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Pranab Mukherjee stresses need for promoting music and arts
NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee today said the Sangeet Natak Akademi has provided a safe haven to artists and practitioners and a vibrant intellectual space to thinkers and scholars.Speaking...
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Ensure flow of - undiluted and unadulterated information to the people: Naidu
NEW DELHI: Venkaiah Naidu who has assumed additional charge of Information and Broadcasting held until now by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, has said communication processes are critical for empowering...
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Artistes urged to empanel with culture min for Festivals of India Abroad
NEW DELHI: In an effort to revive the festivals of India in different countries, the Culture Ministry has invited agencies or persons from the fields of dance, music, theatre, films, food, literary...
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Entertainment Tax to be subsumed with other taxes at state level, says...
NEW DELHI: The Government today said that Entertainment Tax (other than the tax levied by the local bodies), Central Sales Tax (levied by the Centre and collected by the States)the following taxes are...
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Brand ambassadors equally responsible for misleading ads,can be penalised:...
NEW DELHI: “Strongly feeling” that misrepresentation of a product especially a food product should be taken very seriously considering the influence of celebrities and high net worth individuals or...
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Give more teeth to ASCI to implement Advertising Code: Parliamentary Committee
NEW DELHI: Clauses should be added to the Consumer Protection Bill to ensure that the advertising code being followed by Advertising Standards Council of India gets some legal teeth.In its recent...
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Music and drama used to highlight need for cleanliness
NEW DELHI: Music, Dance and Drama will is being extensively used by the Culture Ministry to spread awareness about the need and importance of cleanliness in all domains during the Swachhta Pakhwada...
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Roopa Ganguly nominated as member of Rajya Sabha in place of Navjot Singh Sidhu
NEW DELHI: Actor Roopa Ganguly, who rose to fame as Draupadi in the popular television series 'Mahabharat' in the late eighties and later won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in...
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Buying music from overseas sites will cost 15% more
MUMBAI: The Central Board of Excise and Custom (CBEC) will charge 15 per cent over every download executed from overseas websites. Overseas companies offering services to Indian consumers like music or...
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Preservation of music supported by organisations under Culture Ministry
NEW DELHI: Autonomous organizations like Sangeet Natak Akademi and Kalakshetra Foundation under the Ministry has been taking various steps to promote Indian music and dance forms.The Sangeet Natak...
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Weekly Band display and retreat ceremony begins with BSF Band at National...
NEW DELHI: The Band display and retreat ceremony is to be conducted at National Police Memorial every Saturday beginning today. Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju was the chief guest at the event...
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India's media, entertainment revenues are seen at Rs 2.41 lakh crore by 2021
MUMBAI: The Indian media and entertainment industry is projected to grow at 13.9 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over 2016-21 to reach Rs 2.41 lakh crore by 2021, said a study released here...
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ET to fall but broadcasting equipment and IT may rise under GST
NEW DELHI: Even as entertainment duties on entrance to theatres or circus will fall after the Goods and Services Tax comes into force, hardware equipment for both radio and television transmission and...
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Jingles contest to create Consumer Awareness for 'Jaago Grahak Jaago'
NEW DELHI: A jingles contest for consumer awareness of the Jaago Grahak Jaago multimedia campaign has been announced by the Department of Consumer Affairs to create awareness amongst consumers about...
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Smriti Irani and Shah win big in the polls, PM congratulates
MUMBAI: Union Minister Smriti Irani and BJP Chief Amit Shah got elected as the Rajya Sabha members, with 46 votes each. Irani and Shah who were contesting the elections from the Gujarat Rajya Sabha...
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CBFC reconstituted with majority from film and theatre field
NEW DELHI: After bringing in adman and lyricist Prasoon Joshi and showing filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani, the Central Board of Film Certification has been reconstituted with entry among others of actress...
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India and Ethiopia to sign pact for exchange in TV and radio
NEW DELHI: India and Ethiopia are to sign an agreement on “Cooperation in the field of Information, Communication and Media”.The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the...
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Major reliefs for M and E sector in GST from 15 November 2017
NEW DELHI: In a major relief to the media and entertainment sector, the goods and services tax has been slashed on a large number of items including electrical apparatus for radio and television...
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PDL India and Dailymotion join hands to bring the Indian music industry to...
MUMBAI: Phonographic Digital Limited (PDL), which is a global digital music collection company supported by over 300 rights owners, and Dailymotion, a leading video content discovery platform, have...
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Budget 2019: FM proposes liberalisation of FDI for media industry
MUMBAI: “An up-splurge was been observed in 2018-19 when India’s FDI investments grew by six per cent to USD 64.37 billion,” stated union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget speech 2019,...
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