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News Headlines Archive

August 17, 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
  • Celebrating Tagore with his muse and music
  • Simple and smart: 'Bengal' has more oomph
  • Kolkata luminaries back proposal for state's name change to Bengal
  • Act change to make V-Cs answerable
  • Presidency University offers peanuts to guest lecturers
  • Dead birds flow down Nadia rivers
  • Online radio strikes a chord with NRIs
  • Circular rly tracks being raised
  • World Bank aid to boost infrastructure
  • CID tightens noose around Sushanta
  • Govt puts pay hike arrears, dearness allowance on hold
  • muggler held in Bhangor, arms seized
  • Get closer to people, Didi tells MPs, MLAs
  • Colourful grand finale to Indradhanush at LSA
  • How did cops miss helmetless biker?
  • 'Kolkata failed a dying schoolboy'
  • Heartless Kolkata leaves bleeding boy to die
  • Historian rescued from street
  • PCPA unhappy with role of interlocutors
  • Govt mulls alternative to bus commission system
  • Visva-Bharati pro-VC caught in art row
  • 1000 notes too big for Kolkata wallet
  • Living examples of 'never say die'
  • Experts differ on viability of Sagar port
  • Fresh case against Sushanta
  • Tagore, jazzed up: Remixed versions of Rabindrasangeet are a hit
  • Skeleton: Bengal ex-minister faces fresh case
  • High-tide alarm amid heavy rain
  • CID finds bullets in Sushanta's house
  • Former CPM minister's house raided, live cartridges seized
  • Salim's wife vacates hospital suite
  • Mammoth freighter to land at city airport
  • KMC projects in limbo as Centre blocks funds
  • Minister orders probe into 'non-use of jumping cushions' scandal
  • TTE held for molesting teen on Darj Mail
  • HC seeks report on zoo agitation
  • Gravedigger's story may nail Sushanta Ghosh: CID
  • Mamata meets flood victims
  • Besu decides to set up students' senate
  • Budget passed amid controversy
  • Buddha accuses govt of revenge politics
  • Tea & grilling in lock-up
  • CM asks Maoists to surrender, offers compensation & jobs
  • CPM terror tales tumble out
  • Ghosh arrest may bust arms racket
    • The Telegraph
  • Heartless city speeds past tragedy
  • Nobody stopped. Today, Calcutta proved me wrong
  • Search panels for VCs
  • Higher tracks to battle flooding
  • Metro smart cards to stay valid for a year
  • RBU duo seek bail, withdraw
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Mamata flashes DA freeze signal
  • Bengal missing from six names
  • Varsity curb on script re-evaluation
  • Puja on toy train awaits worshippers
  • Gang on wheels arrested
  • Tea unions to wait a week for wage deal
  • August 30 date for panel meet
  • Rs 630cr DLF penalty
  • Rs 2 lakh for flood victim kin
    • 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
  • Rs 1 lakh award for Anna Hazare
  • 4 more arrested in skeleton recovery case
  • Three children injured in blast in Kolkata
  • Rains wreak havoc in states
  • CPM men part of wide gun running racket?
  • Sikkim govt to withdraw controversial bill
  • 4 more arrested in skeleton recovery case
  • Murder accused CPM MLA stable
  • Three children injured in blast in Kolkata
  • Rains wreak havoc in states
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line