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News Headlines Archive

August 02, 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
  • West Bengal's state-run dairy introducing butter in the market
  • West Bengal govt to construct 1800km of rural roads in backward districts
  • West Bengal govt worried about rise in fruit prices, bans exports of potatoes
  • Haldia medical college gets court breather
  • IIT alumni bank on Bengal for investment
  • Govt lays out big plans for Puja tourism
  • Task force to probe fruit prices
  • Come to Bengal, Partha tells Maruti
  • Prizes galore at Times event
  • Malda reels under 200 roadblocks in 365 days
  • Scolded kids take revenge on teacher
  • Official held after IT firm stops salaries
  • Forget hilsa, it's mackerel jhol
  • Wheat grass juice raises hope of thalassaemia breakthrough
  • Gangster's take-II on life makes it to silver screen
  • Aila adds sardines and croaker to Bengal menu
  • Nine-hour battle to beat Bengal blackout
  • Tollywood actor, hubby held for cheating bank
  • Trio gets 7 years' imprisonment for robbing women in shuttle car
  • Pool car hits toddler, mob thrashes driver
  • TMC prod stalls new tax system
  • Cigarettes worth Rs 3 crore stolen from godowns
  • Rights body wants Pinki's statement
  • Intel report reveals tension in Hills
  • Kidney 'exchange' to give husbands new life
  • Train accidents are declining over the years
  • Mamata's "intolerence" is now her "affection," crosses 100K likes in Facebook
  • IEEMA to organise Trafotech 2012
  • Water supply and crematoria services hit due to sudden power cut yesterday
  • Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation dumps grid to light up Kolkata, rest of Bengal in dark
  • New post in Madhyamik board
  • Malnutrition claims 3 lives in tea garden
  • No takers for Rajarhat financial hub
  • Gorkha Janmukti Morcha backs Barla for Gorkha Territorial Administration sabha
  • Rs 900-crore Asian Development Bank grant for rural Bengal
  • New York sends JC Bose plaque to Presidency University
  • Food turns fatal, two kids die and 425 fall ill
  • Digha coastline to sport new look soon
  • Top honour for Presidency mentor group member
  • First leap towards a smart ride
  • Shapoor Mistry-CM meet on infra projects
  • Emergency power rescues 200 miners in Burdwan
  • Bengal banks on Odisha, Bhutan after power trip
  • Two held for murdering Howrah tailor
  • Bengal food poisoning: 2 kids dead, 435 in hospital
  • 273 acres available to Aligarh Muslim University to start campus: Mamata Banerjee
  • 200 fall ill after eating at Iftar party in Bankra
  • Hijli to ease congestion at Kharagpur station
  • NR Narayana Murthy to visit Kolkata, no word on Infosys impasse
  • Ramakrishna Mission to get autonomy on teachers' recruitment
    • The Telegraph
  • Nothing to do but sit still
  • Last date for tech admission extended
  • Panel peeve on VC choice
  • Inside the belly of the beast
  • VC focus on Brand JU
  • Trial by power for township
  • Calling all IITians to Calcutta this winter
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  • Calcuttans golden Olympi... ad!
  • Bangla ban dashes ilish hope
  • IT firm faces dupe charge
  • HC order on CU entry
  • Couple in net for Rs 40lakh fraud
  • Mistry shows interest in infrastructure projects
  • Pupil kin hits teacher
  • Haldia civic office block
  • Power cut drives 4 to vehicle of death
  • HC sets aside college bar
  • Mamata nominee check on Morcha
  • Wage lock on panchayat
  • Dwellers demand rights in reserves
  • Toughs gun jams, Raiganj youths lynch him
  • Train tips to fight AIDS
    • Indian Express
  • Shapoorji Pallonji to invest in West Bengal
  • With over 1 lakh friends, Didi a hit on Facebook
  • HC restores Haldia med college licence
  • Mamata warns traders against selling potatoes outside state
  • All units running, power supply near-normal
  • 100 released, 70 still in Beliaghata hospital
  • APDR moves womens panel against police
    • Hindustan Times
  • Railways have worsened under Trinamool: Congress MP
  • Short skirts cause women harassment, says Trinamool MLA
  • Pranab's sister predicted he will be President
  • Mamata congratulates Pranab, to attend swearing-in
  • Birbhum, Nadia celebrate Poltus win
  • Power cut traps hundreds of miners: Mamata
  • Power failure affects five eastern states
  • Rail minister suspects sabotage, orders probe
  • Railways have worsened under Trinamool: Congress MP
  • Reign of terror at Visva-Bharti: ex-VC writes to PM, President
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line