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News Headlines Archive

August 04, 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
  • Trinamool Congress unions disrupt work at top hospital
  • Satabdi locomotive runs 250mts sans coaches
  • New-look airport waits for aerobridges
  • Don't expect airport to be crime-free: Minister
  • Arsenic test now a must for housing projects
  • Nine employees of Gariahat BPO held
  • NR Narayana Murthy positive on West Bengal
  • Buddha dares Mamata to reduce petrol tax to bring prices down
  • Trader killed for resisting extortionists
  • Mob fury after woman's death
  • Doctor accused of molesting ayah
  • Sutia pledges to carry on Barun Biswas' work
  • Rogues threaten to rape girl in college
  • Behala body was of criminal shot in police encounter
  • Hills sceptical of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration on eve of oath-taking
  • State may assess private technological institutes
  • Mamata Banerjee's plans will help Darjeeling grow: Sushil Kumar Shinde
  • Morcha selects Gorkha Janmukti Morcha bosses
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Howrah turns hotbed of crime
  • Fathers fall, babys scar
  • Father in dark, son aims high
  • Narayana Murthy revives campus hope
  • Terminal on track: Minister
  • Mob attacks police station
  • Mamata man in clinic strike
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  • Slain robbers aide held
  • College service commission to conduct PG test
  • Student abused at city college
  • Call centre staff arrested
  • Raped on way to school
  • Loudspeaker blares outside hospital for three hours
  • Farm-attack slur on party
  • Manager slashed for bank loan
  • No anti-venom, snakebite kills farm worker
  • Driver held with five pistols
  • Gurung elected GTA chief executive
  • Union demands increase in PG seats at NBU
  • Nathu-la permit stopped again
  • No snakebite serum, farm labourer dies
  • Panchayat gets cash to clear garden dues
    • Indian Express
  • Bimal Gurung to be GTAs first chief executive
  • Land acquisition stalls NH projects
  • Siliguri Commissionerate comes under HC scanner
  • Relief for Tamalika as High Court restrains action against her
  • SE Rly tightens security in trains, stations
  • Buddhadeb asks Centre to revert economic policy
  • New integrated airport terminal to be completed on Sept 30
  • Iebrief: Maoist leader involved in Sankrail kidnapping held
  • Over 400 phones seized from 3 jails in 10 months
    • 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