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Mallya jet’s new ‘owner’ told to pay dues worth Rs 3.95 crore

The Bombay high court, on Tuesday, asked Mumbai-based firm SGI Commex, which claims to have won the auction of Vijay Mallya’s luxury jet, to file an affidavit in response to a petition filed by Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL), seeking taxes and hangar charges of Rs 3.95 crore. The aircraft is at present parked at Mumbai Airport and MIAL is Read More


63% of Indian employees believe machines will replace people

Employees in India are getting ready for automated workplace as 63 per cent of workforce believes that machines will replace people for repetitive work. According to a study by ADP, a leader in Human Capital solutions, nearly two thirds (63 per cent) of employees in India believe automation, smart machines and artificial intelligence will replace people for repetitive work, and Read More


Mamata returns land to Singur farmers

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday, handed over land ‘parchas’ and cheques to the farmers in Singur even as she sent messages to firms saying any company willing to set up auto firm in the state is “welcome”. Handing over parchas and cheques following a Supreme Court order in this regard, Banerjee, who had steered the massive agitation Read More


Exclusive! How India reached out to the Afghan Mujahideen

One thing I learnt early enough in South Block was that as head of a territorial division, the success of a policy initiative almost always would lie in slipping it in innocuously when the superiors were overworked. Even if the idea were heretical, the chances of it finding habitation depended on the timing. That was how the saga of India’s Read More


Suu Kyi meets Obama in Washington for first time as Myanmar leader

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi met President Barack Obama at the White House on Wednesday on her first visit to the United States since her party won a sweeping victory in last year’s election, capping a decades-long journey from political prisoner to national leader. With Suu Kyi no longer an opposition figure, the United States is weighing a further easing Read More


Your Onam pics: From Kalyan to Kerala

Take a look. IMAGE: Rediff.com‘s Uttam Ghosh spotted this elaborate pookalam at Panvel railway station, Navi Mumbai. The pookalam is 55 to 60 feet in diameter informs Radhakrishnan, vice president of Keraliya Culture Society (established in 2007 in Raigad) and they have been doing this every year at the railway station. It took 1,500 kg of flowers to make the decoration Read More


PIX: Suyyash-Kishwer at Sargun Mehta’s birthday bash

Jamai Raja fame actress Sargun Mehta celebrated her birthday on September 8, when hubby Ravi Dubey threw a lavish party with the who’s who of the television industry in attendance. A look at the celebs who turned up to wish the birthday gal. Ravi Dubey arrives with his beautiful wife Sargun Mehta for the party. Karan Patel and his wife Ankita Read More


Review: Iru Mugan is a let down

Chiyaan Vikram is back with a science fiction thriller directed by Anand Shankar of Arima Nambi fame. The actor plays both the protagonist as well as the antagonist in the film. The trailer had a good buzz but the film does not live up to the high expectations. The gorgeous Nayanthara and Nithya Menen play the female leads, supported by Thambi Read More


‘It’s humbling that people notice you’

After doing movies in Tamil and Telugu, Regina Cassandra is now set to make her presence felt in Bollywood. The actress will make her debut with Anees Bazmee’s directorial venture Aankhen 2, co-starring Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Arjun Rampal and Arshad Warsi. In this exclusive interview with Rediff.comcontributor Radhika Rajamani, Regina talks about Aankhen 2, Amitabh Bachchan and her new Telugu Read More


PIX: Riteish Deshmukh visits Siddhivinayak Temple

Riteish Deshmukh visited the Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai. He attended the maha aarti there dressed in an all white attire and paired it with a matching gandhi topi. He will soon be seen in the film Banjo and very recently, he released a song from the film called, Bappa. He also featured in a music video, Thank God Bappa which points out Read More