MUMBAI: Restaurateur and ?Diva? chef Ritu Dalmia, transcends cooking into a sensual and sensory experience in this must watch special series.Ritu takes food beyond the kitchen - to come up with an unmatched menu, exclusively for you.

With a hugely popular restaurant ?Diva? - and menu - at London‘s Vama under her belt, and a keen appreciation of cooking, cuisine, appetite and the senses, for Ritu, the world is truly her oyster and the show a must watch!

Watch ?Passion? on Friday, February 08, 2008 at 10:00 pm and a repeat telecast on Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 1:00 pm only on NDTV Good Times

MUMBAI: What?s your romantic style? Do you sweep you?re your loved one off the floor with love melodies? Or do your have him/ her rolling on the floor with your gags?

Starting 6th February, Fever 104 presents Senti-Mental ? the week-long Valentine?s Day contest wherein a question is put forward and listeners have to come back with either a mushy (senti) or a whacky (mental) answer. And, keeping the spirit of Valentine?s in mind, the grand reward for going senti ? mental is an 8 day, 7 night international cruise with lots of passion, romance and grandeur thrown in. It?s a floating resort with your valentine.

Speaking on the same, Gowri Satyamoorthy Kapre, National Promotions Head, Fever 104 FM, said, ?We do expect to see some fun and excitement this Valentine?s Day and we already have calls coming in from love-struck listeners. We created quite a stir last year with the Love Crazy contest (which had couples winning anything from an elephant ride to being up on a hoarding for a week) and hope to create the same magic again!? The Valentine?s Day celebrations will be on-air across Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.

Staying true to its philosophy of being all about the music, Fever 104 FM will also play out a love musicale on the 14th wherein one can dedicate love songs to one?s loved ones. Dedications are open from the 8th to the 14th of February.

MUMBAI: The road to the White House, as the Beatles might have said, is long and winding -- and the 2008 contest is no exception. Campaigning started earlier than ever, with candidates running at a breakneck pace a year before any votes are cast.The road includes major stops in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, a semi-national primary on February 5, national party conventions in Denver, Colorado, and Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, a national Election Day in November and a meeting of the Electoral College in December -- with dozens of filing deadlines and thousands of fundraisers, chicken dinners and campaign stops along the way. And it all leads to Inauguration Day in January 2009, when the new president and vice president take office on the steps of the Capitol in Washington.

Super Tuesday results:
Twenty-four states held presidential primaries or caucuses on February 5: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia. For the Democrats, 1,681 delegates are at stake in 16 primaries and seven caucuses. The Republicans have 1,020 delegates at stake in 15 primaries and six caucuses.

MUMBAI: Find out what today?s youth thinks about the budget. Hosted by Namrata Brar this interactive show will feature reputed B-schools students and take their opinions on the budget.

Catch the first episode of this four part series on Friday, February 8, 2008 at 10:30 pm with a repeat telecast on Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 8:30 pm only on NDTV Profit.

MUMBAI: EarthSync, a Chennai based world music record label today announced their second annual festival scheduled for February 17th 2008 at Sir Muthu Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall, Chetpet.This year the concert will witness over 20 performers celebrating musical and cultural unity in all its rich diversity. The festival will commence at 19:00 pm with a spell binding performance by musicians and dancers, in a truly universal celebration of music and dance.

The concert spread over two and a half hours will be a musical and visual journey through spiritual, Indian classical, devotional, middle-eastern, western and electronic music forms. In addition, there will also be video art, as well as a stills show of musicians from Asian countries at the venue. Tickets of denominations Rs 300 / 200 will be available from February 6th at all leading outlets including Landmark, Odyssey, Anokhi and EarthSync.

At the EarthSync Festival, musicians interact with each other beyond music disciplines and cultural boundaries. Nurturing roots music the concert will be a fusion of Buddhist chants, folk music, Sufi shrine singing, Carnatic sounds, traditional instruments and an electronic mix.

In December 2006, The EarthSync Festival in Chennai received an overwhelming response, featuring 25 musicians from different cultures and countries coming together in a musical celebration.

MUMBAI: When the clock strikes 9pm on February 9th ? Shahrukh ‘King‘ Khan will take the guard to shake a leg with the cricketing heroes of India and Pakistan. STAR Gold entertains and enthralls its audiences with a very special evening - ‘Airtel Chak De Yaar‘, where Indian and Pakistani cricketers share the same platform to celebrate.Unedited and the uncut version is available exclusively for Star Gold viewers where in for the first time on Indian television, Shahrukh Khan will take cricketers through the lessons of Bollywood. Catch Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Ssingh, Sreesanth and Mahendra Singh Dhoni dance away to the tunes of Shah Rukh Khan. That‘s not all; the starry night will also showcase Bollywood glamour queens Kareena Kapoor, Koena Mitra and Diya Mirza!

The king of fun & laughter, Sajid Khan along with Vidya Malvade, the captain of India‘s women hockey team in ‘Chak De India‘ will host the spectacular evening. Skipper MS Dhoni came with his team comprising of Saurav, Sreesanth, Yuvraj, Gambhir, Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and others to perform a unique Bollywood act on stage. While from the Pakistani team there were Shoaib Mallik, Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Akhtar. Sreesanth will challenge SRK with his impeccable moves, Bhajji will be forced to mimic Shahrukh and even propose Dia Mirza. The ‘King Khan‘ will make Yuvi repeat hit dialogues of ‘Devdas‘ in Punjabi while Dhoni will perform the ‘Don‘ number with SRK. In addition to that, there will be sweltering performances by the popular choreographer Ganesh Hegde and singer Neeti Mohan.

Chak De Yaara, which is not only an effort to entertain the viewers but it is an initiative to bring the two nations together on a platform where fun, laughter & love prevails.
So don‘t miss ‘Airtel Chak De Yaar‘ on 9 February, 9 p.m. only on Star Gold!