(Online Desk)

A Pakistani prisoner has managed to escape from police custody in Srinagar after terrorists opened fire at the hospital where he was being escorted for medical treatment.

According to news agency, shots were fired at Shri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital in Srinagar when policemen were escortin

Los Angeles: Stand-up comic Sarah Silverman has announced that she and actor Micheal Sheen have parted ways after three years of dating.

The 47-year-old comedian took to Twitter to reveal that the couple had called it quits last Christmas.

Silverman said the long distance was the undoing of the

Balasore (Odisha): India today successfully test-fired its short-range nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-1 with a strike range of over 700 km from a test range off the Odisha coast, Defence sources said.

The indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile was launched as a part of a periodic training a

Mumbai: An oil tanker, with an all Indian crew of 22 members that went missing off the coast of Benin in north-west Africa, has been released by pirates after four days, officials said today.

All the crew members, who endured the over four-day ordeal, are safe.

"The ship, 'Marine Expre

Mumbai: Massive selling erupted in the Indian equities market on Tuesday morning,as the two key indices -- S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty -- opened around 3 per cent lower.

Accordingly, the barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on the BSE opened lower by over 1,000 points or 2.90 per cent from Monday's

Chennai: Motorists heading to Thanjavur, Kumbakonam, Tada from Chennai will heave a sigh of relief soon as the much delayed road widening works are set to resume with the National Highways Authority of India having allotted funds.

According to official sources, the NHAI has sanctioned Rs 3680 crore to complete the

Vijayawada: With the SSC main examinations in the State are a month away, the private junior colleges in the State have gone into overdrive to woo the parents of Class X students for Intermediate admissions. 

The PROs of private colleges have started approaching schools for tying up with them for admitting st

New Delhi: A 48-year-old man on Monday allegedly committed suicide after jumping off from the fifth floor of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here.

The deceased has been identified as Inder Singh, who was also an employee of the hospital.

According to police, “the man had jumped off the building at about 5:2

London: The pressure on Chelsea manager Antonio Conte intensified as his 10 men suffered a second consecutive humiliating defeat on Monday, going down 4-1 at Watford.

Goals from Daryl Janmaat, Gerard Deulofeu and Roberto Pereyra in the final six minutes handed Watford a welcome first win in six games to move the H

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will be leaving today on her first official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Ministry of External Affairs on Monday informed that during the two-day visit, Swaraj will meet with the Saudi leadership to discuss bilateral, regional and global issues of