Kolkata Atm

Incidents of attackers wearing face masks, attempting to break open bank ATMs, have posed a new challenge for the city police trying to find a way out to keep a check on such crimes, a senior Kolkata Police officer said.

Bank Strike: Banking services were hit and customers inconvenienced in the city on Friday -- the first day of the two-day nationwide strike called by employee unions to press for wage revision.

Over 30 people, mostly from Kolkata's Jadavpur area, have lodged complaints that a huge amount of money was withdrawn during the past three days from their accounts by fraudsters, police said on Monday.

At least four foreign nationals accused of hacking several State Bank of India ATMs across the country were arrested in Belgharia near Kolkata this morning. The accused had allegedly hacked several SBI ATMs with cloning devices in Guwahati, Agartala, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata and duped people of crores of rupees, top Assam police sources said.

ATM machine operations may remain unaffected on December 21, the day that the All-India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC) has called a strike, an official of the association said on Wednesday.

Kolkata Police yesterday said three Mumbai residents have been arrested on charge of involvement in an ATM fraud case reported in the metropolis and seized skimming machines and pinhole cameras from them.

The CBI has conducted raids in nine locations as a part of their probe into the ATM Group's chit fund case in several areas of West Bengal, the investigation agency spokesperson said today.

A 45-year-old man died in West Bengal on Saturday morning while standing in a queue at a State Bank of India ATM. According to witnesses, the man suddenly collapsed and was declared dead at a nearby hospital.

Kolkata has a water ATM – a coin-operated machine that sells a litre of clean drinking water for two rupees, way cheaper than what’s available in the markets right now. The water ATM is a pilot for a government project to put up such ATMs in rural areas where drinking water is scarce. A bottle of pure, clean, cold water in the blistering summer...

Kolkata has a water ATM - a coin-operated machine that sells a litre of clean drinking water for two rupees, way cheaper than what's available in the markets right now. The water ATM is a pilot for a government project to put up such ATMs in rural areas where drinking water is scarce.

Staring today, using ATMs to withdraw money or for other purposes like balance enquiry beyond five times in a month will attract a charge of Rs 20 per transaction.

The reduction will, however, not be applicable to customers having basic or small savings bank accounts as well as for ATMs located outside Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

Incidents of attackers wearing face masks, attempting to break open bank ATMs, have posed a new challenge for the city police trying to find a way out to keep a check on such crimes, a senior Kolkata Police officer said.

Bank Strike: Banking services were hit and customers inconvenienced in the city on Friday -- the first day of the two-day nationwide strike called by employee unions to press for wage revision.

Over 30 people, mostly from Kolkata's Jadavpur area, have lodged complaints that a huge amount of money was withdrawn during the past three days from their accounts by fraudsters, police said on Monday.

At least four foreign nationals accused of hacking several State Bank of India ATMs across the country were arrested in Belgharia near Kolkata this morning. The accused had allegedly hacked several SBI ATMs with cloning devices in Guwahati, Agartala, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata and duped people of crores of rupees, top Assam police sources said.

ATM machine operations may remain unaffected on December 21, the day that the All-India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC) has called a strike, an official of the association said on Wednesday.

Kolkata Police yesterday said three Mumbai residents have been arrested on charge of involvement in an ATM fraud case reported in the metropolis and seized skimming machines and pinhole cameras from them.

The CBI has conducted raids in nine locations as a part of their probe into the ATM Group's chit fund case in several areas of West Bengal, the investigation agency spokesperson said today.

A 45-year-old man died in West Bengal on Saturday morning while standing in a queue at a State Bank of India ATM. According to witnesses, the man suddenly collapsed and was declared dead at a nearby hospital.

Kolkata has a water ATM – a coin-operated machine that sells a litre of clean drinking water for two rupees, way cheaper than what’s available in the markets right now. The water ATM is a pilot for a government project to put up such ATMs in rural areas where drinking water is scarce. A bottle of pure, clean, cold water in the blistering summer...

Kolkata has a water ATM - a coin-operated machine that sells a litre of clean drinking water for two rupees, way cheaper than what's available in the markets right now. The water ATM is a pilot for a government project to put up such ATMs in rural areas where drinking water is scarce.

Staring today, using ATMs to withdraw money or for other purposes like balance enquiry beyond five times in a month will attract a charge of Rs 20 per transaction.

The reduction will, however, not be applicable to customers having basic or small savings bank accounts as well as for ATMs located outside Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.