In another shocker for West Bengal Mamata Banerjee, All India Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Dinesh Trivedi on Friday announced his resignation on the floor of the House (Rajya Sabha) citing the reason that he was unable to do anything over the violence in West Bengal.

I am resigning from Rajya Sabha today. There is violence happening in my state. I feel suffocated that we are not able to do anything about the violence happening in the state. My soul tells me that if you can't do anything sitting here, you should resign. I will continue to work for the people of West Bengal, Trivedi said.

The fuel prices in Assam are going to get cheaper by Rs 5 per litre. This is after the state finance minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, withdrew the additional cess levied on petrol and diesel on Friday (February 12). It is to be noted that the state government's decision comes months before the state witnesses its Legislative Assembly elections.

Sarma also proposed that an additional cess of around 25 per cent imposed on alcoholic beverages in the previous year be withdrawn.

The temperature in the national capital touched the 30 degree Celsius mark in early February for the first time in 15 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. According to the IMD's data, maximum temperature last crossed 30 degree Celsius in the first half of February 2006.

And as winters come to a close in Delhi, the forecast for temperatures is to rise for most of the month.

Onions may once again disappear from your plate. The effect of unseasonal rain and unbridled petrol-diesel prices have resulted in an increase in the prices of onion as well. So much that onion prices have increased more than double in the last few weeks. The onion which was being sold at the beginning of the year for Rs 25-30 per kg is being sold for Rs 60-70 rupees per kg.

Congress workers in Madhya Pradesh have threatened Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, saying that they will not let her shoot for the film 'Dhaakad' if she does not apologize to farmers over her tweets before Friday.

Shooting for the movie is currently underway in the Sarni area of MP's Betul district.

In view of the 12-hour bandh called by Left parties to protest against the action by Kolkata Police on their party workers, West Bengal government has announced that no bandh will be observed. According to the state government orders, all state government offices will remain open and employees staying away except for emergency, will result in a pay cut.

Left Front Chairman Biman Bose on Thursday announced a 12-hour West Bengal bandh by the Left and associate parties from 6am on Friday, in protest against the clash that happened between Left, Congress party workers with Kolkata police during a rally to Nabanna in Kolkata.

In a shocking incident, a 25-year-old youth was stabbed to death by four men at a birthday party in Delhi's Mangolapuri area, police said on Thursday.

The victim, Rinku Sharma, allegedly got into a heated argument with the accused who thrashed him before stabbing on Wednesday night. He was taken to the hospital but succumbed to the injuries during the treatment.

At least six people died after icy road surfaces led to a traffic wreck in US' Texas states in which 133 vehicles crashed into each other. The accident occurred in the Fort Worth area in the express lanes of Interstate-35.

As many as 65 people were injured, who were taken to the hospitals for treatment, as per news agency Reuters.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines (SIA) began operating flights on Thursday with full sets of crew members vaccinated against COVID-19 as the city-state seeks to rejuvenate its status as an international travel hub.

The airline said pilots and cabin crew on three international flights from Singapore had received both of the required doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Petrol price on Thursday touched a record high of Rs 87.85 in the national capital, two days after breaching the Rs 87-a-litre mark.

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 25 and 30 paise per litre respectively on Thursday, according to a price notification from oil marketing companies.

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