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MUMBAI: Boy band One Direction has been declared as Britain's richest boy band with a combined wealth of ?25 million. One Direction, former contestants of ‘The X Factor’ UK, clinched the top slot at the Sunday Times Rich List 2013. The boy band pipped JLS band who took second position with a combined wealth of approximately ?24 million. Former Beatle Paul McCartney easily seized the top spot in the musician's category with ?680 million.
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MUMBAI: Iconic rock magazine Rock Street Journal or ‘RSJ’ to its army of loyal readers still has relevance in the age of computers, internet and instant messaging, the magazine’s editor Shomi Gupta said. The magazine, the first of its kind, was founded in 1993 to cover the fledging rock music scene in the country. A little over two decades, it sells around 15,000 copies per issue and has a readership base of around 22,000.
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MUMBAI: Disney UTV Digital has launched a bouquet of four freemium apps for Indian mobile subscribers – UTV, Disney, Comedy and Devotional. Nokia Asha series pre-embedded the UTV App on more than 2.5 million devices.
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MUMBAI: Melodious tracks have been missed for a while in Bollywood but it has made a beautiful comeback with Aashiqui 2 which has a range of romantic, sad and joyous tracks put in various sounds. Jeet Gangulli, Mithoon and Ankit Tiwari are the music composers who have delivered the soulful composition, trying to meet the standards of the original blockbuster.
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MUMBAI: After all hardwork put in to organize the dashing dance music around India and other countries, it was time for Sunburn organizers to applaud and appreciate the efforts and hard work of the people associated with the company. Percept Limited joint managing director and Sunburn Inceptor Shailendra Singh said, “I truly feel that this is a momentous occasion, a chance to celebrate all the blood, sweat and tears that went into our last season. I felt it was important to appreciate and applaud all those who worked so hard overcoming everything that was thrown our way.
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MUMBAI: In an unprecedented feat, Korean pop star Psy’s follow-up single to his monster hit ‘Gangnam Style’ which notched up 1.5 billion hits on YouTube, is rising to the top of the charts faster than its predecessor. The new single ‘Gentleman’ is scorching up the pop world with 200 million hits already on YouTube as on 22 April, just nine days from its release.
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MUMBAI: The controversial queen and porn star Sunny Leone was unable to perform a cage dance in Dubai Nightclub called wild and Sunny which was organised by Javed Shafi CEO of Premiere Production House.
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MUMBAI: Celebrating 11 years of entertaining listeners, Radio Mirchi's Mumbai station celebrated the occasion with the launch of special audiobooks for children. In association with the National Association for Blind, the station under its initiative 'Bol Story Bol' launched a series of 11 books comprising of short stories recorded by the RJs along with a host of celebrities including Richa Chadda, Hard Kaur, Meiyang Chang and more. The books are a mix of Lokkathas and fiction. Stories having a specific inclination to be heard were chosen for the initiative.
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MUMBAI: Known for his ostentatious, record-breaking ‘Gangnam Style’ music video and now with the release of his second single "Gentleman", Psy launches a global search for his personal chef in partnership with bibigo™, a family of modern Korean restaurants and food products utilizing authentic flavors and ingredients.
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MUMBAI: BBC World Service has announced the re-launch of the BBC Hindi mobile website, bbchindi.com, in Responsive Design - technology that tests mobile users’ screen sizes to ensure they are given the most optimised version for their device.
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NEW DELHI: A total of 107 proposals/ requests including 18 from different states and union territories have been received for opening of All India Radio FM Radio Stations at 97 places during the last three years. A total of 32 FM transmitters are being considered under 12th Plan while 37 FM transmitters will be considered in future plans. Of the 107 proposals received from 2010 to 2013, 38 FM transmitters have already been approved or made functional.
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MUMBAI: IPRS, Indian Performing Rights Society, hosted a one of its kind landmark event aimed at read more
MUMBAI: Xiaomi India, a global technology brand renowned for its innovation, today announced a stread more
MUMBAI: UK-based audio software company DataMind Audio is launching its flagship plugin, The Combread more
MUMBAI: Ultra Media & Entertainment Group today announced the launch of a ground breaking bouread more
MUMBAI: Swastik announces the expansion of its digital leadership team with the appointment of Jiread more
MUMBAI: Juju Baby Music – operating under the banner of Artium Originals - is excited to announce the release of its newest EP, ‘Folk Outta The Box...read more
MUMBAI: Mumbai-based rap sensation MC Altaf, a trailblazing figure in India’s burgeoning hip-hop scene, today released his highly anticipated debut...read more
