MUMBAI: CNN today announced the opening of new editorial operations in Chennai, India, as well as the appointment of two new India-based correspondents.Sara Sidner, currently of KTVU-TV in San Francisco/Oakland, will be the network‘s New Delhi-based international correspondent starting in January 2008 while Liz Neisloss, a former CNN senior producer, will be based in Chennai effective immediately.

"The rapid growth in India in terms of global business and regional political influence underlines how crucial these appointments are as part of CNN‘s international expansion," said Parisa Khosravi, senior vice president of CNN International newsgathering. "With Sara and Liz now confirmed, we can combine that with the strength of our sister network CNN-IBN and have a powerful editorial presence in India."

Sidner comes to CNN having been the weekend news anchor for KTVU as well as being a field reporter, where she won a number of awards. With more than 12 years of experience, Sidner has also worked in a number of other TV news markets in Texas, Florida and Missouri.

"To be part of CNN‘s international team of correspondents is an opportunity that any journalist would relish," Sidner said. "To be based in India as CNN expands its newsgathering operations makes the challenge and responsibility all the more rewarding."

Also as part of CNN‘s international newsgathering expansion, Neisloss becomes the network‘s international correspondent in Chennai, a city in southern India formerly known as Madras.

With CNN from 1990 to 2006, Neisloss was an award-winning senior CNN producer and correspondent, having traveled widely and also covered the United Nations in New York since 1997. In this new position, Neisloss will cover not just the southern part of India but also support the CNN bureau in New Delhi.

"Liz has vast experience working in an international environment, and I‘m delighted that she has taken up this new position," Khosravi said. "As ever, Liz has already hit the ground running and covered a number of stories.

This new position in South India is part of the multi-million dollar investment that CNN announced earlier this month and that will see an additional editorial resources and correspondents based in a number of countries. New operations are also planned for Afghanistan, Belgium, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland and Vietnam.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world‘s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

MUMBAI: Join show-host Seema Rahmani and her 16 troopers as they spend a leisurely day walking through the greenery of the rich reserves in Mulshi, near Pune. Take a dip in the lake on a hot day and enjoy the pleasures of trekking with like minded people and their dogs.

Heavy Petting is weekly pet show that focuses on joys and heartaches of owning a pet! The show is all about quirky pets (cats, dogs, pet turtles and even stranded pigeons!) and their quirkier owners!

Know more about pets with Seema Rahmani only on ‘Heavy Petting‘ on Sunday, December 09, 2007 at 12 noon only on NDTV Good Times.

MUMBAI: Zoom Television anchor anchor Siddharth Kannan of ?Santa and Banta Newz Unlimited? is towering these days.Well the reason being very marked. Siddharth has recently been awarded the Favorite Television Anchor for a comedy show of Zoom Television ?Santa Banta Newz Unlimited? as part of the 14th Lions Gold Awards that took place on 1 December, 2007.

Sid‘s excitement just could not stop brimming as the same evening many other film personalities were rewarded too, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal,Shahid Kapur, Madhur Bhandarkar being among the lot.

MUMBAI: 94.3 MY FM, the Bhaskar Group radio station, on the occasion of World AIDS Day, organized a number of on-ground and on-air activities in all its station spreading awareness about the fatal disease.

The channel ran awareness capsules throughout the day to help its listeners acquire more knowledge to fight the disease. The channel also aired sound bytes of celebrities and noted personalities, who work for the cause. In a gesture that showed 94.3 MY FM‘s emotional connect with its listeners, the radio channel‘s RJs went on the streets and distributed red ribbons in support of the cause. The idea was not just to spread awareness about the cause and precautions of the fatal disease, but to openly stand together with people as a team, against it.

94.3 MY FM organized ‘MY FM, My Marathon, a public involvement activity that had people of all ages participating in full swing in a 10 km long marathon. The activity aimed at bringing people from all ages, genders, castes and religions together to stand as a cohesive force and spread the message against AIDS.

Says, Harrish M. Bhatia, Business Head, 94.3 MY FM, "It is our responsibility as the voice of the people to spread awareness about the disease so that people take more responsibility and work against the fatal disease. 94.3 MY FM has always kept listeners‘ benefit at the forefront and will continue to work towards it."

Says, Viplove Gupte, National Programming Head, 94.3 MY FM, "AIDS is one of the most prevalent and feared diseases across the country. Having a good reach in our markets, we decided to use our prowess towards a greater cause of informing and rallying people to fight the disease."

MUMBAI: Ten Sports, the most watched sports channel of the sub-continent, will telecast the all-important Group D UEFA Champions League match between Celtic and defending champions AC Milan.

The Matchday six games in Group D of UEFA Champions League ? Europe?s biggest and most prestigious football tournament ? have been brought forward by a week because European champions Milan jet off to the Club World Cup in Japan following the match.

Live telecast on Ten Sports will start at 12:30 am IST on early Wednesday morning.

Celtic need a point at the already-qualified Milan on Tuesday (early Wednesday morning in India) to reach the Champions League knockout stages for a second successive year and dash the hopes of Shakhtar Donetsk.

Scottish Premier League leaders Celtic, who drew 1-1 at Hearts on Saturday, will be without long-term injury victim John Kennedy, while goalkeeper Artur Boruc thinks he can face Milan despite a knee problem.

However, Celtic will be buoyed by the fact that Milan are yet to win a single match this season at San Siro, and are currently in a free fall in Serie A, where they have plummeted down to the ninth place in the table.

Shakhtar, three points behind Celtic, must beat eliminated Benfica at home and hope an expected Milan reserve side win against the Scottish champions.

The Ukrainians would then qualify for the last 16 for the first time because of a better head-to-head record. They beat Celtic 2-0 at home in September and lost 2-1 in Glasgow last week after Massimo Donati‘s stoppage-time winner.

The UEFA Champions League starts in September and continues till the champion club of Europe is determined in May. The tournament comprises a group stage features 32 teams in eight groups of four, followed by four knockout rounds.

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MUMBAI: The term ‘Second Season‘ has always been a reason for a television show to celebrate the overwhelming audience response with a commitment to offer more entertainment leaving the fans wanting for more. With the trend of second seasons catching on across television channels in India, it is the perfect time for the talented trio to generate the suspense in your life with variety of episodes of unsolved criminal cases with the second season of ‘Private Psychic Eyes‘ on Zone Reality on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 9 pm.

After the success of the first season, British psychic mediums Colin Fry, Tony Stockwell and TJ Higgs (pictured) return to shed light and investigate baffling criminal cases long forgotten by the authorities. Psychic Private Eyes features extra-sensory investigations of real-life crimes, because sometimes, only the dead can reveal the truth.

Using their individual gifts, the psychics take-on many high-profile UK cases, including:
- In 1981 Michelle Folan went missing. Her daughter Nicola was only two years old and never laid eyes on her mother again. For years Michelle was classed as a missing person, until in 1999 when her body was found underneath the old hospital on Holloway Road, which was being demolished to make way for new housing. The press dubbed the case The Concrete Coffin. Nicolas father is serving life imprisonment for the murder, but Nicola holds many apprehensions about what happened all those years ago and has asked the psychics to determine whether they believe a second person was involved with her mothers‘ murder.

- Tina Elliott asks Colin, Tony and TJ to look into the mystery of her brother Phillips disappearance. Although he frequently kept to himself, when Phillip didn‘t appear on Christmas day in 2000 his family knew that something was wrong and informed the police. Three years later the police contacted the family when the remains of a human foot turned up in the River Severn and DNA testing identified it as belonging to Phillip. The psychics are passionate about providing the family with answers and trying to locate the rest of his body.

- Diane Havils 21-year-old son Leon Lamastide was shot dead outside their home on Londons notorious Stone bridge estate. Leons death was just one of many gun related crimes in an area that topped the police count for the highest murder rate in Britain. Three men were seen running away from the house after Leon was shot, and one of his friends took the mobile phone he had been talking on, only to return it several hours later. Had Leon got himself into bad company, or was he just another innocent victim of controversial inner city gun culture? Colin, Tony and TJ investigate.

Zoom in to Zone Reality to watch the second season of "Private Psychic Eyes" and experience the real entertainment on 8 December, 2007 at 9pm.