MUMBAI: Beginning Friday, May 2, the viewers of STAR Plus‘ Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar will witness a format change with not one but two contestants being eliminated form the show every Friday. In the wake of Champion Aishwarya Nigam‘s ouster from the show despite being the top performer of the series, the jury (Vishal-Shekhar and Farah Khan) decided to revise the format and start eliminating the weakest performer, i.e. the lowest scorer of the episode, from the Challengers‘ squad every Friday.

So far on the show, it was observed that since only the Champions qualified for eliminations, the Challengers were giving average performances each time with no risk of elimination for them. The jury took the consensus of all the Champion and Challenger contestants and decided to bring about this change in the interest of the show.

Most of the contestants of Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar have gladly consented to the change in format, including weak performers, Amit Sana and Ravindra Ravi despite knowing that they could be the most likely ones to be eliminated next.

With the new format being introduced this weak, gear up to watch the contestants give their best performances in Clinic All Clear Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar, Friday, May 2, 2008 at 10 pm only on Star Plus.

MUMBAI: 94.3 MY FM, the DBCL Group radio station has undertaken to promote Gender Sensitization by supporting the UNFPA-Laadli Media Awards. These awards are based on gender sensitization project called Laadli, which is supported by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The awards are given to different media persons and outfits for promoting the cause of Gender Sensitivity through various media. The Northern regional UNFPA-Laadli Media Awards shall be presented on Thursday the 26th April at Chandigarh.

94.3 MY FM has launched this campaign in cooperation with the NGO-Population First. The campaign is being promoted in Chandigarh, Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh through MY FM‘s 17 radio stations. MY FM stations are making announcements and playing radio spots on Gender Discrimination & Women Empowerment. 94.3 MY FM has also conducted contests relating to theme of gender, girl child and women. The interviews of awardees and the jury members are also being aired.

Thirty one winners have been chosen in different categories from the Northern states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chattisgarh, and UTs of Chandigarh and Delhi.

The winners in the Electronic Media category are Braj Mohan- Chandigarh, Ravinder Bawa, Natasha Jha, Anureet Sidhu, Suraj and Rajvir-Chandigarh and Jalandhar, TVCs of Draft FCB Ulka, Leo Burnett, and Lowe.

In the Print section, the awards in different journalism categories have gone to Mohammad Atahar (Urdu), Sayyed Asgar Ali (Urdu), Dr Harsh Inder Kaur, an expert freelance contributor, (Punjabi), Aditi Tandon, Tarannum Manjul-Lucknow, Anilesh Mahajan, Gayatri Rajwade, Damayanti Datta, Sushma Verma, Annu Anand, Dayashankar Mishra and Sultan Ahmed.

In addition to the above, there are special awards to be given to Dr Gurmel Chahel for his telefilm, Dheeyan Maro Na, Avinash for his web initiative, Betiyon Ka Blog, Sandhya Raman, for her conceptualization of the multi-media performance, Mythologies Retold, and Afsana Rashid of Etalaat, J & K, for the best reporting in adverse conditions.

The "Jury Nominated" awards in theatre are Dr Gurcharan‘s Neon Jarh (Punjabi), Raman Mittal‘s street play, Kiran (Punjabi), Sandhya Deep‘s Teesra Machan, and Shubha‘s Ek Nayi Shuruat.

The awardees have been judged by an eminent panel of judges from various creative fields. The Jury comprised the following people : Shivjeet Kullar (Advertising), Anuja Chauhan Alva (Advertising, JWT ), Nawed Akhter (Advertising, Shop Communications), M K Raina (theatre), Neelam Mansingh (theatre, Chandigarh), Lalit Pokharia (theatre, Lucknow), SM Kulsreshtha (theatre), G S Chani (theatre and films, Chandigarh), Abhijit Sarkar (media man, Sahara), H K Dua (Tribune), Rahul Dev (Veteran journalist), Usha Rai (veteran journalist), Farhat Ehsas (veteran journalist, Urdu), Salma Sultan (News reader, media person), and Raji Srivastava (IAS officer handling gender issues, Chandigarh).

Says, Harrish M. Bhatia, Business Head, 94.3 MY FM, "We are happy to offer Gender Sensitivity Laadli Awards Campaign through a strong network across 7 states and 17 stations. Such initiatives help in making the listeners aware of the pressing need to end gender discrimination in all forms. We want to offer listeners more and more in terms of great music and bits of valuable information that can enlighten them about important social issues."

MUMBAI: Chak de Fattey? Radio Mirchi ka hai Happy Birthday..!!! It‘s party time at Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM Delhi, as the station completes five astoundingly successful years in the Indian entertainment and music industry.

MUMBAI: This week Limited Edition takes a look at the grandeur and hospitality of Amanbagh, a luxury world renowned resort surrounded by the deserts of Rajasthan. Also know more about the deluxe skincare brand - La Prairie and meet the elegant Chaya Momaya to explore luxury that‘s skin deep! Catch JJ Valaya turning his attention from haute couture to more flowery expressions of creativity? and check out India‘s first luxury flower boutique - ‘Valaya F n P‘ in Delhi.

This is not all. Perizaad meets the owner and designer of the ‘House of Raro‘ and talks about Art Deco furniture and it‘s revival in Indian Territories.

All this on ‘Limited Edition‘ on Wednesday, 30 April, 2008 at 8:30 pm only on NDTV Good Times.

MUMBAI: India has become second largest wireless network in the world after China by overtaking USA, as per data available on CTIA (International Association for the Wireless
Telecommunications Industry) website.

The total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA & WLL(F)) base stood at 261.09 million at the end of March 2008. A total of 10.16 million wireless subscribers have been added in the month of March 2008 as against 8.53 million wireless subscribers added in the
month of February 2008. Circle-wise wireless subscriber base of service providers is given at Annexure-I.

Total 10.40 million telephone connections (Wireline and Wireless) have been added during March 2008 as compared to 8.49 million connections added in February 2008. The total number of telephone connections reaches 300.51 million at the end of March 2008 as compared to 290.11 million in February 2008. The overall tele-density is 26.22% at the end of March 2008 as against 25.31% in February 2008.

In the wireline segment, the subscriber base has increased to 39.42 million in the month of March 2008 as against 39.18 million subscribers in February 2008. Circle-wise wireline subscriber base of service providers is given at Annexure-II

MUMBAI: The Fearsome Friday is back. Rooprekha Banerjee, Debojeet Saha and Aishwarya Nigam are the bottom three performers of Clinic All Clear Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar and find themselves faced with elimination this week.  Expecting her ouster from the show, Prajakta Shukre is surprised and heaves a sigh of relief on hearing that she is not in the bottom three.

The episode is packed with performances by the Challengers while the Champions along with the jury give their feedback on their performances.

Stirring up a debate on the format of the show, Himani Kapoor leaves everyone speechless with her near perfect rendition of the song Ishq Kabhi Kariyo Na. Intending to give her high marks for her performance, the judges are on the verge of giving her low scores so that she continues to remain a Challenger and does not risk being eliminated by moving over to the Champions side.

Displaying remarkable improvement in his singing and remembering the lyrics of his song is Amit Sana who takes centre stage and sings the very romantic Sathiya Sathiya leaving the judges very impressed.

Attempting a different genre of singing, Ravinder Ravi chooses a non Punjabi song, Badan pe sitare lapete huye and receives mixed reactions for his performance.

Vineet closes the episode with Dil ka hai jo haal kya kahein from the hugely popular Main Hoon Na. Distracted and uncomfortable by the props used in the song, Vineet forgets the lyrics of the song but catches on soon and goes on to give a Champion performance.

To watch which Champion is striped of his Star Champion Badge tune in to Clinic All Clear Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar, Friday, April 25, 2008 at 10 pm only on Star Plus.