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News Headlines Archive

April 04, 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
  • College girl held for parents' murder
  • Centre bows to CM, calls exclusive National Counter Terror Centre meet
  • CM, imams in mutual help offer before polls
  • Training post for Damayanti?
  • Rowdy auto drivers run riot
  • Buddha stays away from CPM party congress
  • Teacher trio takes college to court
  • Naren De may be cleared in iron ore scam
  • Lata Mangeshkar not to attend music event
  • Newborn girl found dead on road
  • Disclose above-ceiling land: Partha Chatterjee
  • Four-year-old raped by teen in Midnapore
  • Experts for specific land return clause
  • Girl battered, raped in Malda
  • Company keen to reopen unit: Dunlop counsel
  • Bison butchered in aphrodisiac frenzy
  • Funds woes hit Santragachhi plans
  • State sets sights on supply chain to check price rise
  • Blame game after blackout, security mess-up at CM's event
  • CPM-backed goons behind auto ruckus, says Partha
  • Encroachment stopped, but bheri now being used to grow veggies
  • Kolkata autorickshaw drivers disrupt normal life
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Tigress cop in transfer buzz
  • Cabs to go off road for fare hike
  • Party slap on auto mutiny
  • Irish hope for city kids without home
  • CM proposes schemes for imams
  • Longer tech course sought
  • Two flights to Dhaka grounded
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  • Children & a sea of stories
  • One special world for all kids
  • Court stays college poll
  • Pay cut for strike absentees at Hare
  • Cricket cocktail to bat away curfew blues
  • Two held for cheating
  • Decision on Buddha on congress table
  • Rebels rule in rulers garb
  • Faction friction at HPL
  • Child & woman killed in witch hunt
  • Child & woman beaten to death
  • SFI to skip medical college polls
  • Hijack cloud on Siliguri trucks
  • Robbers shoot oil pump employee
  • CPM leader in fraud net
    • 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