Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot “pursue peace” with Pakistan in a way that “cuts his own security”, a top Trump administration official has said, asserting that it is in the interest of Islamabad to build confidence with New Delhi to restart commercial ties.

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New Delhi: BJP leader and Union Minister of State for Skill Development Ananth Kumar Hegde on Saturday wrote a letter to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s secretary and District Collector of Uttara Kannada district asking them not include his name in Tipu Jayanti celebration that will held on November 10.

Beijing: China today warned that it would consider as a “major offence” if any country or foreign leader hosts or meets the Dalai Lama as it deems the Tibetan spiritual leader a “separatist” trying to split Tibet from it.

China routinely protests world leaders meeting the Dalai Lama. It also makes it mandatory f

Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India today said biometric identity number Aadhaar linkage with bank accounts is mandatory.

The RBI clarification followed media reports quoting a reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application that suggested the apex bank has not issued any order for mandatory Aadhaar linkage with bank

Jammu: Army chief General Bipin Rawat today blamed social media for the rise in radicalisation among the youth of Jammu and Kashmir and said it was being tackled with a “lot of seriousness”.

Rawat, on a day-long visit here, also brushed aside the issue of alleged braid chopping incidents in the state as a &

Mumbai: Be it “Shahid” or “Trapped” or yet to release “Omerta”, Rajkummar Rao has never shied away from choosing unusual roles, but the actor says doing hard-hitting films can take a toll on a performer’s mental health.

The actor, who has also starred in Bollywood entertainers

New Delhi: In her first foreign visit as defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman will travel to the Philippines on Monday to attend a Southeast Asian defence ministers’ meeting which is likely to review the regional security architecture including China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea.

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Dehradun: Badrikashram Jyotirpeeth Shankaracharya Swami Madhavashram ji Maharaj passed away yesterday in Chandigarh, where he was staying after suffering a paralytic attack about two years ago.

He was 76.

The Sanskrit scholar, whose body was brought to Uttarakhand today, was given a ceremonious burial (bhoo-

Bhopal: Noted music composers Usha Khanna, Bappi Lahiri, Anu Malik and playback singers Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan have been selected for the Madhya Pradesh government’s prestigious National Lata Mangeshkar Award.

The artistes will be honoured for their contribution in the field of music composition and si

New Delhi: A war of words today broke out between the BJP and the Congress over Rahul Gandhi’s rising popularity on Twitter after news agency ANI suggested ‘bots’ or web robots that can produce automated mass retweets were behind it.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani took to the microblogging website