MUMBAI: 6 continents and 104 beauties. More than 2 billion viewers worldwide. Miss World 2006 promises to be the most lavish and spectacular event of the year. With a combination of star judges and a world wide voting process which will decide who is crowned the 56th Miss World, this event is set to be the most interactive Miss World ever!

Watch it all and vote your favourite beauty into the grand finale on Star World. No other beauty pageant can promise you as much? and it‘s all coming to you LIVE on Saturday, 30 September 30 at 11:30 pm only on Star World and the repeat telecast on Sunday, 1st October.

On 29 September at 11:30 pm, audiences world over can watch the 6 special half-hour Vote For Me shows back-to-back and get up close and personal with each and every beauty. Also, they will get a final chance to vote their favourite contestant into the 15 continental finalists.

Once the voting ends by 29 September, voting results all over the world will be tallied, and the top 2 vote-winners from each continent will automatically gain entry into the Continental Finals. From the 16 Continental Finalists, a panel of judges will choose the final 6. After which Miss World Organisation Chairman, Mrs Julia Morley, will announce the next Miss World 2006, a title that will bring glamour, glory and hard work in the name of "Beauty With A Purpose".

The 56th Miss World pageant will take place in Warsaw, Poland on Saturday, September 30th at Sala Kongresowa, the main 2,897-seat auditorium at the Palace of Culture and Science. Aside from admiring the beauty queens in their beachwear, nightgowns and interviews, viewers will also be able to follow the contestants as they traipse through some of Poland‘s most breathtaking and historical sights?

So tune in to the Miss World 2006 pageant - coming to you LIVE on STAR WORLD on Saturday, 30 September at 11:30 pm and repeat primetime telecast on 1st October at 10 pm.

MUMBAI: Lakshmi Mittal was cast into the international limelight when he began negotiations to merge his own company with Europe?s Arcelor into a US$34 billion entity. The world‘s fifth richest man speaks to Talk Asia‘s host, Satinder Bindra, about the Mittal-Arcelor tie-up, family involvement in his company and his own business future.

Mittal talks frankly to Bindra about the merger process with Arcelor. It was a drawn out affair with Mittal describing it as being something akin to a boxing match, "?it had several rounds, and this process required that you win every round. And there were many rounds where it was kind of a draw because no sides were winning," he says.

The merger was also not without its share of critics, from both business and political spheres. Mittal takes us inside the merger process which threatened to be constantly derailed. He describes his reaction to criticism to his of own company by the CEO of Arcelor who cited Mittal Steel as a company "?manufacturing sub standard products" compared to its European counterparts.

Despite fears of how these comments might have affected the success of the merger, Mittal is candid in his assessment of the tactics used by Arcelor management. But he also displays a pragmatic outlook on how to get things done in today?s high-stakes business world. "That?s how the game is played" he says, "?always if I have only supporters, there would be no fun and no challenge."

Bindra questions Mittal on the accusations of racism surrounding the deal with the French steel maker. Mittal is forthcoming on his reaction when questions of race became a part of a deal making process.

Motivated from a humble childhood, the multi-billionaire says his approach to managing the Mittal global business is to "?have a lot of commitment and dedication to the business, deliver a better product than our competition, and to have better productivity."

He also speaks about family involvement in the company. Through a mutually respected relationship, Mittal is grooming his two children with the same care he puts into the business. As a result of his training, it was actually his son who advised Mittal to take over Arcelor in 2005. He adds that he is confident of "?what they are doing and my son has been very successful as a president and CFO of Mittal Steel."

MUMBAI: After the mega successes of Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, Rajshri Productions joins hands once again with HMV Saregama to release the music for their forthcoming film Vivah.

The production house known for making blockbuster family entertainers like Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hain Kaun returns with Vivah which will be hitting theatres in November 2006. With an ensemble cast comprising Shahid Kapur, Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher, Alok Nath, Seema Biswas and Samir Soni and directed by Sooraj Barjatya, Vivah is a traditional love story in the Rajshri tradition - a journey from engagement to marriage.

Vivah marks the return of melody with ten tracks composed by Ravindra Jain in typical Rajshree‘s approach with focus on melody and tradition. The songs have been rendered by Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal, Kumar Sanu, Sudesh Bhosle, Babul Supriyo, Suresh Wadkar and Pamela Jain. The music of Vivah is melody focused Ravindra Jain style. Lyrics by Ravindra Jain have further commended the music of Vivah to create a powerful overall package.

According to CEO Music Business, Saregama India Ltd, Kulmeet Makkar, "We are delighted by being associated with Rajshree Productions once again. For us at Saregama it is a comeback with one of India‘s best film producers. The music is built along Rajshri traditions of strong melodies. We hope with Vivah, the Rajshris, Ravindra Jain and Saregama together will be able to recreate the Hum Aapke Hain Kaun magic once again".

In a first of its kind endeavour, Saregama has launched the music for Vivah, first on the internet, before the launch in the physical format of cassettes, MP3 and CDs. The launch has been done on NDTV‘s music site, called www.ndtvmusic.com.

MUMBAI: Come September 29 and you would see Supriya Pathak, wife of Pankaj Kapoor change her garb to someone completely opposite her name! Brash, reprimanding, loud, domineering and bold, she pencils the character of Mahabali for a special episode of Naya Office Office to be aired on Star One at 8:30 pm. The real life couple will be acting after a hiatus of 8 years for the small screen.

From rising fuel prices to problems with the BMC. From corruption to bribery? tackling issues will never be the same again! And neither will comedy on television. Arriving on Star One this Friday, Naya Office Office returns with its sterling star cast, brand new episodes and stupendous comic plots! Catch Mussadilal Vishwarkarma, facing trouble at the passport office, this Friday, September 29th, at 8:30 pm.

This week, Mussaddilal receives intimation from the Passport Office that his Passport is ready for collection and he must come with relevant proof to collect the same. Happily he arrives and gets his new passport for which Bhatia has to be given Mithai and Shuklas paan his due. Mussaddilal happily gives them their due and proudly goes through his newly acquired passport only to find mistakes in Address, Age, & Gender. According to this he is a she, much younger than he should be, and stays at a place which is no where close to his locality.

He is dumbfounded when told what all he will have to do to get it all in order. As this is going on in walks Mahabali (Supriya ), raging with anger ready to take the whole department to task for issuing her passport with her as a male, living at some address unknown to her, and an age which is closer to her uncles. Mahabali , the only daughter of the famous Mussaddilal Pahelwan(No relation of our Mussaddilal) is not ready to accept any of this nonsense, and one slap from her, leave alone her Pahelwan relatives is enough to send our Five crooks reeling.

What happens next??? Does Mussadilal eventually get his passport? To find out, mark your diaries and meet ‘Mussadilal and his gang on ‘NAYA OFFICE OFFICE‘, this Friday at 8. 30 pm, only on Star One!