MUMBAI: A young Sri Lankan side, led by the vastly experienced Mahela Jayawardene, will be hoping to make all the right moves against hosts West Indies during their two-Test matches and three ODI tour of the Caribbean Islands starting this month.

And Ten Sports, the most watched sports channel in the Sub-continent, will be present at each and every spectacular venue to ensure ball-by-ball coverage of what promises to be an intriguing series for both teams. Sri Lanka are hoping for a clean sweep to get over the disappointment of their tour Down Under, while the West Indies will be eager to build up on their good show in South Africa.

The first of the two Test matches start at Providence from Saturday, March 22, while the second Test is at Port of Spain from Thursday, April 3. The first two ODIs are at Port of Spain on 10 and 12 April, and the final ODI will be a day-night affair in St Lucia on 15 April.

Live telecast of the first Test match starts every day at 7:15 pm IST.

Sri Lanka lost both their last two tours of the West Indies, but with a much more experienced and varied bowling attack than the hosts this time ? led by world record holder off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and veteran seamer Chaminda Vaas ? the visitors will be hoping for a first tour win in the Caribbean.

Sri Lanka will also be delighted with the batting form of skipper Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara on top of the order.

But the islanders are sure to run into a determined home side. Led by Chris Gayle, who is fit and raring to go, West Indies will like to put in a good performance to put to rest any talks about demoting them to a proposed ?second tier? Test status.

Ten Sports recently renewed its partnership with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for another five years to distribute television coverage of all cricket played in the West Indies between 2008 and 2012.

Ten Sports has the broadcast rights to the Middle-East and South-East Asia and will also distribute the events worldwide, with the exception of the UK, Ireland and Caribbean.

MUMBAI: Moneycontrol.com, India‘s most-preferred business and finance portal has launched yet another innovative offering for its customers ? ‘Stock Messaging Service‘. The flagship portal of the Web18 group has come up with this innovative Product for the investor community to keep them updated with the latest happenings on the stock market. This service got a tremendous response, with more 20,000 registrations, in the very first week of the launch of service.

The service includes updates on stock prices through the day, along with any news that can impact the stock price, recommendations and views about the stock from the well renowned researchers, important announcements made by the company and any unusual volume, price movement and bulk deal on the particular stock. This service will be of great help to people having high stakes in some particular stocks to keep a track on any news that could have an implication on their investment.

Commenting on the new initiative, Mr. Neeraj Sanan, Marketing Head, Web18 adds, "We saw a great need for a product that will keep people updated on their high stakes in some individual stocks and hence we conceptualized and launched this service and our belief has been validated by the huge positive response this service has generated"

With the crisis in the US economy and its effects on the worldwide markets including India, the Stock Messaging Service could not have been launched at a better time. The investors have become more and more watchful about each and every rise or fall in the stock market. The service has already generated huge response with more than twenty thousand people registering to the service in just a week of its launch (remove it as it‘s a repetition). The company expects to touch a figure of one lakh registered users in a span of three months and is quite buoyant and upbeat about this service.

MUMBAI: Big Music and Home Entertainment have acquired the music rights for the following two kannada movies namely Minchina Ota and Bandhu Ballaga.

While the music of Minchina Ota has been given by V.Manohar, the scores for Bandhu Baalaga have been done by Hamsalekha.

Bandhu Baalaga has six tracks and Minchina Ota has ten.

In Minchina Ota, Lakshmi Rai (who is the sister of Suman big don in Mangalore) moves to Bangalore for her higher studies. She stays with her aunt in an apartment where Vijay Ragavendra also stays. Vijay falls in love with Lakshmi but she loves Murali who is a mechanic. Vijay reports this to Suman, Lakshmi?s brother. Suman brings his sister back to mangalore and this incident makes Vijay realize his mistake. He then helps Murali to get back his love.

MUMBAI: Revv, the sternly elegant men‘s jewellery steel brand by the the country‘s largest integrated jewellery manufacturer, the effervescent Gitanjali Group has acquired the sponsorship rights of the Kolkata Tigers Team at the Indian Cricket League (ICL). Kicking off the exciting sport, the Edelweiss 20s Challenge promises 30-days of non-stop pulsating cricket which will be held in three locations: Hyderabad, Chandigarh (Panchkula) and Gurgaon from 9 March to 7 April, 2008.

After establishing itself as a prominent player in the gems and jewellery industry, the company has ventured into lifestyle and is now making an endeavor to reach our wider base of audience by associating itself with the field of sports.In a press conference at Hyderabad, the Group unveiled its association with ICL and jersey sported by the cricket stars of the Kolkata Tigers team was also showcased.

Speaking on the initiative, Mr. Adri Voorn, Executive Director - Gitanjali Gems Ltd, states, "Gitanjali Group would like to be at the heart of young India. Cricket in India is more than a sport. It has a cult status, we are glad to be associated with this magnificent game that is the singular most unifying force in a diverse country like India."

"Revv ? a high-fashion jewellery range in steel is definitely a style statement of the iconic metrosexual men of today. The ICL is indeed a great platform to promote this brand. After Bollywood, it is sportsmen who have acts indelible impressions on the Indian minds. Just the way cricket matches are a fever in the country, we believe that our Revv range of jewellery would score high" Mr. Voorn added.

Mr. Kiran More, Executive Board Member, Indian Cricket League (ICL), "We are delighted to welcome Gitanjali Group on the ICL platform and Revv as sponsors of the Kolkata Tigers team. Their coming on board as sponsors provides encouragement & support to a side representing a very important cricket centre of the nation. The tigers boasts of some of the most exciting young cricketers in the country, & a sponsorship backing from a esteemed organization like Gitanjali Group will definitely go a long way in boosting the morale of these magnificent young men"

The Group has had a long and fruitful association with the City of Joy. Establishing its footprints in the culturally rich city of Kolkata, Gitanjali Group has made huge investments in the Mani Kanchan project along with setting up an institute to train people in the art of jewellery manufacturing, diamond cutting and polishing. The institute will produce approximately 10000 skilled personnel over the next 5 years to meet the shortage faced by the gems and jewellery industry. The Group will also set up its state of the art luxury mall in Kolkata, for which the company has acquired 100,000 square feet of space in Axis Mall in New Town built by the Bengal Peerless. The mall would sell lifestyle and jewellery brands, including the highly acclaimed international ones. The Gitanjali group‘s profitability is akin to a mine whose surface has just been explored. The true impact of all the initiatives undertaken is to fructify fully. Careful positioning, immense investments and dedicated organizational effort have positioned them at the crest of a wave that is moving upwards with great momentum.

MUMBAI: Perizad Zorabian takes you through time - to India‘s age of royal luxury and back into our brand conscious times. Get a peek into the extravagant ways of the Maharajas of yore, limited only by their own imagination. Their time may have come and gone but the lust for luxury is greater than ever before. Welcome to a new India of big bucks, bigger dreams and Louis Vuitton lifestyles. Meet the patrons, hear the experts and see the goodies on a grand tour of the luxe life and haute couture style.
Also on the show - Limited edition pick of the week - the top five royal indulgences of all time and the best bags on offer from Louis Vuitton.

Limited edition is a new weekly offering by NDTV Good Times, presented by actress Perizaad Zorabian. The show has high aspiration value for India‘s ascendant consumers, with an eye specifically on high life. It will focus on all things luxurious, refined and high quality, but more than being a show about all high end stuff that money can buy, it is a show that sets the benchmark for what to covet. Limited Edition is guilt-less celebration of the top end of consumerism. from the finest chocolate to million dollar yatchs.

Catch Limited edition on 22 March, 2008 at 9:00 pm and repeat telecast on 23 March, 2008 at 9:00 pm only on NDTV Good Times.

MUMBAI: Living up to its brand-line Suno Sunao, Life Banao! and in keeping with the vibe of the city this ‘Eid-Milad-Ul-Nabi‘

which is the festival to celebrate the birth of ‘The Prophet‘, BIG 92.7 FM, India‘s No. 1 FM Station will have RJ Ali hosting a night-long show from the Hazratbal Dargah. The Station has put together an excellent programming line up to ensure the local populace can enjoy every bit of this auspicious day.

BIG FM‘s RJ Ali would be hosting this show from the venue throughout the night of the celebration. The show is scheduled to start from 9.30 pm on 20 March and would continue till 8.00 am on 21 March.

The show, will be hosted from the venue, and will also see the broadcast of the recitation of Naat (religious song) at the Dargah, along with interactions with people visiting the Dargah to participate in the sacred offerings on this auspicious and sacred day. The day will see crowds in large numbers celebrating the birth of ‘The Prophet‘ at the local mosque and offering their prayers. BIG 92.7 FM would ensure that they reach out to the masses and bring out the real essence of this festival by providing updates from the ‘Dargah‘.