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  • Gorakhpur gets a taste of the Golden Arches with McDonald’s debut

    Gorakhpur gets a taste of the Golden Arches with McDonald’s debut

    MUMBAI: Burgers, fries and smiles have landed in Gorakhpur and it’s lovin’ it already. McDonald’s has officially fired up its grills in Gorakhpur, marking its much-anticipated entry into the city with a sprawling 113-seater restaurant at Nayak Enclave, Basharatpur. With snazzy interiors, a digital-first experience, and an all-star menu of global favourites and desi delights, the outlet promises to be more than just a pit stop, it’s a flavourful new hangout.

    Whether you’re craving a McAloo Tikki post-lecture, catching up over coffee with friends, or indulging in a Maharaja Mac after a shopping spree, the new outlet caters to everyone, students, families, and those simply seeking a satisfying bite.

    The restaurant is decked out with self-ordering kiosks, table service, and guest experience leaders, ensuring a slick, queue-free dining experience. And with takeaway and dine-in options available, it’s convenience served with a side of crispy fries.

    Announcing the restaurant launch, McDonald’s managing director for India – North and East Rajeev Ranjan said, “It fills us with immense joy to open our doors in Gorakhpur, a city known for its deep-rooted culture, vibrant youth, and welcoming spirit. Through our new restaurant, we wish to be part of the everyday celebrations of residents of Gorakhpur, offering global menu, great tasting delicious food that’s not just quick and convenient, but also pocket friendly. We are hopeful of our restaurant becoming  a go-to place for the residents of the city – from coffee breaks to family treats and student hangouts.

    But it’s not just about the menu. As part of McDonald’s for Youth programme, the Gorakhpur outlet will also create employment opportunities for local talent, particularly from underprivileged backgrounds, giving the city’s youth a flavour of economic inclusion.

    With nearly 245 outlets across North and East India, McDonald’s continues to bring its signature blend of taste, technology and community focus to more cities and in Gorakhpur, it looks like the love story is just beginning.

  • 76% listen to FM radio using mobiles: Study

    MUMBAI: Seventy six per cent of people now listen to FM radio using their mobile phones, AZ research has shown. AZ Research Partners, a market research player in South East Asia, conducted a comprehensive survey to study current trends in FM Radio Listenership across India. Parameters for study included listenership, frequency, mediums, drivers and motivators, preferences and recall amongst others. Some of the key findings are included below.

    ·Representation: According to the study, respondents were asked about the radio station they thought represented the essence of their city best. Radio City topped the charts in Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi and Pune while Suryan FM came out in front in Chennai and Radio Mirchi in Hyderabad. The cultural essence of the city was measured using parameters like local flavor, local preferences with locally popular activations and programs.

    ·Consumption patterns: With regards to the place and medium of radio consumption, the study found that a whopping 76 per cent  of consumers accessed FM Radio through their mobile phones while an average of 22.5 per cent of them listened to the radio while driving. Another 36 per cent used the radio at home. With mobile phone penetration growing in rural India, radio as a medium of mass communication is now reaching the remotest corners of the country  via the mobile phone.

    ·Listener Preferences: The study identified a set of drivers that motivated listeners to listen to one particular type of radio channel. These motivators were centered on four parameters including the image of the radio station, the kind of programs it aired, the kind of music it played and the Radio Jockey who hosted these activations. It is seen that while 100 per cent of respondents considered good music as a motivator, only 50% felt the image of the station and RJs impacted their listening patterns. A whopping 83% of respondents thought that the quality of programs aired highly impacted their frequency of listening on a particular station.

    ·Listenership: In terms of listenership, the study concluded that Radio City topped the list with a listenership of 5.2 crore followed by Radio Mirchi and Big FM with 4 crore and 2.6 crore respectively.

    ·Most popular Radio Jockeys: Based on overall recall and approval ratings, popularity of Radio Jockeys are ranked as below:

    City

    1

    2

    3

    Hyderabad

    Love Guru – Radio City

    Bharghav – Radio Mirchi

    Chaitu – Red FM

    Delhi

    Sayema – Radio Mirchi

    Annu Kapoor – Big FM

    Love Guru – Radio City

    Bangalore

    Love Guru – Radio City

    Rashmi – Big FM

    Didha – Red FM

    Chennai

    Love Guru – Radio City

    SHakthi – Radio City

    Munna – Radio City

    Mumbai

    Archana – Radio City

    Salil – Radio City

    Jeetury – Radio Mirchi

    Pune

    Shonali – Radio City

    Bandya– Radio City

    Filmy Chokri RJ Aparna – Radio City

    Methodology: The survey was conducted among a sizable portion of the population across 23 cities including male and female participating above the age of 12. The report documents factors like most popular radio channel based on listenership, drivers for listening behaviour and preferences, perception of these channels among listeners, top-of-the-mind recall of channel names, programs, jingles and names of radio jockeys (RJ). Additionally, it also compares radio listenership against other mass mediums of communication like print and television. It covers 23 cities including Jaipur, Nagpur, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Bareilly, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Agra, Pune, Ranchi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Vizag, Surat, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Hisar, Jalandhar, Karnal, Lucknow and Ahmednagar with over 7000 respondents across cities.

     

     

  • Technobile to stop IndiaCast signals in 81 cities

    Technobile to stop IndiaCast signals in 81 cities

    NEW DELHI: Technobile Systems has agreed to stop transmission of signals of IndiaCast Distribution to Gorakhpur, Unnao, Sultanpur, Faizabad and Shuklaganj following an interim report by an Advocate Commissioner appointed by the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Arbitration Tribunal (TDSAT).

     

    Technobile said it will not transmit IndiaCast signals in any of the 81 cities that are included in the RIO for Gorakhpur until IndiaCast completes its audit of the petitioner’s systems located at various places. 

     

    Technobile counsel J K Mehta said the petitioner will extend full cooperation in the audit of all its systems.

     

    IndiaCast counsel Amit Sibal said his client will complete the audit of the petitioner’s system at all places within 15 days. 

                                           

    The Tribunal noted that the Advocate Commissioner submitted their interim report on 9 October. “Though a brief report, it gives us a complete picture of the way transmission of the respondent’s signals is being made in Gorakhpur and at other places through the petitioner’s network,” said TDSAT chairman Aftab Alam and members Kuldip Singh and B B Srivastava.

  • Sahara One ignites a societal debate with its new series

    Sahara One ignites a societal debate with its new series

    MUMBAI: Sociologists wonder why today joint families across India are giving way to nuclear families. There are many reasons but the primary difference is in the expectations that mother-in laws and their daughter-in-laws have from each other. And here is where Sahara One is looking to score with its brand new show Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti Hee Hai set to air from 30 September at 9:00 pm.

    This story is set in Gorakhpur, up and revolves around a typical conservative family where the mother-in-law Naulakha Devi (Prachee Pathak) is a very strict and a very dominating woman who is ritualistic to the core. She sees her bahus in a very orthodox light. She believes that the bahus of the house should be ruled with an iron hand and any change will break the entire house.

    On the contrary, the main protagonist Sia (Payal Rajput) is a young, vibrant, bubbly and extrovert. She is a today’s girl representing the young women, fearless and with self-respect. She is intelligent, confident with an opinion of her own and stand up for what is right. She firmly believes that her sasural is not going to be any different from her maayka.

    Sahara One media and entertainment programming head Sharad Raj said, “With changing times, social and family dynamics also need to change and evolve, and this is what we intend addressing in our forthcoming show. The evolving young women of our country have a question in their minds, that if a girl leaves her family, adopts her husband’s family as her own family and delivers all the duties expected of her, then why can’t her in-laws, more specifically her mother-in-law treat her as her daughter? Why does she have to be a “typical” daughter-in- law distanced, restricted and bit removed from the rest of the family, when she has the right upbringing, right “sanskaars”? The series attempts to address this question which women of today are asking…it is an emotional aspiration of every bahu today and it is time that this debate should come out in the open.”

    Impact Tele Network producer Bharat Srivastava, who debuts with his first show on Indian television said, “Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti Hee Hai is a saga of different shades attached to this most celebrated tradition of Indian wedding where a girl transforms from innocence to maturity, from carefree life to a role of responsibility and from a girl to a woman. In the process, the girl sacrifices a lot but the same is not taken by the society in the right spirit. Her biggest challenge then becomes to make the new family fill the gaps of the old one. Her mother-in-law undoubtedly becomes the centre point, especially in a joint family. Our story revolves around these two characters as how the interesting unfolding of incidents bonds these two strangers so strongly that the daughter-in-law is accepted as a daughter and mother-in-law as a mother.”

    Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti Hee Hai is a story of a mother-in-law, Naulakha Devi and her daughter-in-law, Sia and the conflict between them when two different people with different thinking meet. The show captures evolving relationships between mother-in-laws and daughter-in-laws and the eternal concept of how bahus and betis are treated differently in our society. The show attempts to add muscle to its socialistic storyline with versatile actors like Payal Rajput, Prachee Pathak, Seema Pandey, Aryan Pandit and Paritosh Sand.

  • The Citizen Journalist Show

    The Citizen Journalist Show

    MUMBAI: This week on The Citizen Journalist Show, a father turns CJ to demand justice for his daughter who he believes was brutally raped and murdered. Despite evidence of cigarette marks and external injury on the 20-year-old’s body, doctors have not been able to give a conclusive cause of death. On the show, Actor Gul Panag picks up the CJ mike to support the ‘Dark is Beautiful’ campaign. The show ends with a special segment called ‘Picture Talk’, where CJ Faisal from Srinagar shares pictures of dilapidated school buildings and schools without proper infrastructure to highlight the poor state of government schools in Kashmir.

    To know more, tune into ‘The Citizen Journalist Show’

  • Five more Doordarshan kendras to get satellite uplinking facility

    Five more Doordarshan kendras to get satellite uplinking facility

    NEW DELHI: Doordarshan, which uplinks from 36 DD Kendras in the country, is to add five more centres for linking to satellite.

    DD sources told indiantelevision.com that establishment of satellite uplinking facility is being installed in Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Jalpaiguri (West Bengal), Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh), and Rajkot (Rajasthan).

    The programme is being implemented under the Eleventh Plan and the projects are expected to be completed by late 2013, the sources added.

    The sources said that uplinking facility is provided at those centres where there is requirement for uplinking of programmes.

    However, downlinking facility is provided at all DD Kendras for receiving programmes through satellite.

  • Government to set up 3 TV centres, 8 more to be augmented

    Government to set up 3 TV centres, 8 more to be augmented

    MUMBAI: The Information & Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs minister P R Dasmunsi in Lok Sabha has announced that three new TV centres are to be set up and eight more to be augmented in the country.

    Under the plan to set up new TV Centres, the ones at Rajouri (J&K) and Calicut (Kerala) are technically ready whereas the site has been taken over and building plans have been finalised for the Tirupati studio. Target completion date is 2008-2009, informs an official release.

    In the case of eight augmentation projects for existing TV centres, the technical area of building has been completed for Gorakhpur and departmental works have been taken up with the aim to complete it in 2006-2007.

    As regards additional studios in Chandigarh, Panaji, Jammu and Srinagar, building plans have been finalised and preliminary estimates for building works sanctioned. For project of a studio at Derhadun, land has been taken over and building plan finalised. In the case of work of building construction has been awarded.

    These projects are expected to be completed within 2008-2009. For the augmentation of studio at Portblair, the scheme has been approved and financial sanction issued and the target for completion is 2007-2008, adds the release.