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These are indeed taxing times (pun intended) for Priyanka Chopra. By now its common knowledge that her flat was raided by the I.T. officials few days ago and since then there has been a lot of talk and speculation about how much tax the actress would have to cough up. While the actress maintains that she has been paying taxes regularly as a law-abiding citizen, the I.T. sleuths have a different story to tell. Now that the I.T. officials have conducted their research and worked on the findings which they seized at Priyanka's house, it has been ascertained that Priyanka will have to pay some tax on Rs.6 crore worth of cash transactions made by her. Apparently the actress has declared all her investments and assets but has not yet paid the tax on cash payments made by her worth Rs. 6 crore. According to the members of the I.T. department, the actress has agreed to pay the pending tax amount.

With two major projects in Hollywood, three Hindi films ready for release this and next month, and two other Hindi films awaiting his attention for completion, Irrfan Khan is currently into the busiest year of his life. The actor needs serious time-management manoeuvres. Proof? On Sunday there was panic at the Mumbai airport when Irrfan Khan who was supposed to leave for Lucknow with his director Sudhir Mishra and co-stars Chitrangda Singh and Arunodoy Singh failed to turn up. Apparently, Irrfan was untraceable, and the team had to fly out to Lucknow without him. Explains Mishra, "Irrfan was supposed return from Los Angeles and immediately join us for our flight to Lucknow. But his flight got delayed. He had no choice but to miss Lucknow although it's a city he loves dearly. He very badly wanted to come with us." If Irrfan Khan has been conspicuous by his absence from recent publicity events for his new film Yeh Saali Zindagi , it is with good