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New Delhi: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on monday said that North Korea must halt ballistic missile tests if it wants to talk to Washginton about resolving the existing impasse. 

Speaking at a security forum in Manila, MrTillerson said, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) vote to impose sanctions on Pyongyang showed that world powers were united behind a push for a denuclearised Korean peninsula.

Yesterday, MrTillerson held separate talks in Manila with the Foreign Ministers of China and Russia, both of whom, he said, were in support of a tough stance on North Korea's arsenal. 

New Delhi: The 44 Congress legislators from Gujarat staying at a resort on the outskirts of Bengaluru since the last nine days will return to their home state today. 

The legislators were flown to the Karnataka capital to keep them safe from alleged poaching attempts by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections on August 8. Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel is the party nominee for the polls to the Upper House.

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir police have claimed that  the July 10 attack on Amarnath pilgrims was carried out by four Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, including three Pakistanis, and there was a “criminal conspiracy” behind it.

They made the claim after arresting the Pakistan-based terror outfit’s three “over-ground workers (OGWs)”, who allegedly provided logistic supports to the four attackers.

Incidentally, the LeT had condemned the attack, saying Islam does not allow violence against any faith.

New Delhi: Haryana chief minister ManoharLalKhattar has ruled out the resignation of state BJP chief SubhashBarala whose son was arrested for stalking a woman asserting the father couldn’t be punished for son’s action.
The Opposition is gunning for Barala after his 23-year-old son Vikas and his friend Ashish Kumar, 27, were arrested in Chandigarh on Friday after they allegedly chased and harassed the disc jockey who was driving home. The two were released on bail.