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News Headlines Archive

August 05, 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
  • 'Unsafe' campus worries local residents
  • Ruckus after rape threat
  • Destroy nuclear weapons, save mankind: Hiroshima survivor
  • A lesbian, and a proud father
  • Traffickers rob Sunderbans kids of childhood
  • West Bengal school principal accused of drugging, molesting students in hostel
  • Howrah trader gunned down by contract killers
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation water tax story
  • Homemaker tonsured in Midnapore
  • A journey of Discovery and adventure for children
  • Teachers 'strip search' girl in staff room, held
  • Bengali honours in St Xavier's
  • Govt's Puja gift: Car registration in 72 hours
  • Power failure and rain mar Darjeeling's big day
  • Denied pension by regional provident fund office, airport officials move to court
  • Complaint against principal for giving girl students alcohol
  • Girl strip-searched in Bengal, teachers held
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • When Ali was just an Olympian
  • Live from London: beach, booze & ball!
  • Olympic, the pub sport
  • East Bengal experience at Toon home
  • The Ramazans of my childhood
  • A generation to whom AIDS is history
  • Why Indian economy is a half-full glass
  • The matter-of-fact actor of many parts
  • Put quarrels behind, CM tells Morcha
  • Girl strip in school
  • Assault cuffs on hubby
  • Howrah cops sniff contract killers
  • Molest finger at headmaster
  • Gurung elected GTA chief executive
  • Union demands increase in PG seats at NBU
  • Nathu-la permit stopped again
  • No snakebite serum, farm labourer dies
  • Farm-attack slur on party
  • Panchayat gets cash to clear garden dues
    • Indian Express
  • Couldnt stand people cheering for GTA built on my husbands body
  • Horror tales emerge from two schools
  • Woman, 2 others held for arms sale
  • Govt to train Muslim youths for civil service exams
  • Bimal Gurung to be GTAs first chief executive
    • 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