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News Headlines Archive

August 19, 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
  • Mamata launches PWD website
  • Gold loan market hits goldsmiths' mortgage business
  • Nadia keeps a date with history
  • Lepchas agitate for separate council
  • Does land return satisfy public interest, asks HC
  • Flood victims assault Malda DM
  • Flooding plagues Narendrapur
  • Meeting on state's name change today
  • NUJS plans project on Sen impeachment
  • Sushanta case witness held
  • Constable hurt in shooting accident
  • Trader protests urinating in public, shot dead
  • Toddler ill after being hit by teacher
  • Fake note racket busted
  • CM's sermon: Walk to pandals
  • Cong, Trinamool spar over land bill
  • Bus late by a few mins, MLAs on protest path
  • Mamata to accompany Manmohan to Dhaka
  • Kolkata's lifeline turns into death trap
  • The truth about emergency care: Cops lounge in trauma ambulances
  • Family's worst fears come true, second crash proves fatal
  • Kids play tough guys without rules
  • Death race: Deadly Bets Fuel Speed Freaks
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Aftershock of flyover accident
  • Schools & cops eye bike brakes
  • Experts slam Bengals Ganga neglect
  • Fewer hands for idol work
  • Bypass bump and grind
  • Govt eyes Alipore HQ for state cops
  • Scratch for the scent of a movie
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Airport link to get a mastic coat
  • Rs 1000cr research hub plan
  • Mamata schedule cloud on budgets
  • Kisan credit cards from block offices
  • Sushanta breaks fast
  • HC public service poser
  • Feeler to planters: Rs 91 will do
  • Security meet after clash in hospital
  • Morcha student rally for Anna
  • River increases dropout rate
  • Malda airstrip waits for expert views
  • Bed-bound, rival CM by side
  • Lepchas hit hill streets for Calcutta protesters
  • Dad kills two children
    • 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
  • Will move SC if Lok Sabha adopts impeachment motion: Justice Sen
  • 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
  • West Bengal gets a new name: Paschim Banga
  • Will move SC if Lok Sabha adopts impeachment motion: Justice Sen
  • Capital punishment for the first time in Darjeeling
  • Jailed CPM MLA threatens 'hunger strike'
  • Sikkim govt to withdraw controversial bill
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line