MUMBAI: Comedy Circus 2 is surely not only about laughing & making others laugh. In the coming Saturday‘s episode all is not well between the pretty naginn Sayantani & her stand up comedian partner Kuldeep Dubey. Both are good artists, great performers & talented actors. Their pair got the best marks from the judges and a standing ovation in the last week‘s episode.

But in spite of all of this there was trouble in paradise! Creative differences crept up in between the performers and it reached such an ugly climax with Kuldeep simply walking out of the show?leaving Sayantani standing alone. A hurried search for him on the sets, at home, proved futile. Kuldeep just decided to vanish from the show and from the clutches of all and sundry.

The format of the show is celebrities performing with stand up artists. Will Sayantani be allowed to perform all by herself? The floor is open to the other contestants to voice their opinion. Should she or should she not? Sayanatani‘s popularity had all her co-contestants wanting her to perform?but the judges had other plans. There‘s a twist to the episode?

MUMBAI: India‘s leading afternooner MiD DAY has won the prestigious Global INMA (International Newspaper Marketing Association) Award in the Category of Print Advertising, Sales and Retention. MiD DAY has also been awarded the second place in two additional categories where it was nominated. The awards were in a category for newspapers with a circulation of 75,000 - 3,00,000 copies. The win is particularly significant as INMA had received entries from 39 countries. Neville Bastawalla, Head, Marketing MiD DAY Multimedia received the awards on behalf of the newspaper at a glittering ceremony held at The Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

Category 5: Print Advertising Sales and Retention awards marketing activities used to support the sales or retention of display advertising in the core print newspaper, for example, advertiser reward programmes, special advertiser events, etc. MiD DAY‘s very successful "Media Nights at Hard Rock Caf?, a promotion that encouraged media networking and fraternizing won the INMA for this category. Every Wednesday, media folk are invited to get discounted drinks and starters at the popular club and enjoy an evening out. The Media Nights were inspired by MiD DAY‘s mission of Making Work Fun for their YUMPI audience (Young Urban Mobile Professionals of India).

MiD DAY was also awarded second place at the INMA Awards for Category 9: New Marketing Services which recognizes campaigns that add distinctive value to advertising clients. This win was specifically for MiD DAY‘s innovative Impact Covers that invited the reader to truly engage with the content of the advertisers‘ message. The impact cover innovations for Saawariya the movie, that used very aesthetic gateway paper, taking the level of impact and impression to a new level, and an integrated campaign across the paper for Ford Endeavour that saw the car zooming through the back page of the paper, seeming to tear through the centrefold, and crash out of the front page were recognized here.

MiD DAY was also awarded second place at the INMA Awards for Category 10: Public Relations and Community Service, for MiD DAY‘s campaign "Smoking Causes Blindness" that created awareness for a cause that is of great concern to MiD DAY‘s audience of urban professionals.

Says Abhijit Pradhan, Director Sales & Marketing, MiD DAY Multimedia Limited, "The media industry in India is one of the most dynamic and exciting places to be at present, and it has some of the most creative global talent working for it. It‘s great to see Indian media houses taking their place as leaders in recognized global forums such as INMA."

"The YUMPI* is an extremely attractive but incredibly elusive audience for marketers today. MiD DAY as a brand understands this audience and reaches this audience physically in a way no other media or media brand does. The Global INMA wins for these campaigns are in recognition of the success of this effort," he added

Over the last year, MiD DAY had undertaken several initiatives to increase engagement levels of this audience with advertising that appears on our pages. A recently conducted Nielsen Engagement Study indicates that MiD DAY engages YUMPI‘s best across leading English Dailies in Mumbai, Delhi & Bangalore. MiD DAY‘s circulation stands at 2,00,000 sold copies in Mumbai, 75,000 in Delhi an 60,000 in Bangalore.

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM, India‘s No. 1 FM Station, in its continual effort to contribute positively to the society, and impact listeners lives positively, celebrated Mother‘s Day with a difference. The Station hosted an event, where its RJs, along with select listeners visited the Mahajan Orphan house with loads of gifts and compassion for the kids. The team involved the orphans in various fun sharing activities and ensured that they felt loved and cared for. "We cannot replace what a mother is for a child, but we sure did manage to bring smiles to the faces of the little kids, which was fulfilling", said BIG FM RJ Setu, who hosts the breakfast show, ‘BIG CHAI‘ from 7 am to 11 am.

Besides spending time with the kids, BIG 92.7 FM also organized various contests on air from May 10-13, 08, which saw winners getting invited to the studio of BIG FM, where they were given an opportunity to speak with their mothers on air and share special messages with them. The activity saw some special moments on air, which made the day special for those mothers. What more, BIG RJ‘s delivered gifts to winners‘ mothers on their special day while the mothers spoke to their kids, from the BIG FM studio!

Speaking on the occasion, Hitesh Budhbhatti, Cluster Head - Gujarat, BIG 92.7 FM, said "We wish to make the Mother‘s Day celebrations memorable for all our listeners and especially for the kids of Mahajan Orphanage. Of course we realize that it is not possible to fill the void in their lives, but through our gesture we hope that we were able to spread some joy and happiness in their lives.

It is our endeavor to use every opportunity to live our brand-line of Suno Sunao, Life Banao, and hence positively impact the lives of listeners."

MUMBAI: With the long summer vacations on, what does one do with the kids when you‘re not traveling. Well to change the mood and make afternoons fun, Mega Mall, Oshiwara has planned "Kids Gaming War" and a series of workshops for kids where Learning, Fun and Food are a part of the prescribed staple diet.

In addition to which the participating child gets to learn something new on each of the five days thru enriching workshops like Origami, Mask Painting, Pot Painting, Paper Quelling, and Clay Art. Timings daily for the 5 days will be from 11am-1pm for the gaming championship and 1-3pm for the workshops.

MUMBAI: Still upset about your favorite teams losing in IPL? Don‘t worry! Today you can have loads of fun cheering crazy teams from India‘s hottest radio station, Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM Mumbai‘s ‘Mirchi Phaltu League‘ (MPL). Catch the excitement on-air live MPL matches between 6:00 pm ? 10:00 pm.

Over two weeks, Radio Mirchi RJs Jeeturaaj, Anmol, Sana, Neha, Tarun and others formed their teams by picking listeners on different crazy criteria. Jeeturaaj‘s 983 has players who don‘t know how to play cricket but just to crack jokes while Sana ke Sena is full of TV stars and singers. Anmol ke Mawaali has a state level player and super cheerleading squad, Sunset Samosa ke Aloo team comprises of the heavy weight members weighing over 100 kgs along with their brand ambassador ‘Chaalu Prasad Yadow‘ and the NightroGen Rockstars have the coolest dudes in town in their team.

Each one of these teams led by RJs has created their own logo, cheerleaders, slogans, T-shirts and even their own blogs to support IPL. The IPL season continues to rock on Radio Mirchi Mumbai with IPL tickets for Mumbai Indian matches, T-shirts and Mirchi cricket gear being given away all through the season right up to the finale in Wankhede in Mumbai on Thursday, June 05 2008.

Will Anmol ke Mawaalis beat Sunset Samosa‘s ke Aloos? Will NightroGen Rockstars play true to their name? Will Jeeturaaj‘s 983 or Sana ke Sena take it all!

So all you cricket crazy Mumbaikars out there?tune in to Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM to find out which team takes home the grand prize at the Mirchi Phaltu League finale.

MUMBAI: The verdict is out? India has voted JASPINDER NARULA as the Captain of the Dhoom Team! Jaspinder overcame stiff competition from the other 10 singing superstars to walk away with the title and the love and adoration of the nation. Rani Mukherji presented the title to the winner of Idea Dhoom Macha De at the finale ceremony which was telecast LIVE on NDTV Imagine, this evening.

The exciting Grand Finale saw the final duel between Richa Sharma, Devang Patel and Jaspinder Narula. In this special ‘Live‘ episode, viewers from across the country voted for their favourite singing superstar and crowned Jaspinder as the ‘Captain of the Dhoom Team‘. She left the entire nation spellbound with her matchless performance and garnered the maximum number of viewers‘ votes to win this coveted title.

Jaspinder expressed her heartfelt gratitude to India for selecting her as ‘India‘s Best LIVE Performer!‘ She amazed the audiences and the judges with her fantastic presentation week after week. With her consistent performances, she was undoubtedly the most favorite singing superstar with the viewers and judges throughout the competition!

An overwhelmed Jaspinder Narula said, "I am delighted to win the title of "India‘s Best Live Performer". Winning and losing is a part of life, but then the happiness of victory counts the most! I would like to thank God, all my friends and family who have supported me in this competition! I would also like to thank everyone at NDTV Imagine and all my co-participants who have been very helpful and encouraging .We have become one large family in the course of these 16 weeks. From start to finish, Dhoom Macha De has been an unforgettable experience."

The finale episode also saw one final performance by each of the eight eliminated contestants, Anaida, Baba Sehgal, Babul Supriyo, Jassi, Kamaal Khan, Sapna Awasthi, Suneeta Rao and Taz. Host Malaika Arora Khan performed on Zara Zara Touch Me Touch Me, Hoth Raseeley, Chaliya Chaliya and Mindblowing Mahiya, leaving the viewers and studio audience spellbound and hooting for more. Raju Shrivastav‘s wise cracks and excellent sense of humour had everyone in splits! The judges Sharmila Tagore, Shankar Mahadevan and Prasoon Joshi sat back and enjoyed some great performances!