The people in other States were awaiting this opportunity.
In general, it is a fact that the people from the North East indulge in unruly behaviour,banditry and Dacoity.
There have been instances of molestation.
Now you find more people from the North East in the South, especially in Hotels as plate cleaners, servers, building labourers.
One has to see the top Restaurants in Bangalore and OMR Road In Chennai to check on this.
The Employers pay them one third of what one has to pay for the locals.
Labourers are paid Rs 100 ?Day against Rs 300 for building works.
A Restaurant pays them Rs 150′ Day against 400 for locals!
And these people work in areas where IT Professionals are concentrated.
We know their Lifestyle.
Money does not seem to matter.
When an impoverished people see people so well off , they are tempted to indulge in anti-social activity.
The issue is to be addressed by paying proper wages and help them integrate into the local population.
No use in shifting blame.
You are sitting on a Volcano
Story:
In an effort to instill confidence among the northeasterners living in Bangalore, deputy chief minister incharge of home R Ashoka himself will be leading night patrolling in the sensitive areas of the city ahead of Eid.
Neelasandra, Shivajinagar, Anepalya, Koramangala are some of the areas where large population of northeasterners are concentrated in the city. “Night patrolling is to instill confidence among them and send a message that government is with them and the people have nothing to fear about,” Ashoka told TOI on Sunday. Night patrolling by the minister is expected to continue for couple of days.
Though exodus has come down by a great extent, the state government doesn’t want to take chance as northeasterns fear that attack on them would start once Eid is over on Monday. About 30,000 people have so far reportedly fled the city.
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Lesser men like you and I have been, though hearing the sound bites from Statistic honchos(Statistics normally conceals more than it reveals like a Bikini), have this question nagging at the back of our minds.
How come these guys , for a country as big as India, seem to rate viewer ship with lots of Data, calling prime time,Super Time, Super A etc, with none of us knowing how they do it?
Though they said that thy have some gadget ifs fixed at households and that it reveals details of Channels you have surfed with time.
But to the best of my knowledge ,I have never seen a Gadget in any of the homes nor have I know of any one knowing this much detail, the least!
If these surveys are extensive, well.. it is the best kept Secret!
Imagine Television Channels and Advertisers investing Crores of Rupees for Prime Time on such findings.
Well, all good things must end one day.
NDTV a News Channel in India has filed a case against Nielsen who say the th maters of this sort of thing, accusing them of that their System of Rating is out dated.
It transpires that for a country of the size of India with….
“Television in India is a huge industry which has thousands of programmes in many languages. The small screen has produced numerous celebrities, some even attaining national fame. TV soaps are extremely popular. Approximately half of all Indian households own a television.[1] As of 2010, the country has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 515 channels of which 150 arepay channels.[2] According to Pioneer Investcorp, the Indian cable industry is worth 270 billion (US$4.89 billion) and is the third largest in the world aftertelevision in the People’s Republic of China and television in the United States. The number of TV homes in India grew from 120 million in 2007 to 148 million in 2011. Cable reaches 94 million homes with 88 million analog connections and 6 million digital ones, while DTH has commanded 41 million subscribers.[3]“
has a sampling of 8160 boxes, with 50-60 boxes per Target Group!
The flip-side of it is that when there was a Fire accident in Maharashtra Secretariat, Mantralaya, the Rating showed that there was no viewer ship(Zero viewer ship) from the age group ’25 Years Male’ in Mumbai where the fire was raging!
Another issue raised by NDTV is that the Nielsen people manipulated the rating by tampering the Boxes(at last there were some boxes!)
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“On April 3, 2012, a meeting was held between the representatives of NDTV, namely, Rahul Sood, Sidharth Barhate and Anand Mohan Jha, and two field staff employees of TAM (one provided his first name, while the other did not disclose his name) at Ramada Plaza Hotel, Juhu, Mumbai. The TAM employees revealed that they were employed in Mumbai to look after, and collect data from, TAM meters.
They stated they were willing to manipulate TAM ratings in Mumbai. They showed their identity cards and represented themselves as TAM employees. They also showed TAM manuals to the representatives of NDTV and explained how the meters operate, and the number of meters /areas that they looked after. They were also aware of NDTV’s ratings. They had been in touch with NDTV representative as mentioned above, therefore, during the meeting they insisted upon NDTV’s permission to activate the system at the earliest so that NDTV could see prompt results of high TRPs as promised by these persons. They claimed to have effected manipulations in the past for other channels and were willing provide the same “services” for “any” channel that was ready to pay the demanded consideration (bribe). They were confident that they could triple channel ratings of NDTV in Mumbai over a period of two to three weeks in the required target group. They stated they had direct access to homes and visited those homes periodically (at least 3 to 4 times a week) and were in a position to easily influence what the households watched/viewed. They said by paying a bribe of $250 to $500 per household per month, the TAM households could be made to watch only those channels which they insisted upon…”
Very Nice.
What is NBA doing except advertising in TV channels by way of scroll mesaages’If you have a complaint blah, blah?
May be it is not the channels that are to be complained against.
It was the complaint of the Channels.
So they keep quiet.
Let’s see how far this joke goes.
As for as I am concerned it will be show as usual and all the guys will co-exist .
Broadcaster New Delhi Television Ltd is seeking more than a billion dollars in damages from The Nielsen Co. and its affiliates, claiming the global research firm fudged viewership data.
NDTV filed a case against The Nielsen Co. in a New York court for “manipulating television viewership data in favour of channels that were willing to offer bribes to its officials,” according to a news report filed by The Hollywood Reporter late last week.
NDTV is seeking “compensatory and punitive damages” from the Nielsen group, Kantar group, TAM Media Research Pvt. Ltd and a host of Nielsen directors including its global chief executive David Calhoun for causing financial loss and loss of reputation and brand value by releasing incorrect viewership data, according to the petition, a copy of which is available withMint.
TAM is a joint venture between Nielsen and Kantar (the market research arm of London-based advertising and public relations firm WPP Plc) in India and was launched in 1998 to provide television viewership data.
“Low ratings for NDTV news channels have also led to public claims by other news channels of being the number 1 (one) channel,” the broadcaster said in its petition. “This loss of hard-earned reputation and goodwill along with the damage to the profitability of NDTV as a result of low advertising revenues has in turn severely damaged the brand value of NDTV.”
The broadcaster is demanding $810 million (Rs.4,520 crore) for fraud and $580 million for negligence, in addition to other claims, according to the petition.
It’s claiming the damages for “loss of advertising revenues, increased carriage costs, loss of reputation, loss of goodwill, loss of stock value, and loss of other revenues,” the petition added.
A TAM Media spokesperson declined to make a statement, saying the company “doesn’t comment on any litigation.” NDTV officials said they could not comment as the matter is in court.
According to the petition, after NDTV exposed rampant corruption and security breaches in TAM data to top officials of the Nielsen group and Kantar, it requested them to stop releasing data until the issues were resolved. But despite promises of remedial measures, the companies did not take corrective action and continued to publish “data corrupted by lack of security and lack of adequate sample size,” it said.
Both NDTV and the News Broadcasters Association had requested TAM to increase the sample size to 30,000 and strengthen security measures.
TAM’s website states that it “has the largest sample in the world comprising 36,000 individuals from across 165 cities and towns covering 8,150 TV homes from class I towns (all towns and cities with a population of more than 100,000) and semi-rural towns (less than 100,000 population) from the state of Maharashtra.”
The TAM system consists of boxes which are installed in a few homes, which then give data on channels watched, their periodicity, etc — all of which are key inputs for advertisers, which is the lifeblood of TV news channels, especially since they get only one fifth of the subscription revenue they are entitled to from cable operators.
Industry sources cite numerous instances to point out the gross misrepresentation of the TAM system. The latest instance is this year’s Week 25 TAM viewership data of Mumbai showing “zero viewership” among young males who come from an affluent background.
In technical jargon, this segment would be called “male 25 years plus age group (analog) for target group AB” for June 21, the day the Maharashtra Mantralaya caught fire. ” It is impossible that this could happen, given the huge audience interest in the story which was followed through the day as lead. Yet the TAM data showed that no one from the city in the Males 25+ AB audience among the analogue homes had tuned into any of the English news channels. This is clearly an indicator of the kind of homes where TAM meters are installed and gross misrepresentation of English news channel viewers in the TAM panel,” a broadcaster said. Industry heads also say that there is no third party audit in the measurement system.
Sources explained that in any news channel, even after thousands of interviews in a small city for an exit poll, the final results are different and that too for a considered decision where the future of a nation is being decided. “For a decision of which channel to watch we can well imagine how just 50-60 boxes per target group per city are telling you what your consumers are watching,” a media head said. The NDTV plaint too makes the point that the small sample size meant that “bribing and manipulating only a select number of homes” could cause significant change in data.
Initial reports indicate electrical short-circuit as the cause.
But doubts arise because important files including Adarsh Scam files were gutted.
A major fire broke on Thursday broke out at ‘Mantralaya’, the Maharashtra state secretariat complex that houses offices of the chief minister, key ministers and top officials.
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Close to two hours after it was first noticed near the cabin of Tribal Welfare Minister Babanrao Pachpute on the fourth floor, the fire continued to rage till late in the afternoon even as fire fighters battled the leaping flames.
There was no immediate report of any casualty but several people were suspected trapped on the upper floors and terrace, prompting authorities to press into service contingents of the elite commandos of Force One and city police’s Quick Response Teams. Two teams from the naval dockyard were also rushed.
Panic gripped the sprawling building, the seat of state administration, after the fire, first noticed around 2.45pm, spread swiftly to fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
Towering plumes of blinding smoke soon engulfed the building making it difficult for the fire brigade to evacuate the stranded.
According to sources, nearly 5,000 people vacated the building within 20 minutes of the fire breaking out.
Fire brigade personnel with huge hydraulic ladders were seen bringing down those trapped.
Choking in thick black smoke, several people were seen standing precariously on the parapet and balconies, waiting to be rescued. Many could be seen rappelling down the ropes and drain pipes in a desperate attempt to escape.
According to sources, the Urban Development Department, which is embroiled in a controversy over the Adarsh scam, and departments of Home, Revenue and Industries were the worst affected by the fire.
An eye witnesses said some people were injured but no immediate official confirmation was available.
Pachpute said he heard a blast soon after the blaze started. Though his staff used fire extinguishers to put out the flames, it spread rapidly.
“I ran down and pulled out my cabinet colleague Jayant Patil from his third floor cabin,” Pachpute said.
Animal Husbandry Minister Madhukar Chavan said he heard several blasts in the air-conditioners at he attempted to escape.
Pachpute said the fire brigade started its work around 3.05 pm, nearly 20 minutes after the blaze started.
Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik, who arrived at the spot, said the rear portion of the building had suffered the maximum damage but did not confirm if anyone was injured.
Efforts to douse the flames were hampered by winds, he said.
To persistent questions if Adarsh files had been destroyed in the fire, he said, “Our primary concern is to sort out the situation, to rescue people.”
Chief Minister Chavan and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar were superivising efforts to quell the fire and rescue the trapped
Meanwhile, the Navy has pressed into service two helicopters that hovered over the Mantralaya to rescue those who might have been stuck.
“There is nobody present on the terrace. We are using the public address system to ask those who might be trapped inside to rush to the roof-top and ropes would be dropped from the helicopters to rescue them,” a naval spokesman said.
He said frantic efforts were being made to reach those still in the building through phones.
“I also appeal to those who have access to TVs to rush to the roof-top. There are helicopters waiting to rescue you,” he said”
6.25pm: A special naval team is at the Mantralaya building even as the Mumbai police ordered an investigation into the cause of the fire that gutted several floors of the secretariat. The fire finally looked to be under control, a full two and a half hours after it first broke out.
5.55pm: The latest reports coming from Mantralaya state that all those trapped as a result of the fire have been rescued. Several injured have been admitted to hospital, but no one is believed to be in much danger.
5.22pm: The CBI has said that all the files relevant to the Adarsh scam are safe with the courts and have not been damaged as a result of the Mantralaya fire. Earlier there were reports that the Adarsh files may have been damaged as the fourth floor that initially caught fire had housed the documents relating to the scam.
A taxi Service in Mumbai has come out with Aandroid Application to pick up, drop the Customers.
The normal process of calling the Help Line, waiting toget through is eliminated in this service.
The Cab Drivers are provided with Smartphone and all the customer has to do is to click the web,Telebooking platform and they are connected with the cab driver who happens to be nearest gets connected and you get the details like the time needed to reach you and the journey time to your destination.
The organisation Olacabs is planning to extend this service to smaller towns as well shortly.
The concept of vehicle pooling was prevalent in metro cities. I launched the website in Ahmedabad in June last year with aim of reducing people’s fuel costs and promoting environmental cause. Also, it helps people in networking and making new friends. Once the user uploads his route and requirements, we provide him with matching profiles. He can contact them directly and discuss further details,” said Suresh Purohit, an entrepreneur who started http://www.olivetrips.com that offers car pooling service for free.
About 275 Gujaratis are availing benefits of vehicle sharing through his site and the number is increasing every month.
Purohit, an MBA graduate said that trend of vehicle pooling will pick up faster when people know about such website and understand benefits of sharing system.
City-based entrepreneur Ruchira Choudhuri Saikia has gone a step ahead and introduced the concept of socializing through vehicle pooling website.
“We are introducing chat, video and status update facilities on our website (www.greenyatri.com) that will be launched within a month. Those logging onto the website can find partners for vehicle pooling, chat with other users and work out the sharing plans. Also, they can upload videos or pictures related to traffic issues in the city. The experience will be similar to some popular networking sites,” Ruchira told TOI.
Their focus is to reduce environment pollution and congestion on roads.”
The arrest , detention and subsequent release of 11 women on suspicion of prostitution has evoked strong protests.
The released women have sued for damage of Rs. One crore for wrongful detention.
By way of explanation the Commissioner Dhobe stated that the ‘Birth day party’ was a cover for prostitution.
The males were charged Rs. 3000 as entry fee while the it was free for women.
The times of India news report( 13 June 2012 page 11 Bangalore Edition) bemoans that the Free Admission for females is a marketing strategy!
I know of hotels (Five Star) fixing up entry fee for males and free entry to women for special occasions like New Year and for fixed programmes in the year.
Pray tell me why this concern?
In some cases, the courtesy is extended only to Single females.
I know a Five Star Hotel in the heart of Chennai conducts a Male Cabaret Show on fixed days and only Ladies are allowed.
This is also a marketing strategy?
For what?
The Hotel Industry is helping women to emancipate themselves?
Every one knows what happens in these parties.
If you mix with people of dubious character , you will be called as one.
How do you expect the Police to know who is a prostitute?
By visiting them personally in each case?
Circumstantial evidence, it is called.
Another grouse is that working women want to’ relax”in a bar!
Very well
Look at what happens to t women in a pub or near about?
“GURGAON: In yet another assault on a woman near a pub in Gurgaon, a 23-year-old mother was allegedly gangraped by seven men after being abducted from outside the Sahara Mall on M G Road at 2.30 am on Monday.
GURGAON: The curb on stag entry at pubs and night clubs in Gurgaon has spawned a new culture, which has served to corrupt more than cleanse. There are scores of women escorts hanging around pubs, waiting to help a ‘single’ man gain entry in return for big money. And the business is booming with police turning a blind eye.
The escorts ensure easy entry for single men who pay them anywhere between Rs 500 to Rs 5,000 depending on the services offered. They share the dance floor and even share a drink with their clients.
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