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News Headlines Archive

April 06, 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
  • Somnath slams Mamata over exclusion of Russian revolution from syllabus
  • Unseasonal snowfall in Darjeeling
  • Heavy rains lash Kolkata
  • Govt Struggles With Fare Riddle
  • Marx, Engels out of history syllabus?
  • Decision on Buddha in three days, says Karat
  • Uprooted tree triggers gas leak
  • State move to drop Nandigram cases irks CPM
  • Squall hits city, roof collapse victims die
  • I'll do whatever Didi says: SRK
  • Girl arrested for killing parents
  • Play brings Shambhu Mitra, Utpal Dutta closer
  • Bangla criminal held in N24-Parganas
  • Firhad asks for evictee list of Nonadanga
  • PWD staffers suspended for blackout at CM event
  • Pak circulating fake notes in India: Agency
  • Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and Gorkha National Liberation Front clash in Mirik
  • Meet Dadamoni - Baba, Nana, Gangoly
  • Illegal autos hurt legal fleet
  • Errant cabbies get more time
  • CNG drilling stopped in Bay of Bengal
  • Squatters scuttle flyover beautification
  • Govt to fix fares to end auto menace
  • Infant, pregnant woman hurt in crackdown on squatters rally
  • Mahasweta criticises Mamata again
  • Liquidators visit Dunlop's Sahaganj unit
  • City sinks into darkness after Nor'wester blow
  • Undertrials attempt suicide in police van
  • NABARD against state move to amend Cooperative Act
  • Lid off Rs 36-cr supply scam
  • CPM report highlights flak from Left partners
  • One more held for trafficking
  • Delhi Police to visit city in Pak spy case
  • Ex-prisoner wants to meet Pak president Zardari
  • HS syllabus to have fewer subjects
  • Eight injured in Trinamool feud
  • Autos return but stormy days ahead
  • CSTC rakes in the cash
  • Govt to use idle buses for new routes
  • Dantan site may be the missing link of Hiuen Tsang's memoirs
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Something sizzles like fish fry
  • Jewellers strike takes sheen off wedding season
  • Cop wives block road for water
  • HC stays probe order
  • Lalbazar orders reprieve for errant auto drivers
  • Court order to check green lie
  • Stormy relief from scorch spell
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  • CU search panel meets
  • Buddha away from Kerala but connected
  • Karat stay signal on valued comrade
  • Prime accused in baby murder held
  • Darjeeling lawyers call off strike
  • CPM looks back with regret
  • Garden workers rally for new owner
  • GNLF fest spoilt, finger at Morcha
  • Helpdesk launched at medical college
  • Lynched and shot dead
    • Indian Express
  • KKRs opening show fails to impress
  • Two die in building collapse during Norwester
  • Mamata slams media, says dont cross the line
  • 4 injured in GJM-GNLF clash
  • HC questions PCB over closure of 18 air-testing stations
    • Hindustan Times
  • Myanmarese rebels give up home for Netherlands
  • Six policemen beaten up by mob in Bengal
  • Don't bulldoze federal structure, Mamata to centre over NCTC
  • Major fire doused on 10th floor of South Kolkata building
  • No rift between chief, govt: Pranab
  • Unseasonal snowfall in Darjeeling, heavy rains in Kolkata
  • Somnath slams Mamata for syllabus change
  • Mamata makes Marx history, bans him from school books
  • Mamata defends shifting top cop
  • More baby deaths in WB, 13 die in 72 hours
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line