Suvendu Adhikari resigns from Trinamool's primary membership

Kolkata (IANS) Former West Bengal Minister Subhendu Adhikari on Thursday resigned from the primary membership of the Trinamool Congress.

Adhikari tendered his resignation addressing an official letter to Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee.

Modi reopens rail link from Haldibari to B'desh's Chilahati

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the reopened rail link between Haldibari in India and Chilahati in Bangladesh during the virtual bilateral summit. The rail link has…

SC asks if farm laws implementation can be put on hold till it hears matter, Centre objects

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday during hearing of pleas seeking removal of farmers blocking various Delhi border queried the Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, could the Centre put on hold the implementation of the recently enacted farm…

Pesticide residues caused Eluru's mysterious illness: Andhra govt

Amaravati (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and other organisations on Wednesday have found that pesticide residues were the reason for the outbreak of the mysterious illness in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district…

Foundation for Ayodhya mosque to be laid on R-Day

Ayodhya (IANS) On the 71st anniversary of India as a Republic, the foundation will be laid for the much-awaited mosque in Ayodhya on the five acres of land mandated by Supreme Court following the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid final verdict.

The…

BSF guns down 2 Pak intruders in Punjab

Chandigarh (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) gunned down two Pakistani armed intruders along the International Border in Punjab in the early hours of Thursday, it said.

A huge cache of arms and ammunition, comprising one AK 56 rifle and…

Muslim voters are not your 'jagir': Owaisi to Mamata

Hyderabad (IANS) A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the BJP is giving money to a party from Hyderabad to divide votes in the ensuing Assembly elections, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi hit back at her on Wednesday saying…

Govt's greed for revenue keeps petrol, diesel prices close to all-time high levels

New Delhi (IANS) Oil companies may have provided relief to consumers by keeping the pump prices of petrol and diesel static for the past nine days even on rising global oil prices, but it is the heavy load of taxes that has kept the two auto fuels…

Modi pays tribute to soldiers on 50th anniversary of 1971 India-Pak war

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to the fallen soldiers on the 50th anniversary of the 1971 India-Pakistan war and lit up the 'Swarnim Vijay Mashaal' at the National War Memorial.

Four 'Victory…

J&K DDC polls phase 7: 10.66% votes polled in 2 hours

Jammu (IANS) The seventh phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday recorded a voter percentage of 10.66 across different constituencies in several districts in the first two hours since the polling…