MUMBAI: For the first time ever on Hindi news television comes a news bulletin that is not afraid of saying it as it is!‘Danke Ki Chot Par‘, IBN 7‘s latest news bulletin, is a hard-hitting approach to the day‘s events and occurrences that best reflects the channel‘s spirit of ‘Khabar Har Keemat Par‘. The show, hosted by television‘s most credible anchors - Ashutosh / Sumit Awasthi, will ensure viewers get an unrestricted and credibly accurate rundown of everything that made big news that day. ‘Danke Ki Chot Par‘ airs daily from 9 -10 pm only on IBN 7.

In this age of sensationalism and censorship, ‘Danke Ki Chot Par‘ exemplifies the meaning of true journalism by highlighting the day‘s biggest news stories including the hard facts and reality behind it. The show‘s aggressive attitude is ideal for those serious about their daily news and like their dose of information straight-up.

"‘Danke Ki Chot Par‘ is an assertive and candid round-up of the day‘s major news that is presented in a straightforward manner. The show follows in IBN 7‘s path to providing its viewers accurate and reliable news with a fearless attitude of ‘karna hai toh karna hai‘". Said, Ashutosh, Managing Editor, IBN 7.

MUMBAI: Lycra Brand and MTV will present the biggest night in music and fashion as Lycra MTV Style Awards will bring the best of Shafqat Amanat Ali - known for his famous song ‘Mitwa‘ of KANK fame, female rap artist "Hard Kaur" who made an anthem out of ‘Ek Glassy‘, the renowned group ‘The Raghu Dixit Project‘, Atif Aslam, the popular Pakistani pop singer and the sexy girl band ‘Rouge‘ to India. These popular artists will perform exclusively for their Indian fans on October 25th at the Lycra MTV Style Awards 2007 in Mumbai.

It‘s a fashion show? it‘s a music concert? NO! It‘s the Lycra MTV Style Awards! For four years running, MTV has fused music with fashion as no one can. This year too with an awesome line up of talent from across India, Pakistan and the UK; get set for explosions; as Raghu Dixit will make music with Lycra Brand line entitled "Universe of the Young". Uniforms will be the anthem for Shafqat Amanat Ali & designers Abhishek & Nandita. Gangs will be the common thread for Hard Kaur & Vikram Phadnis. Atif will mesmerize the audiences with his performance as the youth designers will unveil their creations as they get personal with "My Tee". Last but not the least ROUGE will urge you to leave your "shyness" behind with their flamboyant performance!

Says Ashish Patil, General Manager - MTV India & Vice President, Creative & Content, "At Lycra MTV Style Awards our objective is to create harmony with different forms of artistic interpretation. Every year we have well known designers showcase their designs to the tunes of popular musicians. This year all our performers are chartbusters and have straddled nearly every genre of music. So when the designers of the year and the musicians come together at Lycra MTV Style Awards you can expect nothing less than magic!"

Shafqat Amanat Ali known as the voice of Shahrukh Khan is currently one of the best singers in Pakistan and is slowly making his way into Bollywood. Trained in the classical music ‘Gharana of Patiala‘, Shafqat has made a name for himself in the world of Pakistani Pop music and was the force behind the Pakistani band - Fuzon. Commenting on performing at the Lycra MTV Style Awards this year Shafqat says, "I‘m honoured to be performing at one of the most stylish award ceremonies of the year! To have Abhishek & Nandita showcase their creations for the theme ‘Uniforms‘ to my music adds to the flavour of my song and makes it come alive!"

No newcomer to the scene, Hard Kaur has graced the stage at some of the world‘s most prestigious venues, opening London shows for Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams and has had resounding success with the club classic ‘Ek Glassy‘. Quotes Taran Kaur Dhillon, popularly known as Hard Kaur "Music & fashion are two sides of the same coin. As a pop artist it is important to be in sync with style, to set trends & create a culture that people follow." Hard Kaur will create the rhythm for the theme ‘Gangs‘ created by none other than Vikram Phadnis.

Raghu Dixit‘s music is a seamless amalgamation of Indian ethnic music and styles from different parts of the world. Raghu‘s singing style can be described as unique as he uses a clever combination of Indian ethnic folk, Sufi and classical phrases into his songs. Says Raghu, "The theme of Lycra MTV Style Awards is "It‘s my Style" and that is particularly relevant to me because my music is a contemporary personal interpretation of the confluence of musical heritage that only India can boast of!" The Lycra Brand partner‘s line will be showcased to the music of the Raghu Dixit Project.

Atif Aslam, the Pakistani singer who took India by storm from his very first song ‘Woh Lamhe, Woh Baatein‘ from the movie Zeher, will be setting the beat to the ‘My Tee‘ collection created by students from NIFT Mumbai. These students were chosen as part of the Designer Hunt and will be mentored by Vikram Phadnis. Quips Atif "I‘m very excited to perform at the Lycra MTV Style Awards this year, to be in the midst of popular Bollywood celebrities and famous musicians is very humbling."

Rouge, the British Asian all-girl pop band, whose refrain ‘Don‘t be shy‘ rocked the clubs all over the world, will also ensure that the invitees won‘t stop rocking here as well. Says Amrita Hunjan, the Indian part of the band, "We are extremely thrilled about our performance at Lycra MTV Style Awards. This will be our first performance in Mumbai and we just can‘t wait to get there."

Since the conception of Lycra MTV Style Awards, well known artists such as Shankar Ehsaan Loy & DJ Aqeel in 2003, Pentagram & Raghav in 2004, Bombay Rockers & Kailash Kher in 2005 and Bappi Lahiri and Pritam in 2006 have graced the awards with their mind blowing performances and presence.

Lycra MTV Style Awards is known for showcasing the best in music, fashion and Bollywood year on year, so sit back and get ready to enjoy yet another year of mesmerizing magic on stage!

MUMBAI: Gitanjali Group one of the largest integrated diamond and jewellery manufacturers and retailers in India, hosted the Pre-Celebration of Lakme Fashion Week 07 in great style and vigor.

MUMBAI: A power packed hi-octane three week spree, over 400 teams from more than 250 corporates across Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai and Radio City?s search for the nation?s Corporate music champions concludes as ?Radio City MQ? India?s first ever National Music Quiz for Corporates closed this evening.Amidst much revelry and whistle blowing, Subhajit Chatterjee and Vibhendu Tewari from Deutsche Bank won the National Mega Finals ?Radio City MQ? beating the top two scoring teams from Bangalore and Delhi at the Taj President in Mumbai today. IMRB International (Ameya Sawant, Neha Gahlaut) from Mumbai came in a close second as First Runners Up followed by Evalueserve from Delhi who were Second Runners Up. The winning Deutsche Bank team on ?Radio City MQ? bagged themselves premium guitars from Gibson, Toshiba laptops, watches from Pierre Cardin, 2 couple holiday packages to exotic destinations in India along with GAS vouchers and much more!

Hosted by Brian Tellis and RJ Archana, host of Mumbai?s Radio City Breakfast Show, the ?Radio City MQ? National Finals saw two top scoring teams from Mumbai (Deutsche Bank, IMRB International), Delhi (Evalueserve, Equinox) and Bangalore (BizTruss Integrated Services, Wipro Technologies) vie for the National Title.

The National Finals comprised of five action-packed interactive rounds based on Radio City?s programme schedule; including an audio quiz section, a round on nine artists, a buzzer round and an audio-visual round on English music. The surprise package of the evening was an engaging ?Whatte Fun? audience round hosted by RJ Archana. Four people from the audience were called on stage for a quick Rapid Fire Round. Harmeet Singh Arora from Zapak Digital Entertainment won a group outdoor adventure package from Z-Bac Adventures.

Commenting on the Nationals Finals said Mr. Rana Barua, National Head ? Marketing, Radio City 91.1FM says, ?Radio City MQ has been a roaring success! The response we?ve received to MQ in the very first year of its inception has been simply ground breaking! Be it the format, concept or execution ? MQ has been much appreciated by corporates nationally! Clearly all the research and hard work gone into it, has paid off! Next year around, we take ?Radio City MQ? to the next ?Whatte Fun? level and corporates, watch out for us!?

Raising a toast to their victory, an exhilarated Vibhendu Tewari, Deutsche Bank said, ?It was great fun to be a part of this hatke musical quiz. Thanks to the innovative rounds, the cheering audience and the pulsating atmosphere ? we?ve certainly has a ?Whatte Fun? time! Subhajit Chatterjee added, ?This was a welcome change from the routine work at office. I really wish more people would come up with this concept where we all could relax; chill and just have some fun. Three cheers to Radio City!?

Conceptualized and managed by Fountainhead Promotions and Events, Radio City 91.1FM?s ?Radio City MQ? is an exciting, first-of-its-kind National Music Quiz catering to music enthusiasts from the corporate world. With ?Radio City MQ?, Kingfisher Airlines came on-board as Premium Airline Partner, while Pierre Cardin Swiss was the Official Time Partner. Gibson Guitars, Gas, Ray Ban, Toshiba and Z-Bac Adventure were the Prize Partners while exchange4media.com and Impact were Trade Partners to the Event.

MUMBAI: On the occasion of India‘s 60th year of independence, BBC World in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, presents The World Debate hosted by BBC presenter Tim Sebastian on the topic of India: Cherishing Democracy, sharing prosperity?