Reliance launches Odiya voice portal

MUMBAI: Adding to its bouquet of value added services, Reliance Communications has launched an Odiya voice portal which will enable music lovers to listen to their favourite Odiya songs, latest Odiya top hits, Odiya album songs, Odiya devotional songs and more. The service is available to all...

Shankar Ehsaan Loy to compose for Star soap

MUMBAI: After dabbling with various reality shows on television, composer trio Shankar Ehsaan and Loy will now compose for a soap opera on one of the Star channels. The trio will compose the tittle track for producer Yash Patnaik's forthcoming soap called 'Paheli.' Sources say the trio have have...

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General Motors India brings Parikrama, Saif to Bangalore

BANGALORE: General Motors India (GM-India) has organized a â€?Beat Concert' by the Delhi based â€?rock n roll' band Parikrama (orbital revolutions) and Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan on 31 January at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore  The event will be preceded by a media interaction with GM-India...

Arshad & Vidya ka Maha Muqqabla on Star Plus

Arshad & Vidya ka Maha Muqqabla on Star Plus

iPad offers 140 hours of music playback

MUMBAI:  The much hyped new product from Apple, iPad can deliver six days' backup for music playback. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has revealed that their latest product Apple iPad is capable of delivering battery backup of six days if it is only used for music playback. The screen needs to be disabled to...

Sangeet Natak Akademi, Goa tableux get top prizes for R Day parade

NEW DELHI: The Sangeet Natak Akademi's tableaux at the Republic Day parade depicting classical music instruments has been awarded the first prize for being the best of the 21 tableaux this year. The Akademi's tableau showcased musical instruments like the veena, shankha, dumsa, santoor and the...

Sangeet Natak Akademi chairman Ram Niwas Mirdha dead

NEW DELHI: Prime minister Manmohan Singh has condoled the demise of senior Congress leader and Sangeet Natak Akademi Chairman Ram Niwas Mirdha who died on Friday following multiple organ failure. The 87-year old Mirdha, a former Speaker of Rajasthan Assembly, was admitted to a private hospital on...

Reliance Media World reports revenue of Rs 493 mn

MUMBAI: Reliance Media World Limited  which runs radio station Big FM, along with  allied businesses, Big Street, Big Reach, Big Events, Big Live, Big Digital and Big Rural has reported total income of Rs 493.6 million for the quarter ended 31 December 2009. The company's operations turned EBITDA...

'FM phase III finalisation soon' - Ambika Soni

NEW DELHI: The government is working to ensure that at least 4000 Community Radio stations are operational in the next three years, Information and Broadcasting minister Ambika Soni said on Friday, reiterating that community radio reaches people at the macro level to understand and resolve their...

Joan Warner to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium 2010

MUMBAI: A special Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented on 9 March to Joan Warner, Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Radio Australia, in recognition of her outstanding commitment and contribution to the development of digital radio broadcasting in the Asia-Pacific Region. The...

Karunya sings for Prince Mahesh Babu in Phir Mile Sur

MUMBAI: The great patriotic song of Unity and Secularism--Mile Sur Mera Tumhara launched 22 years back is now recreated and is back with bang  And this time it is in new avtar Phir Mile Sur, launched on Republic Day across India  Featuring  69 icons like Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Shah Rukh...

Arshad & Vidya ka Maha Muqqabla on Star Plus

MUMBAI: In the next episode of Amul Music ka Maha Muqqabla, tune in for a heavy dose of masala and entertainment as the stage catches fire with the presence of Bollywood's next hot couple, Vidya Balan and Arshad Warsi. The two hot shots of the film industry were a part of Music ka Maha Muqqabla to...