MUMBAI: Festival flavour is in the air and Radio Dhamaal is celebrating its first Navratri with the flamboyance & vigour which matches the Dhamaal personality.

"The Dhamaal philosophy aims at mass customization of its content specially catering to the Socio-cultural backdrops of all its stations. The diversity of celebrations is reflected in the Navratri package in the operational stations of Hisar.Karnal, Patiala, Dhule & Muzaffarpur.While Dandia beats are in Dhule air, it‘s Durga Puja in Muzaffarpur and Navratri with Ramlila is packaged for the northern stations. Interactivity with maximum listener participation is the mantra which is truly establishing Dhamaal as the favourite station." says the National Programming Head, Shailja Naqvi.

The pious start to the mornings by giving regular briefs on NavDurga has got appreciation everywhere. In Hisar, daily ground activities have created a wave of excitement in the city. A unique format of Dhamaal Khabari wherein listeners are registering in hordes across all stations to report about their city happenings, market trends etc. during the festivals. This novel mode for listener connect has taken interactivity to a new high. The entire package including various contests is liberally sprinkled with lots of exciting gifts. The same spirit and celebrations will surely be repeated for the upcoming Diwali.

MUMBAI: The new series of World Challenge 2007 continues to profile the 12 finalist projects and business initiatives that not only make a profit, but also put something back into the community.

The third programme in the series transmits on Saturday 20 October at 1030, 2030 and Sunday 21 October at 0230, 1330 GMT and features the following two finalists:

Viewers will be able to vote for their favourite project on the World Challenge 2007 website, www.theworldchallenge.co.uk

The winning project will receive a grant of US$20,000 from Shell to invest in its initiative. Two runners-up will each receive US$10,000. The winners will be announced at an award ceremony in The Hague, the Netherlands in December.

MUMBAI: Star World presents some exclusive pictures of its primetime television series Desperate Housewives with the launch of the third season.

Currently, sporting the tagline ‘Endowed by God, improved by silicon. Everyone has a little dirty laundry," the series is among the top shows for the channel.

In the third season, the ladies of Wisteria Lane are kept busy with impending marriages, new romances and crazy neighbours. Bree (Marcia Cross) is about to tie the knot with Orson (Kyle MacLachlan), the mysterious dentist who was last seen running down local plumber Mike Delfino (James Denton) at the end of the last season. Meanwhile, Lynette (Felicity Huffman) quits her ad-agency job to help her husband run a pizza restaurant, Susan (Teri Hatcher) finds love with an Englishman and Gabrielle (Eva Longoria) prepares to take her cheating ex to the cleaners.

Apart from the desperate regulars, the new season boasts galaxy of guest stars, including Dougray Scott (Mission Impossible II), Josh Henderson (Yours, Mine and Ours), Dixie Carter (Designing Women) and Emmy-winning TV veteran Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne).

Season three‘s main mystery revolves around Bree‘s new husband, Orson Hodge. At the end of season two, Orson ran over Mike Delfino for reasons unknown at the time. Suspected of cheating on his wife, Alma (who is originally thought to be dead), and killing a woman named Monique Pollier, Orson is placed under constant suspicion from the housewives and some of the other neighbours, especially Mike, who is the main suspect in Monique‘s murder.

To complicate matters, Orson‘s mother (Gloria Hodge) and Alma come to Wisteria Lane and take matters into their own hands. The housewives are brought together this season to comprehend the mystery and put the pieces of Orson‘s past together, while trying to sustain their individual lives that are causing them much trouble.

Tune in ?Desperate Housewives of Season 3 airs every Sunday at 9 p.m. on Star World?.

MUMBAI: India?s biggest obsessions ? Cricket and Bollywood cinema rocked at a party hosted by Neo Sports and BCCI at Hard Rock Caf? on the night of October 18th, 2007.The party hosted witnessed the presence of the entire Indian and Australian cricket team along with the sensational cast of Saawariya.

Not to disappoint the millions of cricket and bollywood fans across the nation Cricket Tadka Marke will be exclusively telecast on October 20 at 5 pm on Neo Sports right before the India-Australia Twenty20 match. The one-hour capsule of cricket with a dash of desi masala will capture all the highs and relive the party to all enthusiastic viewers.

The evening celebrations at Hard Rock Caf? kicked off with the felicitation of the Australian cricket team by the Saawariya cast presenting the winners with stylish leather jackets.

The party also announced the winner of the ?India?s Greatest Cricket Fan Contest?. The lucky winner was picked on the spot from the finalists by the two captains - Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ricky Ponting. The winner received a full expense paid free trip to Paris for two to take along his Sawariya.

Neo Sports anchors Archana Vijaya and Neha Sareen added the extra zing to the evening while coyote dancers, ?flaming fours? and ?super sixes? would keep everyone entertained. Tune-in to Neo Sports on October 20, 2007 at 5 pm to catch all the action from striking celebrities to entertaining performance by this party guarantees to rock you off your couches.

MUMBAI: Ten Sports will bring a French fiesta for football fans with telecast of two matches, including those involving the top two-placed teams in the French League.

It will be a Sunday double-header with live action when AS Nancy take on France?s most popular clubs, Olympique Marseille.

Second-placed AS Nancy, who are actually tied with Lyon on 22 points and have played one game less will then take on the second-last team in the League, Sochaux.

AS Nancy have an interesting history, with French superstar Michel Platini having represented the club for six years from 1973 to 1979. They made it to the top league after becoming the League 2 champions in 2005, and after finishing ninth last year, they have announced their title aspirations with a strong showing so far this season.

Live telecast of the Nancy-Sochaux match is scheduled for 21 October starting at 9:30pm.

This will be followed by the live telecast of Marseille taking on Lens. Live telecast of the match starts Monday early morning at 12:30am.

Marseille are placed 18th in the 20-team League and will be hoping for a winning show at home against a team, which is only two positions better than them.

Apart from the French League matches, Ten Sports has some spectacular football action lined up throughout the season in the form of UEFA Champions League matches, Europe?s premier championship apart from the Dutch League and Scottish Premier League.

MUMBAI: Essel Propack Ltd has announced the following Unaudited results for the quarter ended September 30, 2007:

The Company has posted a net profit of Rs 105 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 as compared to Rs 101 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. Total Income has increased from Rs 765 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 to Rs 823 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2007.

The Consolidated results are as follows:

The Group has posted a net profit of Rs 121 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 as compared to Rs 267 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. Total Income has increased from Rs 2804 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 to Rs 3186 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2007.