Courier

Ex-Truck Driver Becomes A Billionaire With Some Help From Amazon

Business | Yoojung Lee and Ayaka Maki, Bloomberg | Monday October 14, 2019

Revenue should continue to grow in the medium- to long-term as Amazon and Tokyo-based Rakuten look to work more closely with couriers like Maruwa.

Five Arrested For Withdrawing Money Using Forged Cheques: Police

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 20, 2019

Five people, including two women, were arrested for allegedly withdrawing money from banks with forged cheques after stealing bags of courier delivery boys, the police said on Thursday.

Odisha Man Ordered Grocery Items, Found Cobra Inside Delivery Box

Cities | ANI | Monday August 26, 2019

A Cobra snake that was found inside a parcel sent through courier service was rescued by the forest department in Odisha's Mayurbhanj on Monday.

Spain Court Rules Food-Delivery Couriers Are Employees, Not Freelancers

Reuters | Wednesday July 24, 2019

A Madrid court has ruled that couriers for online food delivery group Deliveroo are company employees, not just freelancers, clearing the way for workers to demand a formal contract and corresponding benefits.

Amazon Invests in British Food Courier Deliveroo

Agence France-Presse | Friday May 17, 2019

Amazon has taken a stake in Deliveroo, the British food delivery company said on Friday.

Courier Man Assaults 2 Women With Pen After Fight Over Language: Cops

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Saturday February 23, 2019

A 28-year-old man working with a courier firm was arrested for allegedly assaulting two sisters with a ballpoint pen in Dadar after they reportedly asked him to speak in Marathi, the police said on Saturday.

Indian-American Rajesh Subramaniam Named FedEx President

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 27, 2018

Indian-American Rajesh Subramaniam has been named as the president and chief executive officer of US multinational courier delivery giant FedEx Express.

Uber Welcomes, Unions Criticise UK Plan to Maintain Flexible Gig Economy

Reuters | Monday December 17, 2018

Firms like Uber, best-known for its ride-hailing service, and food courier Deliveroo, have been criticised for hiring workers on a self-employed basis.

1 Arrested In Connection With Moga Parcel Bomb Blast

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 4, 2018

Days after a parcel bomb meant to be delivered to Sangrur exploded at a courier shop in Moga, one person was arrested in connection with the case, police said Thursday.

Maruti Suzuki Eeco Reaches 5 Lakh Sales Milestone

Shubham Parashar | Wednesday October 3, 2018

The Eeco was designed to cater the needs of the middle-class Indian family especially in tier 2 cities and also to support small scale business. It has a huge customer base in the intra city logistics market and is preferred by the courier and online-retail companies along with a good customer set of local sole-proprietors. The Eeco is powered by a...

Mumbai Man Arrested For Using Schoolchildren To Sell Drugs At Colleges

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 24, 2018

A man was arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Cell of the Crime Branch for allegedly supplying drugs to college students by using schoolchildren as couriers, a police official said today.

25 Lakh Trail Reaches Sonia Gandhi Aide Ahmed Patel's House: Probe Agency

India News | Written by Sunetra Choudhury | Saturday August 4, 2018

It seems another top Congress leader may be heading to Enforcement Directorate headquarters soon. The centre's lead financial crimes probe agency on Friday told a Delhi court that it had evidence of Rs 25 lakh, suspected to be bribe, delivered to the residence of Ahmed Patel, the top aide of former Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

Grab Raises $2 Billion to Fight Ride-Hailing Competition

Agence France-Presse | Thursday August 2, 2018

Grab said on Thursday it has raised $2 billion from investors to expand its offerings including electronic payments, food delivery, and courier services.

13-Year-Old Mumbai Boy Partners With Dabbawalas For Courier Startup

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 20, 2018

Tilak Mehta is like any other teenager. The 13-year-old attends a suburban school and complains about his father coming home from work late.

Unwanted Calls, Couriers And Emails Flood IT Department's Rs 1-Crore Reward Scheme

India News | Asian News International | Friday June 8, 2018

After raising the reward for the people informing about the tax evasion, the Income-Tax Department is now being bombarded with calls, couriers and emails by the informants.