MUMBAI: IBNLive.com, India‘s leading news portal from Web18 Group has been adjudged as the ‘Best News Portal‘ at the PC World Web Awards 2008 for the second year on the trot.In an ever-burgeoning Internet space, this simple yet informative website has managed to surface through other established competition with its constant innovations.

Apart from this clear winner, the final 2 short listed portals included Rediff.com and Hindustan Times. But at the end of it all, it was the ‘exceptional layout‘, ‘engaging design‘, ‘efficient navigation‘, ‘interconnectivity‘ and ‘search mechanism‘ offered by IBNLive.com, that helped them to bag the coveted award.

Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Surya Mantha, CEO, Web18 said, "We are pleased to receive this recognition in the online news space. We have always believed in the quality of the news provided by IBNLive.com and its potential to empower people with the right thought process. This award is solely a testament to our constant effort to provide our audiences with nothing but the best. We will always strive in keeping our user experience simple and redefining"

MUMBAI: Saturday?s will never be the same again with World Hit movies only on FIRANGI- World ki best kahaniyan. Branded as ?Firangi 70mm World Hits?, these movies will entertain audiences every Saturday 8:30pm onwards.

FIRANGI will engage audiences with new, innovative, bold and contemporary movies from around the world. Each of these movies is box office hits in their home countries and have never been shown before in India. These movies are from various genres including family dramas, mysteries and crime thrillers, romantic comedies and horror

Rajeev Chakrabarti, Business Head, FIRANGI says, ?We aim to showcase the best movies from around the world in a language understood by almost every Indian. The movies are handpicked and stick by our brand promise of showing the best stories from around the world. Each of these movies have never been shown before in India?.

This month, audiences will be enthralled by movies such as:

? Private Vacation- Sat, 7th June 2008: -

A German, family based movie, which revolves around ?The Vessens? are a pretty normal family: Christian, the workaholic father, his wife Billie and their two kids Lenja and Timo. After 4 years, the Vessens are finally on holiday, sailing the Caribbean on a yacht. Although Captain Flynn and his run-down ship Ocean Queen are not quite what they were hoping for, they try to settle in for a relaxing cruise. But they end up having the adventure of their lives.

FC Venus- Sat, 14th June 2008: -
A romantic comedy of Anna and Paul, the perfect couple who make each other laugh, enjoy each other?s company and love each other passionately. However they have one conflict - Football. She hates it and he loves it.

Suing dad- Sat, 21st June 2008: -
Its about a successful divorce lawyer Herbert Windscheid is ready to marry again after his wife?s death four years ago. He?s gone through hard times and now he wants to find a new wife and a new mom for his four kids Benny, Janina, Micha and Moana. Herbert is brilliant in his work, but when it comes to his personal life he?s a complete wreck. It?s no surprise then, that when he shows up with Felicitas ? who doesn?t like kids at all ? the four are horrified. To them, Felicitas is a gold digger and only interested in their dad?s money. In an attempt to stop him from making the biggest mistake of his life, the kids hire the only divorce lawyer who can keep up with their dad ? his old rival Sabrina

More Than Words- Sat, 28th June 2008: -
This comedy packed movie revolves around Katharina, a cabinet-maker is not interested in mini skirts, beauty treatments or make up. She is a tough talking girl who likes to show the ?stronger? sex who?s really in charge. But then fate brings a valuable piece of art to her shop for restoration and the charismatic expert Jakob to do the work. For Katharina, its love at first sight though she?d never admit it in a million years. The only problem is that the visiting expert has eyes only for Katharina?s pretty friend Marie.

Stay tuned and catch world hit movies only on FIRANGI- 70mm World Hits, Sat 8.30 pm onwards.

MUMBAI: Shaaditimes.com, the wedding and relationship portal by Shaadi.com, brings you a chance to win free tickets for the forthcoming family entertainer Mere Baap Pehle Aap.All you have to do is log onto Shaaditimes.com and answer 4 simple questions, and you might just spend your boring Saturday watching this rib tickling comedy, absolutely free!

After the award winning Omkara and the critically acclaimed thrillerManorama -- 6 Feet Under, Shemaroo Entertainment Private Limited is releasing a laughter riot, Mere Baap Pehle Aap. The film is directed by Priyadarshan, produced by Raman Maroo & stars Akshaye Khanna, Paresh Rawal, Genelia, Om Puri, Archna Puransingh, Rajpal Yadav and Naseeruddin Shah in a special appearance.

MUMBAI: If cool is your motto and you and your peeps are down with it, its time to strut your gang to the world with Yahoo! MTV Gangstar! Grab this chance to show the world that your gang rules the roost - simply enter the contest by smsing <GANG> to 56882 or logging onto mtvgangstar.yahoo.in.

Bikers?cheerleaders? studs?..hip-hoppers - brace yourself and send in your entries because MTV and Yahoo! will decide if you will reign supreme amongst all. Entries are short listed to 10 on the basis of various ‘Cool Quotient‘ quizzes. If you are cool enough to get to the top 10 then prove your fame by getting others to vote for you. The lucky gang to make the cut, will not only have the world bowing down to them through a feature on Yahoo! India but the gang will also get to go for the MTV Asia Awards 2008 in Kuala Lumpur. It doesn‘t end there; the winning gang also gets to feature on an episode of MTV Super Select!

The top 5 gangs will receive gift vouchers from Planet M and The Loot and be the face of MTV for the rest of the year! Who would‘ve thought that being part of a gang would‘ve paid so much!

So gear up, get with it and log on to mtvgangstar. yahoo.in . It‘s not about being cool anymore, now it‘s time to be the coolest.

MUMBAI: Bollywoodhungama.com (formerly IndiaFM.com), the no.1 Bollywood portal in the world has been adjudged the best entertainment portal at the PC World Web Awards 2008. The website which recently went in for a complete makeover recently to give a new and sleek look with greater emphasis on content and interactivity; seems to have hit the right chord with it‘s audience with PC World Web Awards being testimony to the fact.

Bollywoodhungama.com edged out the other nominees by a clear margin with its use of technology, providing a richer user experience, diverse sections and an enjoyable browsing experience.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Suleman Mobhani, Director and Co-founder, Bollywoodhungama.com, said, "We are truly delighted and honored to receive this award and would like to thank the Jury of the PC World Web Awards 2008. Bollywoodhungama.com over the years has consistently been the no.1 Bollywood portal worldwide. We have always strived to bring the latest and the most superior content for the Bollywood fans. We have always believed that - Content is King and the Consumer is the Dictator. Going forward, we hope to bring in more and more information and content that the fans are looking for."

Bollywoodhungama.com has interesting features like movies, celebrities, downloads, photogallery, music, radio, videos, DVD, forums, chat, My Bollywood, Trade and many more. Apart from the regular features, Bollywood Hungama offers services as User reviews where the surfer can write their own comments on the movies, Film rating is a section where the surfer can rate a particular film, Film clips section shows movie trailers and full length film clips, Juke Box is a section where surfer can access their own playlist and play songs, Fan clubs can allow the users to create their own fan club, Forums is a meeting section for like minded people, Radio is a streaming radio which will be 24/7 live and Overseas box office ratings which provides Bollywood movie rating in overseas market

MUMBAI: Unearth more secrets as the meaty drama, Bones, returns to STAR WORLD for a second season from Wednesday 11 June at 10 pm.

This season, forensic anthropologist Brennan (Emily Deschanel, Boogeyman) and her FBI agent partner Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) are joined by no-nonsense pathologist Dr Camille Saroyan (Tamara Taylor, Serenity). Her addition to the team adds conflict, especially since she was once romantically involved with Booth.

In the season one finale, Brennan identified her mother?s remains and discovered her bank-robber father is still alive. After learning the shocking secrets about her parents, Brennan is more determined than ever to find out the truth behind her mother?s death.

This season?s guest stars include Jessica Capshaw (The Practice), British comedian Stephen Fry and film veteran Ryan O?Neal.

With its offbeat humour and opposites-attract dynamic, Bones sets itself apart from other forensic-focused dramas. Says executive producer Hart Hanson, ?Bones makes you cry and makes you laugh, scares you a little every once in a while and it makes you wanna throw up every once in a while.?

Commenting on the 2nd season, Emily Deschanel says, ?There are so many episodes in the 2nd season that are special for me in so many reasons. There was an episode when I was buried alive, that one?s called ?Aliens in a Spaceship.? That was pretty scary for me to do! It?s actually hard to pick one episdoe over the other. It?s just like children ? you don?t want to pick your favorite child.?

Episode 1: The Titan on the Tracks: Brennan is summonsed to a train derailment ... and discovers she has a new boss. A train carrying a popular senator was derailed by a car positioned on the tracks. Brennan works out why the dead body of a rich businessman was placed in the car. Meanwhile, she continues to try to find her father.

Together with its whip-smart scripts, sexy leads and off-centre cases, Bones muscles in on the procedural crime genre and breaks new ground. Bones gets under your skin as it returs for its 2nd season on STAR WORLD this Wednesday, from June 11th at 10 p.m

Bones (Season 2)

Premieres on 11 June

Wed at 10 pm, Thur at 4 am

Sat at 4 pm, 9pm

Sun at 2 am