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MUMBAI: Senior IAS officer JS Mathur has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B). Mathur will succeed Rajiv Takru, who was transferred in August to the Health and Family Welfare Ministry as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved the assignment of Mathur, an official release said.
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MUMBAI: Presenting a musical twist in its content offering to music aficionados, Big CBS Spark has initiated an hour segment ‘Freaky Wacky’ celebrating Halloween. The episode will air today at 8pm. The segment will comprise of a handpicked playlist of special Halloween classic tracks from artistes like Pink, The Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, Avicii, Aqua, Michael Jackson, Florence and the Machine and Nicki Minaj amongst others. It will also feature some of the wacky costumed music videos in recent times.
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MUMBAI: Tech giant Apple has announced major changes in its management team with senior vice-president of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, Scott Forstall set to exit the company in 2013. Until his farewell, Forstall will act as advisor to CEO Tim Cook. Stated as the man behind Apple’s landmark devices iPhone and iPad, Forstall was considered as a favourite to replace Steve Jobs as the CEO after the latter’s demise last October.
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MUMBAI: With the sudden demise of movie mogul Yash Chopra, Shah Rukh Khan has confirmed that the shooting for the incomplete song in his upcoming film ‘Jab Tak hai Jaan’ has been called off. A portion of the song in Chopra’s last directorial venture was scheduled to be shot in the picturesque locales of Switzerland, also stated to be as the late mogul’s favourite location. But with the film crew not willing to interfere with the signature style of the late filmmaker, the unit has cancelled the shooting of the last song of the movie.
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MUMBAI: With the 11th season of singing reality show American Idol airing on Indian TV, its broadcaster Big CBS Prime has taken up a unique on-ground initiative to create buzz around the show. Having partnered with the crowd sourcing platform Talenthouse India, it has launched a campaign to hunt for English solo music performances in sync with the show to crown the first ‘Prime Idol’.
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MUMBAI: Country-pop artist Taylor Swift is all set to co-host the Grammy nominations this year to be telecast live on 5 December from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. The 22 year-old star will share the stage with rapper-actor LL Cool J to announce the nominees in some major categories. The one- hour telecast will also feature performances by country artist Luke Bryan and pop-rockers Maroon 5.
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MUMBAI: After striking success with his 2010 release ‘Recovery’, Marshall Bruce Mathers III aka Eminem has officially announced the release of his eighth solo album by next year. The Slim Shady has leaked details of his new album via a commemorative baseball cap sold on his website online store. The cap features lists of landmark dates for the artist's past solo records on its side panel. The ‘Not Afraid’ hit maker did not mention any specifics such as title or release date.
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MUMBAI: Carrying out an aggressive outdoor promotion drive centered on its iconic characters Bade-Chhote, 9X Media Group has installed holographic X-sight screens at the domestic airport in Mumbai.
read moreMUMBAI: A Bolivian radio journalist Fernando Vidal was attacked and set on fire while he was conducting his show at Radio Popular in the city of Yacuiba. According to a report by a leading agency, four masked assailants broke into the studio, poured petrol over Vidal and set him alight. Relatives said he had been reporting on smuggling in the border area when the attack happened.
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MUMBAI: Its destination Amanora Park, Pune, for city based pop- rock band Modern Mafia who has won the bindass Rest Less band hunt’ for the upcoming third Bacardi NH7 Weekender that will be held from 2-4 November. A total of 60 bands will play across six stages at the three-day music fest. The competition saw over 50 bands from Mumbai and Pune applying and four acts- Drawing Short Straws, The Fringe, The Riot peddlers and Modern Mafia- making it to the finals. The final face-off between the bands was held in the city yesterday in front of a live audience and was judged by
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MUMBAI: Himani Kapoor who was reportedly furious on the singing reality series SaReGaMaPa for non-payment of her remuneration has taken the matter in the court. Kapoor - the third runner up of SaReGaMaPa Challenge 2005 season has claimed that the producers owe her more than Rs 20 mn. The producers who were in a dilemma due to the standstill of the show had contacted the Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees (FWICE) members for a discussion but seems like they have failed to come up with a concrete solution, as the case has been landed up in court for mutual understanding.
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MUMBAI: Google is gearing up to introduce a Gemini Artificial Intelligence (AI) extension for Youread more
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) delivered impressive first-quarter earnings that surpassed exread more
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group and TikTok have announced a new licensing agreement, marking the enread more
MUMBAI: Vianet Media, founded by Mr.read more
MUMBAI: Google initiated testing of the 'hum to search' feature in late 2023 on its YouTube Musicread more
