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‘Election drive’ builds Zee Cine Awards excitement
MUMBAI: The excitement is building for the Zee Cine Awards 2004, which takes takes flight to Dubai this year.
Zee Cine Awards 2004 is traveling across India with an exciting opportunity for its viewers to cast their votes and elect their favorite stars by creating an election campaign to select the favourite star – Election Ka Mahol till 15 February.
Zee Cinema business head and Zee Network special projects director Yogesh Radhakrishnan said, “Gali Gali is an on ground promotion to reach the Hindi heartland of India. The marketing effort has been conceived, keeping in mind the preference of the fans of Indian cinema waiting eagerly to vote for their favorite performers making it the most democratic awards of its kind to get closer to our viewers. This time we are approaching our viewers at their door step and giving them an opportunity to meet their favourite stars.”
The voting forms are available at all outlets of Playwin and Panparag. All these floats have ballot boxes where people can cast their votes instantaneously. 40 winners across the globe will be selected to witness the grandiest celebration of the Indian cinema on a global platform.
Zee Cine Awards team is traveling across various cities in a specially designed vans and Tata Sumos with cut outs, posters, placards and handbills canvassing for different contestants, across categories in the key states like New Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat. The campaign is in the form of an election convoy and will cover over 33 cities across the country.
The event is being held on 26 February in association with the Dubai Media City. Over 200 leading Indian film actors, actresses, producers, directors, music directors will attend the event with live performances from megastars including Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan and Lara Dutta.
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Indigo appoints Aloke Singh as Chief Strategy Officer
Air India Express MD joins to steer global growth and operational efficiency.
MUMBAI: Indigo just recruited its next big strategist from the rival camp because when you’re chasing the skies, sometimes the best way to fly higher is to borrow the pilot who already knows the route. InterGlobe Aviation, parent company of IndiGo, announced on 23 March 2026 that its board has approved the appointment of Aloke Singh as Chief Strategy Officer. Singh, who most recently served as managing director and CEO of Air India Express, will lead enterprise-wide strategic planning, operational efficiency initiatives and the airline’s aggressive push into international routes.
Reporting initially to managing director Rahul Bhatia and later to Indigo’s incoming CEO Singh brings over three decades of experience across strategy, operations and commercial functions in aviation. At Air India Express he drove network expansion and performance turnaround, earlier roles at Air India and Oman Air sharpened his focus on long-term planning.
“Aloke brings an exceptional blend of strategic vision and operational depth,” Bhatia said. “His experience will be critical as Indigo seeks to build a more agile, resilient and future-ready organisation.”
The appointment arrives at a pivotal moment. Indigo, India’s dominant domestic carrier, has faced intense scrutiny after operational disruptions in December 2025 thousands of cancelled and delayed flights due to crew scheduling misalignments with new pilot fatigue norms triggering fines, passenger chaos and regulatory heat. Former CEO Pieter Elbers resigned in March 2026 citing personal reasons, though his exit followed sustained pressure from those setbacks and rising costs.
Singh described joining Indigo as “a pivotal moment” for both the airline and Indian aviation, as the carrier accelerates beyond its domestic stronghold into a more competitive global arena.
In an industry where turbulence is measured in both altitude and headlines, Indigo isn’t just hiring a strategist, it’s recruiting a steady hand to navigate from domestic dominance to international takeoff, one calculated flight plan at a time.
