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News Headlines Archive

August 17, 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
  • Gen (retd) V K Singh defends book project
  • Independence-Day revellers threaten to kill family for noise protest
  • Union Bank eyes Rs 1K crore capital infusion
  • Mamata's remarks invite Buddha barb
  • 41 Congress activists held for road blockade
  • Plane tyre bursts on takeoff
  • Amadeus bets big on India's 'smart' class
  • Pollution body slaps closure notice on 18 factories
  • Water woes? Blame it on old pipelines
  • Docs advise caution on cancer vaccine
  • Man survives Metro suicide bid
  • Naktala Durga idol gets a museum pedestal
  • Travel in ease with more AC buses to hit road before Pujas
  • Greener Thar doom for Bengal?
  • Howrah brothers electrocuted
  • State gets first IT policy in 9 years
  • Suman parodies Tagore to protest 'Maoist' arrest
  • CM's panel to frame investment policies
  • Congress leader killed in Hooghly, protesters turn violent
  • Republic Day or Independence Day? Mamata breaks tradition, hoists tricolour at Red Road
  • Independence Day: Security beefed up in West Bengal for celebrations
  • Three Shaurya Chakras and a Vayu Sena medal for IAF officers
  • 'Maoist post' on hacked Trinamool Congress site
  • Ready to say sorry for wrongs: Mamata
  • U-turn on rape claim as cops bust 'fake' story
  • Court orders can be bought, says Mamata
  • Govt hits land-transfer jackpot
  • Outdated passes expose airport security loopholes
  • Boy beaten up with hot iron tongs
  • Law student jumps to death
  • Sonia's 'Discovery' quest ends in Kolkata
  • Warren Tea to be split into two companies
  • Woman battered over dowry demand
  • CPM leader attacked during school election
  • Centre puts elephant capture plan on hold
  • Scolded by father, 14-yr-old kills self
  • Sex workers rescue battered 6-year-old
  • Agriculture varsity registrar suspended
  • Kolkata woman who alleged gangrape retracts from her statement
  • No bust for Rishi Aurobindo even on his 140th birth anniversary
  • 13-year-old-school girl commits suicide after sexual harassment
  • Woman dragged into car in Kolkata and gang-raped
  • Gorkhaland Territorial Administration takes stock of financial crisis
  • New transfer policy for Writers employees
  • Man nabbed for rape of doctors wife
  • Singur Act a landmark: M K Narayanan
  • Independence Day security keeps police on toes
  • 70-year-old starves in Malda village
  • Lack of coordination puts Esplanade's facelift on hold
  • HC restrains entry tax on goods
    • The Telegraph
  • Shower signals shift in monsoon trend
  • Salman roars as fans rejoice
  • Freedom to blare and browbeat
  • More flights in terminal trial II
  • Tiger 105 burn bright in salute to Salman
  • Take-off jitters after false alarm
  • Accused in hoax rape case gets bail
  • The 6th Royal Challenge
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Complaint against school
  • CM reward for schools in Aug 15 show
  • Factory FIR against legislator
  • Gaming and animation boost in IT policy
  • Trinamul flags on CPM supporter land
  • Buddha criticises comment on judges
  • Deaths in firing and felling mafia cloud forests
  • Visva hoists single flag
  • School barricades illegal garden plot
  • Teacher, wife found dead
  • Morcha wing to award Barla
    • Indian Express
  • HC admits contempt plea against Mamata
  • Didi to give lesson on responsible behaviour to her student leaders
  • Praful Patel meets Mamata
  • Defaulting firms to get govt notice
  • Mamata comment draws ire
  • CPM leaders son held for running sleaze racket
  • Snake enters SSKM ward, minister blames it on left rule
  • Trinamool website hacked
  • Travel travails of Norway kids end
  • No case in hand, cops asked JU profs neighbours if cartoon disturbed them
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • 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
  • Section of media distorting my remarks on judiciary: Mamata
  • Mamata's remark: HC seeks authenticity report
  • Day after toon row rap, didi says verdicts bought
  • Cong leader killed, protesters turn violent
  • Mamata breaks tradition, hoists flag at Red Road
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line