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.

MUMBAI: How tempting is the idea of a piping hot samosa on a cold winter evening? Building on the success of ‘City ki Chai‘ Lucknow‘s Radio City 91.1 celebrated Lucknow‘s lesser known superstars through an innovative 2 week contest called ‘City ka Samosa‘ wherein listeners voted in with their favourite samosa stall in Lucknow. After a stupendous response from listeners, six most popular Samosa stalls were short listed. Further to a tasting session by Mr. Ravindra Jain of Lucknow‘s Chappan Bhog, ‘Sehgal Samose‘, Opposite Leela Cinema, Hazratganj was crowned the winner of Radio City‘s ‘City ka Samosa‘!

RJ Vera, Lucknow‘s record holding RJ and host of The Radio Breakfast Show invited listeners for a ‘Whatte Fun‘ felicitation ceremony along with RJ Pooja host of Hum Tum at Hazratganj today. RJ Fahad captured the evening‘s excitement for Lucknow city on Radio City Joyride as the elated sibling duo - Ashok and Sanjay Sehgal, owners of ‘Sehgal Samose‘ and Winner of the ‘City ka Samosa‘ contest shared their secret samosa recipe with those present.

Sharing his thoughts on the initiative, Mr. Rana Barua, National Head - Marketing Radio City 91.1FM said, "We greatly cherish the special bond we share with Lucknow‘s Radio Cityzens and thank them for their enthusiasm and support! After the overwhelming response from our ‘City ki Chai‘ initiative, we are greatly thankful to the people of Lucknow whose participation has made this activity a huge success! Thanks to them, we can truly applaud the seldom acknowledged, hard-working people who very dedicatedly serve Lucknow city!"

Radio City 91.1FM conducted the 2 week ‘City ka Samosa‘ contest from November 19 - 30, 2007 on Lucknow‘s favourite Radio City Breakfast Show. RJ Vera invited listeners to respond on their favourite Samosa joints in Lucknow after which the Radio City team visited each of the samosa-spots nominated. Basis the parameters of listener‘s preferences, Radio City identified Lucknow‘s top 6 most popular Samosa stalls.

A sustained focus on understanding listeners and leveraging the synergies of music expertise and innovative programming, allows Radio City to deliver a unique listening experience and be an integral part of the lives of listeners across markets. Aggressively looking at spreading the Radio City experience to new markets across the country, Radio City 91.1FM is committed to growing the market and creating superlative content for premium audiences.

MUMBAI: SPACES, Home and Beyond (SPACES), the premium brand of Welspun Retail Ltd.- India‘s largest specialty retailer in Home Furnishings, today launched a 25 day-long towel fiesta ‘REFRESH‘. The key attraction includes the display of the Longest Towel in the World (Source ? Limca Book of Records) at InOrbit Mall, Malad. The Towel which can scale the Qutab Minar around 5 ? times, weigh 500 kgs and 419 meters long is woven in the colours of the Indian Tri-Colour.

Towels of international feel and quality are being offered at never-before price at this festival running in all SPACES and Shoppers Stop outlets across India from December 1 to 25. One can pick up sets of towels from a price tag starting Rs. 199/- to 449/- with a variety of options to choose from.

Speaking on the occasion, Mrs. Dipali Goenka, Director, Welspun Retail Ltd., said "Through this very special promotion we are offering our loyal customers, International quality towels at highly affordable price. Welspun is amongst the third largest manufacturers of Towels in the world and what better way to promote this festival than by displaying the Tri-colour Towel woven by Welspunites with the true Made-In-India spirit?" she adds.