MUMBAI: Tiger Woods, the finest contemporary golfer in the world, and perhaps of all time, will start his 2008 season when he takes part in this week?s $5.2 million Buick Invitational.

Woods, the undisputed number one in the world and winner of Buick Invitational in four of his last five starts ? including the last three years ? goes up against a quality field at Torrey Pines North and South courses from 24 January, and the much anticipated tournament will be seen live and exclusive on Ten Sports, the most watched sports channel in the Sub-continent.

The live coverage of the tournament on Ten Sports starts from 25 January, at 1:30 am IST and ends with the final day?s coverage starting at the same time (1:30am IST) on 28 January. The coverage of the second round will be delayed and starts 3:30 am IST on 27 January.

Tiger proved in December last year how quickly he can get back into the groove when he tore apart a quality field in his own Target World Challenge, and won the title by seven shots despite coming off a ten-week break.

But it is not just Woods who will be hoping for a fast start to the season. Also in the field is Phil Mickelson, who will be eager to build up on his success at the end of last year, which saw him win on the PGA Tour and the HSBC Champions in Shanghai.

The Indian interest will centre around Daniel Chopra, who won the season-opening winners-only Mercedes Benz Championship in Hawaii.

Also in the field are Masters champion Zach Johnson, Jim Furyk, KJ Choi and Vijay Singh.

Ten Sports is the definitive home for golf action in the Subcontinent, with the channel telecasting action from one of the biggest Tours in the world ? the US PGA.

MUMBAI: To bring to its viewers the best mix of patriotism and entertainment, CNN-IBN has lined up special programmes for its viewers.

The programming includes:

Breakfast with India - A special show that covers stories on celebration of Republic Day all across the country. It will also include a special quiz* about India with celebrities. Anchored by Karma Paljor, the show will also have multiple links across India. Time- January 26 at 8:00am

State of the nation poll - The first time ever-unique opinion poll of the Women of India anchored by Sagarika Ghose on 26th Jan at 8:00pm

Secret Kitchen - A special episode of Secret Kitchen with mother of Martyrs on Saturday, January 26 at 1:30pm

Citizen Journalist special ? A special episode celebrating the 58th Republic Day. This special is with Kiran Bedi, marking the efforts of citizens in making our country a better place to live in. Time: January 26 at 9:30pm

Jab English Met India- A special series on why is the country obsessed with English. A special half hour show on January 26th 4:30pm

India rocks - India Rocks A special musical series with upcoming stars in the country. Showcasing the little champs the country marking the efforts of citizens in making our country a better place to live in. January 26th 11:30pm.

MUMBAI: The fun filled musical entertainer on NDTV Imagine witnessed its first bidaai today with Aman Verma getting eliminated! It was truly the first sad moment on this musical show which is full of masti and hungama! The judges, Simi Garewal and Karan Johar also announced the next two celebrities in the danger zone- Divyanka Tripathi and Juhi Parmar. The second elimination will be announced in the episode airing on 24 January, 2008

According to the format of the show, the eliminated person is announced at the beginning of the show and is then given the authority to save any one participant from the danger zone for that episode. Aman Verma chose to save Mannish Goel from being eliminated today. When asked why he chose Mannish, Aman said, "Last evening, when the voting process was on, Mannish told everyone to vote for me and save me from getting eliminated as he feels he is a bad singer! I thought it was a very sweet gesture and decided to save him! I had a blast while I was on the show and wish all the luck to the rest of the participants!"

So who will get eliminated tomorrow? Will it be Divyanka or Juhi? Watch out on Say Shaava Shaava at 8:30 pm tomorrow only on NDTV Imagine

MUMBAI: SHAHRUKH: ?lets not take money under the table and let?s not do shady stuff. If we do it right we are all going to make money, we?re all going to be happy and we?re all going to be a great and a very proud nation. So my advice to all the politicians is that please be as honest as is realistically possible.

Mumbai, 23 January, 2008: ?I would love to work but I think I have over exposed myself last year so most of the producer, directors are not signing me. Until Mr. Chidambaram lowers the taxes I guess none of the producers can afford me. So I am just out of work right now? said Shah Rukh Khan to NDTV 24x7 Managing Editor, Sonia Singh on being asked what his plans were for 2008.

Bollywood icon, Shah Rukh Khan was speaking to Sonia Singh at the NDTV Indian of the Year Award Function held in Delhi on 17 January, 2008.

Shah Rukh also advised all politicians to be ?as honest as is realistically possible?, on being asked by Congress General Secretary, Rahul Gandhi on what his advice to politicians would be.

Shah Rukh received the Indian of the Year award for the Actor with the most impact on Hindi Cinema in the year 2007.

You can watch the NDTV Indian of the Year Event on 26 January, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. with a repeat on 27 January, 11:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. only on NDTV 24x7

MUMBAI: Celebrate Republic Day with the Indian television premiere of the captivating and gripping animated movie, Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix, on India?s number one kids? channel Cartoon Network on 26 January, 2008 at 11:00 am and 6:00 p.m. A Cartoon Network original show, Ben 10 launched on the Network on 10 October, 2007 and immediately went on to become one of the most popular characters with kids? across India.In fact, within fourteen weeks of launch, Cartoon Network became the No. 1 national channel during the show?s telecast. And now in its first ever animated movie, Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix - our young hero, Ben Tennyson, travels through the galaxy in search of the creator of the Omnitrix after accidentally setting it to self-destruct. Debuting as part of Cartoon Network Theatre, Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix, with the combination of all the heroic forces in a single Ben 10 movie, makes for ten times the drama, action and fun of one.

The show airs every Wednesday to Friday at 6:00 pm. on Cartoon Network and it is interesting to note that both boys and girls in the age group of 4-14 years have added to the programme?s viewership almost equally.

Created at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, California, Ben 10 follows the exciting adventures of 10-year-old Ben, who discovers a strange alien device resembling a wristwatch called the Omnitrix inside a crashed meteorite. Once ?the watch? permanently locks itself on his wrist, Ben discovers that he can transform into 10 different fantastic alien beings, each with unique powers and abilities?but only for 10 minutes at a time and all the while retaining his 10-year-old mind and personality.

As Ben learns to control these new powers, he decides to use them to right wrongs and fight evil. Once in a while, however, he can?t resist being a kid and using his new abilities to satisfy his curiosity. Fortunately his grandfather Max and cousin Gwen are there to keep him in check and bail him out of trouble when he needs it.

Cartoon Network and POGO are part of the Turner bouquet of channels in India. Having shaped kids? television in India, with the launch of Cartoon Network in 1995, Turner created another milestone by launching POGO, a multi-genre channel, created exclusively for kids? in India and their families in 2004. Recognized as the resident kids? experts with a 360-degree presence through successful on-air and on line presence, ground-events, promotional licensing, product licensing, theme parks, publishing, CD ROMS, etc, Cartoon Network and POGO, with an intelligent mix of live action, documentaries, movies and animation, offer a complete entertainment package for kids in India. Turner Broadcasting System Inc., a Time Warner company, is a major producer of news and entertainment products around the world and the leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry.

MUMBAI: In its constant endeavor to provide differentiated programming content to the viewers, Star Plus yet again brings a refreshing change from the routine in form of Rang De India- A republic Day special on 26 January, 1 pm. At Rang De India, Star Plus brings together Voice of India, Indian Idol and Sa Re Ga Ma contestants to pay a musical tribute to the national heroes and martyrs who sacrificed their lives to bring us freedom.This is the first attempt of its kind in the history of Indian Television when contestants from competition GEC will be seen together celebrating the spirit of freedom, harmony and togetherness and shaking a leg on one platform to celebrate our achievement as a nation.

These kids became popular icons for viewers over the years and while India spent a lot of time voting to retain their favourites, their favourites now choose to give back the love and affection by coming together on this show as a tribute to India.

"Rang De India will not only be visual and a musical treat for the music lovers across the country but also the largest pot pourri of talented and popular youngsters from various talent hunt shows across Indian television spreading the message of unity and harmony to all the Indians viewing the show", says Anupama Mandloi, Senior Creative Director, Star Plus stating the thought behind Rang De India.

The show brings together the likes of Voice of India winner Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, the runner up Harshit Saxena and Ashprit, Sumitra Iyer, Irfan Khan from the clan; Sa Re Ga Ma Stars Vineet Singh, Rajeev, Hemachandra and Indian Idol stars Rahul Vaidya, Prajakta Shukre and Karunya.

It will be an interesting sight to watch Sa Re Ga Ma Pa‘s Rajeev adjusting his chord to Indian Idol‘s Prajakta Shukre as they come together to perform Rang De Basanti. At the same time, it will be fun to see Voice of India and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa‘s first runners-up Harshit and Vineet do an encore to the popular patriotic song kar chale hum fida jaano tan saathiyo. The viewers can also look forward to some other patriotic songs like Hai preet jahan ki reet sada by Harshit and Rahul Vaidya; Lakshya ko pana hai by Irfan, Karunya and Hema amongst other high volt performances. The high points will be Ai mere watan ke logon by Alka Yagnik. These performances will surely dampen many eyes tuning in to Rang De India.

To tone the mood light, there will be power packed performances by Shaan humming Om shanti Om, Jhoom barabar jhoom by Harshit, Karunya, Sumitra and Ujjaini and Khalbali hai khalbali by Amey and Vineet among many others.