Vijay Mallya to attend Indian Grand Prix while Kingfisher employees cont...

Troubled Kingfisher Airlines Chairman Vijay Mallya will be attending the Indian Grand Prix event at Greater Noida later this week. Mallya will be returning at a time when the airline is in the middle of a crisis. The employees of Kingfisher Airlines wanted to speak directly to Mallya on their issues, but they were not given permission to do so. They are seeking four months' pay by October 26.

Under fire over the crisis and with agitated employees asking where he is, Mallya broke his silence, slamming sections of the media for calling him an "absconder". "I travel 24x7 where my multiple work responsibilities take me. Sections of media call me an absconder because I don't talk to them," Mallya said in a tweet. Mallya's tweet came against the backdrop of his absence at the talks or negotiations the management of the debt-ridden private carrier has been holding with the employees over the past two weeks.