London: Odisha-based sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik beat stiff competition from nine participants to win an international sand sculpture championship in Denmark on Friday, making India proud at the first such event in Copenhagen. Pattnaik's 2.5 metres high sand sculpture of a mermaid pleading for human effort to save the oceans was declared the winner of the championship. The Puri-based sand artist, known for his sculptures that send out strong topical...
08:57 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Mumbai: Many powerful producers, not just Mukesh Bhatt, are up in arms against Javed Akhtar for fighting for copyright amendment in favour of lyricists and singers. Ever since he became vocal about intellectual property rights two years ago, Akhtar has been writing no lyrics or dialogues for any of the big banners in Bollywood except his son Farhan Akhtars banner. Yashraj Films, Dharma Productions and other prestigious production houses have...
06:38 PM, May 27, 2012
Barcelona: Tito Vilanova's step up from assistant to Barcelona coach for next season is a sign of continuity rather than the end of an era, the outgoing Pep Guardiola said after Friday's 3-0 King's Cup final triumph. Guardiola signed off the same way that he started at Barcelona, with a Cup final win over Athletic Bilbao, securing his 14th trophy from the 19 competitions he has competed in since taking...
04:05 PM, May 27, 2012
Barcelona: Barcelona have collected a record 26th Copa del Rey title, defeating Athletic Bilbao 3-0 at the Vicente Calderon as Pep Guardiola's illustrious era came to a close. The Blaugrana were ahead after three minutes thanks to Pedro's opportunistic finish following a corner. Lionel Messi, and a second from Pedro, put Guardiola's side three up inside the opening half hour to all but confirm the 14th trophy of a phenomenal...
08:25 AM, May 26, 2012
San Francisco: Google's Internet search engine receives more complaints about websites believed to be infringing on Microsoft's copyrights than it does about material produced by entertainment companies pushing for tougher online piracy laws. A snapshot of Microsoft's apparently chronic copyright headaches emerged in new data that Google released Thursday to provide a better understanding of the intellectual property abuses on the Internet. Google has a good vantage point on the...
11:56 AM, May 25, 2012
Barcelona: Barcelona can cap four illustrious years under Pep Guardiola with a 14th trophy when they play Athletic Bilbao in Friday's Copa del Rey final. The match at Atletico Madrid's Vicente Calderon stadium will be Guardiola's last in charge of the team, ending an unprecedented period of success for Barcelona since the former player took charge in 2008. The 41-year-old Guardiola will be looking to finish the way he started,...
05:42 PM, May 24, 2012
Madrid: Barcelona have the chance to end the Pep Guardiola era in precisely the same way it began, with a King's Cup final win over Athletic Bilbao on Friday. A drained Guardiola is to step aside and hand over the reins to his close friend and assistant Tito Vilanova for next season, but will hope to walk away with a 14th trophy from his glittering four-year spell in charge. The...
11:41 AM, May 24, 2012
Lahore: A Pakistan Army helicopter with two personnel on board crashed into the Chenab River in Punjab province on Wednesday while on a routine flight, officials said. A pilot and a trainee pilot were aboard the helicopter when it came down at a spot located 100 km from Lahore. Officials said that the helicopter was on a routine flight from a base in Gujranwala when it lost contact with the...
04:29 PM, May 23, 2012
THE COPYRIGHT (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2012 (As passed by the Rajya Sabha) A BILL further to amend the Copyright Act, 1957 BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:" 1. (1) This Act may be called the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2....
05:52 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, which seeks to protect owners of literary or musical works, has been passed by the Rajya Sabha and will be presented to the Lok Sabha before it becomes law, much to the delight of singers, writers and composers. The bill, which is to provide exclusive and moral rights to performers in conformity with the World Intellectual Property Organisation's (WIPO) Copyright Treaty and performances...
03:27 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: Song writers, artistes and performers, deprived of their dues so far, can now claim royalty for their creations with Parliament today approving a law to provide much-delayed justice to them. The Copyright Act (Amendment) Bill, 2012 was passed by the Lok Sabha, which witnessed unusual unanimity on the matter with members from all parties supporting the measure for creative artistes whose benefits are cornered by producers. The bill,...
03:23 PM, May 22, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood's Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar says she is totally with Javed Akhtar in his fight to secure royalty rights for singers and lyricists. Lata said, "I'm 110 percent with Javed Saab. My only fear is, how will he cope with all the backlash coming his way from producers and music companies who are very angry and upset?" "I fought for royalty for singers in the 1960s. I had even stopped...
05:46 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: With the Rajya Sabha passing an amendment to improve the rights of composers and writers, B-Town biggies Sonu Niigaam, Kailash Kher, Shabana Azmi and Rohit Roy have hailed veteran writer Javed Akhtar for his efforts in getting the measure through. Akhtar has been pushing for an amendment in the copyright laws to give music directors and lyricists a share of the profits earned on their work. The amendment...
05:04 PM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: The much delayed Bill, providing for certain important amendments to the Copyright Act, was on Thursday approved by the Rajya Sabha to remove operational difficulties and address newer issues related to the digital world and internet. The Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010, moved by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, also seeks to bring Indian laws originally enacted in 1957 in conformity with international norms and World Intellectual Property Organisation. Replying...
09:07 PM, May 17, 2012
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda and his wife were on Thursday discharged from a hospital, nine days after they were admitted for treatment of injuries they had suffered in a helicopter accident. "The chief minister and his wife, Meera, were discharged this evening," Apollo Hospital spokesperson Javed Akhtar said. Munda, his wife, pilots J P S Kaushik and Vipul Kumar Singh, BJP MLA Barkuanr Gagrai and security officer Manoj...
08:21 PM, May 17, 2012
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