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News Headlines Archive

April 02, 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
  • World Autism Day: Photo exhibition to create awareness
  • 50-year-old beaten to death in Kolkata's Burrabazar
  • Trinamool throws a spanner in toll plaza transfer move
  • Fraudsters on the prowl on matrimonial sites
  • Bengal Congress seeks withdrawal of library diktat
  • Women killed over dowry demands; husbands held
  • Hills outfits to hold seminars in Kolkata, Delhi
  • Police find body of 12-year-old
  • Trafficker who 'sold off' 13-yr-old Bengal maid in Delhi nabbed
  • Theme-based studies at Kolkata school
  • Cardboard factory gutted in Behala
  • Congress men ransack 13 houses
  • Youth goes missing, cops suspect smuggling racket
  • Sitting on disaster: Kolkata fails to implement fire safety regulations
  • IIM-Calcutta student rejects plum jobs to educate villagers
  • Bengal industries minister's plea to Pranab on bailout package
  • Norway: Kids' custody for uncle likely on April 17
  • 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?
    • The Telegraph
  • Track tweak for airport link
  • Promise of property-tax bills without false pending dues
  • Stricter norms for primary schools
  • New cars for VIPs as pensioners wait for cheques
  • Factory fire exposes safety gaps
  • Application rush defers cab action
  • Hearts meet and melt on a city pavement
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Music to the ears: pay it again & again
  • Women duped by online friend
  • Budding engineers for core courses
  • X factor: haunted fort to healing temple
  • 25 years of serving Haj pilgrims
  • Bribe blot on Mamata rebel zone project
  • Library list partial: PCC chief
  • Buddha land policy on Kerala talks table
  • Arson finger at Cong pradhan
  • 1 dies, 55 injured in crashes
  • Morcha faces threat slur
  • Rape FIR after home loss
  • Parishad tea panel dissolved
    • Indian Express
  • Cong to CM: Order on dailies undemocratic
  • Factory gutted, no casualty reported
  • Partha raises Centre aid, Pranab steers clear
  • Once friends of Mamata, rights activists to march against govt
  • TMC infighting: Mamata to talk tough at April 7 meet
  • IT firm to decide after April 15
  • Kolkata confidential : Making news
  • Political void exists but Left too weak to fill it: Buddha
  • 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