Mumbai – Rumours were rife recently that Sushmita Sen had married Indian Premiere League (IPL) mastermind Lalit Modi. The rumours began doing the rounds because Modi posted on Twitter his photos with ex-Miss Universe Sen in various lovey-dovey poses and described her as “my #betterhalf”, gushing that he was over the moon. He continued, “A new beginning, a new life finally. Over the moon.””I’m in a happy place! Not married… no rings… and unconditionally surrounded by love. Enough clarification given… Now back to life and work! Thank you for sharingRead More

WASHINGTON: The US House of Representative has passed a legislative amendment that would protect India from punitive sanctions for buying missiles from Russia. The India-specific amendment, passed on Thursday afternoon, still has to go through the Senate before it’s signed by President Joe Biden. Authored and introduced by Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna, it urges the Biden administration to give India a waiver to the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), which can bring immediate sanctions against New Delhi for buying weapons from Moscow. The amendment argues that such aRead More

KYIV – Russian forces shelled the southern Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Saturday, the latest in a series of bombardments of urban areas that has killed at least 37 people in the last three days and wounded scores. Ukrainian emergency services said two people were wounded and another two were trapped under rubble in Nikopol, which is on the Dnipro River. Late on Friday, Russian missiles hit the city of Dnipro, about 120 km (75 miles) north of Nikopol, killing three people and wounding 15, regional Governor Valentyn Reznychenko saidRead More