Seven minor girls escaped from a care unit at Mokama town in rural Patna in the early hours of Saturday following which six of them were found in Darbhanga district, police said.

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray Saturday appealed to the leaders and office bearers of his party to ensure the victory of BJP-Sena alliance in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Panaji: Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was admitted to the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) here Saturday night, a statement said.

Hoshangabad (MP): A police constable Saturday saved the life of a man who fell off a train by carrying him on his shoulder and running for about one-and-a-half kilometres to a nearby railway station in Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad district.

New Delhi: Raising the pitch on the issue of statehood for Delhi ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said in the Assembly that he will launch an indefinite hunger strike from March 1 to press the demand, terming it "aar-paar ki ladai" (final battle).

Patna: Seven minor girls fled from a government-funded shelter home in Mokama here in the early hours of Saturday after cutting a window grille, an official said.

Jammu: Pakistani troops violated ceasefire Saturday by targeting forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said.

Bengaluru: Ace Indian shuttler P V Sindhu wore yet another feather in her cap by becoming the first woman to fly a sortie in the indigenously built Light Combat Aircraft Tejas at the Aero India show here Saturday and described it as the 'real hero.'