MUMBAI: Little did Bollywood know then that, unwittingly they were killing Parveen Babi. The innocent small town girl from Junagadh, who once conquered the bright lights of Bollywood with her smart and westernized look, was extremely lonely at the top. The arc lights, the greasepaint, the stardom and the transience were her biggest enemies in the grab of success, all showing that there is an ugly side to being rich and famous. Various stories floated around the life and death of this star but little has been known about the facts of her desperation, struggles, loneliness, ailment and fight against sanity.

This week‘s episode of Bollywood Case Files will feature all about Parveen Babi, right from her successful career, relationships, friends, lifestyle, industry rumors and her shocking end. What really happened to Praveen Babi? Find out this Monday-Tuesday (November 03-04) on ZoOm Bollywood Case Files.

Bollywood Case Files is a 12-part original investigative series that takes on the scandals, rumors and distracting mysteries that have rocked the film industry. From investigative reports on celebrities who have shocking run-ins with the law or are involved in nasty court battles to rocky relationships between stars and their contemporaries. The emotional stories of the stars who have battle grave issues? off the wall behaviors? odd friendships? alleged goings-on? money? feuds? and more?

MUMBAI: Household names from the worlds of politics, journalism and show business will be joining the BBC‘s global newscast to offer insights, analysis and their unique take on the night‘s events in U.S. Election Night from 0430 and 0530 IST, Wednesday, November 5 2008 on BBC World News.

Among those appearing on the program will be Ricky Gervais, Christopher Hitchens, Larry Sabato, Karen Hughes, Terry Nelson, Jay McInerney, Richard Schiff, Bill Bradley, John Bolton and Gore Vidal.

U.S. Election Night will be anchored by David Dimbleby*, one of the BBC‘s most experienced and highly respected presenters of news and major live events, with Matt Frei, anchor of BBC World News America. They‘ll be joined in the studio by veteran newsman Ted Koppel for big picture perspective and global analysis.

Broadcast live from the BBC‘s bureau in Washington D.C. to more than 200 countries around the world, the programme will air on BBC World News and exclusively in the U.S. on BBC AMERICA. The newscast will have limited commercial breaks and will be streamed live throughout the evening on bbc.com/uselection.

Bringing together the depth and breadth of the BBC‘s world-renowned, award-winning reporting, U.S. Election Night will feature global reaction from the BBC‘s reporters and contributors around the world. Reporting from the key campaign headquarters will be Washington Correspondent Katty Kay, with the McCain team in Phoenix, and Gavin Hewitt, with the Obama team in Chicago.

The programme will have live reports from BBC correspondents in crucial swing states: Laura Trevelyan in Pennsylvania, Philippa Thomas in Ohio, Richard Lister in Florida and Rajesh Mirchandani in Colorado. Jon Sopel will be watching the results with residents of Culpepper Virginia, a town which featured in a series of BBC World News America reports looking at which issues were most important to voters in this critical swing state. And Jeremy Vine will analyse results as they come in, using the latest touchscreen graphics to show who is winning the race to the White House.

In addition to streaming U.S. Election Night, bbc.com/uselection will carry live blogs from BBC North America Editor Justin Webb throughout the evening as well as reporting results as they happen. The site will also offer full analysis of the U.S. political system, video highlights of the day‘s events, a running text commentary on the latest developments and a chance to share opinions with other bbc.com users.

Programme Timings:

Saturday 1st November, Question Time Washington DC special, *1340 IST

Question Time, the BBC show that offers its studio audience a unique opportunity to quiz top decision-makers, is in Washington DC for a special programme ahead of the U.S. election. The panel includes Elizabeth Edwards - wife of former Presidential nominee John Edwards and an advisor to Barack Obama on health issues, Simon Schama, the renowned historian, and Clarence Page, the Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago Tribune journalist. David Dimbleby chairs.

Wednesday 5th November, U.S. Election Night, 0430 & 0530 IST
The BBC‘s David Dimbleby broadcasts live from Washington DC with Matt Frei, anchor of BBC World News America. They‘ll be joined in the studio by veteran newsman Ted Koppel for big picture perspective and global analysis. The reporting team includes Gavin Hewitt in Chicago with the Obama campaign, Matthew Price and Katty Kay in Phoenix with the McCain campaign, John Simpson reporting reaction from America‘s black community and Philippa Thomas, Richard Lister and Rajesh Mirchandani among others reporting from crucial swing states.

Wednesday 5th November, ongoing election coverage, *1130 IST

BBC World News will continue with live rolling coverage of the U.S. election - anchored from Washington by Jane Hill. The channel will feature all the results in the Presidential, House and Senate votes, analysis of the implications, reflections on the campaigns live from both headquarters and responses from around the world.

MUMBAI: The Commonwealth Youth Games 2008, recently held in Pune, India from October 12 to 18, ran on a next-generation data network infrastructure set up by Nortel* [NYSE/TSX: NT].

The always-on, highly available network supporting 1,000 users, ran multimedia applications including real-time schedule updating, statistical analysis, resource coordination and media coverage helping ensure the Commonwealth Youth Games 2008** (CYG 2008) ran smoothly.

The CYG 2008 Committee chose Nortel because of its track record of being selected as the Official Converged Network Equipment Supplier for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and the Official Network Infrastructure Partner for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In addition the company deployed the communications networks for major sporting events such as the Turin 2006 Olympic Winter Games and the Special Olympics World Summer Games held in Ireland in 2003. One of the key selection criteria for technology vendors for the CYG 2008 Pune was to have provided IT solutions for at least one Olympic, Asian or Commonwealth Games in the last five years.

"Nortel came with great references as it has been chosen to provide the networking infrastructure for the upcoming two Olympic Games. In addition, Nortel‘s past experience supporting the sporting events at Turin and Ireland was a major reason for us to select them for the Commonwealth Youth Games 2008" says Vijay Gautam, IT Secretary, Government of India.

CYG 2008 Pune included 1,300 athletes and 350 officials from 71 countries. The Games were held on a campus spread over 200 acres, housing nearly 30 buildings.

"We needed the ability to share information instantly in a manner that united many different applications across many different devices for many different users. To make this a reality, we required a highly reliable network that would work across the campus, and be flexible to the users wherever they were," says Rohit Srivastwa, director Technology, CYG 2008, Pune. "With the Nortel solution and design, we did not see any downtime. And that helped us make the CYG 2008, Pune a huge success."

"This builds on our strong momentum in delivering the ultimate experience for the fans and participants of the Games. We have recently won deals to outfit some of the world‘s most sophisticated sports stadiums and more importantly, the next Summer and Winter Olympic Games will be brought to you by Nortel," says Hitesh Lokhandwala, managing director, Nortel India. "It was a very complex design, which our team worked hard to simplify. And with our next-generation switches, the business of conducting this mega sporting event had become simple."

The CYG 2008, Pune network was able to support 1000 users at a time, and was running several online software applications to track the various events. The gaming statistics software ran on the network to capture all current action and produce accurate results of each event, real-time event analyses and comparative information on records established.

Hundreds of volunteers were deployed to assist in the various events of CYG 2008, Pune. The Nortel network running the software coordinated the movements of these volunteers on a real-time basis. Various media teams covering the CYG 2008 used the network to compile reports and sent it to their broadcasting teams. Online broadcast of the schedule of events and the participants was also updated on a real-time basis over the Nortel network.

With so much activity happening simultaneously, the network was required to be completely reliable. Nortel solutions built in redundancy, as well as resiliency through a sub-second failover architecture - ensuring that if any network element failed, a back-up solution took over within a second, with no interruption and no drop in performance.

Nortel scored over other vendors in being able to give a solution which would accommodate all the connectivity requirements of the organizers. For instance, the network had to support fiber as well as copper termination interfaces: Nortel‘s Ethernet Routing Switches (ERS) 5530 were capable of supporting both interfaces, while the solutions from other vendors could support only one interface.

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: Femina is India‘s number 1 English women‘s magazine and has reflected the changing face of the Indian woman at every step of its 50-year journey. Being the market leader, Femina has now taken up the initiative of being the first English women‘s magazine to be published in Hindi.

Femina sees a huge opportunity in coming out with a quality magazine in Hindi, as there is a big market at the top end of the Hindi speaking women‘s segment. This is a large segment with immense purchasing power that many advertisers would be keen to access.

Tarun Rai, Chief Executive Officer of Worldwide Media said, "This is Femina‘s 50th year and we felt it was time to reach out to a much larger audience and offer them quality content that women across India have come to expect from Femina English. Femina Hindi at its core will be the same as Femina English, though some of the content may change. We believe, Femina Hindi will be a huge success at the top end of the segment and, in terms of readers, be even bigger than Femina English."

Tanya Chaitanya, Editor-Femina said, "India is changing and, I believe, many issues - relationships, health, careers, beauty, fashion - are issues that concern the Indian woman of today, irrespective of the language she speaks. Femina Hindi‘s objective is to be a platform for women to discuss and understand these issues."

Femina Hindi is a monthly, priced at Rs. 40/-, the same as Femina English. There is no other Hindi women‘s magazine at this price point and there is no other Hindi women‘s magazine that offers the kind of content that Femina Hindi will offer. Therefore, in terms of value the readers will be more than satisfied.

Femina Hindi will be available across North, West and Eastern India for now.

MUMBAI: Night at the Museum Starring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams and Carla Gugino
Directed by Shawn Levy

Good-hearted dreamer Larry Daley (Stiller, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story) may be down on his luck, but he?s sure he‘s destined for something big. He soon gets his wish when he accepts what appears to be a menial job as a nightshift security guard at New York?s Museum of Natural History.

During Larry‘s watch, extraordinary things start to happen. Roman gladiators, historical figures and cowboys come to life and step out from their displays to wage epic battles. As Larry tries to maintain order, a Neanderthal discovers fire, Attila the Hun pillages his neighboring exhibits and a T-Rex reminds everyone why he‘s history‘s fiercest predator.

The only person Larry can turn to for advice is President Teddy Roosevelt (Williams, The Final Cut), who helps our hero restore order, stop a nefarious plot, and save the museum.