'I was offered cash to blow up Kanishka'
By India Times correspondent, May 1, 2007
TORONTO: A career criminal testifying at the Air India inquiry said he was offered a suitcase full of cash by Sikh militants to blow up the plane but he turned down the offer and instead warned police about the plot months before the bombing in 1985.
Gerry Boudreault testified behind a white curtain as he described a series of 1984 meetings with militants who wanted guns and explosives and were willing to pay him $180,000 to get a bomb on an Air India flight.
Boudreault, whose identity was not released at the inquiry, has previously testified publicly in an unrelated 1994 hearing that he told police in advance about the Air India plot.
Air India Flight 182 exploded and crashed off Ireland on June 23, 1985, killing 329 people.
Despite a criminal record spanning 40 years, Boudreault said he only met with the plotters because he wanted more information to pass on to the police. "I wanted to prevent an airplane from being blown out of the sky".
"They wanted somebody who had access to the plane in Montreal so they could put a bomb on it," he was quoted as saying by Canadian daily Vancouver Sun.
He said they showed him a briefcase full of cash, so he knew they were serious.
He kept the police apprised of developments after each meeting with the militants, he added. One Vancouver officer laughed at him and said "that will never happen," Boudreault said during his testimony.
Boudreault claimed that the police were suspicious of his story, thanks to his criminal antecedents.
"I never claimed to be a white angel," he stated.
Source : 'I was offered cash to blow up Kanishka' article on IndiaTimes.com
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Being happy makes you beautiful: Drew Barrymore
Being happy makes you beautiful: Drew Barrymore
Bureau Report, April 30, 2007
Washington, April 30: Drew Barrymore believes that the secret to being beautiful lies not in looking good, but in being happy.
The ‘Music and Lyrics’ star, who recently topped People magazine’s first 100-strong Most Beautiful list, insisted that happiness is what makes people look good.
“I just think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness,” Contactmusic quoted her, as telling the mag.
Barrymore admitted that though it was “fun” to watch people who are outwardly beautiful, she would rather be around people who made her “laugh and feel good”, rather than someone who only looked beautiful but made others uncomfortable.
"If somebody walks into a room and they're drop-dead gorgeous and sexy, it's really fun to look at. But if somebody is giving of their spirit and they make you laugh and feel good, that's a whole other level of beauty," she added.
Barrymore will now be seen on the big screen opposite Aussie hunk Eric Bana in their new film ‘Lucky You’, which hits theatres on May 4 this year.
Source : Being happy makes you beautiful: Drew Barrymore article on ZeeNews.com
Bureau Report, April 30, 2007
Washington, April 30: Drew Barrymore believes that the secret to being beautiful lies not in looking good, but in being happy.The ‘Music and Lyrics’ star, who recently topped People magazine’s first 100-strong Most Beautiful list, insisted that happiness is what makes people look good.
“I just think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness,” Contactmusic quoted her, as telling the mag.
Barrymore admitted that though it was “fun” to watch people who are outwardly beautiful, she would rather be around people who made her “laugh and feel good”, rather than someone who only looked beautiful but made others uncomfortable.
"If somebody walks into a room and they're drop-dead gorgeous and sexy, it's really fun to look at. But if somebody is giving of their spirit and they make you laugh and feel good, that's a whole other level of beauty," she added.
Barrymore will now be seen on the big screen opposite Aussie hunk Eric Bana in their new film ‘Lucky You’, which hits theatres on May 4 this year.
Source : Being happy makes you beautiful: Drew Barrymore article on ZeeNews.com
Hrithik is I-T payer no 1; Bachchans do it as family
Hrithik is I-T payer no 1; Bachchans do it as family
Bureau Report, April 30 2007
Mumbai, April 30: Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan has emerged as the top advance Income Tax payer in 2006-07 while Bachchans have done it as a family.
Hrithik paid a little over Rs 15 crore, Amitabh Bachchan paid close to Rs 14.25 crore while superstar Shah Rukh Khan paid around Rs 14 crore, Income Tax Department sources told reporters here today.
Mumbai film fraternity pays around Rs 400 crore in taxes altogether which includes technicians as well as those attached to other departments engaged in film production, an Income Tax source added.
With Aishwarya joining the Bachchan clan following her marriage with Abhishek, the family has become the top tax payer in Bollywood. The Bachchan family paid around Rs 25 crore in taxes in the year ended March 31, the sources said.
Bachchan's son Abhishek paid around Rs 4.75 crore, Aishwarya around Rs 5 crore while the company AB Corp shelled out about Rs 1.44 crore, they said.
Mumbai region, which topped Income Tax collection in the country, recorded more than 40 per cent growth in 2006-07.
The total income tax collection in MUMBAI region last year was Rs 74,000 crore as compared to Rs 53,000 crore in 2005-06.
Source : Hrithik is I-T payer no 1; Bachchans do it as family article in ZeeNews.com
Bureau Report, April 30 2007
Mumbai, April 30: Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan has emerged as the top advance Income Tax payer in 2006-07 while Bachchans have done it as a family.
Hrithik paid a little over Rs 15 crore, Amitabh Bachchan paid close to Rs 14.25 crore while superstar Shah Rukh Khan paid around Rs 14 crore, Income Tax Department sources told reporters here today.
Mumbai film fraternity pays around Rs 400 crore in taxes altogether which includes technicians as well as those attached to other departments engaged in film production, an Income Tax source added.
With Aishwarya joining the Bachchan clan following her marriage with Abhishek, the family has become the top tax payer in Bollywood. The Bachchan family paid around Rs 25 crore in taxes in the year ended March 31, the sources said.
Bachchan's son Abhishek paid around Rs 4.75 crore, Aishwarya around Rs 5 crore while the company AB Corp shelled out about Rs 1.44 crore, they said.
Mumbai region, which topped Income Tax collection in the country, recorded more than 40 per cent growth in 2006-07.
The total income tax collection in MUMBAI region last year was Rs 74,000 crore as compared to Rs 53,000 crore in 2005-06.
Source : Hrithik is I-T payer no 1; Bachchans do it as family article in ZeeNews.com
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