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News Headlines Archive

August 02, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • Where is the creativity that gave us the Rosogolla?
  • Move to make Kolkata a full-fledged district
  • Mamata boost to projects for minorities
  • Maoists should state what kind of talks they want: Mamata Banerjee
  • Accenture keen to expand presence in West Bengal
  • Sachar meets Mamata, minority development issues discussed
  • Good facilities at an affordable price boosts medical tourism in Kolkata
  • Rereading Rabindranath Tagore
  • CPI(M) chief whip's car attacked in WB
  • I've taken sweet revenge: Aparna Sen
  • Double whammy for Kaushik Sen?
  • Motherhood is a wonderful thing: Rituparna Sengupta
    • Times of India
  • Airport fire shuts ATC for 20 minutes
  • Security guard planned Ultadanga flat robbery
  • PM to troubleshoot' in city, may unlock funds
  • 'Creating classes in Singur act arbitrary'
  • Bidhan Parishad resolution accepted
  • Death on campus accidental, claim RBU students
  • All hopes lost to revive Bakreswar plant
  • Liquor prices to go up by Puja
  • Bus driver crushes brother
  • A harrowing day for Metro commuters
  • New complex of heritage market to get AC stalls
  • Scanner on railway response to crisis
  • 'Paper clearance' held back relief train
  • 14 m gap on tracks, and no one saw it
  • Villagers reach out, but goons mar a good deed
  • Track, coaches hang in thin air
  • Youth kills self at Ultadanga's Bidhan Niwas
  • Speed up airport upgrade, says Mamata
  • Robbers used rusty gun, no bullets
  • Power cuts, soaring heat leave city boiling
  • Is railway negligence behind train accident?
  • Another Jnaneswari averted
  • Death sells at Rs 8/kg, racket works like cottage industry
  • Recycled medical waste floods city
  • Land may be acquired for public purpose, says CM adviser
  • 'Fishy' frequencies in the cockpit
  • Congress men being attacked: Pradip
  • Mystery over youth's death, family cries foul
  • Union trouble hits work culture at Kolkata airport
  • Mamata warns errant partymen
  • Nurse hangs self from cabin ceiling
  • Fire, snag trigger blackout in several parts of city
  • 'Revamp bus service & transport system'
  • Govt to set cut-off for Class XI science
  • Manish Gupta gets power department from CM
  • Abducted hotelier returns home
  • New districts to affect GTA deal: GJM
  • CPM man, wife and son killed
  • Hunt on for next Visva-Bharati VC
  • VB boy kills self after teachers' rebuke
  • Mother of two facing hard times attempts robbery with toy gun
  • Kolkata to get a DM, function as a district from September 1
  • Bengal CM differs with UPA on land bill
  • Fishy frequencies in the cockpit
  • Death shatters family's hopes
  • Reign of chaos & inaction
  • Villain or victim of circumstances?
  • It happened in seconds: Witnesses
  • Octopus found in the Sunderbans
  • Didi meets Sachar, seeks advice on minorities
  • Hope for NHPC projects after GTA deal
  • Mamata defends funds demand
  • Security agency at Bidhan Niwas 'illegal'
  • Smart cards, tokens to replace Metro tickets today
  • Drive to clear billboards stalled
  • SER imposes Rs 12 lakh fine on Gitanjali caterer
  • Man jumps to death from Metro station
  • Ticked off, RBU students beat staffer to death
  • Haldia probe focus on neighbours
  • CPM-Cong pass budget, TMC fumes
  • Congress willing to give more time to govt, says Manas
  • Singur Act violates Constitution: Pal
  • Coal firms threaten to stop supply to state power utility
  • CESC for 5.50 per unit, tariff may touch 6 after Pujas
  • CM seeks smaller districts for effective administration
  • Railway catering: Free run to 'compensate' low pay
  • Interlocutors mum on Maoists' terms
  • 'Indian' jumbo killed in Nepal
  • TMC leader 'roughs up' teacher for punishing son
  • Hotlines to keep Mamata in the loop
  • Blow to Buxa's tiger hopes
  • Centre's lens on Sunderbans
  • State urges MS to set up unit
  • 'In talks with global retail giants'
  • Kolkata: Non-teaching staff member dies after being punched by students
  • Brace up for a surge in your electricity bill
  • Weekend windfall with Tagore death anniversary holiday
  • Gold chain retrieved after 2-hour surgery on snatcher
  • Bright students quit Presi for lack of exposure
  • Lover stabs girl, slashes wrist in city hotel
  • Sushanta to attend assembly
  • Mystery shrouds actress Srabonti Das' death
  • Ralway cops' callousness claims life
  • Engineering college derecognised
  • Nine-yr-old saves money, donates to CM's relief fund
  • Sunderbans algae rich in food value
  • Fire at city hospital
  • Chhatradhar threatens fast
  • 3 nomad kids die in a week at Barasat
  • No bailout package for Bengal now, hints New Delhi
  • Cops don't heed SOS, 90-yr-old dies
  • Snatcher swallows gold chain and pendant
  • Congress leaders to meet over coalition terms
  • Panel to focus on cutting down tuition
  • Brace to pay more for your favourite booze
  • Topsia-Tiljala remain fire-prone and neglected
  • MBA, myth and 'Meluha', a phenomenon called Amish
    • The Telegraph
  • City takes triple hit on manic Monday
  • Metro ticket to the past
  • Shock at trust betrayed
  • Panel mulls health checks for schoolkids
  • Airport power shutdown
  • Counsel sessions & cameras at varsity
  • CM prod for airport terminal
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Fix the small problems
  • Mamata red carpet for Singapore dollars
  • Cops claim raids led to hoteliers release
  • Driver mows down brother with bus, held
  • Man found dead at Bidhan Nivas
  • Boy body found under engine
  • Minister tiff sparks cop shift
  • Passengers seek information, rail officials fumble
  • Hills learn from Sikkim
  • First women conductors in north
  • Rift in NBU staff body
  • Letter reaches, tea embargo lifted
  • Cuffs on Subba son over stove blast
  • Bullet-hit trader dies, Siliguri bandh today
  • 8 injured in car crash
    • Indian Express
  • Hoardings on way out from Dalhousie
  • Its official, Yechury for RS
  • Trinamool gangs attacking farmers, says Biman Bose
  • On Tatas plea for amended Singur petition, govt told to reply by July...
  • At Writers, targets and change are the new buzzwords
  • No marks, report cards at Presidency
  • First batch of 46 political prisoners ready for release: CM
  • Archieji, Bettydidi and Tintinbhai
  • Beehives along rail tracks to prevent jumbo deaths
  • In new panel season, intellectuals refuse Mamata job offers
  • Dooars tribals to knock Centres door over Hill territorial survey
    • Hindustan Times
  • Land bill draft to be modified: Ramesh
  • Mamata slams Pranab over bailout
  • Pranab's son quits as Bengal PSU chairman
  • Bengal gets advisory on perfume bombs
  • IIMs to change question pattern of CAT exams
  • Slow train speed prevents greater disaster
  • Kalimpong blast: Gorkha militant leader's son arrested
  • First priority rescue of rail mishap victims: Trivedi
  • One killed, 50 injured in West Bengal train accident
  • Mamata slams Pranab over bailout
    • Sports
  • Athletes from Bengal were deprived: Dronacharya awardee
  • Mamata assures all help for development of football
  • AIFF meeting on Tuesday