Sun TV to launch Telugu, Kannada kids channels

August 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry is considering to permit the private FM radio channels to broadcast the news sourced from the news agencies. Private FM radio broadcasters have been demanding for the permission to air the news bulletins from ling time.

June 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Large number of people from all walks of life paid rich tributes to late K.R.Nagaraja on his 67th birth anniversary function held here this weekend. K.R.Nagaraja, Additional Advocate General of Karnataka Government in Delhi, was former President of Delhi Karnataka Sangha.

May 16th, 2009 BANGALORE - Congress veteran B. Janardhana Poojary, a former central minister, Saturday lost to the Bharatiya Janata Party's Nalin Kumar Kateel by 40,420 votes in the Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency of Karnataka.

April 11th, 2009 Film: 'Savaari'; Cast: Raghu Mukherjee, Kamalini Mukherjee, Sreenagara Kitty, C.R. Simha, Dinesh Mangalore, Jadhav; Producer: Ramoji Rao; Direction: Jacob Varghese; Story: Radhakrishna (Krish); Music: Manikanth Kadri; Camera: Welraj; Rating: *** Media baron Ramoji Rao has been encouraging a lot of creative talent in Kannada television and to an extent in the film industry.

March 17th, 2009 HYDERABAD - With Telugu film stars Junior NTR and Chiranjeevi campaigning for the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Praja Rajyam, the ruling Congress has sought a ban on the screening of their movies on television channels. The Congress party has urged the Election Commission to stop television channels from showing the movies of Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi, his actor brothers Pavan Kalyan and Naga Babu as well as TDP founder N.T.

March 15th, 2009 BANGALORE - Legendary south Indian playback singer S. Janaki, who has sung in umpteen Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam films, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Mysore University and leading music directors say it is high time a state institution recognised her contribution.

March 10th, 2009 BANGALORE - Tamil star Priyamani grew up in Bangalore but has only now got around to signing her first Kannada film 'Raam'. A remake of Telugu superhit 'Ready', she will be starring opposite Puneet Raj Kumar.

March 8th, 2009 BANGALORE - Kannada actress and danseuse Roopa Iyer is now wielding the megaphone for a film on the problems faced by children afflicted by HIV or AIDS. Titled 'Mukha Puta', the film promises to provide a realistic account of the lives of young patients and how they are treated by society.

March 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After playing a south Indian belle in comedy flick 'Golmaal Returns', Bollywood actress Celina Jaitley is signing a Kannada film titled 'Shreemati'. The beauty queen-turned-actress will star opposite Kannada superstar Upendra, who has already written the story and screenplay of the movie, said a source.

March 1st, 2009 BANGALORE - Southern superstars like Rajnikanth, Kamal Haasan and Vishnuvardhan are set to come together as the Kannada film industry celebrates its 75-year existence with a three-day extravaganza that kicks off here Sunday. The inaugural event at the Bangalore Palace grounds would also be attended by Karnataka Chief Minister B.S.

February 22nd, 2009 CHENNAI - The Rs.586-million (Rs.58.6-crore) Raj Television Network - the second largest Tamil satellite television company - is foraying into the Kannada language market with a music and a news channel. The company is going slow on its plans to start a Telugu news channel, while the group company's general entertainment channel in the same language is set for a makeover.

February 6th, 2009 BANGALORE - He is on cloud nine after signing on Mammootty for 'Shikari', the Malayalam superstar's first Kannada film. And director Abhay Simha now wants to rope in Bollywood actress Konkona Sen Sharma for the female lead.

January 23rd, 2009 Film: 'Jolly Days'; Director: M.D. Sreedhar; Cast: Aishwarya Nag, Vishaal, Pradeep, Niranjan, Sriraghav, Spoorthi, Rutva, Keerthi and Deepu; Music: Micky J.

January 10th, 2009 Film: 'Anu'; Cast: Pooja Gandhi, Baalu, Naag Kiran, Sundar Raj, Duniya Rashmi, Ramesh Bhat and others. Director: Shiva Ganapathy; Story-Screenplay: Ravi Babu; Producer: Baalu; Camera: Niranjan Babu; Music: Shekhar Chandru; Rating: *** 'Anu' is a Kannada remake of director Ravi Babu's Telugu Hit film 'Anasuya', which had Bhoomika Chawla in the lead.

December 22nd, 2008 NEW DELHI - Kannada, Telugu, Sanskrit and Tamil are the four classical languages of India, Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni informed the Rajya Sabha Tuesday. Soni said the government has not taken any view in classifying Malayalam as another classical language as they have not received any representation from the Kerala government.