Concerts to show solidarity with victims of the terrorist attacks in America appear to be the order of the day. The latest one is happening comes courtesy Clear Channel Entertainment which will bear the cost of production. The concert is called ‘United We Stand‘. The eight-hour music festival will be held Sunday, October 21, at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC, beginning at noon EST.

It is widely acknowledged that music is the language that people listen to triumph and sadness. Some artistes who have already confirmed their participation include the King of Pop Michael Jackson, Rolling Stones legend Mick Jagger, the group that never gets old Aerosmith, boy group N‘SYNC and the man who loves to live la vida loca Ricky Martin.

Sale of Tickets will commence from Friday and will be available by visiting all Ticketmaster outlets or www.CC.com. Money raised will be donated to the American Red Cross Relief Fund, the Pentagon Relief Fund and The Salvation Army Relief Fund.

The cabinet ministry yesterday cleared an advance amount of Rs 220 million to enable national broadcaster Doordarshan to cover 99 per cent of the North Eastern region within the next five years. The total package is rumoured to be worth RS 7000 million.
The package has similar features to the plan for the troubled state of Jammu & Kashmir. The deadline for implementation of the Northeast plan is March 2005. The first phase is expected to be finished by next March. Currently Doordarshan covers 32 per cent of Manipur 68 per cent of Mizoram and 69 per cent of Nagaland.

As far as All India Radio goes, 16 new stations are expected to be commissioned.