India rejects as 'baseless' NATO chief's remarks about Modi-Putin talks

India rejected as "incorrect and baseless" remarks by NATO's chief that suggested Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was contacting Russian President Vladimir Putin over the impact of punitive US tariffs on its purchases of Russian oil. India's foreign ministry called the remarks speculative and said on Friday there was no such conversation. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, in an interview with CNN, had spoken about US President Donald Trump's doubling of tariffs on Indian imports to 50 percent due to India's purchases of Russian oil. "This immediately impacts Russia because Delhi is now on the phone with Putin in Moscow, and Narendra Modi asks him, 'Hey, I support you, but could you explain to me the strategy because I have...