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News Headlines Archive

August 19, 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
  • West Bengal truckers associations wants state govt to take steps to solve their problems
  • West Bengal Pollution Control Board starts tree plantation programme in Kolkata
  • Didi wont rock UPA over reforms
  • Its a dogs life for police canine squad
  • Aim-peror without a crown
  • Hidco ropes in 12 artists to beautify New Town
  • Terror tales emerge after gangrape
  • Metro goes looking for motormen
  • New aircraft refuel system from 2013
  • Elderly couple burnt alive, kin held
  • Ashok Mitra backs JNUs SFI faction
  • Boy drowns in Hooghly after dads slap
  • Kolkata gifts Odisha girl a second life
  • Man tries to set wife on fire
  • Truck strike put off
  • Record bid for Rajarhat plot
  • Criminal arrested from Lake Town
  • Last of the charmers: The hiss dies out at snake fair
  • Student beaten up, slashed with razor in hostel
  • Wont allow ethnic violence, says Bimal Gurung
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation faces hurdles in beautification drive around Esplanade
  • Chief secy's warning against setting up of commissionerates
  • CM set to attend UPA reforms meet
  • 14 gangsters arrested in police sweep in S 24-Parganas
  • Rape victim accuses police of extortion
  • Fingerprint attendance for health dept officers
  • Healing touch for fleeing north east natives
  • New terminal bowls over Virus
  • Panel frames dengue rules
  • Trapped in an iron jungle
  • A flyover too close for comfort
  • Rowdyism victim in shock; key accused walks free
  • Mob fury at RG Kar after 15-yr-old dies
  • Elderly couple in suicide pact
  • 1,000 IT jobs for the taking, only if govt can find land
  • Governor gives nod to CSC Bill
  • 10% police posts to be reserved for women
  • Rights body initiates probe on 'Maoist' arrest
  • Engineer arrested for wife's murder
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • In search of lost childhood
  • Next weekend you can be at ... Halisahar
  • Couple burnt over house
  • Ire at union, study cell
  • Truck strike on hold
  • NH55 repair hope after Pujas
  • CPM opens, rival reopens
  • Ramazan crosses faith hurdle
    • Indian Express
  • Mamata to attend UPA meet on August 22
  • Doctors take on biased media
  • KLO leaders go underground again
  • Dengue: Construction sites in Kolkata under scanner
  • 22 rights blows for Mamata govt this year
  • NGO fakes ministers letter pads to collect funds
  • Couple charred to death over property
  • Golf Garden rape accused in custody
  • Arms recovered from Barosol
  • Amended bill submitted to Governor
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • 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
  • Trains to northeast arrive filled with 'refugees' in their own homeland
  • Darjeeling, Sikkim and Nepal feel the heat
  • Ex-judge gets threat calls after flaying Mamata
  • Section of media distorting my remarks on judiciary: Mamata
  • Mamata's remark: HC seeks authenticity report
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line