British pilot commandeered the ill-fated flight

A British national of Serbian origin, who had 10,000 hours of flying experience and had been operating in India for thelast two years, commandeered the Air India aircraft, which crashed at......

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......

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......

Stop criticising policies, finance ministry warns employees

The instructions cite service rules that bar any government servant from making any adverse criticism of any policy or action of the government. The finance ministry has warned employees of......

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......

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......

Government recasts IA board

In a move aimed at providing more functional autonomy to Indian Airlines, the government restructured the state-run carrier's board. The government has appointed Anup K Srivastava, director......

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: 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......

Revisiting 1983 in Hindi Movies

Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood. It was a year of excitement and extremes. If parallel cinema in India......

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.......