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'Dr. Cabbie', Salman Khan's first international offering that has Vinay Virmani (Breakway, David) in the lead has opened to good reviews on its Canadian release, what with current IMDB rating as 8/10. While the film would be seeing phased release internationally, a good response amongst audience in the country where it belongs to, Canada, is a heartening sign indeed for Salman and Vinay who have come together for an outing that picks up a socially relevant subject (migration of well educated Indians to Canada and the hardships they suffer) while presenting it in an out and out entertaining manner.http://i.indiaglitz.com/hindi/news/drcabbie290814_1c.jpg

After playing a rather strict father in Dhanush’s VIP, Samuthrakani will be seen in yet another powerful role for Siva Karthikeyan’s next. Ponram will be directing this movie which is tentatively titled as “Rajini Murugan” and the makers have confirmed the inclusion of two biggies “Samuthrakani” and “Rajkiran” in prominent roles.

Actor Jayam Ravi is acting in multiple projects simultaneously. One among them is ‘Thani Oruvan’ which sees his teaming up with brother director Jayam Raja after a gap of four years.

During a recent audio launch function, veteran director Bharathiraja spilled the beans on his future plans of directing three movies in the next two years. And looks like the work is already in full flow with news on his next movie “ Netraiku Mazhai Payum” floating around K-town

Playing the baddie and getting loved by female fans? Vidyut Jammwal is the one guy who could pull off that with ease after playing the villain in ‘Billa2’, ‘Thuppakki’ and now with an important role in ‘Anjaan’. At a recent media interaction, the handsome lad said that he is a big fan of MGR and now after ‘Billa2’ he showers praise on Ajith as well.

Through the shoots of Billa2, Vidyut has observed Ajith on close quarters and Vidyut is in awe at the perfectionist in Ajith. He further said that even though Ajith has a strong fan base and own of the most sought actor in K-wood, he is very simple on the sets. On the sets of ‘Mankatha’ Thala cooked Biryani for the whole set and from what we hear from Vidyut, he was kind enough to cook pasta for the entire set of ‘Billa2’.

The Hyderabad schedule of KS Ravikumar's 'Lingaa' is coming to an end and with this, the Superstar is leaving the city, packing off back to Chennai. Today is the last day of shoot at Hyderabad for the 'Lingaa' team and the crew will roll their camera near Radisson Hotel in the city, with Anushka in the frame. After wrapping up all shooting in Hyderabad, the team will take a casual break for two days and almost immediately start work in Chennai.

One of the interesting aspects of the film is that it portrays Rajini in two roles, one of which is a thief. Written by Pon Kumaran and directed by KS Ravikumar, 'Lingaa' stars Rajinikanth, Anushka Shetty and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles and has music by AR Rahman.

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Exclusive Migrant workers who built luxury offices used by Qatar's 2022 football World Cup organisers have told the Guardian they have not been paid for more than a year and are now working illegally from cockroach-infested lodgings.
Officials in Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy have been using offices on the 38th and 39th floors of Doha's landmark al-Bidda skyscraper – known as the Tower of Football – which were fitted out by men from Nepal, Sri Lanka and India who say they have not been paid for up to 13 months' work.
The project, a Guardian investigation shows, was directly commissioned by the Qatar government and the workers' plight is set to raise fresh doubts over the autocratic emirate's commitment to labour rights as construction starts this year on five new stadiums for the World Cup.
The offices, which cost £2.5m to fit, feature expensive etched glass, handmade Italian furniture, and even a heated executive toilet, project sources said. Yet some of the workers have not been paid, despite complaining to the Qatari authorities months ago and being owed wages as modest as £6 a day.
By the end of this year, several hundred thousand extra migrant workers from some of the world's poorest countries are scheduled to have travelled to Qatar to build World Cup facilities and infrastructure. The acceleration in the building programme comes amid international concern over a rising death toll among migrant workers and the use of forced labour.
"We don't know how much they are spending on the World Cup, but we just need our salary," said one worker who had lost a year's pay on the project. "We were working, but not getting the salary. The government, the company: just provide the money."

The migrants are squeezed seven to a room, sleeping on thin, dirty mattresses on the floor and on bunk beds, in breach of Qatar's own labour standards. They live in constant fear of imprisonment because they have been left without paperwork after the contractor on the project, Lee Trading and Contracting, collapsed. They say they are now being exploited on wages as low as 50p an hour.
Their case was raised with Qatar's prime minister by Amnesty International last November, but the workers have said 13 of them remain stranded in Qatar. Despite having done nothing wrong, five have even been arrested and imprisoned by Qatari police because they did not have ID papers. Legal claims lodged against the former employer at the labour court in November have proved fruitless. They are so poor they can no longer afford the taxi to court to pursue their cases, they say.
A 35-year-old Nepalese worker and father of three who ssaid he too had lost a year's pay: "If I had money to buy a ticket, I would go home."
Qatar's World Cup organising committee confirmed that it had been granted use of temporary offices on the floors fitted out by the unpaid workers. It said it was "heavily dismayed to learn of the behaviour of Lee Trading with regard to the timely payment of its workers". The committee stressed it did not commission the firm. "We strongly disapprove and will continue to press for a speedy and fair conclusion to all cases," it said.
Jim Murphy, the shadow international development secretary, said the revelation added to the pressure on the World Cup organising committeeafter . "They work out of this building, but so far they can't even deliver justice for the men who toiled at their own HQ," he said.
Sharan Burrow, secretary general of the International Trade Union Confederation, said the workers' treatment was criminal. "It is an appalling abuse of fundamental rights, yet there is no concern from the Qatar government unless they are found out," she said. "In any other country you could prosecute this behaviour."

Contracts show the project was commissioned by Katara Projects, a Qatar government organisation under the auspices of the office of the then heir apparent, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, who is now the emir. He also heads the supreme committee, the World Cup organising body. The committee is spending at least £4bn building new stadiums for the tournament, which has become mired in allegations of bribery, while there is disbelief at the prospect of playing the tournament in Qatar's 50C summer heat.
Katara said it terminated its agreement with Lee Trading when it discovered the mistreatment of workers and non-payment of wages, and made efforts to repatriate those affected or find them new jobs. It said several workers had been compensated after court settlements. "If there are employees who were not repatriated, did not find employment or did not receive compensation, we would be happy to engage in any effort with the ministry of labour and ministry of interior to rectify the situation," a spokesman said.
The problems at the Tower of Football workers are not isolated, despite Qatar's pledges to monitor salary payments and abolish the kafala sponsorship system, which stops migrant workers changing job or leaving Qatar without their employer's consent. In 2012 and 2013, 70 labourers from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka died from falls or strikes by objects, 144 died in traffic accidents and 56 killed themselves, the government's own figures show. Dozens more young migrant workers die mysteriously in their sleep from suspected heart attacks every summer.
The Guardian discovered more projects where salaries had not been paid. They included a desert camp of 65 workers who had not been paid for several months, were sleeping eight to a room, and were living with dirty drinking water, filthy, unplumbed toilets and no showers.

If the US threatens North Korea's survival, the country will fire nuclear-armed rockets, says Hwang Pyong-So, director of the military's General Political Bureau,

Gaza endures five hours of thunderous bombardment by strike aircraft and artillery following the deaths of five Israeli soldiers

Here’s comes an exciting movement for Indian cinema world... The forthcoming Kangana Ranaut and Irrfan Khan starrer ‘Divine Lovers’ has officially qualified as a French film following a green light from the French Film Commission. The commissioner, Franck Priot, has become a mentor for the film and for the director Sai Kabir himself. What this means for the film is that ‘Divine Lovers’ will receive a mainstream cinema release in France, a very rare occurrence. Both Irrfan and Kangana are also overwhelmed and excited by this special news.