Day: December 17, 2020

Adhikari’s resignation not a big issue for party : TMC

7:25 pm December 17, 2020

Kolkata: In the wake of Suvendu Adhikari severing all ties with Trinamool Congress on Thursday, a senior party leader said that one or two people leaving the party will have no effect on it. Adhikari relinquished his primary membership of Trinamool Congress after submitting his resignation from West Bengal assembly on Wednesday fuelling speculation that […]

Constable found hanging from tree in UP

4:13 pm December 17, 2020

Aligarh (UP): The body of a police constable was found hanging from a tree in Akrabad area in Uttar Pradesh‘s Aligarh district, police said on Thursday. The constable, Sonu Hudda, resident of Baghpat, was found dead near Ladhu Rampur village on Wednesday, they said. A farmer spotted the body and informed police about it. Hudda […]

Suvendu Adhikari quits TMC

4:09 pm December 17, 2020

Kolkata: A day after quitting as MLA, Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday resigned from the primary membership of the Trinamool Congress, party sources said. Adhikari had quit the state cabinet last month. According to the sources, he wrote to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee apprising her of his decision to resign from the party’s primary membership.

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Woman attacked with chemical substance

4:05 pm December 17, 2020

Budaun (UP): A rape accused allegedly attacked the victim with some chemical substance in Uttar Pradesh’s Budaun district, police said on Thursday. The woman, about 20 years old and a BA student, returning home from a market in Mujaria area of Sahaswan block on Wednesday when Mahesh Pal hurled some chemical on her, an officer […]

Some respite from cold as mercury rises in Kashmir

Intense cold conditions in Kashmir Valley

3:59 pm December 17, 2020

Srinagar: The minimum temperature across Kashmir plummeted several degrees below the freezing point on Thursday owing to a clear sky as the valley reeled under cold conditions, with Srinagar experiencing the coldest night of the season so far, MeT Department officials said. The night temperature continued to drop across the valley owing to the clear […]