger generation to know her contribution to music,'' said B S S Rao, academy secretary.
read moreMUMBAI: Big Music announced the launch of its latest spiritual album Mahamritunjay Mantra... by Jagjit Singh. The Mahamrityunjay Mantra, which is addressed to Lord Shiva is a centuries old technique of connecting one to pure consciousness and bliss. The mantra is said to rejuvenate, bestow health, wealth, a long life, peace, prosperity, satisfaction, immortality and contentment.
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MUMBAI: The worlds of art and technology have always had an intricate relationship, but in recenread more
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