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News Headlines Archive

April 01, 2012
Miscellaneous
  • Bengal to vest 270 acres of JSW land at Salboni
  • Wipro keen to take part in Kolkata beautification drive
  • Crocodile kills tiger in Sunderbans' island
  • Bengal sheds its dilemma over ode to Tagore
  • Trinamool MLAs busy with social events, give political work a miss
    • Times of India
  • Buddha may quit politburo and CPM central committee
  • Train crushes 5 crossing tracks at Santragachhi
  • Does Bengal still think ahead of the country?
  • Cops let murder accused walk free
  • Bank demands Rs 10.16 crore payback from Seth's NGO
  • Mamata calls on governor
  • 13-yr-old steals show at Kolkata Spell Bee
  • Elephant kills farmer
  • Trinamool leader shot dead at home
  • Sixteen nabbed for Rajabazar rampage
  • Two killed in accident
  • Park Street rape case accused denied bail
  • City gives Earth Hour a miss
  • Malda: India's new fake currency hub
  • RVNL extends help to kids with disabilities
  • CPM rally against Trinamool MLA
  • Totos count their days, life on edge
  • First woman grad buckles to tradition
  • Amateur film captures Toto life in all its shades
  • Trinamool Congress leader shot dead
  • Five crushed by train near Kolkata
  • Uncle to get Norway kids custody in April
  • Class-V student goes missing
  • HC extends stay on hooch compensation
  • Buses burnt after man mowed down in Rajabazar
  • Boatmens strike hits Sunderbans patrolling
  • Percentile system for HS students from next year?
  • Diplomacy hurdle for Haryana kidnap case
  • Assam militants on state crime radar
  • TMC leader attacked by partymen
  • Are Bengalis any good anymore?
  • Norwester strikes today?
  • Retd SC judge to head state HR panel
  • Basudeb Banerjee may be next home secretary
  • Cops told to record statements on video
  • Panel to supervise govt publicity
  • House OKs entry tax reintroduction
  • Baruipur child is not a polio patient
  • Squatters evicted from Nonadanga
  • Housewife prepares to scale Mt Lhotse
  • Digital divide stifles online system
  • SRK may shoot for Beautiful Bengal
  • Sting of the transition
  • Short-circuit in AC, man chokes to death at home
  • 10000 city cabs have 1 day for meter switch
  • Fire in Kolkata building, one killed
  • Liquidation: High court grants Dunlop plea
  • National Commission for Women panel to probe recent rape cases
  • No hospital record for babies dying within 4-6 hrs?
    • The Telegraph
  • Basumati brought back to life
  • Calcutta boys Jimi jam
  • Sparkling tales from Japan
  • Hanumati, not man, to Sitas rescue
  • Watts workshop & rocket science
  • Blame game in toxic times
  • Cabbies race to reach meter line on time
  • Court junks baby father bail extension
  • Trinamul feud stink in death
  • Train kills careless 5 crossing tracks
  • Woman strangled to death
  • CPM-wary govt slow on school board poll
  • Babys father files complaint on cop
  • Registrar for NBU with EC consent
  • Rift helps SFI win law polls
  • Drive to record hill oral history
  • Left walks out of meet
    • Indian Express
  • TMC infighting: Mamata to talk tough at April 7 meet
  • Trinamool block president murdered in Canning
  • Mamata to meet Imams on April 3
  • Basudeb Banerjee is new WB Home Secretary
  • Breaking biases on stage
  • Cuisine on the counter
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mild quake hits Bengal, Bihar
  • Former Army chief terms Gen Singh's bribe allegation 'serious'
  • Dadasaheb Phalke Award recognition of my hard work: Soumitra
  • Father denies split report, says focus now on kids
  • Fire in Kolkata's oldest market, no casualties
  • BJP, Congress condemn Mamata's ban on newspapers
  • Tatra scam second biggest after Bofors: BJP
  • Five mowed down by train near Kolkata
  • Didi sweeps out most dailies from public libraries
  • Firebrand Gorkha leader vows to steer clear of Gorkhaland path
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line