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News Headlines Archive

August 11, 2011
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
  • Going global with thakurmar recipes
  • An idea born in adda
  • There's only one Bengal
  • Bengal's new name should be crisp, short and to the heart
  • State govt vests 270 acres of JSW land in Salboni
  • Cylone-monsoon mayhem triggers fears of deluge
  • KMC may go for market borrowing
  • Girl's hands slashed for not supporting TMCP
  • Railways wakes up late to crisis at Howrah yard
  • With rain on, tough time ahead for districts
  • Tatas used land, still came under attack: Pal
  • Now, a meet on budget confusion
  • HC orders inventory of Botanic Garden trees
  • Kolkata sleuths arrest three Nigerians from Delhi
  • Failed Besu students may get a 'chance'
  • IIT first batch left out of celebrations
  • Tollywood goes to Washington
  • Session begins today, but no clarity on budget
  • Besu student takes sleeping pills
  • Bengal Army installationson high alert
  • Eastern India's first cyber lab in Kolkata
  • Bypass remains riddled with craters
  • Poor drainage leaves Howrah waterlogged
  • Rajarhat gateway under water
  • JU now has a new course on finance
  • Oberoi to set up 2 new hotels in city
  • Rocketing price leaves gold shops empty
  • Ban on plastic cups, plates from Sept
  • Villagers in Hills protest SSB 'torture'
  • After Hidco, chairman's quota abolished in KMDA
  • Skeleton case: CID wants to take Ghosh into 14-day custody
  • Tea talks lukewarm, Dooars bandh continues
  • Did you get my invite?
  • Strumming up a storm of change
  • Trains marooned, Howrah sinks
  • Snag disrupts Metro services
  • String of burglaries hits Kolkata, suburbs
  • Man returns after 20 yrs in Bangla jail
  • Brain drain in IT hardware major deterrent: Experts
  • Cops arrest 'first-class' robber
  • Trinamool leaders refund 'fine' on CPM men
  • South Bengal districts alerted on possibility of flood
  • ABAVP calls indefinite strike in tea gardens
  • More rain misery ahead for city
  • Facelift for Hills Rabindra Bhawan
  • Tribute 'order' has cops in a fix
  • Singing in the rain, Didi leads march for Tagore
  • Grand plans for homage to Bard
  • Water treatment plants in Nadia
  • Rare gems in new Rabindranath Tagore collection
  • Time to say, goodbye nostalgia
  • Prefix? Not worth the weight
  • Govt ignoring attacks on Left: Karat
  • Singur ghost haunts JSW project
  • Central grant may be used in next fiscal too
  • In search of true music
  • Students vacate hostel to protest ragging charge
  • Tagore lit fest may draw big names
  • Man smokes on flight, arrested
  • Green police to help manage Salt Lake traffic
  • Brace for more rain today
  • Mangeshkar siblings pay tribute to Rabindranath Tagore
  • It's time we got rid of old baggage
  • 'Bailout' arrives, CM gets Rs 9240cr for development
  • Kandi suicide: Govt keeps an eye on family
  • Son kills father for marrying again
  • Heavy rainfall throws city out of gear
  • 2 RBU students killed in accident
  • Train stranded on flooded tracks
  • Decrepit Presi welcomes panel
  • Didi announces new museum in memory of Rabindranath Tagore
  • Bolpur college ransacked over ragging row
  • It's a different story at Darjeeling zoo
  • INTTUC members gherao Birlapur jute mill
  • 'Reduce tax burden on locals'
  • Alone and ailing, senior citizens make soft target
  • Cops gear up to secure Salt Lake
  • From last in the order to top of league
  • Youth with Hizbul link held
  • Man stabs son and wife, attempts to kill self
  • GJM team meets PC with forest demand
  • Look for alternative revenue: Didi
  • JSW's Salboni project faces land hurdle
  • It's all in the name
  • Minister seeks new agri varsity
  • Apollo opens paediatric care facility
  • Another skeleton found
  • CM asks DGP to take action
  • Buddha takes on Mamata govt
  • Youth stabbed near Vidyasagar Setu
    • The Telegraph
  • Rain trigger regains strength
  • Riots hit London heart, city feels travel tremors
  • More pain for town of marooned
  • Rain grind on rocky roads
  • Old is gold for new-age Amby
  • New team for Minerva eyes Raja Lear revival
  • Cyber leap follows 100 flop
  • You share your birthday with...
  • AI hearing next week
  • Court orders garden list
  • Presidency needs CU help to excel: Bose
  • 3 Nigerians arrested
  • Damodar fury raises flood fear
  • Exiled teacher writes to Mamata
  • Tax hike plan on cigarettes
  • Bhandari starts jail stint in hospital
  • Another strike starts for tea wage hike
  • Malda trader names abductors
  • Notice to 7 for taking classes in shifts
  • Lepcha dharna in Calcutta for council
  • Dress code for teachers
  • Action awaits minor riders
  • Rain blow to hospital
  • Bison die after garden chase
  • Poison kills peacocks
    • 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
  • Three trains cancelled, three short-terminated due to rains
  • CPM couldn't take up VS issue
  • Centre not willing to take steps against price rise: Karat
  • Present food security bill unacceptable: Karat
  • PM's role 'questionable' in 2G scam, CWG
  • Keshpur case: Bengal CID for custody of CPM leader
  • Residents, traders of Indo-Nepal border on strike
  • Three trains cancelled, three short-terminated due to rains
  • CPM couldn't take up VS issue
  • Bengal CM still has rly police cover
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line