MUMBAI: How much do you invest? How do you make your investment decisions to generate profit? UTVi has a solution to your problem with the show "Mad About Markets".

After the success of its previous episodes LIVE from Ahmedabad and then from Rajkot, UTVi is now bringing its popular investment queries show, Mad About Markets to Ishwar Farm, Ghod Daud Road, Surat. ‘Mad About Markets‘ is a highly interactive show with business anchors Shruti Pandit and Vikram Oza hosting the show. What makes this show a pioneering one is that Investors get answers to all their investment queries in real time.

In this one hour special, there will be 5 segments and each segment will take 3 queries which will be answered by Vikram Oza with the help of the experts. Investors can register by calling (022) 40987300 or e-mail queries with contact details to mam@utvi.com. Mobile users can SMS to 59995, with their name, followed by city/town name and stock query.

UTVi is available on Tata SKY, Reliance Big TV and on all cable networks. For further information on participation on MAM, investors can call UTVi‘s Ahmedabad office at 079-40029405 and 40029406.

So tune into Mad About Markets on weekdays at 1 pm - 2 pm and weekends at 11am - 12 noon only on UTVi!

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM, Chandigarh‘s No. 1 FM station in a first-of-its-kind initiative presents ‘Ab Dillie Dur Nahin‘, an activity to trap the Traffic Violators of the city. BIG 92.7 FM is organizing this activity in association with Chandigarh Traffic Police. ‘Ab Dillie Dur Nahin‘ is a satire on the traffic violators as they get gifts and are crowned as ‘HURRY PRASAD‘. In this activity, everyday five new places in the city are being identified to catch the traffic violators and so far almost 35 traffic violators have been crowned. ‘Ab Dillie Dur Nahin‘ is being organized to save Chandigarh from the growing traffice menace. The activity started on 22 September and will continue till 27 September.

The BIG RJs Anubhav, Pankaj, Satya and Sachin along with the Traffic Police went on the roads to catch up the violators along with the help of Traffic Police cops. Traffic Violators were crowned HURRY PRASAD by BIG 92.7 FM RJs. They were also presented with gift bags and were awarded with ribbon sachet with HURRY PRASAD written on it. The special nakas for HURRY PRASAD were set up at the following light points in Chandigarh including Housing Board Light Point, Railway crossing, Transport Chawk, Grain Market chawk, Press chawk, Aroma Light chawk, Traffic lights of sector 22 and 23, Panjab University lights and other busy roads of the city.

BIG 92.7 FM is also planning to invite Government officials including SP, Traffic Police, Mayor of the city, Director CTU, Director Tourism, Municipal Corporation officials in the studios for special talks on Traffic awareness. Commenting on this, Mr.Gagandeep Singh, Station Director, BIG 92.7 FM said, "Ab Dillie Door Nahin is an initiative of BIG 92.7 FM to create awareness on the increasing traffic menace in Chandigarh. We have partnered with UT Traffic Police for this 6 day activity and is looking forward to create awareness in the city and among the people regarding the traffic laws."

MUMBAI: At the close of the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Star World‘s 30 Rock was the big winner, cleaning up in the key Comedy categories.

For the second year running, 30 Rock was named Outstanding Comedy Series. TINA FEY, the sitcom‘s star and creator, also scored a Best Actress Emmy while her co-star, ALEC BALDWIN, was named Best Actor in a Comedy.

Telecast exclusively on Star World, 30 Rock‘s award-winning second season earned praise from critics and featured a number of A-list guest stars, including The Sopranos‘ Edie Falco, Al Gore, former Friends star David Schwimmer and Jerry Seinfeld. STAR WORLD aired the final episode of the second season on Monday, Sept 1. The third season is scheduled to air first and exclusively on Star World in early 2009.

JEAN SMART also had the last laugh in the Comedy category. The actress picked up a Best Supporting trophy for her work as Christina Applegate‘s overbearing mother in the sitcom Samantha Who? A hit in the US, Samantha Who? took the title as this year‘s No.1 new comedy. The critically-acclaimed series premieres on Star World later this year.

MUMBAI: MiD DAY, India‘s leading afternooner, today announced a hike in advertising rates for its Delhi and Bangalore editions, following a surge in their circulation. The new rates will come into play from October 25th, 2008.

MiD DAY‘s Delhi and Bangalore editions have been offering Invitation rates for advertising clients since the launch of these editions in their respective cities. A strong editorial focus on the Young, Urban, Mobile, Professionals of India (YUMPI), supported by internationally acclaimed marketing programmes and a 360 degree brand campaign, has resulted in MiD DAY garnering a devoted following of urban professionals, a hugely coveted audience for advertisers, in both cities. Today, the publication‘s Delhi circulation has grown to 75,000 copies while Bangalore follows with 60,000.

MiD DAY‘s innovative distribution efforts include the placement of vending machines in offices, while award winning promotional events such as Bollywood Lunch Contest engage YUMPIs within the context of their working day. In addition, by virtue of reaching executives in major corporate offices in the middle of their work day, MiD DAY becomes the entertaining and informative break the YUMPI looks forward to. As a result, the publication‘s advertiser base has grown with national brands like Ford, Union Bank of India, Tag Heur, ICL, Visa, and more signing on.

Says Manajit Ghoshal, CEO, MiD DAY Infomedia Limited, "In the print business there are two steps towards monetisation - first you secure readers through editorial content and then monetise that through advertising revenue. MiD DAY offers quality circulation in both Bangalore and Delhi, with loyal readers and high engagement indexes. Based on the increased circulation and the subscriber profile we‘ve managed to secure, the invitation pricing of the editions has been changed."

Adds Neville Bastawalla, Head Marketing, MiD DAY Infomedia Ltd., "Our increasing circulation demonstrates the relevance of our brand position -Make Work Fun, Take a MiD DAY Break- which resonates strongly with our YUMPI audience. The editorial refinements, marketing and sales strategies we‘ve adopted have been bearing fruit in all cities."
The key highlights of this rate revision are as follows:

" Base rates, front page and back page rates for Delhi and Bangalore revised upwards 70%.
" Loadings for other premium positions are untouched so the burden of rate hike is not completely passed on to clients
" The Pune edition is included in all bumper packages.

MiD DAY is available in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune.

MUMBAI: IBN Network has announced its first ever IBN7 Diamond States Awards, a unique initiative in partnership with Outlook for recognizing human and social development efforts by the states of India. At the function Kerala and Goa bagged 5 awards each including India?s Best Big State and India?s Best Small State awards respectively. Other award winners included Punjab, Gujarat, Delhi, Mizoram, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttaranchal; these awards are first of its kind initiative that shifted the focus from the usual parameters of GDP, FDI, exports, infrastructure etc to human resource and social development. Jaypee Group, the well diversified infrastructural industrial conglomerate is the Presenting Sponsor and Industrial Financial Corporation of India (IFCL) is the associate sponsor.

World renowned violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam along with his illustrious wife Kavita Krishnamurthy gave a perfect start to the event as they enchanted the audience with their performance. Chief Guest of the event Bharat Ratna and former President of India Dr. A. P.J. Abdul Kalam delivered the keynote address on ?The human development imperative: The challenges before India‘s 21st century leaders? which was followed by an interesting interactive session including CMs, leaders and dignitaries conducted by Ashutosh and Rajdeep Sardesai. The event witnessed eminent persons from different walks of life like cabinet ministers, chief ministers, politicians, residents, journalists, poets and Hindi writers.

The winners were felicitated by Chief Guest and Bharat Ratna former President of India Dr. A. P.J. Abdul Kalam

Telecast timings of the Grand Finale on IBN7 are Saturday, 27th September at 8pm; Sunday, 28th September at 2pm and Monday, 29th September at 12noon.

The independent Knowledge Partner, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) managed the process, methodology and the data for arriving at the best states for the various categories. The Editorial Board along with the jury consisting of eminent citizens like Mr. Bimal Jalan- Former RBI governor, Dr. Amit Mitra- Secretary General, FICCI, Gurcharan Das- Author, Ms. Ila Patnaik ? Senior Fellow (NIPFP), Mr. Prathap Banu Mehta ? President & Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research, and Dr. Bakul H Dholakia ? Former Director, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad oversaw the selection process and ratified the findings.

At the occasion, Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, IBN Network said, ?In a time when India as a country is on an economic overdrive, it is very important for every state to contribute to its potential for the next level of growth. The states need to facilitate inclusive development by exploiting their strengths and it is very pleasing that there are states & bodies which are working in this direction. We are very happy to felicitate state governments and functionaries on various aspects of development for the better future of the country.?

Ashutosh, Managing Editor, IBN7 added, ?Indian federal structure is the backbone of our country which makes it very imperative each state work towards the overall growth of the country. We are delighted to give IBN7 Diamond State Awards in partnership with Outlook to the worthy states in the field of Human and social development. We hope this initiative will not only acknowledge the leaders of the states who are doing good work but in turn inspire others to work towards achieving the same.?