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News Headlines Archive

August 05, 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
  • Trinamool expels two leaders
  • Writers' breaks into a song
  • 'Singur law enacted to deprive Tata'
  • Fresh violence in Mongolkote, 2 killed
  • Haste to build Sagar port may ruin Haldia dock
  • No plans to hand over Bypass to KMC: KMDA
  • A zone crater called Bypass
  • Doctor arrested at airport for shoplifting
  • Ailing tiger dies in captivity
  • Barasat: City's northern fringe appears to be in
  • Power utility's jinx with Jeerat continues
  • Cops probe Badal Sircar death case
  • Mobile services on Kolkata buses
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Fear stalks Salt Lake, cops sleep
  • Hidco set to change hands
  • Committee to probe RBU death
  • Substation snag rerun disrupts power
  • Gag horror haunts kid
  • London invite for Mamata
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Twin tips to rein in rogues
  • Swamijis story in 3D animation
  • Presi to offer PhD courses
  • Trains on Malda route cancelled
  • Cong picks Abhijit and ex-officer
  • TMC suspends Haldia union leader for strike
  • Probe on trap cop laxity
  • Biman hard on rival, Surjya not so
  • Terror outfits hill manoeuvres laid bare
  • Left leaders face flood ire
  • Staff stop work to get back tax collection right
  • Trinamul staff body formed in NBU
  • Lockout after garden gherao
  • Tea meet yields no results
    • 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
  • GJM delegation rushes to Delhi to meet PM
  • 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
    • Sports
  • National football academy at Pailan
  • It’s Bengal all the way