MUMBAI: There was tension in the air. But the mood changed to euphoria when two special guests made their surprise entry.Indian Idol winner Prashant Tamang along with Amit Paul as special guests on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa - Dancing with the Stars. They brought back memories of Indian Idol once again when the two took the stage and regaled the audience with songs they sang to live music from the band The Inner Voice.

Aadesh Shrivastav is a man who has hit tunes to his credit. But when it came to shaking a leg he was caught on the wrong foot and has now been declared the first celebrity contestant to be voted out of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa - Dancing with the Stars. It was the first elimination round and Aadesh may be the first to go, but it his to his credit that a man who has never ever danced in his life took up the challenge from his son to take part in the show. Despite his hectic work schedule where he is recording songs till unearthly hours of the night, being a celebrity judge on a musical show and with high temperature it is to his credit that he still made time for back breaking rehearsals. It came as no surprise to him that he was eliminated. "I am happy that I took part on the show and was able to shed my inhibitions and picked up a few dancing steps. I now intend to dance whenever I can!" he says with a smile. His only regret is that his choreographer Tina had to pay the price for his two left feet.

Tina, though reduced to tears at the elimination, had no regrets. She was happy to have found a brother in Aadesh. Tina, a self-taught dancer who has picked up the Latin American dance forms with watching CDs is a professional now and intends to go abroad to do a course in Therapy through Dance. "I am Psychology student. I truly believe that dance can heal body, mind and soul. After completing the course I want to come back to India and practice here."

Although Aadesh‘s departure brought a somber note to the show for the first time, the mood was lightened by some funny quips from the funny man. "I have applied for the post next!" he said. It sure helps to have Cyrus around.

But who goes out next remains to be seen, until then keep watching and voting for your favourite contestants.

Stay tuned to Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa - Dancing with the Stars every Friday and Saturday at 9 p m only on Sony Entertainment Television.

MUMBAI: Star Gold, will celebrate the ‘Jabardast Janamdin‘ of India‘s favourite superstar, Amitabh Bachchan. Star Gold brings in the birthday of the superstar of the millennium from Oct 10 beginning the bonanza of blockbuster movies.

Oct 10 2007

Hera Pheri - 12:30 pm

Namak Halal - 16:30 pm

Major Saab - 20:30 pm

Oct 11 2007

Family - 12: 55 am

Kaante - 03:30 am

Black - 06:35 am

Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan - 09:00 am

Viruddh - 01:00 pm

Khakee- 16:30 pm

Kaalia- 08:30 pm

So don‘t forget to catch the marathon of movies of superstar of millennium Amitabh Bachchan on 10 and 11 October only on Star Gold!

MUMBAI: CNBC-TV 18, India‘s leading business news channel brings you 10 global investors from the New York, the heart of the global financial landscape.The New Yorkers on CNBC TV 18, a special 10 part series will provide a global perspective featuring the top investors from New York. It showcases a glittering array of professional investors and equity strategists from the best global institutions.

This special series shot entirely in New York features some of the most powerful and tactical minds from the global markets as they share their views on global equities, the credit squeeze and liquidity flows, the interest of pension funds in India and their outlook of the Indian market. The series features:

- Ruchir Sharma, Morgan Stanley

- Francois Trahan, ISI Inc

- George Iwanicki, MD & Macro Strategist, JP Morgan Asset Mgmt Inc

- Arvind Sanger, Managing Partner, Geosphere

- Arshad Zakaria, President and Ceo, New Vernon Capital

- Joyce Chang, MD & Global Head - Forex, EM & Commodities JPMorgan Chase.

- Michael Metz, Investment Strategist, Oppenheimer & Co Inc

- Punita Kumar Sinha, Sr MD, Blackstone Group

- Michael Hartnett, Chief GEM Equity Strategist, Merrill Lynch

- Robert Doll, Vice Chairman & Chief Investment Officer, Equities, BlackRock

Udayan Mukherjee, Executive Editor, CNBC TV 18 will anchor this special series and will track, analyze and help interpret the views of these investors for the Indian investor.

Speaking on this he commented "It‘s only when you meet such people do you get a first hand sense of the seminal shift that‘s happening in the world of money, away from the US to emerging economies like India and China."

MUMBAI: Crossword -India‘s leading lifestyle bookstore chain today provided the booklovers, a colourful collection of eclectic poems with the launch and reading of the book ‘Close Every Door‘ by poet Shomsuklla Das at Crossword (Kemps Corner).

On the occasion Award winning lyricist and ad man Prasoon Joshi released the book while noted poets Menka Shivdasani, Arundhati Subramanium & Anju Makhija read excerpts from the book and discussed on the same along with the author.

MUMBAI: India is exuberant about the Twenty20 World Cup victory. The two men vital to this win, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (newly appointed captain of the Indian cricket team) and Yuvraj Singh speak about their victory, the new team, the game, their friendship and what keeps them going in an exclusive interview to Dr Prannoy Roy.

Watch the exclusive interview on NDTV 24x7?s India Questions on Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 10:00 am and Sunday October 7, 2007 at 10:00 pm.

MUMBAI: Living upto its Suno Sunao Life Banao brand line, BIG 92.7 FM Rajkot is celebrating the Powerful Patels Week to honor the members of the community who have made a remarkable difference to the society.

As part of the celebrations, BIG 92.7 FM, Rajkot, is honoring the leading politicians, industrialists, entrepreneurs, doctors, advocates, writers and career experts who belong to the Patel community. A function was held at Hotel Imperial Palace on September 29 to felicitate Patels who have made a huge difference to the development of society. The on-air celebrations of the Powerful Patel Week that began on October 1 shall continue till October 6.

Lauding the good work done by the community, Mr. Nishant Thadani, Station Head, BIG 92.7 FM, Rajkot "The contribution of Patel Community towards the development of Saurashtra has been noteworthy. Besides establishing numerous hospitals, health centers, co-operative dairies, marketing yards and check dams, they have also established educational institutes and hostels for girl students, thus stressing on education for the girl child. We at BIG 92.7 FM thought of celebrating the success of the Patel Community and honoring their achievements at a get together and highlighting their contributions on-air for one-week."

As part of this, the most popular morning radio show in Rajkot, the BIG Chai, featured one leading industrialist/businessman everyday. The RJs interviewed them on their years of struggle, their first taste of success, their future plans and also involved their family members. The other shows on BIG 92.7 FM also featured discussion with expert doctors, advocates, educationists and writers from the community to name a few. In addition to this, special feature on the traditions and rituals followed by Patels and an on-air contests on the Patel community was also held and exciting prizes were given away to the winners. Throughout the week, various on-ground activities were also conducted at Patel Kanya Chhatralaya, Kansagara Chhatralaya and other boarding schools run by Patel community. The RJs played entertaining games with these students and gave away goodies to the winners. The on-air have been receiving an overwhelming response from the listeners in Rajkot.