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Sony TV to telecast 52nd Fair One Filmfare awards on Feb 25

Mumbai, Feb 22 (UNI) Sony Entertainment Television (SET) will telecast the 52nd Fair One Filmfare awards, presented for excellence in Hindi cinema, on February 25.

Referred to as the ''Indian Oscars'', the nominations were announced in 12 of the 33 categories, a release said.

SET India Pvt Ltd CEO Kunal Dasgupta said ''We are extremely proud of our decade-long association with Filmfare -- 'the queen of all awards'. Our conviction in this partnership led to the inception of the 'Sony Face of the Year' award and the growing popularity of this award category only strengthens our endeavour to applaud women with talent and proven records of excellence in their chosen fields.'' On February 24, the counrtry's finest and most prestigious awards, sponsored by Elder Pharmaceuticals along with associate sponsors Bisleri and Ashrafi Finance, will hold the annual award night at an indoor venue, exclusively for the film fraternity.

''The awards night will be a black tie event, held along the lines of the Oscars, for the film fraternity. The dance and musical entertainment will be pre-recorded for the TV audience. The twin format will allow both the film fraternity and our film fans to enjoy the evening in the manner they ought to,'' the release quoted WWM CEO Devashish Sarkar as saying.

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New train from Ranchi to Ajmer

Ranchi, Mar 12 (UNI) A new 'Ranchi-Ajmer Garib Nawaz' train connecting Ajmer in Rajasthan to Ranchi in Jahrkhand will begin from March 15. The South Eastern railways, in a release here today, stated that the train would leave Ranchi at 2020 hrs on Thursday and reach Ajmer on Saturday at 0630 hrs via Muri, Varanasi, Kanpur, Tundla, Agra and Jaipur. Similarly, for Ranchi, it would leave Ajmer on Saturday evening at 1830 hrs and arrive here on Monday at 0430hrs. The.....

Enhance NEC fund to reduce regional imbalance: Apang

Itanagar, Mar 12 (UNI) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Gegong Apang has called for enhancing the NEC fund to reduce inter-state imbalance and disparities. Addressing the special meeting of the North Eastern Council(NEC) at Guwahati recently, Mr Apang expressed his reservation over the annual plan size, official sources said here today. The 53rd NEC meeting at Delhi on November 15 and 16 last year recommended an outlay of Rs 12, 447.38 crore for the 11th five-year plan, Mr Apang pointed out and.....

Lives of Others'

New Delhi, Feb 26 (UNI) India's hopes of bagging the elusive Oscar were again dashed today with Indian-born Deepa Mehta's 'Water', which was nominated by the Academy in the Best Foreign Language Film category from Canada, losing the race to 'The Lives of Others' of Germany. 'Water', which was a strong favourite for the Oscar, was eventually pipped to the award by 'The Lives of Others' at the awards ceremony for the 79th Academy Awards at Los Angeles this morning. Dealing.....
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