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Economic Survey: FDI in pharma sector shot up by 200% in 2020-21

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The Indian pharmaceutical sector witnessed a 200% increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2020-21, noted the Economic Survey 2021-22. “FDI in the pharmaceutical sector has seen a sudden spurt in 2020-21 vis a vis the previous year showing a 200% increase,” said the Economic survey tabled in Parliament by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. In 2021-22 (April-September) the FDI inflows continued to be buoyant at ₹4,413 crore, growing at the rate of 53% over the same period in 2020-21, it said. According to the report, the extraordinary growth of foreign investments in pharma sector is mainly on account of investments to meet Covid related demands for therapeutics and vaccines. The Indian Pharmaceutical industry ranks third in the world in pharmaceutical production by volume. During 2020-21, total pharma exports stood at $24.4 billion against the total pharma import of $7.0 billion, thereby generating a rade surplus of $17.5 billion. India is the largest supplier of generic

Rihanna is pregnant with her first child

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Grammy-winning singer and fashion mogul Rihanna is pregnant and expecting her first baby with rapper A$AP Rocky. According to a report, the couple was recently photographed over the weekend out in New York City, where she debuted her baby bump while wearing a long pink jacket. Rihanna’s oversized outerwear was unbuttoned at the bottom to reveal her growing bump adorned in a gold cross with colourful jewels. In one of the photos, clicked in Harlem, Rocky’s hometown, the rapper was seen kissing the soon-to-be mom on her forehead as they enjoyed a snowy walk outdoors. Back in May, Rocky had told a magazine about his romance with Rihanna, calling her the “love of my life.” On being questioned what it felt like to be in a relationship, he said, “So much better. So much better when you got ‘the One.’ She amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones. I think when you know, you know. She’s the One.” Talking about fatherhood, Rocky had said that starting a family is “in my dest

Haryana: Protests erupt against Centre in Ambala region under ‘Vishwasghat Diwas’ call of SKM

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AMBALA: The farmers and social organisation activists held protests against the Centre at the district headquarters in Ambala, Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar districts in Haryana, following the call of ‘Vishwasghat Diwas’ (betrayal day) given by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Monday. To register their protest on social media, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Charuni from its official Twitter handle attached the letter (dated December 9, 2021) of assurance by the Union ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare to the farmers, following which the SKM had suspended the year-long protest from the Delhi borders on December 11, 2021. Along with a government letter, BKU Charuni in their tweet wrote, “Farmers across the country are observing ‘Day of Betrayal’ by @narendramodi Modi Govt had promised compensation cancellation of police cases & MSP (minimum support price) but nothing delivered yet. #ModiBetrayingFarmers” Farmers across the country are observing ‘Day of Betrayal’ by @narendramo

RRR to clash with Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2

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On Monday evening, the makers of ‘RRR’ announced the new release date of ‘RRR’. The film starring Ram Charan, Jr NTR, Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn was earlier set to release in January 2022. But due to the pandemic, the makers had to postpone the release. The SS Rajamouli directorial will now hit the theatres on March 25, 2022. The official handle of the film took to Twitter and wrote, “#RRRonMarch25th, 2022… FINALISED! #RRRMovie.” Have a look: #RRRonMarch25th, 2022… FINALISED! #RRRMovie https://t.co/hQfrB9jrjS — RRR Movie (@RRRMovie) 1643631306000 The film will be clashing with Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani and Tabu starrer ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’ as it is also releasing on the same day. It is a sequel to Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan’s hit film ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’. The film is directed by Aneez Bazmee. Earlier, it was rumoured that the film was getting postponed yet again. But the makers clarified that it will release in theatres on March 25. It will be interesting to watch bo

Did Hrithik-Saba meet through a friend?

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Ever since Hrithik Roshan was clicked with a mystery girl speculated to be Saba Azad, everyone is keen on knowing more about them. Hrithik, who was earlier married to Sussanne Khan, parted ways with her in 2014. But the duo still continues to co-parent their kids, Hrehaan and Hridaan. Recently, Hrithik and Saba’s video exiting from a restaurant made waves on social media. Now the latest reports suggest that the actor met Saba through a common friend. According to India Today, Hrithik and Saba met through a common friend, who is into Indie music. After the first meeting, both of them stayed in touch. They recently met for a dinner date where they reportedly discussed their work. Meanwhile, Saba made her debut in 2008 with ‘Dil Kabaddi’. She later bagged her first lead role in 2011 in the film ‘Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge’ with Saqib Saleem. She recently featured in ‘Feels like Ishq’ that was released on an OTT platform. Apart from this, she is also a part of Naseeruddin Shah’s son Im

Gurugram ‘namaz’ row: SC agrees to hear plea for contempt action against Haryana officials

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An SC bench said state government officials have not been following the 2018 apex court judgment issuing a slew of directions to stop hate crimes. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list for urgent hearing a former Rajya Sabha lawmaker’s plea seeking contempt action against top Haryana government officials over alleged disruptions in the offering of Friday ‘namaz’ in Gurugram. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana, justice A S Bopanna and justice Hima Kohli took note of the submissions of senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for former MP Mohammad Adeeb, and said state government officials have not been following the 2018 apex court judgment issuing a slew of directions to stop hate crimes. “This is not only based on newspaper reports, we have ourselves filed complaints. We are not asking for any enforcement of FIR. This court has laid down preventive measures,” the senior lawyer said. “I will look into it and post before the appropriate bench immedi

क्रेडिट कार्ड बनवाने का झांसा देकर 62 हजार रुपये ठगे

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ख़बर सुनें गुरुग्राम। खेड़कीदौला थाना क्षेत्र के सेक्टर 78 निवासी एक व्यक्ति को क्रेडिट कार्ड बनवाने का झांसा देकर शातिर ठग ने 62 हजार रुपये ठग लिए। उसने बैंककर्मी कॉल किया था। लिंक भेजकर ऑनलाइन आवेदन करने और अपने कार्ड से दस रुपये ट्रांसफर करने को कहा। इसके बाद ठगी को अंजाम दिया। पीड़ित ने साइबर सेल में शिकायत की। जांच में मामला सही पाए जाने पर खेड़कीदौला थाने में रिपोर्ट दर्ज कराई गई है। विज्ञापन पुलिस के मुताबिक, गांव शिकोहपुर सेक्टर-78 खेड़कीदौला में संजय कुमार रहते हैं। उनका एक निजी बैंक में खाता है। उन्होंने बताया कि 23 सितंबर 2021 को उनके मोबाइल पर एक कॉल आई। कॉल करने वाले ने खुद को बैंककर्मी बताया। उसने कहा कि आपके पास गोल्ड पेबैक कार्ड नहीं है। जिसे बनवाने से हर ट्रांजेक्शन पर 20 प्रतिशत कैशबैक मिलेगा। उसने एक वेबसाइट का लिंक भेजा। उस पर क्लिक कर कार्ड के लिए ऑनलाइन आवेदन करने को कहा। लिंक खोलकर पीड़ित ने जानकारी भरी और दस रुपये ट्रांसफर करने को कहा। पीड़ित ने कार्ड से 10 रुपये का भुगतान किया। तभी उनके खाते से 62544 रुपये कटने का मेसेज आया। मेसेज आने पर पीड़ित को ठगी का

Second wetland bird count held in Haryana, 124 species spotted in Sultanpur park alone

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Gurgaon: A team of wildlife officials carrying binoculars and with cameras hanging from their necks ventured into several wetlands on Sunday for a bird count. The state wetland bird census covered Sultanpur National Park and Najafgarh Jheel in Gurgaon and the Bhindawas and Mandhoti wetlands in Jhajjar. It is the second time such a census has been conducted in Haryana to assess the bird population in the state’s wetlands. The first census was in February 2020. Last year, because of the pandemic, the event was cancelled. With this count, the wildlife department also marked the World Wetlands Day that is coming up on February 2. As many as 11 teams with three members each covered Sultanpur National Park and Najafgarh Jheel. Similar teams covered the Jhajjar wetlands. After a day-long event, the teams marked their observation and made a final list of birds. “It was concluded that Sultanpur National Park has a total of 28,026 birds and 124 species,” said Rajesh Chahal, wildlife inspecto

Two more arrested for assaulting man in Fbd

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Gurgaon: Two days after the arrest of a man allegedly for assaulting another near Huda market, the Faridabad police on Saturday arrested two more persons in the case. The duo has been identified as Arjun and Nikki and were arrested. On Thursday, one Sahil was arrested by the ERV team from the spot of crime. During interrogation, the police learnt that the trio had joined the same gym and that’s how they got to know each other. The trio was in an inebriated state when they thrashed the victim “over personal enmity” with an iron rod and stick. The victim was identified as Tosim alias Waseem. An FIR was registered at Old Faridabad police station . Credit Source – https://ift.tt/1WglAjtOw The post Two more arrested for assaulting man in Fbd appeared first on Stay in Gurgaon .

Jackie Shroff on 33 Years of Ram Lakhan

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‘Ram Lakhan’ (1989) completed 33 years, a couple of days ago. We at ETimes caught up with Jackie Shroff (the Ram of ‘Ram Lakhan’). Excerpts from the conversation that transpired: In a recent interview, Mr Subhash Ghai (maker of ‘Ram Lakhan’) reminisced about ‘Ram Lakhan’ and revealed that he didn’t have its script ready when he started shooting for it… Well, he was a master of the game. He is even now. So what if he didn’t have a script? I just followed him- jaise bola acting karo, waise kiya. Have you seen his latest ’36 Farmhouse’? No, but I will. I want to see it at my farmhouse (in Lonavla), with him by my side. And, I shall ask him why he didn’t cast me in it (laughs). Do you recall that moment when ‘Ram Lakhan’ was first offered to you? It was sort of mandatory that I would be doing one film with Subhashji every year. So, it was one of those things. And, I didn’t ask any questions when Subhash ji asked me to do a film. I think that all I knew when I started on ‘Ram Lakh

Here’s how Saba reacted when asked about Hrithik

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Was the masked girl hand-in-hand with Hrithik Roshan, this weekend, indeed actress Saba Azad (of ‘Dil Kabaddi’, ‘Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge’)? Has Hrithik too like his ex-wife Sussanne Khan found love? Or, were Hrithik and Saba just out for a friendly dinner? Too many questions in everybody’s mind! Was Hrithik’s uncle-music composer Rajesh Roshan’s daughter indeed in the background of the pictures clicked by the paparazzi, as a fan or two speculated on social media? Not underestimating the paparazzi, but had someone close to Saba and Hrithik tipped them off, which tends to imply that ‘the couple’ wanted to make it public? Will we see more of Hrithik and Saba soon? How did they meet, when they haven’t worked together till now? We at ETimes took up the phone and dialed Saba. Yes, we did. Saba was very patient and calm when we introduced ourselves but the moment we drifted from our introduction (after completing it) to asking about her pictures with Hrithik that are all over the Interne

Significance of critical care, correct treatment biggest learnings during the pandemic, say experts

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From realising the importance of critical care to determining correct course of treatment were some of the biggest learnings and challenges faced by healthcare professionals in the last two years after the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the country. It was on January 30, 2020 when a third-year medical student from Wuhan university tested positive for coronavirus, becoming the country’s first COVID-19 patient, days after she had returned home following semester holidays. Recalling the turbulent journey, Dr Yatin Mehta, Chairman of Medanta Institute of Critical Care and Anesthesiology at Medanta – The Medicity, Gurugram said, the importance of critical care and sound infrastructure has been realised during this period. “As a nation spending 1.3 per cent of its GDP on health, we now plan to increase it to 3 per cent. We also learnt the importance of private healthcare which supported the government at every step to contain and treat the pandemic without any thought of self-ill

छापामार कार्रवाई के बाद सीएम के दरबार में लगी अधिकारियों की हाजिरी

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ख़बर सुनें गुुरुग्राम। एक दिन पहले देर रात सीएम की छापामार कार्रवाई के बाद रविवार सुबह नगर निगम के अधिकारी मैकेनाइज्ड स्वीपिंग की रिपोर्ट लेकर सीएम के दरबार में पहुंचे। मुख्यमंत्री मनोहरलाल ने रात में ही निरीक्षण के दौरान सुबह रिपोर्ट प्रस्तुत करने के आदेश दिए थे। लोक निर्माण विश्राम गृह में पहुंचे अधिकारियों ने सीएम को लैपटॉप पर दिखाया कि किस प्रकार मैकेनाइज्ड स्वीपिंग सिस्टम काम करता है। विज्ञापन इस दौरान शनिवार रात की भी रिपोर्ट पेश की गई। सीएम ने शनिवार देर रात गुरुग्राम नगर निगम क्षेत्र में मैकेनाइज्ड स्वीपिंग व पूरी सफाई व्यवस्था का निरीक्षण किया था। सीएम शनिवार की रात लगभग 9:45 बजे नगर निगम के सेक्टर 39 स्थित कार्यालय में बिना किसी पूर्व निर्धारित कार्यक्रम के अचानक जा पहुंचे थे। इससे सरकारी अधिकारियों व कर्मचारियों में अफरातफरी मच गई थी। किसी को मालूम नहीं था कि सीएम का अगला कदम क्या होगा या किस कार्यालय में निरीक्षण के लिए जाएंगे। अधिकारियों ने अपनी रिपोर्ट में मुख्यमंत्री को बताया कि निगम क्षेत्र में हर रोज मैकेनाइज्ड स्वीपिंग के लिए रात 10 बजे से सुबह 5 बजे तक 13 सफाई

बिजली निगम की मनमानी : मरम्मत के नाम पर दिन भर गुल कर दी बिजली

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ख़बर सुनें गुरुग्राम। रविवार को बिजली निगम की बड़ी लापरवाही देखने को मिली। निगम के कर्मचारियों ने मरम्मत के नाम पर 8 घंटे से अधिक समय तक शहर के पॉश क्षेत्र सहित बड़े हिस्से की बिजली गुल कर दी। हैरानी की बात यह रही कि उच्च अधिकारियों को मरम्मत की जानकारी तक नहीं थी। इस बीच निचले अधिकारी और कर्मचारी फोन पर लोगों को गलत जानकारी और सूचनाएं देते रहे। बिजली निगम के कंट्रोल रूम में जब फोन की घंटियां घनघनाने लगी तो वहां से भी लगातार मरम्मत का बहाना बनाया जाता रहा। अधिकारियों और कर्मचारियों को बार-बार फोन करने के बाद भी व्यवस्था में कोई सुधार नहीं हुआ और लोग घंटों बिजली का इंतजार करते रहे। इस बीच व्यावसायिक गतिविधियों पर खासा असर पड़ा। छुट्टी के बावजूद कई जरूरी कार्यालयों में कामकाज शाम तक पूरी तरह ठप रहा। विज्ञापन रविवार को सुबह करीब 11:15 बजे शहर के सबसे पॉश कहे जाने वाले सिविल लाइंस सहित सेक्टर-15 पार्ट एक और पार्ट दो कि बिजली अचानक गुल हो गई। इसके साथ ही रोशनपुरा, बर्फ खाना, पटेल नगर, फ्रेंड्स कॉलोनी, चंदन नगर, कीर्ती नगर, सदर बाजार, शिवाजी नगर सहित कई कॉलोनियों में भी बिजली गायब हो

Cash agent collects ₹15L from private firms, flees

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Gurgaon: A cash collection agent of a private company fled with around Rs 15 lakh collected from different private business outlets in the city. The company is engaged in refilling cash in ATMs as well as collection and transportation of cash. The firm, CMS Info System, provides its services to banks and private businesses. Sandeep Kumar Yadav, branch manager, said suspect Ravi Kumar worked as a custodian in the company and was responsible for collection of cash from different business outlets and deposit the same in the office. Police said, the official vehicle of the firm left the office on Thursday with other officials for cash collection. The suspect collected around Rs 14.86 lakh from multiple areas and deboarded the vehicle at Ansal Plaza. His phone has been switched off and the location is also not traceable. A case was lodged under Section 408 (criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant) of the IPC. Credit Source – https://ift.tt/3iazN6CZ7 The post Cash agent collects ₹1

Lata Mangeshkar’s health improves marginally

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92-year-old legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar was admitted to the hospital near her home in south Mumbai with Covid-19 and pneumonia. Now we hear that she has shown a gradual health improvement. According to a statement by ANI, “Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar’s health condition has marginally improved. Her ventilator support was removed two days ago. She will continue to be under observation in ICU: Dr Pratit Samdani, Breach Candy Hospital” Earlier, it was reported that the singer was given a TRIAL of extubation ( off the invasive Ventilator ). Lata Ji’s close friend Anusha Srinivasan shared that, “she is showing signs of improvement but will remain under observation of the team of doctors headed by Dr Pratit Samdani. We thank each one of for your prayers and good wishes” We at ETimes wish her a speedy recovery. Credit Source – https://bit.ly/3KUxI5F The post Lata Mangeshkar’s health improves marginally appeared first on Stay in Gurgaon .

Geeta suspects she got Covid at Lohri event

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It’s not easy with two small kids if both parents are ordered into isolation, but that’s exactly what has happened with India’s former-spinner Harbhajan Singh and his wife Geeta Basra. As we know Geeta and Harbhajan are down with COVID. Well, we spoke to Geeta and she said that it has been a very traumatic time. “The consolation is that Bhaji, I and our children are in Punjab. So, we have a support system of Bhaji’s parents.” Geeta said that she suspects that she got infected with the virus at their Lohri celebration. “But then, you cannot back-trace. And mind you, we had called only very few guests. We had actually thought of having a large celebration but ended up inviting only our close family members”. [embedded content] “Anyway, we are now waiting for a report that says we are negative.” Geeta and Harbhajan got themselves tested about 4 days ago, but the report is still saying ‘positive’. Symptoms? “Yes, we both had symptoms. Bhaji had fever but luckily, it subsided in one or

Are celebs busting the ‘surrogacy stigma’?

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Desi girl Priyanka Chopra commanded the spotlight last week as she announced the arrival of her baby via surrogacy. The internet erupted with reactions of all types – some congratulated Priyanka and Nick Jonas on the good news, some others attacked the actress for ‘outsourcing’ her child’s birth. From degrading to mean to outright vitriolic, there were opinions of varying degrees, once again bringing to the fore the stigma associated with surrogacy in the society. The debate hit the roof when noted author Taslima Nasreen shared her views on surrogacy in a series of tweets, “How do those mothers feel when they get their ready-made babies through surrogacy? Do they have the same feelings for the babies like the mothers who give birth to the babies? Surrogacy is possible because there are poor women. Rich people always want the existence of poverty in society for their own interests. If you badly need to raise a child, adopt a homeless one. Children must inherit your traits—it is just a

Odisha-based company’s COVID-19 rapid antigen test kit gets ICMR approval

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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has validated the COVID-19 rapid antigen test kit developed by a private company in Odisha. The kit has been developed by IMGENEX India Pvt Ltd, Bhubaneswar with intellectual input from Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC). The kit can detect various variants of COVID-19 by using nasopharyngeal swab samples. RMRC director Dr Sanghamitra Pati said: “The IMGENEX India Pvt Ltd, Bhubaneswar first started developing the kit and RMRC Bhubaneswar provided intellectual support for in-house testing and validation. Subsequently, we submitted the proposal for approval.” She said the kit ImCOV-Ag has very high sensitivity and specificity and can detect all variants of COVID-19. The ICMR has approved the test kits based on the RMRC’s internal validation and a third party’s (an expert group from Kerala) report on efficacy and accuracy. IMGENEX, CEO, Dr Sujay Singh said they started work on the kit in June 2021 and ICMR has approved it on Thursday

पश्चिमी यूपी और पंजाब में ताकत झोंकेंगे हरियाणा के भाजपा नेता

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Nod not taken? Bandhwari waste tenders put on hold

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Gurgaon: The urban local bodies (ULB) department of the Haryana government has directed MCG to put on hold all the tendering process for bio-remediation and bio-mining of legacy waste at the Bandhwari landfill site with immediate effect. The reason stated behind the step is that the civic body did not take any administrative approval before floating these tenders. However, the MCG officials claim that approvals were taken and the process has been done in accordance with the action plan submitted to the NGT. MCG had last year given the contract of clearing and processing 2 lakh tonnes of waste at Bandhwari to a private firm. On similar lines, MCG also recently floated two tenders of Rs 16 crore each to give contracts to private firms to clear and process the waste dumped at the landfill site, for which the ULB has raised an objection. The tenders were floated on the risk and cost of MCG’s waste management concessionaire, Ecogreen. MCG also wrote to the ULB department on January 26 st

Call drop: Clear decks for more towers, says DC

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Gurgaon: To ensure better telecom experience in the city and to solve the problems of the service providers, a meeting of the district-level telecom committee was held under the chairmanship of Gurgaon’s deputy commissioner on Friday. Expressing concern over the growing problem of call drops or non-receipt of calls in the city, the deputy commissioner reviewed the pending applications for the new towers proposed by the telecom companies to accommodate the increased demand. He directed all the department officials to clear all the roadblocks and facilitate the expansion of telecom infrastructure. “The time limit for the disposal of an application for a new telecom tower has been fixed at 45 days under the Right to Service Act,” said deputy commissioner Yash Garg. “Under the act, it becomes the responsibility of the departmental officer to dispose of the pending applications within the stipulated time period. If the application formalities are lacking, explain the reasons, but don’t

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Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan shares a strong bond with her younger brother Ibrahim. More often than not, they are seen traveling together, making memories for a lifetime. Having said that, Sara recently dropped a bunch of glimpses from their recent snowy getaway. The photos were also accompanied by a little note which read, “Home is where the brother is ” In the pictures, the siblings can be seen enjoying the snow-capped mountains with their friends in Kashmir. Meanwhile, on the work front, Sara recently wrapped shooting for her untitled next with Vicky Kaushal. Announcing the schedule wrap, Sara penned a heartfelt note thanking her director Laxman Utekar, her co-star, and the entire crew. She wrote, “It’s a film wrap Can’t believe it’s already over! Thank you @laxman.utekar sir for giving me Somya. Thank you for all the guidance, patience and support. Thank you for always being so understanding and always pushing me to do better and better”. She also added, “@vickykaushal09

Ex-lovers Sushmita & Rohman meet each other

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Almost a month after Sushmita Sen and boyfriend Rohman announced their separation, the duo recently met with each other. According to a news portal, the ex-lovers met for the first time after their break-up. A source close to the portal revealed that Sushmita and Rohman met for the first time (post separating) and they even travelled together in the same car from the actress’ home, where they were accompanied by their common friend. Reportedly, they spoke to each other for a good half hour below her building and later went to her place and waited there for a few hours. The source also shared that, even though they are separated, Rohman shares a close bond with Sushmita’s daughters, Renee and Alisah, who too are very close to him. “Rohman is almost like a father figure to them and he’ll always be there for them whenever they need him. Apparently, Sushmita, too, has no qualms with this equation and is happy with their bond. The attachment that Sushmita’s girls have with Rohman and v