MUMBAI: This Friday, Idea Dhoom Macha De moves into the semi-final round, with the three remaining artists battling it out for the title of ‘Best Live Performer‘.Joining the judges Shankar Mahadevan and Sharmila Tagore is actor Arbaaz Khan. The competition has intensified with each performance bettering the last, making the audiences‘ job more difficult. Tune-in for some mind-blowing performances by the semi-finalists Devang, Richa and Jaspinder, this Friday, 2 May at 8:30 pm only on NDTV Imagine!

This week‘s episode is a complete ‘Jukebox‘ entertainer, with a wide variety of music from all of the performers. The episode begins with a superb performance by Shankar of different moods of music namely, Main Hoon Don from the film Don, Nach Baliye from Bunty aur Babli and Maa from Taarein Zameen Par.

The artists perform on a variety of songs, presenting audiences with a hugely entertaining show! Richa shows her naughty side with a performance of tracks like Piya Tu Ab To Aaja, Aa Jaane Jaan and Namak Isk Ka before moving on to some soul stirring songs like Pal and Damadam Mast Kalandar! Devang presents a complete contrast act by singing a few Patel Scope tracks and then going on to sing Jaane Kahan Gaye Woh Din. Jaspinder has the audience captivated by some romantic ballads like My Heart Will Go On, Aao Na and Saawariyaan before stepping up the tempo with songs like It‘s Rocking, Kala Sha Kala, Ude Jab jab Zulfein Teri and Kajra Mohabbat Wala. Arbaaz is spellbound, given the brilliance of all the performances.

India has short listed the final three! Who do you think will win the title of "BEST LIVE PERFORMER"? Watch this mega entertaining episode and vote for your favorite singing superstar! Tune in to the Semi-Final on Friday, May 2nd at 8:30 pm only on Idea Dhoom Macha De on NDTV Imagine!

MUMBAI: Beginning Friday, May 2, the viewers of STAR Plus‘ Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar will witness a format change with not one but two contestants being eliminated form the show every Friday. In the wake of Champion Aishwarya Nigam‘s ouster from the show despite being the top performer of the series, the jury (Vishal-Shekhar and Farah Khan) decided to revise the format and start eliminating the weakest performer, i.e. the lowest scorer of the episode, from the Challengers‘ squad every Friday.

So far on the show, it was observed that since only the Champions qualified for eliminations, the Challengers were giving average performances each time with no risk of elimination for them. The jury took the consensus of all the Champion and Challenger contestants and decided to bring about this change in the interest of the show.

Most of the contestants of Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar have gladly consented to the change in format, including weak performers, Amit Sana and Ravindra Ravi despite knowing that they could be the most likely ones to be eliminated next.

With the new format being introduced this weak, gear up to watch the contestants give their best performances in Clinic All Clear Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar, Friday, May 2, 2008 at 10 pm only on Star Plus.

MUMBAI: 94.3 MY FM, the DBCL Group radio station has undertaken to promote Gender Sensitization by supporting the UNFPA-Laadli Media Awards. These awards are based on gender sensitization project called Laadli, which is supported by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The awards are given to different media persons and outfits for promoting the cause of Gender Sensitivity through various media. The Northern regional UNFPA-Laadli Media Awards shall be presented on Thursday the 26th April at Chandigarh.

94.3 MY FM has launched this campaign in cooperation with the NGO-Population First. The campaign is being promoted in Chandigarh, Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh through MY FM‘s 17 radio stations. MY FM stations are making announcements and playing radio spots on Gender Discrimination & Women Empowerment. 94.3 MY FM has also conducted contests relating to theme of gender, girl child and women. The interviews of awardees and the jury members are also being aired.

Thirty one winners have been chosen in different categories from the Northern states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chattisgarh, and UTs of Chandigarh and Delhi.

The winners in the Electronic Media category are Braj Mohan- Chandigarh, Ravinder Bawa, Natasha Jha, Anureet Sidhu, Suraj and Rajvir-Chandigarh and Jalandhar, TVCs of Draft FCB Ulka, Leo Burnett, and Lowe.

In the Print section, the awards in different journalism categories have gone to Mohammad Atahar (Urdu), Sayyed Asgar Ali (Urdu), Dr Harsh Inder Kaur, an expert freelance contributor, (Punjabi), Aditi Tandon, Tarannum Manjul-Lucknow, Anilesh Mahajan, Gayatri Rajwade, Damayanti Datta, Sushma Verma, Annu Anand, Dayashankar Mishra and Sultan Ahmed.

In addition to the above, there are special awards to be given to Dr Gurmel Chahel for his telefilm, Dheeyan Maro Na, Avinash for his web initiative, Betiyon Ka Blog, Sandhya Raman, for her conceptualization of the multi-media performance, Mythologies Retold, and Afsana Rashid of Etalaat, J & K, for the best reporting in adverse conditions.

The "Jury Nominated" awards in theatre are Dr Gurcharan‘s Neon Jarh (Punjabi), Raman Mittal‘s street play, Kiran (Punjabi), Sandhya Deep‘s Teesra Machan, and Shubha‘s Ek Nayi Shuruat.

The awardees have been judged by an eminent panel of judges from various creative fields. The Jury comprised the following people : Shivjeet Kullar (Advertising), Anuja Chauhan Alva (Advertising, JWT ), Nawed Akhter (Advertising, Shop Communications), M K Raina (theatre), Neelam Mansingh (theatre, Chandigarh), Lalit Pokharia (theatre, Lucknow), SM Kulsreshtha (theatre), G S Chani (theatre and films, Chandigarh), Abhijit Sarkar (media man, Sahara), H K Dua (Tribune), Rahul Dev (Veteran journalist), Usha Rai (veteran journalist), Farhat Ehsas (veteran journalist, Urdu), Salma Sultan (News reader, media person), and Raji Srivastava (IAS officer handling gender issues, Chandigarh).

Says, Harrish M. Bhatia, Business Head, 94.3 MY FM, "We are happy to offer Gender Sensitivity Laadli Awards Campaign through a strong network across 7 states and 17 stations. Such initiatives help in making the listeners aware of the pressing need to end gender discrimination in all forms. We want to offer listeners more and more in terms of great music and bits of valuable information that can enlighten them about important social issues."

MUMBAI: Chak de Fattey? Radio Mirchi ka hai Happy Birthday..!!! It‘s party time at Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM Delhi, as the station completes five astoundingly successful years in the Indian entertainment and music industry.

MUMBAI: This week Limited Edition takes a look at the grandeur and hospitality of Amanbagh, a luxury world renowned resort surrounded by the deserts of Rajasthan. Also know more about the deluxe skincare brand - La Prairie and meet the elegant Chaya Momaya to explore luxury that‘s skin deep! Catch JJ Valaya turning his attention from haute couture to more flowery expressions of creativity? and check out India‘s first luxury flower boutique - ‘Valaya F n P‘ in Delhi.

This is not all. Perizaad meets the owner and designer of the ‘House of Raro‘ and talks about Art Deco furniture and it‘s revival in Indian Territories.

All this on ‘Limited Edition‘ on Wednesday, 30 April, 2008 at 8:30 pm only on NDTV Good Times.

MUMBAI: India has become second largest wireless network in the world after China by overtaking USA, as per data available on CTIA (International Association for the Wireless
Telecommunications Industry) website.

The total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA & WLL(F)) base stood at 261.09 million at the end of March 2008. A total of 10.16 million wireless subscribers have been added in the month of March 2008 as against 8.53 million wireless subscribers added in the
month of February 2008. Circle-wise wireless subscriber base of service providers is given at Annexure-I.

Total 10.40 million telephone connections (Wireline and Wireless) have been added during March 2008 as compared to 8.49 million connections added in February 2008. The total number of telephone connections reaches 300.51 million at the end of March 2008 as compared to 290.11 million in February 2008. The overall tele-density is 26.22% at the end of March 2008 as against 25.31% in February 2008.

In the wireline segment, the subscriber base has increased to 39.42 million in the month of March 2008 as against 39.18 million subscribers in February 2008. Circle-wise wireline subscriber base of service providers is given at Annexure-II