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  • POGO celebrates a decade of recognising the most talented kids across India

    POGO celebrates a decade of recognising the most talented kids across India

    MUMBAI: POGO, India’s leading kids’ channel, is at the precipice of reaching yet another milestone. Its proprietary talent hunt initiative – POGO Amazing Kids Awards (PAKA), is celebrating its 10th edition this year. PAKA is India’s first kids’ television awards ceremony that upholds the channel’s tradition of discovering, recognizing and celebrating, the amazingly talented children of India across various categories including dance, music, sports, social service, etc.

    It was no easy feat to select one winner from hundreds of candidates across India. Taking up this immense responsibility was a panel of eminent experts within each field. Icon Ayaz Memon judged the sports category, Tobby Fernandes judged the dance category, Salim Merchant judged the singer and musician category, Tathagat Tulsi judged the genius category and Vaibhav Kumaresh judged the artist category. The social service category was judged by Fr. Terrance and the entertainer category was judged by Krishna Desai.

    Krishna Desai, Sr. Director& Network Head – Kids, South Asia, Turner International India Pvt. Ltd. said, “It is an extremely proud moment for POGO to be celebrating the 10th anniversary of POGO Amazing Kids Awards. The fact that we have been able to conduct these awards over the past decade is a testament to the abundant talent in our country. Today, PAKA is a recognizable and credible certification for children who represent the very best of aptitude with a very bright future.”

    PAKA 2013 winners have truly done India proud and continue to strive towards excellence:

  • CNN named cable & satellite channel of the year

    CNN named cable & satellite channel of the year

    MUMBAI: CNN International has once again been recognized for its outstanding global journalism winning the coveted ‘Cable & Satellite Channel of the Year’, ‘Best News Story’ and ‘Best Social Awareness Program’ categories at the 2013 Asian Television Awards held last night in Singapore.

    CNN’s Hong Kong-based international correspondent Anna Coren won the prestigious ‘Best News Story 10 minutes or less’ for her powerful exclusive report ‘Afghanistan Taliban Firefight’ where she came under enemy fire for more than 90 minutes in Nejrab alongside U.S. Special forces. This is the third Asian Television Award for Coren – she won ‘Best News Presenter or Anchor’ in both 2011 and 2012. You can see her ‘Afghanistan Taliban Firefight’ report here: http://cnn.it/188w7iI

    CNN’s senior international correspondent Sara Sidner collected her second Asian Television Award, this time for the remarkable CNN Freedom Project documentary ‘Operation Hope’ in the ‘Best Social Awareness Program’ category. The award follows Sidner’s original recognition in 2011 as she chronicled the extraordinary against-the-odds journey of a seven-year-old Bangladeshi boy who was viciously attacked, castrated and left for dead because he refused to be forced into begging. In ‘Operation Hope’ she followed up his story to relate how people around the world had seen her report and subsequently helped fly the boy to the US for life-changing surgery, meaning that ultimately his terrifying ordeal ended happily: http://cnn.it/Usz8lK
    The award for ‘Operation Hope’ represents the latest recognition for the CNN Freedom Project, an initiative that has been honored extensively for its tireless efforts to shine a light on the horrors of modern-day slavery.

    Executive Vice President and Managing Director for CNN International Tony Maddox commented: “I am thrilled that CNN ends 2013 as it started it, namely with recognition and awards from prestigious peers for the outstanding quality of our journalism. These awards stand as a testament to the excellence and dedication of our people in Asia and around the world, with both Anna and Sara’s remarkable reports demonstrating their tenacity and fearlessness in bringing vital stories to our global audience. It is also especially pleasing to see the CNN Freedom Project once again honored as the initiative has repeatedly delivered crucial, hard-hitting but compassionate reporting to increase awareness of this appalling trade.”

    The Asian Television Awards took place in Singapore on Thursday December 5, 2013. Senior International Correspondent Sara Sidner attended the gala ceremony and c

  • Watch Ram CharanTeja in the epic MAGADHEERA

    Watch Ram CharanTeja in the epic MAGADHEERA

    MUMBAI: MAX, the premium Hindi movies channel, invites you to watch its television premier of the blockbuster ‘Magadheera’ on Sunday 15th December at 1pm and 9pm.Magadheera is anepic drama based on romance and reincarnationstaring the popular Ram CharanTeja and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles. Thisblockbuster film releasedto critical and commercial acclaim.

    Magadheera, the movie is set in the backdrop of divine mysteries of death and reincarnation. Kala Bhairava (Ram CharanTeja) is the chief guard of Udayghad kingdom. Mitra (Kajal Agarwal), the heir princess is in love with him. But there is a wicked relative of the king who wants to marry her. Sher Khan (Srihari) plans to invade Udayghad. In the process ensued, all of them die. These four people take rebirth after 400 years in the contemporary era. Harsha (Ram CharanTeja) is a race biker. He falls in love with Indu (Kajal Agarwal) and a bad guy called Raghuveer is after her. The rest of the story is all about heart-touching love story of Harsha and Indu.

    Tune in to watch this historicepic ‘Magadheera’, on Sunday, 15th Dec at 1pm and 9pm
    Only on MAX

  • CNN-IBN indian of the year: entertainment nominees revealed

    CNN-IBN indian of the year: entertainment nominees revealed

    MUMBAI: CNN-IBN is back again with one of the biggest and the most credible awards in the Indian media, CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2013, in association with GMR, where the iconic inspirational faces of India in the present calendar year are recognized. A highly distinguished jury panel comprising of personalities bestowed with the most prestigious Padma honours choose the winners across five different categories: Politics, Sports, Entertainment, Business and Public Service.

    CNN-IBN unveils the nominees in the entertainment category of ‘CNN-IBN Indian of the Year’. The contenders for the 8th edition of the upcoming award includes renowned celebrities like Deepika Padukone for reinventing herself as a leading lady and delivering a slew of hits in 2013, Farhan Akhtar for his full-bodied performance in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Hrithik Roshan for creating the India’s most successful superhero movie through Krrish, Kapil Sharma for creating the most successful standup comedy show ever, that has a universal appeal across audiences, Shah Rukh Khan for producing and starring in one of the Hindi cinema’s biggest blockbuster, Chennai Express and last but not the least Team Lunchbox for the sensitive and skillfully mounted film that has piqued the west’s appetite for the Indian Cinema.

    Don’t forget to catch the Entertainment Nominees on Wednesday, 11th December @10.30 PM & repeat telecast on Thursday, 12th December @12:30 noon only on CNN-IBN.

    To nominate, please visit https://www.facebook.com/indianoftheyear/app_1439162886303532
    For more, you can also visit the official website IndianoftheYear.com.

  • VCare Sings along with Usha Uthup in Support of Cancer Patients

    VCare Sings along with Usha Uthup in Support of Cancer Patients

    MUMBAI: VCare foundation, a non-profit organization and a registered Public Charitable Trust that has been providing financial and emotional support to all the cancer patients and survivors in the country, over the weekend successfully hosted a fund raiser in support of those battling against cancer. 

    The fund raiser saw Usha Uthup perform at Tata Theatre at NCPA, to celebrate life with cancer survivors from across the country. It also gave a chance to cancer victims and survivors to forget their worries and sing along to popular foot tapping songs with Usha.

    Sharing her excitement, Ms. Jogita Jagwani said, “I had a great evening, singing aloud and matching steps with Usha to some great music. I am extremely grateful to Usha Uthup and VCare Foundation to acknowledge our battle against cancer and stand by us.”

    Vandana Gupta, Founder of VCare Foundation said, “We are thankful to Usha for supporting our fight against cancer. We will continue our endeavor to help cancer victims and their families to receive the best information, treatment, care and support possible. Over the years VCare Foundation has supported over 80,000 patients and we will continue our efforts to touch as many lives as possible.”

    Usha Uthup said, “Cancer does not only affect individuals but also their families. It is time we acknowledge survivors and celebrate these courageous individuals. I am glad to be associated with VCare Foundation that offered me a platfor
    m to give back to the society.”

    The funds raised from the sale of tickets would be going towards providing financial assistance to those affected by cancer.

    In case you would like to contribute towards this noble cause, you could log onto: www.vcarecancer.org/ or call 98219 49401 /402 for danations.

    On the 15th of February 2014, the VCare Foundation will be celebrating 20 successful years of providing financial and emotional support to the cancer patients and survivors. It fights cancer on multiple fronts, offering a wide range of programs and services that are free of charge and available in communities through hospitals and centers, in person or by telephone.

  • CNN-IBN indian of the year: sports nominees announced

    CNN-IBN indian of the year: sports nominees announced

    MUMBAI: CNN-IBN is back again with one of the biggest and the most credible awards in Indian media, CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2013, in association with GMR, where the most inspirational faces of India in the present calendar year are recognized. A highly distinguished Jury panel comprising of personalities bestowed with the most prestigious Padma honours chose the winners from five different categories: Politics, Sports, Entertainment, Business and Public Service.

    CNN-IBN unveiled the nominees in the sports category of ‘Indian of the Year’. The contenders for the 8th edition of the upcoming award includes renowned sports personalities like Aditya Mehta for becoming the first Indian to reach the finals of a professional snooker event, Amit Kumar for winning a silver at the Wrestling World Championships, Heena Sidhu for becoming the first pistol shooter to win Gold at the ISSF World Cup Final, Leander Paes for becoming the oldest man to win a Tennis Grand Slam, PV Sindhu for keeping the great run of Indian Badminton going and winning the Singles medal at the World Championship and Virat Kohli for being Mr. Consistent and performing in all three formats of Cricket.

    Don’t forget to catch the Business Nominees on Tuesday, 10th December @10.30 PM & repeat telecast on Wednesday, 11th December @12:30 noon only on CNN-IBN.

    To nominate, please visit https://www.facebook.com/indianoftheyear/app_1439162886303532
    Log on to IndianoftheYear.com for more information.

  • Bharti and Reliance Jio announce comprehensive telecom infrastructure sharing arrangement

    Bharti and Reliance Jio announce comprehensive telecom infrastructure sharing arrangement

    MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel Limited (“Bharti”) and Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (“Reliance Jio”) today announced a comprehensive telecom infrastructure sharing arrangement under which they will share infrastructure created by both parties. This will include optic fibre network – inter and intra city, submarine cable networks, towers and internet broadband services and other such opportunities identified in the future.

    The cooperation is aimed at avoiding duplication of infrastructure, wherever possible, and to preserve capital and the environment. This will also provide redundancy in order to ensure seamless services to customers of the respective parties.

    The arrangement could, in future, be extended to Roaming on 2G, 3G and 4G, and any other mutually benefiting areas relating to telecommunication, including but not limited to jointly laying optic fibre or other forms of infrastructure services. The pricing would be at ‘arm’s length’, based on the prevailing market rates.

    As part of this arrangement, Bharti and Reliance Jio have already announced an agreement under which Bharti has provided capacity on its i2i submarine cable to Reliance Jio. About Bharti’s Infrastructure:

    Bharti Infratel, a subsidiary of Bharti, is one of the largest tower infrastructure providers in India with 35,376 towers in 11 telecom circles across India. Bharti Infratel has 42% equity interest in Indus Towers. Indus Towers has 112,144 towers in 15 telecom Circles across India. Bharti’s national long distance network provides pan-India reach with 175,705 Rkms of optic fibre. Its global network runs across 225,000 Rkms, covering 50 countries and 5 continents.

    This includes ownership of i2i submarine cable system connecting Chennai to Singapore, consortium ownership of SMW4 submarine cable system connecting Chennai and Mumbai to Singapore and Europe, and new cable system investments like Asia America Gateway (AAG), India Middle East & Western Europe (IMEWE), Unity, EIG (Europe India Gateway) and East Africa Submarine System (EASSy). It also has terrestrial express connectivity to neighboring countries including Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh and China.

  • Deltin Royale presents 1000 Guineas and 2000 Guineas cups

    Deltin Royale presents 1000 Guineas and 2000 Guineas cups

    MUMBAI: Deltin, a brand synonym with luxury gaming and hospitality, will present two of the most prestigious horse race events in Mumbai, Deltin Casinos Indian 1000 Guineas and Deltin Casinos Indian 2000 Guineas on 15th December, 2013 and 22nd December 2013 respectively at Mahalakshmi Race Course. Welcoming the horse racing season, these two properties are the first of the Indian classics for 3 year old horses, the others being The Indian Oaks, The Indian Derby and The Indian St Leger. These races will also host other recreation activities like a mock up casinos and children play area.

    While the Deltin Casinos Indian 1000 Guineas is a race restricted only to fillies (Feminine gender), the Deltin Casinos Indian 2000 Guineas is open to both genders. Mumbai’s cr?me de la cr?me bid high numbers during these races and some of their favourites like Starry Eyes, Circle of Life, Alaindair, Murioi, Silver Arrow, will be a part of the upcoming races. Some of the top jockeys from around the world will clash with the Indian champions. Richard Highes with champion jockeys Y S Srinath and Sandesh for one of horse racing’s great accolades. Proud owners Dr. Vijay Mallya, Harish Mehta, Jaydev Mody, Dr M.A.M Ramaswamy will be seen cheering for their favourites.

    For over a decade, Delta Corp Ltd has established itself as the leader in the gaming and hospitality sector by creating leading destinations for both players and tourists like Deltin Royale, Deltin Jaqk, Deltin Palms and Deltin Suites. The gaming experience has been extended to these horse racing events for almost 4 years now. Every year the experience gets not only better but also much bigger and more glitzy and glamorous. This racing season will see a large area of mock up casino set with authentic casino tables laid for the serious gamers to experience serious gaming without having to lose or win any bucks. There is something for everyone at these events, children accompanying for the races will have a section to themselves for their kind of fun & frolic.

    These races are not restricted to the members of race course only. Even the non-members can come and enjoy the larger than life gaming experience at a minimal fee.

  • Garnier Men announces Sushant Singh Rajput as the face of AcnoFight

    Garnier Men announces Sushant Singh Rajput as the face of AcnoFight

    MUMBAI: Garnier Men has unveiled its first anti-pimple face wash for men – ACNOFIGHT. The young and dashing Sushant Singh Rajput will endorse AcnoFight whichpromisestofight the six signs of pimples and provide pure and smooth skin.

    Garnier Men AcnoFight is a first of its kind 6 in 1 pimple clearing facewash that visibly fights six signs of pimples. Enriched with Salicylic and a special Herba Repair formula itcontrols oiliness, reduces redness, uproots black heads,tightens pores, lightens marks and dries pimples. The powerful Herba Repair is able to repair restructure skin for a healthy appearance while the purifying active Salicylic, an anti-microbial ingredient helps to reduce pimples and secretion of oil, leaving skin free of excessive sebum.

    Speaking about GarnierMen ACNOFIGHT, Sushant said, “I’m already a fan of Garnier Men’s skincare rangeand it is an honor to now be associated with the brand. Garnier understands the Indian man’s skin –and makes it very easy for me to ‘Take Care’ of my skin in the right way.”

    Speaking at the launch, Rupika Raman, General Manager, Garnier said,“Garnier Menhas been a driver of innovation in the Men’s skincare market in India. We believe that Acnofight is that one product that can effectively help young men achieve clear, pimple free skin, therefore completing their grooming regime. Needless to say the product enjoys the best of natural ingredients and has been customized to suit the skin care needs of Indian men. With Sushant on board as the new face of this campaign we hope to encourage men to use the product and adopt a healthy skin care regime to fight pimples.”

    Present on the occasion, Satyaki Ghosh, Director, L’Oréal, Consumer Products Division, India said,“We welcome Sushant Singh Rajput to the Garnier Men family alongside John Abraham. Garnier has always stood by its tag-line ‘Take Care’. Skin care for men is incomplete without a product that actually helps them take care of pimples. Wehope our consumers enjoy the benefits of this product along with the exciting new campaign that we will roll out with Sushant.”

    Garnier Men AcnoFight is available across all modern and general tradeoutlets and is priced at Rs. 85 for 50g and Rs. 170 for 100g.

  • Assembly Elections: Waiting for the Verdict

    Assembly Elections: Waiting for the Verdict

    MUMBAI: After months of campaigning and hectic election activity, people of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram have spoken. The assembly elections witnessed people coming out to vote in large numbers. Now, it’s up to the Counting Day on December 8 to decide the fate of these states.

    On the day of the results, CNN-IBN & IBN7 will bring to its viewers a special day-long programming. ‘Battle for the States’ & ‘Mera Vote Meri Sarkar – Counting Day’ will provide the most precise and comprehensive coverage leading up to the final results.

    The shows, featuring exclusive updates and in-depth analyses, will have the most formidable political analysts and commentators of the country: Swapan Dasgupta, Dr. Ramchandra Guha, Manini Chatterjee, K S Sachidananda Murthy, Dr. Sandeep Shastri, Dr. Suhas Palshikar, Kumar Ketkar, Dipankar Gupta and Prof. Rajeeva Karadikar on CNN-IBN; and Harivansh, Sanjay Kumar, Rakesh Sinha, Vivek Kumar and Purushottam Agrawal on IBN7.

    Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, CNN-IBN, IBN7 and IBN-Lokmat, said, “Our counting day special programming aims at givingour viewers the most decisive verdict and the credible reporting on the poll. Our exhaustive and insightful analysis on the counting day will provide the most comprehensive coverage leading up to the final verdict in the five states.”

    Ashutosh, Managing Editor, IBN7 said, “IBN network has always been upfront in covering elections. With our day-long counting day special programming we intend to bring to our viewers the most precise and comprehensive coverage as the winners names come in.”

    Don’t miss the day-long counting day drama catch the special counting day programming on CNN–IBN & IBN7 on December 8, all day.