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News Headlines Archive

April 07, 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
  • Syllabus row misplaced: Teachers
  • 11 babies die in West Bengal's Malda in 36 hours
  • Counselling sessions for men in uniform soon
  • No check post to collect entry tax
  • Hurdles for industrial rejuvenation
  • Rights of common people need to be protected
  • Humiliated over affair, teen commits suicide
  • ITC godown guard found dead
  • Slain traders kin seek CBI probe
  • Schoolkids stung by 'brand' bug
  • Vedas, slokas to calm young minds
  • Man spends night at station guarding answer scripts
  • CID starts probe into TMC leader's murder
  • TMC factions clash at Keshpur
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Midnight fret for knights
  • New era of Eden magic
  • Squall a day but it aint no Norwester
  • Death and disruption in downpour wake
  • Club youths held for extortion
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Jewellers to stay open longer
  • Cops run for peace, CPM sees none
  • Top slot buzz in Mannan Delhi visit
  • Hail hits Darjeeling, snow higher up
  • Rivalry whiff in Bratya plot visit
  • Civic body scan on Sikkim plaza
  • Cong axe for MLA aides
    • Indian Express
  • SRK promises Poila Boishakh visit, with a new look
  • 13 crib deaths at Malda hospital in 2 days
  • Darjeeling gets snowfall, Kolkata rain, 5 dead
  • KKRs opening show fails to impress
  • Two die in building collapse during Norwester
  • Mollah again: CPM has no future
  • Orissa fallout: Security alert for Junglemahal MLAs
  • Mamata fills information department panel with her trusted members
  • Didi calls meet to restore discipline in Trinamool
    • 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