One of the escaped prisoners was serving a life term for murder. A prison in Haridwar staged the Ramlila on Friday evening to impart a lesson to its inmates on the victory of good over evil, only to see evil prevail when two prisoners playing the part of 'vaanars' (monkeys …...Read More

The firing comes months ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Baba Siddique, a former Maharashtra minister and member of the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP, has died after being shot at in Mumbai's Bandra. Sources said three bullets were fired at Mr Siddique around 9.30 pm on Saturday at …...Read More

Shankar has been alone since his companion, another African elephant named Bambai, died in 2005. The Delhi Zoo's lone African elephant, Shankar, walked freely in his enclosure after being released from chains on Friday, the Ministry of Environment said. Union Minister of State for Environment Kirti Vardhan Singh had reviewed …...Read More

They have really touched my heart, said R.V. Asokan. (File) The continuing protests by the junior doctors of West Bengal against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior woman doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata in August this year are not in self-interest but in …...Read More

Mysuru Darbhanga Bagmati Express collided with a goods train at Kavaraippettai railway station. A passenger train, travelling at 75 kmph, hit a stationary goods train on Friday, in Tamil Nadu, at around 8:30 pm. The train entered a loop line instead of the main line, following which at least 12 …...Read More

Playing out a clip of his taking oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister from Shivaji Park in 2019, Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday sent out both a message and a warning to his rivals as he delivered his annual Dussehra speech from the iconic Mumbai park. A little over 10 km from …...Read More

The Bengal government said even the identities were not given in detail in some of the letters. The 'mass resignations' of senior doctors in support of their junior colleagues are generic letters and have no legal value, the West Bengal government said on Saturday. Junior doctors in the state have …...Read More

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu wrote to Narendra Modi today condoling the death of industrialist and global icon Ratan Tata. He said many people in his country are mourning Mr Tata's death. Ratan Tata died on October 9 at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital, where he was admitted for a …...Read More

The Los Angeles Dodgers will avoid an NLDS upset for a third year in a row. With a tight 2-0 win over the San Diego Padres in Game 5 at home on Friday, the Dodgers won their first playoff series of the current postseason format. They lost in the NLDS …...Read More

Los Angeles Dodgers player Kike Hernandez had, arguably, the biggest game of his career on Friday, and used his postgame spotlight to say the F word on live television without being censored in front of a live national audience. With a tight 2-0 winner-take-all victory against the San Diego Padres …...Read More