Few takers for first IA flight to Lahore

IC 845, Indian Airlines' first flightto Lahore in two years, is scheduled to take off on Friday, January 9, but may have only a handful of passengers. A source close to Indian Airlines told......

Modi is everywhere, even in Rajnath's Lucknow

The entire campaign in Lucknow is based on Narendra Modi -- there is little mention of the BJP candidate, a certain Rajnath Singh. Some locals wonder, 'Rajnathji is not coming to campaign in......

More farmer suicides in Karnataka than Vidarbha

The Vidarbha region in Maharashtra was the first to get a Rs 3,750-crore (Rs 37.50 billion) relief package from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, but it was Karnataka that witnessed the maximum cases......

CBI arrests Central Excise Commissioner in Delhi

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested Central Excise Commissioner Anup Kumar Srivastava after a court in New Delhi dismissed his anticipatory bail plea in connection with his......

15 customs, central excise officers sacked on corruption charges

The government has sacked these officers ranging from the ranks of principal commissioner to assistant commissioner, some of whom were already under suspension. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

AI's low-cost carrier to be Delhi-based

The low-cost arm of the newly merged Air India is being shifted from Mumbai to Delhi, while the headquarters of the overall airline and cargo operations would function from the western metropolis.......

Govt constitutes National Aviation Company board

Government on Tuesday constituted the board of National Aviation Company of India Ltd, a company born out of the merger of Indian and Air-India, and appointed V Thulasidas as the chairman and......

Air India names committees to cut costs

National Aviation Company Ltd, which runs Air India, has constituted committees to review productivity-linked incentives and cost cutting measures. These will talk with the labour unions and report......

PIX: Mahendra Kapoor's grandson weds

It's celebration time! When the late Mahendra Kapoor's grandson Sidhant wed, the music industry made sure to celebrate with him. Sidhant -- the son of Ruhan and Neerja Kapoor -- wed Nikhita, and......

PIX: Aishwarya, Hema Malini receive Dadasaheb Phalke awards

The Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards, which started three years ago, were held in Mumbai on April 21. The awards honour artists for their contribution to Indian cinema, and are different......

PIX: Television actors support Kapil Sharma's film

After showing his film Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon to the Bollywood fraternity, Kapil Sharma had special screening for the television industry especially for friends from his show Comedy Nights with......

PIX: Rakhi Sawant, Madhuri Dixit, Alia Bhatt get together!

The seventh Royal Stag Mirchi Music awards were held at the Yash Raj studio in Andheri, a western suburb of Mumbai, on Thursday, February 26. Quite a few film personalities made sure to attend.......