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News Headlines Archive

April 22, 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
  • Man arrested for posing as Mamata's brother
  • Skywalk to adorn Dakshineswar soon
  • Must take social media in our stride: Khurshid
  • Oil tanker rams into auto, two killed
  • 3 hurt, houses damaged in political clash
  • Administrative autonomy for Ramakrishna Mission?
  • CPM leader held in Jamuria
  • Former Hidco official held for faking identity
  • Chief minister's cartoon on Facebook wall, professor runs to cops
  • Tyre burst kills CSTC driver
  • Salman Khurshid seeks state support for changes in judicial system
  • Zoo animals put on liquid diet as humidity soars
  • High gold prices mar jewellers' Akshay Tritiya
  • Panda-monium at Kalighat
  • Marine institute student suspended for ragging junior
  • City sizzles, cops sweat it out
  • Debolina sent to jail custody
  • Mamata govt to get own channel, daily
  • Trinamool billboard in Kolkata: Don't mingle with CPM people
  • AMRI authorities plan to reopen fire-hit hospital
  • CPM wouldnt like to be on Mamata list
  • AMRI begins renovation of old building
  • 18-year-old killed in Sunderbans tiger attack
  • Ensure smooth traffic, Mamata tells police commissioners
  • Alert motorman foils Metro suicide bid
  • Computers damaged in Writers fire
  • State plans common test for admission to post-graduate seats
  • Ministers hate CPM speech now on billboard
  • Kalighat sanctum bar on devotees
  • Riverfront gets swanky walkway
  • Gems that never got their due
  • Coal ministrys change in stance stuns Bengal Aerotropolis Projects
  • Lawyer seeks CID probe in Contai molestation case
  • Mamata's latest 'advisory': Dont watch news, listen to songs
  • Pay honorarium to priests, not just imams: VHP to Mamata
  • Patuli loot: Cash, valuables worth Rs 9 lakh stolen
  • Tiff with block development officer lands headmaster in lock-up
  • 3 commuters held for vandalism
  • 60-yr-old law shrouds Paoli poster skin show in Bengal
  • 12-year-old kills self
  • Goodricke greets Tirupati devotees with hot cuppa
  • Trinamool Congress worker shot dead; Cong blamed
  • Mongolkote blast kills 3
  • Mystery shrouds Eliot Road death
  • Marine institute promises action in ragging case
  • 6-month deadline for Victoria repairs
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation to acquire Gandhi Bhawan
  • Engeering student goes missing
  • Landlord arrested in Baruipur case
  • Permits will be cancelled if agitation continues: Madan
    • The Telegraph
  • This trip was life-changing
  • What Indira did at school
  • Hot mystery man and murders
  • Delhi yet to take final view on education law
  • Khurshid on social media
  • State answer to barking dogs
  • 5-storey concrete building burnt
  • No nod for meet, forum mulls strike
  • Cong targets govt on GTA
  • Civic body bars construction at fire site
  • 70 fall sick after fest food
    • Indian Express
  • Now, Mamata sets 15-day deadline for moratorium on interest payment
  • Bengal govt to launch own daily, TV channel
  • Time magazine invites Mamata to formal dinner
  • Maoists regrouping in Junglemahal: Reports
  • Excessive adjournments delaying justice delivery, says Ansari
  • Court remands Debolina in jail custody till May 5
  • Denied nod, GJM-backed body to hold meet in Dooars
    • Hindustan Times
  • Steep land price scuttles CRPF project
  • Mamata's team tracks net for more spoofs
  • Not monitoring social networking sites: Trinamool
  • Cartoon a conspiracy, prof an offender: Mamata
  • Cartoons cant spoil image, people can
  • Didi picks Sachin over Saurav
  • Didi sets Centre 15-day deadline for bailout deal
  • Media-mauled Didi wants her own DD
  • Mamata invited to Time Magazine dinner
  • Mamata insists on tax moratorium for Bengal
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line