Kolkata

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 […]

Laid foundation for USD 5 trillion economy in budget: FM

7:36 pm February 9, 2020

Kolkata: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the Centre, in the Budget, has laid the foundation of increasing consumption while ensuring that the government’s investment is deployed to build infrastructure leading to a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024-25. She also pitched for rationalisation of GST rates once a year and not every […]

Thai woman gives birth to baby boy mid-air

9:20 pm February 4, 2020

Kolkata: A Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Bangkok made an emergency landing at Kolkata airport on Tuesday after a woman delivered a baby mid-air with the help of female flight attendants, officials at the airport said. This happened around 3 am when the aircraft was flying over Kolkata, they said. The captain of the […]

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KoPT begin mandatory screening for coronavirus

7:32 pm January 29, 2020

Kolkata: Kolkata Port Trust Wednesday began mandatory screening of the crew of shipping liners coming and leaving the two ports under it in view of the scare of novel coronavirus (nCoV). There are no report of positive nCoV case in India so far and preventative measures have been adopted including screening of passengers bound for […]

3 kept in isolation ward in Delhi-NCR for possible coronavirus exposure

7:59 pm January 28, 2020

New Delhi: Three Delhi-NCR residents with a travel history to China have been kept under observation in an isolation ward at RML Hospital for possible exposure to the deadly novel coronavirus, officials said. The three — all men aged between 24 and 48 — were admitted on Monday and their samples have been sent for […]