West Bengal

Four men arrested by Haryana police for cheating people by cloning ATM cards

Four men arrested by Haryana police for cheating people by cloning ATM cards

8:20 pm August 11, 2020

Chandigarh: Haryana Police on Tuesday said they have busted an interstate gang and arrested four men involved in cheating people by cloning ATM cards. “They first stole data and then used it to clone cards and later used them at different ATM machines,” a spokesperson of state police department here said. Police said an ATM cloning machine as well as a […]

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Three killed, two hurt as car rams into truck in Odisha

8:45 pm August 7, 2020

Jajpur: Three people were killed and two others suffered serious injuries after a car carrying five members of a family rammed into a stationary truck in Odisha’s Jajpur district early on Friday, a senior police officer said. All five were on their way to Medinipur in neighbouring West Bengal from Bhubaneswar, when the car, being […]

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Rapid antigen tests comprise 25 to 30 per cent of India’s total daily COVID-19 tests: DG-ICMR

11:30 pm August 4, 2020

New Delhi: Rapid antigen tests comprise nearly 25-30 per cent of the total daily tests conducted for the detection of COVID-19 in the country at present, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday. A record 6,61,892 samples were tested for COVID-19 on Monday, taking the total number of tests conducted so far in the country to 2,08,64,750 and […]

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COVID-19: India’s case tally crosses 18 lakh, recoveries surge to 11.86 lakh

11:00 pm August 3, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 18-lakh mark on Monday, just a day after it went past 17 lakh, with 52,972 cases reported in a day, while the number of recoveries surged to over 11.86 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number of COVID-19 tests carried out in India has also crossed the 2 crore-mark, […]

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Bengal minister’s wife tests positive for COVID-19

8:38 pm July 14, 2020

Kolkata: West Bengal Consumer Affairs Minister Sadhan Pande on Tuesday said his wife tested positive for COVID-19, and has been placed under home quarantine. The veteran TMC leader’s wife was diagnosed with the infection days after her brother succumbed to the disease at a private hospital here. “My wife has contracted COVID-19. She has been placed under home quarantine. […]

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