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News Headlines Archive

August 10, 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
  • Akzo Nobel plans for bigger footprint in powder coatings
  • Pinki gets back railway ticket inspector job
  • Gandhians vow to fight for anti-rape crusader
  • Left Front slams 'populist' Mamata
  • New Town to get country's biggest convention centre
  • DPS New Town hosts table tennis tournament
  • Rajarhat Metro project hits land hurdle
  • Mahesweta worries for undertrials on fast
  • Taste test: Lab hunt for the best rice for Bengal palate
  • Dengue makes deadly comeback
  • Malda medical college has 342 posts but 4 staffers
  • Innovation mantra from business guru
  • Elite campuses fret over 170 vacant seats
  • High-speed rail corridor feasible: Consortium
  • Rare surgery gives lease of life to newborn
  • Trinamool bleeds in Keshpur faction fight
  • No CCTV footage of murderer
  • Man snatches gold chain ofmorning walker
  • Mob fury outside Lokenath temple
  • Hilsa supply drops, price shoots up to Rs 1,500 a kilo
  • Govt to buy Strand Road warehouses
  • Work culture anomaly helps nab TV thief
  • Water woes for Kolkatas landmark buildings
  • March 2013 date for state crime record network
  • Expect downpour in a day or two
  • Chief minister sows hope in Belpahari
  • No end to traffic ordeal for fliers
  • Band of Kolkatans cheers Team India in London
  • 7-year-old raped, killed
  • Blackout lessons to protect power grid
  • Cholti Bangla finally gets a grammar guide
  • Pride Hotels Group enters Kolkata
  • Rights commission seeks report on undertrials
  • Lalgarh tribal leaders gets Political prisoner status
  • First private university inaugurated in the state
  • Chief minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Rabindra Tirtha in Rajarhat.
  • Govt takes a shortcut to meet doctor shortage
  • Molester gang stabs girl's parents in Malda
  • Sex education soon in high school syllabus
  • Meet the young editors of tomorrow's India
  • Kolkata airport: LCD disappears from VIP lounge, insiders blamed
  • Rights team lauds victim's fight
  • Pinki fights for her rights, faces inquiry
  • Class V girl raped on way home
  • Bhanuda letters at Ranu museum
  • Oberoi may reopen Hills hotel, but skip Rajarhat
  • Goons loot house during CM event
  • Belpahari rides on winds of change
  • Best brains choose IIM Calcutta to return home
  • Lalgarh will rise again, warns freed rebel leader
    • The Telegraph
  • Ailments without sun or rain
  • State sticks to stand on JEE seats fill-up
  • Bratya followers branch out
  • Dig to save dry pond
  • Labour of love behind floral decorations
  • Scan on Buddha ferry sops
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Small bets to big ideas
  • Clash outside temple
  • Judge hauls up cop for not wearing badge
  • Police lens on molest gang
  • Arrest delay fuels protest
  • Two injured in Trinamul feud
  • Scan on varsity staff
  • College girl raped on notes ruse by relative
  • Deb lashes out at Cong in SMC
  • No ground, waste piles
  • Cong seeks uniform doc fee
  • Lathicharge to quell murder fury
  • Rare cat caught on camera
  • Gurung fills Sabha gaps
    • Indian Express
  • 8 yrs after hunger deaths, this village has little rice, no jobs
  • Fear Bhopal-like tragedy if encroachers stay put: HPL
  • Govt rejects another round of counselling for JU, BESU seats
  • State sets 3-week deadline, but sits on college plan for 6 months
  • Alipore Zoo seeks Czech advice to save Indias lone red kangaroo
  • HC refuses to stay Siliguri Police Commissionerate
  • Bengal moves SC against HC order to reclaim Singur land
  • No blind support to Centres bills: TMC
  • Govt assesses crop situation
  • Blue part of new colour scheme for trains plying in Kolkata
    • 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
  • Bengals Red Fort set for agitation over autonomy
  • Hilsa selling at Rs.1,000-1,500 in Bengal, prices to continue soaring
  • Hooda promises action on suicide case
  • 13-year-old student raped in Burdwan
  • WB: Accused of theft, girl strip-searched in school
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line