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News Headlines Archive

August 04, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • Court: why hasty takeover of Nano site?
  • West Bengal likely to be renamed after 12 years
  • Wipro to acquire land in West Bengal for second campus
  • GJM discusses inclusion of reserve forests in GTA
  • Jindal Steel asked to submit status report on Salboni project
  • NSDC, Britti Prosikshan to train youth in Bengal
  • Sale of land: HM in Mamata crosshairs
  • Pranab discusses West Bengal finances with Amit Mitra
  • 'Ichchhe', if only parents wished less
  • Aparna Sen's 'Iti Mrinalini' is disappointing
  • Swastika remembers Somak
    • Times of India
  • Bitter foes bond over state name change
  • Goons attack cops wife, mom-in-law dies of shock
  • Armed Salt Lake robbers batter 65-year-old woman
  • Fire at Paharpur factory
  • Govt to intervene in Hindmotor
  • Malda flood man-made: Ratua MLA
  • KoPT circular may hit iron ore exports
  • Light up tracks, put up CCTVs in Red zone: State
  • Police fail to control crime in Salt Lake
  • Chandraketugarh smuggler in cop net
  • Mob torches police bikes after accident
  • Hathkata Dilip acquitted of soiree murders
  • Ragging panel finds both accused & victim guilty
  • Taxi refusal forms at airport soon
  • GJM suggests Darjeeling split
  • Weak monsoon raises heat, humidity
  • In crisis, airport officials forget back-up switch
  • Cop pays for defying union
  • Zoo turns into political circus
  • Art students on hunger strike
  • Mystery shrouds death of woman
  • Locals clash with cops after accident death, 15 arrested
  • Land bill: CM overrules Trinamool MP's view
  • Drunken gang attacks doctors
  • CM announces Rs 5 lakh for Netai victims' kin
  • Transport dept bleeds as bus owners stop paying EMIs
  • Besu freshers complain of ragging on Facebook
  • Cop assaulted by auto driver
  • Seminar unites science & business
  • Bakharpur mishap: 8 trains cancelled
  • 'Staff crunch led to Malda mishap'
  • Riverfront beautification kicked off
  • Trinamool likely to revamp party
  • Asim Dasgupta denies TC's bankruptcy claims
  • Alipore zoo renovation remains incomplete
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Call, not to 100, foils gag gang
  • Wipro upbeat over plot
  • Clean chit for murder accused
  • Six punished for online ragging
  • Mob fury on cops after accident
  • Snatch bid injures policemans wife
  • Essence of plain living
  • You share your birthday with...
  • A labour room in the dark: point and counterpoint
  • Minister visits sub-station
  • Protest disrupts traffic
  • Trader killed, toes chopped off in rebel den
  • Cop trap half-baked, girl at stalkers mercy
  • Derailment cause lay beneath tracks
  • Rail officer points finger at weak soil
  • Sleep on rails leads to death
  • Jeweller, son hurt in ornament heist
  • Panel plea for tea sector
  • Three scale Ladakh peak
  • Vendor burnt with iron
    • 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
  • Neighbours cry foul over Didis Maoist policy
  • Divide Darjeeling into two districts: GJM
  • Maoists regrouping in Junglemahal
  • Facebook, a ragging tool on campus
  • Land bill draft to be modified: Ramesh
  • Municipal and Panchayat elections to be held in the Darjeeling Hills soon
  • Divide Darjeeling into two districts: GJM
  • Maoists regrouping in Junglemahal
  • Slow train speed prevents greater disaster
  • Kalimpong blast: Gorkha militant leader's son arrested
    • Sports
  • National football academy at Pailan
  • It’s Bengal all the way