There's not been much news about Sushmita Sen lately, but contrary to reports of a sabbatical, much has been happening in her life. We’re talking about Sush’s film on Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi who died fighting the British in 1857. The character of the fearless queen has been so close to Sush’s heart that she’s been working on it for more than a year.

CHICAGO: Hindu Cultural Center (HCC) of Park Ridge, one of the oldest ethnic Indian organizations in Chicago land, has drawn up an ambitious program for the benefit of its members and community at large.

Walking is now Maryland's state exercise. You have heard of official emblems like flower, bird or animal, but a state in the United States today took a healthy stride to "walk" into history.

ARIES, TAURUS, GEMINI, CANCER, LEO, VIRGO, LIBRA, SCORPIO, SAGITTARIUS, CAPRICORN, AQUARIUS, PISCES

The October 2008 Visa Bul- letin disseminated by the Department of State's Visa Office notes that the May 2008 Visa Bulletin had stated that many employment cut-off dates had been advancing very rapidly, based on indications that US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would need to review a significantly larger pool of applicants than there were numbers available to maximize number use under the fiscal year (FY) 2008 annual limits.

NEW DELHI: The US has made it clear that bilateral 123 agreement providing for the civil nuclear cooperation with India was the law and would prevail as against the legislation adopted by the US Congress. However, US Ambassador David C Mulford said Washington "cannot compel" American companies to offer technology or supply fuel or "compel" other governments to do things in a particular way.

NEW YORK: "Shoot on Sight", a film inspired by the terrorist attacks of July 7, 2005 when the underground bombings in London resulted in the London Police order to "Shoot on Sight", released in the US and Canada the weekend of Sept 26.

Given an opportunity, most of the people of the world, especially from less advanced countries, would wish to come and settle in the so-called advanced nations of the West. In fact, oftentimes during discussions with friends and relatives...

Since the dawn of civilization, when the primitive man lived in a matriarchal society, the worship of the Divine Mother came into practice. Later on, as civilization progressed, the matriarchal pattern gradually faded out, and the father became the head of the family unit, where he was treated as the man in authority and to whom every one looked for guidance and approval.

NEW DELHI: After stunning victories and show of grit en route to her Chinese Taipei title, ace shuttler Saina Nehwal said she was ready to challenge world's top players following her "best tour ever".

Vaishali today is a small village surrounded by banana and mango groves as well as rice fields. But excavations in the area have brought to light an impressive historical past.

LOS ANGELES: Ramanujan Nadadur has traveled the world in his few years as an undergraduate at Princeton University. While in college, the suma cum laude graduate completed an internship with a newspaper in Pakistan; worked for the United Nations in Vienna, Austria; and spent a month doing thesis research in India's Jammu and Kashmir state.