Day: February 13, 2020

Fake job racket busted in Kolkata, 4 arrested

2:44 pm February 13, 2020

Kolkata: Police on Wednesday held four persons including a woman for duping several people on the pretext of providing them jobs with the Kolkata Metro and a private airlines taking the total number of arrests in the case to five, officials said. Probing a complaint lodged by a man on February 3, police had earlier […]

Concern over lack of protective gears for healthcare professionals

Two more passengers test positive for coronavirus during thermal screening in Kolkata airport

2:43 pm February 13, 2020

Kolkata: Two passengers who arrived at NSCBI Airport from Bangkok have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Airports Authority of India officials said on Thursday. With this, a total of three passengers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Kolkata. A passenger called Himadri Barman tested positive on Tuesday, and Nagendra Singh tested positive […]

4 killed in bus-truck collision in UP’s Firozabad

2:39 pm February 13, 2020

Firozabad: At least four people were killed and around 16 seriously injured on Wednesday night as the private bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck here on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, police said. Superintendent of Police (rural) Rajesh Kumar told PTI that the accident took place at around 10 pm in Nagla Khangar […]

Billionaire Bezos buys estate for $165 mn: report

2:32 pm February 13, 2020

San Francisco: Billionaire Amazon chief Jeff Bezos has purchased a Los Angeles-area estate for 165 million, setting a new record for the region, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Bezos bought the Warner Estate from media mogul David Geffen, according to the Journal. It said the deal topped a Los Angeles-area home price record […]

Pakistan's counter-terrorism steps important but not irreversible: US

US welcomes Hafiz Saeed’s conviction, says important step for Pak in meeting global commitments to combat terror financing

2:29 pm February 13, 2020

Washington: The US has welcomed the conviction of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and said that his sentencing is an important step forward for Pakistan in meeting its international commitments to combat terror financing and holding the LeT accountable for its crimes. The statement of a top State Department official came after Saeed, a UN […]