Thursday

Govt extends relaxed norms for onion imports till Jan 31

7:37 pm December 17, 2020

New Delhi: The government on Thursday extended relaxed norms for onion imports for one and a half months till January 31 next year, to boost domestic supply and check the retail prices of the key kitchen staple. To facilitate import of onion, the government had on October 21 relaxed the conditions for fumigation and additional […]

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.

Woman, lover held for killing her husband in UP

3:39 pm December 17, 2020

Lalitpur (UP): A 32-year-old woman and her lover were arrested for allegedly killing her husband and throwing his body near a canal, police said on Thursday. The body of Manoj Nigam, 38, was found near Jakhlaun canal on Tuesday, ASP Brijesh Kumar said. A case was registered at Lalitpur police station on the basis of […]

US wholesale prices up 0.1% in November; food and energy up

8:37 pm December 11, 2020

Washington: US wholesale prices edged up 0.1 per cent in November as the cost of both food and energy were up. The increase in the producer price index, which measures inflation pressures before they reach the consumer, followed bigger gains of 0.3 per cent in October and 0.4 per cent in September, the Labour Department […]

45-year-old man’s body found in Kolkata flat, police suspect murder

11:30 pm December 10, 2020

Kolkata: The body of a 45-year-old man was found in his flat on Thursday in Kolkata’s Kustia Road area, police said. The body of Jayanta Mukherjee was found lying in a pool of blood in his third floor flat at the government housing complex in the Tiljala police station area, they said. ”There is a […]