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News Headlines Archive

April 10, 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
  • Indian Museum in Kolkata wallows in apathy
  • Cholbe Na: Old order resists change
  • Automatic signaling a green light to safer travel
  • CPM member held for fraud
  • Squall holds Kolkata hostage, one dies
  • Maoist hand in Nonadanga?
  • Salt Lake tax collection hits a rough patch
  • Metiabruz blast: One held, 3 accused at large
  • Sex worker raped, murdered in Asansol
  • Mysterious death in Sonagachhi
  • Cash worry may hit forest protection
  • No receipt, cabbies have only excuses
  • Madan's dream plan: AC trams and water taxis
  • Fund stadium upkeep, CM tells MPs
  • Mamata, ministers reach Delhi to arrange funds for state
  • Motorman foils Metro suicide bid
  • Oath delayed, judges cant hear listed cases
  • Tsunami atlas to help combat disasters
  • Youth arrested in skeleton case
  • Dowry stink in woman's death
  • Metro enters automatic signal era
  • Armymen rescue youths drowning in Hooghly
  • Nor'wester hits city again, more in store
  • Count on me, says free Tibet martyr in last SMS
  • Jilted lover kills girl
  • Child spends 9 hours in police lockup
  • Trinamool Congress worker stripped, tortured
  • Pharma executive found dead in housing complex
  • A toast to Bengal through its art
  • Evening of grub, games and more
  • Ballygunge shares woes with cops
  • Crime against senior citizens rise, separate crime wing likely
  • Two killed in Kolkata blast
  • Youth jumps off Howrah bridge for Free Tibet cause
  • Late singer's wife found dead in pond
  • Garbage choking Nayanjuli stretch
  • College student killed in accident
  • Truck-jacking racket kingpin held
  • Promoter gunned down in apartment
  • 2 hurt in bomb blast in police station
  • CPM leader on the run, held in Contai
  • Trinamool Congress to mark May Day
  • Denied compensation, villager commits suicide
  • Fast effect: Mamata Banerjee blinks after 27 days
  • Didi sounds warning bell for 'rebel' leaders
  • Congress leaves Trinamool guessing on coalition
  • Stress-buster sessions for men in uniform
  • Squall claims seven lives in state
  • Safety and cleanliness high on Railway board chairman's agenda
  • Midnight raid on parking goons
    • The Telegraph
  • Shower after swelter
  • Metro mirage: 6-min trains
  • Panel calls for HS syllabus update
  • Tick threat to furry friends
  • Students learn ropes of fire safety
  • Goodwill behind the glamour
  • Singapore calling Xaviers alumni
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Fight against a social curse
  • Cool trams for a feast on track
  • Port cops on illegal arms watch
  • Jewellery, money stolen
  • Mamatas Rs 19cr incentive to students
  • Mascot Buddha retained in politburo
  • Partha promises small investors zone
  • NBSTC rift over transfer list
  • In Sikkim, health data a click away
  • Low-cost stores in 5 hospitals
  • No bail for dad of slain kid
    • Indian Express
  • Didi bounty for minorities
  • Three new faces from Bengal in central committee
  • Eastern Rlys seeks ban on sedatives
  • Marx, Engels to stay in syllabus, panel submits draft
  • Nonadanga: 7 in police custody
  • Disgruntled, auto drivers maintain discipline on roads
  • Holidays delay governor nod for judges oath-taking
  • NRHM funds underutilised in Bengal, Centre seeks explanation
    • Hindustan Times
  • Civic polls: Mamata pampers minorities
  • Somnath slams Mamata for syllabus change
  • Mamata makes Marx history, bans him from school books
  • Didi's left turn: Marx and Lenin are not 'untouchables'
  • Unseasonal snowfall in Darjeeling, heavy rains in Kolkata
  • Suicide bid on Kolkata Metro tracks
  • First of its kind "Gorkha war musuem" in the country
  • Darjeeling witnesses unusual 'white Easter'
  • WB: Cong may go it alone panchayat polls
  • Unseasonal snowfall in Darjeeling, heavy rains in Kolkata
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line