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News Headlines Archive

August 03, 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
  • Dhuneri Petrochem & Tea expects to clock Rs 6,000 crore turnover by 2014
  • Trail of fake murder and robbery cases stuns cops
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation wants a pretty city but Kolkatans prefer shortcuts
  • Presidency pushes the boundaries
  • It's great to be on hallowed ground: Presidency star teachers
  • Trader shot in front of Botanic
  • More proof of arsenic threat
  • Bullet-ridden body dumped on road
  • Drug dart ends langur's week-long terror run
  • Festival bonus burden on govt
  • Rs 10 crore central funds for Pranab college
  • Derek is TMC's first chief whip in Rajya Sabha
  • Man bites off bus driver's finger for driving slow
  • Rare surgery gives infant new life
  • Sunderbans tigress strays into villages, captured
  • HC says no to stop-gap circuit bench
  • Trapped miners rescued after a 6-hour ordeal
  • Students protest gender-division diktat in Malda school
  • Gorkha Janmukti Morcha sweeps but not the lone voice
  • US teachers in India to study culture
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Brain drain hits reverse gear
  • BlackBerry cops stop, fine & print
  • Court seeks pollution report
  • Road to ease Sector V chaos
  • Life term for dowry death
  • Interview rules relaxed for passport applicants
  • July rain gap: 152.6mm
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  • Minister orders fresh SSC probe
  • City needs Delhi model
  • CM offers DA, arrears and festival bonus
  • Extortion opponent shot
  • Rebel arrested in Bankura
  • Rakhi answer to Maoist flow
  • Teacher fury over invitee list
  • Miners trapped for seven hours
  • Boycott threat after Visva timing change
  • Centre cash for SC pupils
  • All in bag but plains thorn pricks
  • Trinamul trio cross 1000 votes
  • Late arrival: rural office gate locked
  • DA & bonus before Pujas
  • Cleanliness drive for streams
  • Classroom without roof for 3 months
  • Lone rebel Subba loses
    • Indian Express
  • Mamata enjoys didi moment in day, breaks bread at iftar in evening
  • Govt rejects SSC report, seeks erring officials names
  • Outstanding arrears of govt staff to be paid before Puja
  • Cancer patients to get Rs 1 lakh for treatment
  • Centre suggests turning guest houses into hotels
  • Iebrief: Derek OBrien is TMC Chief Whip in Rajya Sabha
    • 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
  • Be proactive to reduce unemployment: Murthy
  • 200 trapped ECL miners in Bengal rescued
  • GJM sweeps maiden GTA polls, not to give up Gorkhaland demand
  • Power cut traps hundreds of miners: Mamata
  • Power failure affects five eastern states
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line