Asha Joshi
Jalandhar, December 3, 2012: City resident B. N. Joshi's wife Asha Joshi, mother of The Tribune Staffer Dharmendra Joshi, had left for her heavenly abode on November 25.
Kirya for the peace of departed soul will be held at Sodal Mandir, on Sodal road here from 2 pm to 3 pm on December 4.
Chandigarh, December 11, 2012: A spokesman of Punjab police today clarified that news item regarding Police force posted in Police Station Chhehrata having been dismissed from the service was factually incorrect.
Meanwhile, ADGP Law and Order Dinkar Gupta today reached Amritsar. He would verify the negligence on the part of Police and would suggest to take suitable departmental action against erring policemen for dereliction of duty.
It may be added that after the killing of ASI Ravinder Pal Singh, SHO Ashwani Kumar has already been dismissed from the service.
Jalandhar, December 11, 2012: BJP national executive member and the party’s Spokesperson for the state unit Manoranjan Kalia today visited Civil Hospital to enquire about the health of Ashwani Malhotra, a reporter of NDTV who was allegedly injured by a few miscreants when the former stopped the latter to stop teasing a girl.
Later, Kalia told the media persons that it was really an “unfortunate” incident and Malhotra for his courage to interrupt the miscreants from eve teasing for which he had to suffer injuries.
Kalia lauded the sincere efforts of Malhotra to safeguard the honour of the girl who was being teased. He said nobody was above the law. He assured that he would personally take up the matter with the senior officers.
Among others, the party’s state media cell convener Rajat Mohindru was present on the occasion.
Ambika Soni receives Impact Person of the Year 2012 award at Mumbai on Saturday.
Ludhiana/Mumbai, December 22, 2012:It is that time of the year when the Indian media, marketing and advertising industry chooses the one individual, who made the most significant impact on the industry and who stimulated a game-changing paradigm shift in business dynamics and deeply influenced its constituents.
And this coveted recognition, Impact Person of the Year (IPOY) this year has gone to none other than the catalyst, who took a bold step that has changed the face of television in India –Member of ParliamentAmbika Soni, who until recently was the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and a Union Cabinet Minister.
IPOY awards were: Man Jit Singh (CEO, Multi Screen Media),Punit Goenka (Managing Director and CEO of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited), Sanjay Gupta (CEO of Jagran Prakashan Limited), Vikram Sakhuja (CEO-designate of Maxus Worldwide) and Vineet Jain (Managing Director of Bennett, Coleman & Co, and the Group’s chief strategist, marketing visionary and editorial architect). The Impact Person of the Year2012 title was awarded to Ambika Soni for leading the landmark shift to digitisation of Television in India and her relentless and path-breaking working the media and entertainment domain.
Impact Person of the Year 2012 Ambika Soni said, “It is a great honour to receive this recognition. I dedicate this award to my stint in the I&B Ministry and it will have a place of pride in the venerable Ministry serving as a reminder that the job is yet to be completed.”
Annurag Batra, Chairman and Editor in Chief, exchange4media Group that publishes Impact, said, “Impact Person of the Year today defines the game changer of the media, advertising and entertainment industry and has become a true recognition of leadership in our fast changing industry. IMPACT Person of the Year 2012exemplifies this thought and philosophy. In a tough year, Ambika Soni has led from the front and made an outstanding contribution on many fronts in an industry whose health can help improve the health of the nation.”
COLORS, aleading general entertainment channel from Viacom18 Group, has associated withthe Impact Person of the Year 2012. Speaking on the occasion, Raj Nayak, CEO, COLORS,said, “Impact Person of the Year is not just an Impact and exchange4mediaaward; it has become an industry standard and we are proud to be associatedwith it. This year’s winner Ambika Soni is a political leader and the first woman to win it. Given her contribution to the industry, she is a true game changer.”
In her role as Information & Broadcasting Minister from May 2009 to October 2012, Ambika Soni safeguarded progressive content on Television while promoting self-regulation in broadcast and other media; widened the reach of Indian language channels; firmed up FM Phase III policies in Radio; and supported the Print industry to ensure growth even in an economic downturn. To her goes the credit for resurrecting the almost defunct National Film Development Corporation, and putting Prasar Bharati on the road to revival. Also to her credit is the setting up of four new branches of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra and Mizoram and efforts to upgrade the IIMCs as centres of world class media education, training and research. Soni has been committed to ensuring a level playing field for different segments of the media and creating a robust industry through her efforts.
Nominations are based on a person’s substantial contribution to his/her own business as well as industry bodies and the possibility of practices adopted by him/her having far-reaching effects in the foreseeable future. The selection process, handled by IMRB International, is divided into 3 stages:
Phase I: Inviting nominations byway of an industry-wide poll carried through the exchange4media group of publications.
Phase II:The poll data was collected on the IMRB server. All responses received were validated by removal of duplicate votes and data cleaning. The result of all valid responses from the poll, throwing up a list of top contenders, was compiled and sent to IMPACT. The editorial team at IMPACT evaluated the list, and came up with the final list of nominees. IMRB and IMPACT agreed on a set of parameters on which the top contenders would be rated by respondents in the final phase.
Phase III:Final voting by as elect few from across the Advertisement, Media and Marketing fraternity, on the basis of personal e-mail invites sent by IMRB. The respondents vote on the nominations – on the basis of the pre-decided parameters – and pick one to three person(s) to be the IPOY. IMRB collates the data, giving due weightage to ranks 1, 2 and 3 and together with IMPACT’s editorial team, analyses it to arrive at the Impact Person of the Year.
Started in 2005, the first IPOY award was given to the then CEO of Star India Network, Peter Mukerjea, followed by Editor-in-Chief of CNN IBN, Rajdeep Sardesai in 2006.Dr Vijay Mallya, Chairman, UB Group, received the award in 2007, while two concurrent awards were given in 2008 to Raghav Bahl, Founder of Network18 and Lalit Modi, then IPL Commissioner. Rajesh Kamat, CEO of CA Media and Uday Shankar, CEO of Star India, won IPOY awards in 2009 and 2010 respectively. Last year too, two people were honoured with the IPOY award - advertising genius Agnello Dias of Tap Root India and the then Group CEO of Network18 and Viacom18, Haresh Chawla.
Jalandhar, December 24, 2012:IBN7 today announced the winners of the fourth edition of the prestigious Diamond States Awards - a unique, path-breaking editorial initiative, in association with the Alchemist Group, which lauds the major strides taken by Indian states in the areas of social and human development.
Punjab bagged the honour as India’s ‘Best Big State’ in the ‘Core Infrastructure’ and Himachal Pradesh bagged the honour as India’s ‘Best small State’ in the “ Education” category.
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumarwas the Chief Guest at the glittering awards ceremony held in New Delhi, which was attended by Cabinet Ministers, Chief Ministers, prominent politicians, bureaucrats and other eminent personalities.
The IBN7 Diamond States Awards follows a credible and multi-pronged selection process that involves secondary data from authentic sources and primary data from a nationwide research exercise conducted by IPSOS, the Research Partner for this initiative. KPMG, the independent Knowledge Partner, manages the process, methodology and the data for arriving at the best states across various categories of the awards.
The award winners are selected basis the parameters set by the IBN Editorial Board, Outlook Editorial Board and the Jury consisting of eminent citizens from various walks of life. The Jury this year included Dr.Bimal Jalan, former RBI Governor & Chairperson of the Jury; Dr.Shaibal Gupta, Secretary of Asian Development Research Institute; TSR Subramanian, former Cabinet Secretary; M Damodaran, formerChairman of SEBI; Dr.Bakul H Dholakia, former Director of IIM-Ahmedabad and Gurcharan Das, author and public intellectual.
Speaking on the occasion, Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, CNN-IBN, IBN7 & IBN-Lokmat,said, “IBN7 Diamond States Awards is an initiative which tries to highlight the remarkable contribution put in by the states to attain the set goals, which eventually leads to a better India.”
Ashutosh, Managing Editor, IBN7, said, “We are privileged to host the 4th edition of IBN7 Diamond States Awards. This award is an initiative to recognise the outstanding leap made by the states towards our nation’s growth.”
Chandigarh, December 30, 2012: Punjab Information and Public Relations Officers' Association today deeply mourned the sad demise of former Assistant Public Relations OfficerBansi Ram (64), who passed away here at PGI after a brief illness this morning. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son.
The PR Association today convened a condolence meeting and observed a two minute silence to pay last respects in the memory of departed soul. The PR Association also prayed to the Almighty to grant eternal peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family members, relatives and friends to bear this irreparable loss in this hour of grief.
Meanwhile, Bansi Ram was cremated at Kharar this evening. Press Secretary to Punjab Chief Minister Opinder Singh Lamba on behalf of PR Association attended the cremation and paid tributes to the departed soul. The Association paying homage to Bansi Ram, recalled his outstanding services and describe him a dedicated officer a fine human being and a hardcore profession.
Homage being paid to RN Singh at Jalandhar.
Jalandhar, January 26, 2013: Rich tributes were paid to RN Singh on his first death anniversary at the Punjab Press Club here on Friday.
Singh was the founder president of the Club.
Speaking on the occasion, Singh’s son Manoj Kumar said RN Singh Foundation had been formed in the memory of RN Singh. He told that the objective of forming the Foundation was to arrange seminars and other events and also to award the outstanding media persons in the future.
Among others, local RSS and BJP worker KL Dhall spoke on the occasion and recalled his association with Singh. He also remembered the Singh’s services rendered to the media persons.
Chandigarh, February 3, 2013: The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today expressed profound grief over the untimely demise of Pawan Watts (59) father of Rajay Deep, Malwa Head of Daily Post and Archit Watts, Staff Reporter, The Tribune, Muktsar, who died here today fighting liver cancer.
Expressing his heartfelt sympathies with Watts family, Badal prayed to Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the members of the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss.
It may be mentioned here that the Bhog ceremony of Pawan Watts would be held at Abohar Palace, Abohar on February 10 between 12 to 1 pm.
Chandigarh, February 3, 2013: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today expressed profound grief and sorrow over the sad demise of Pawan Kumar, the father of Senior Correspondents of The Tribune posted at Sri Muktsar Sahib Archit Watts and of Daily Post posted at Bathinda Rajaydeep.
Pawan breathed his last here at PGI this morning; he was 59 and survived by wife and two sons.
In a condolence message, Badal shared his heart felt sympathies with the members of bereaved family and prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and strength to bear this huge loss in this hour of grief.
