Latest Indian Television Channels News, Program Details, Press Notes, Program Highlights http://www.dishtracking.com/ Your copyright information Radio Misty partners with Inter state Volleyball tournament Radio Misty 94.3 fm, the first and Number one fm station of North Bengal have partnered with second interstate Volleyball tournament held in Siliguri. Patna Super Six won the inter-state volleyball tournament by defeating NF Railway from Maligaon. The championship was organised by the Himachal Sangha at Deshbandhupara in Siliguri. Krishna Kumar of Patna super six was declared man of the match. A total eight teams participated in this tournament. Cash prizes were given to winning teams. State urban development minister Asok Bhattacharya gave away the prizes to the winners and the runners up. There was large crowd at the venue to watch the finals of the tournament. Says Nishant Mittal, Chief Executive Officer, Radio Misty this tournament has became very popular in this region. Many National Volleyball players participate in this tournament. This gives inspiration to local players also. Radio misty this year teamed up with this tournament. We aired live updates and interviews of players. © 2010 Dishtracking.com http://www.dishtracking.com/newsdetails.php?news_id=MTE0Nw== Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Yatra.com ties up with Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation Bangalore 9 February 2010: Yatra.com, India’s leading online travel company, today announced its strategic tie-up with Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) to offer state guest houses. As per the tie-up guest houses in tourist destinations such as Shimla, Chail, Fagu, Narkanda, Barog, Parwanoo, Manali, Dharamshala, Khajjair, Dalhousie and Renukaji can now be booked exclusively through Yatra.com at attractive prices starting at Rs. 1100 per room night. Speaking on the tie up, Pratik Mazumder, Head Marketing & Strategic Relations, said, “We are extremely happy to be associated with HPTDC as another step in igniting the spark of the real Holidaying experience through our for-all-pockets staying options. Yatra.com has always been at the forefront to introduce unique services/offers catering to all kinds of customers. With this initiative we aim to reach out to a wide customer-base primarily to the middle income group.”  There are over forty government guest houses in Himachal Pradesh and they can be booked by logging on to Yatra.com or by simply calling the customer care at 0124 – 3040666. Customers can also visit the Holiday Lounges, premium retail outlets of Yatra.com for bookings. Yatra.com has travelled a long way starting from domestic flight bookings, and then moving onto international flight, hotel & bus bookings, holiday packages, train bookings and now government guest houses. Yatra.com also has been the first online travel company to offer unique and innovative services such as cash on delivery of domestic and international flight tickets, compensation to the customers on flight delay, best fare challenge and partial payment options for hotel bookings. © 2010 Dishtracking.com http://www.dishtracking.com/newsdetails.php?news_id=MTE0OA== Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Reliance Communications set to launch Applications Store through RWorld · A mobile store for music, games, news and commerce applications for CDMA as well as GSM customers · An application store designed to enable developers to make available software and services to customers using any type of mobile device Mumbai, February 9th, 2010: Reliance Communications, India’s largest and only nationwide operator offering both GSM and CDMA mobile services, today announced that it will shortly be launching its Mobile Applications Store in India available for customers through its data portal RWorld. The new look RWorld 2.0 is set to re-define the “Wow Experience” and would be a 3G ready data portal with world class content management system supporting all the latest features available on mobile handsets. The first version of the Reliance Applications Store is planned to go live on GSM handsets as early as the month end; however, it will launch an expanded version across CDMA as well as GSM handsets later this quarter. RWorld 2.0 will be equipped with state-of-the-art service delivery platform supporting on-device portals, idle screens, widgets and RSS readers showcasing latest developments across the world. Reliance Applications Store allows customers to browse and download applications (paid/free) through a controlled environment. The success of the Applications Store lies in the ease with which developers across the world can develop, publish and promote programs and applications through a single mother portal cutting across all platforms and network elements. Mr. Mahesh Prasad, President - Reliance Communications, said, “It is our constant effort to offer our customers a ‘wow experience’ and with the launch of the Reliance Applications Store, we will be taking a giant leap in that direction. Applications Stores have benchmarked the overall VAS experience of customers globally, and the launch of Reliance Applications Store in India will provide consumers a broad selection of relevant, fun and exciting applications to choose from in the easiest possible way.” The core idea behind the launch of RWorld 2.0 is driven by 4 C’s:     * customer experiences based on smartphones     * content localization and SNS generated content     * contextual search for content across all Voice, SMS and Data     * clear and simple pricing Success of Application Store and new age technologies from handset manufacturers has proliferated data usage amongst consumers across the world. Reliance Communications had pioneered and promoted the concept of ‘Bus Button Dabao’ – a customer friendly experience on CDMA handsets through data portal RWorld. The concept of an evolved Applications Store is to ensure that data services are accessible, easy and fun to use. Reliance Communications through Reliance Developer Program (RDP), http://www.dadp.com (running successfully since 2002) now has a community of over 10,000 individual and corporate registered developers. The Reliance Developer Program (RDP) aims to provide a platform and act as a catalyst to promote innovation and entrepreneurship among the vast student talent pool in India. Students can earn revenues while they learn and then become young entrepreneurs. An annual RDP Contest is also held and the best innovators among students/entrepreneurs are suitably rewarded. Application developers in India  & abroad can deploy their applications on RWorld and monetize it through the revenue share model. © 2010 Dishtracking.com http://www.dishtracking.com/newsdetails.php?news_id=MTE0OQ== Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Radio Misty Sikkim Partners with Nepali Film Radio Misty Sikkim 95 fm, the first and only 24x7 fm station of Sikkim have partnered with Nepali film Angalo yo mayo ko.This film will have Indian Idol 3 star Prashant Tamang  in lead role. This film is made by Sinai commercial .The shooting for this film will be starting from 25th February in Sikkim and Darjeeling. The beautiful locations of Gangtok, namchi and north Sikkim will be featured in this film. The star cast includes Mahindra Gurung, Keki Adhikari, Bijayata Baraily, Swagatika Thami, Chunnilal Ghimeray and other artist all belonging to Sikkim. This film is directed by noted director Vinod Sereng. Says Nishant Mittal, Chief Executive Officer, Radio Misty we are proud to be radio partner to this film. Prashant Tamang is the biggest star in this region. We will promote this film with different on air and on ground activities.listerners can have daily update of shooting of films. Beside this all artists and team will be live at Radio Misty studios in Gangtok to interact with listeners’. © 2010 Dishtracking.com http://www.dishtracking.com/newsdetails.php?news_id=MTE0NA== Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Mahindra and BAE Systems Joint-Venture To Be Named Defence Land Systems India - Announces Deepak Chhibba as CEO and Arne Berglund as Deputy CEO - - To showcase portfolio of defence products at DefExpo 2010 - Bangalore, India, February 8, 2010: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. and BAE Systems today announced the naming and corporate structure for their land system focused Joint Venture Defence Company. Based in India, the company will be known as ‘Defence Land Systems India’. It is expected that the company will be up and running as a joint venture in the near future. Mr. Deepak Chhibba and Mr. Arne Berglund will be Defence Land Systems India’s CEO and Deputy CEO respectively. Deepak Chhibba was earlier EVP International Operations Mahindra & Mahindra and has over 32 years industrial experience. The newly appointed Deputy CEO, Arne Berglund, was previously a director at BAE Systems, Global Combat Systems, in the UK.  Arne and has also worked in Singapore, Canada, Sweden and the United States with various BAE Systems and other joint venture companies. Defence Land Systems India will highlight an extensive portfolio of defence products and services at India's DefExpo 2010, Feb. 15-18 in New Delhi. A key project is the development of a mine protected vehicle specifically designed to meet the needs of the Indian armed and paramilitary forces. In addition, it is anticipated that Defence Land Systems India will be involved in a number of future artillery programmes, with the ambition to become an artillery centre of excellence in India that covers not just manufacturing but development, testing and support. Anand Mahindra, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Mahindra Group, said: “As a fully operational joint venture, Defence Land Systems India will bring real and lasting value to India's growing defence industry.  BAE Systems is the global number one land systems defence company. We are proud to have them as a partner in this joint venture and are confident of addressing the unique requirements of Indian defence and security forces with world class product offerings.” Guy Griffiths, Group Managing Director International, BAE Systems, said: “This Company is founded with the express purpose of serving the Indian armed forces and the Indian economy through the creation of high quality jobs, the development of innovative technologies and system integration skills, and benefits from the leadership of two world class companies. We firmly support the Indian Government’s aim of procuring 70% of defence equipment domestically and see the establishment of this company as a major contribution towards this objective. Defence Land Systems India will be headquartered in New Delhi with manufacturing at a purpose built facility South of Faridabad, just outside of Delhi. Initially there will be about 100 employees and existing projects include the Axe high mobility vehicle as well as up-armored and bulletproof Scorpios, Boleros, Rakshak, Rapid Intervention Vehicles and the Marksman light armored vehicle. Approved by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board of the Government of India (GoI), the parent companies' initial investment will be US$ 21.25 million over a three year period. The company’s equity split will be 74% Mahindra and 26% BAE Systems, in accordance with the current defence sector Foreign Direct Investment regulations of the GoI. © 2010 Dishtracking.com http://www.dishtracking.com/newsdetails.php?news_id=MTE0NQ== Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0530 BSA Hercules India Cyclothon Mumbai 2010 India’s largest cycling event - BSA Hercules India Cyclothon – Mumbai 2010 Registration closes on 15th Feb 2010 for participation BSA Hercules India Cyclothon – Mumbai 2010 Sport18, the sports marketing division of the Network18 group and ID Sports – a sports management company have joined hands today with TI Cycles and Muruguppa Group to launch the Mumbai chapter of the BSA Hercules India Cyclothon – Mumbai 2010” a community ride “to promote the practice of cycling in the city” to be held at Bandra Reclamation on Sunday, 21st February, 2010. The BSA Hercules India Cyclothon will have multiple categories - the Amateur Ride of 24 Kms, the Corporate Ride of 24Kms, the Green Ride of 12 Kms and the Kids Ride (for youngsters between the ages of 8 and 13) of 2 Kms. Registrations are open and can be done online or offline. Interested participants can visitwww.cyclothon.in or SMS Cyclo to 51818 for details. Event Details: Date:    21st February 2010 Time:    6:30 am Venue: Bandra Reclamation Participate to promote cycling in the city For press inquiries please contact: Bratin Roy 9833868621 bratin@hanmermsl.com Hanmer MS&L © 2010 Dishtracking.com http://www.dishtracking.com/newsdetails.php?news_id=MTE0Ng== Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0530