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News Headlines Archive

April 03, 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
  • Kolkata auto drivers' agitation leads to traffic chaos, several routes blocked
  • Passport kendra clogs ease up
  • Harrowing Monday for Kolkata commuters
  • Month-long wait for printer-meters?
  • Phaeton joyride back at Victoria Memorial
  • Auto strike in Kolkata: Brace for more 'auto-cracy'
  • Education system needs revision: Kapil Sibal
  • Short film fest starts at Xavier's College
  • Centre, state tussle spoils appointment of Bengal's new commerce secretary
  • Two killed in Howrah mishap; truck set on fire
  • Abduction, gunfight on Bangla border
  • Mamata prepares to seek more bailout funds
  • Bengal minister caps quota in panchayats at 50%
  • Mamata govt showers largesse on state advocates
  • Land ceiling relaxed for industry in Bengal
  • TMC, Congress men in college bodies: Bratya
  • Mamata's U-turn on Park Street rape case
  • HC grants bail to 2 more AMRI directors
  • Woman raped by goons she hired to kill husband
  • Police constable arrested for allegedly raping minor
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Honey, they shrunk the nightclubs
  • Hit and miss in AMRI bail
  • Auto strike for rule flout right
  • Team SRK allowed to make some noise
  • Politics at play: Star oustee
  • City schools jump on IB bandwagon
  • Court rejects state plea for more time to taxis
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  • Arson after fatal accident
  • Sibal treads reform path
  • Colleges push back election
  • Scan on doc duty hours
  • NCW team with no time to meet rape victims
  • Boots burnt in family backlash, 350 troops twiddle thumbs in Maoist belt
  • Rape in plot that backfired
  • From black to greener pastures
  • Govt rushes on rural bill
  • Cong rally to protest library list
  • Grievous injury comes in way of bail
  • Lady attacked for protest at lewd remark
  • Cheers at home fail to yield goals
  • Darjeeling court strike to continue
  • Ex-jawans to rally for justice, turf
  • Assault on Cong leader
    • Indian Express
  • Sibal: States consensus needed for all-India engg entrance test
  • 6,500 taxis with old meters stay off the roads
  • Bengal should hire teachers soon
  • HC grants bail to two more AMRI directors
  • Cong to CM: Order on dailies undemocratic
  • IT firm to decide after April 15
  • Kolkata confidential : Making news
  • Political void exists but Left too weak to fill it: Buddha
  • Bangladeshi prisoners to be repatriated, MHA writes to Bengal
  • HC nod to loudspeakers at Eden Gardens for IPL
  • 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
  • Security breach: Car enters into Mamata's convoy
  • Medical negligence: Toddler dies at WB hospital
  • BJP, Congress condemn Mamata's ban on newspapers
  • Tatra scam second biggest after Bofors: BJP
  • Five mowed down by train near Kolkata
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line