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News Headlines Archive

August 20, 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
  • Assembly row over guillotine budgets
  • 5 lakh found at former minister's Kolkata flat
  • China's largest airline to make city touchdown on Mahalaya
  • Script as the star: A success story
  • PM schedule damper for IIT plans
  • Unanimous choice? Not Quite
  • New stent clears blocked artery, saves life
  • V-B pays tribute with 'fake book'
  • Under new Act, Tatas may get more compensation: AG
  • Bus mows down youth, 2 critical
  • 'Bongo' is just Wrong-O, says GenNet
  • CM vows to patch up E M Bypass
  • Bakshi resigns, Mamata to contest from Bhowanipore
  • Zoo gates closed as bosses fight
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Tears here, trauma trip there
  • Birth pangs for unit
  • Cops set Puja clearance rules
  • Bypass in worst ever condition: Mamata
  • Students rally holds up traffic
  • Tagores art moves from home to the world
  • Sweets & soccer for RK
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Bakshi leaves Bhowanipore to Mamata
  • Surjya budget request
  • Gupta unveils shuffle plan
  • Karat to reach Calcutta today
  • Hill SDO resigns from civic post
  • Cinchona hub aims at rubber profits
  • Regular meets & help desk to stall hospital violence
  • Tea unions see face saver in Rs 91
  • Balurghat gets green light for small flights
  • Tribal land flashpoint
  • Puja map and guide on Siliguri hoardings
  • Foresters shoot dead bear after attack on woman
  • Rs 3cr plan for Sikkim forest hamlets
  • Youth held for girl sale
    • 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
  • Paschimbanga: Where's the change dude?
  • TC, Left decides to nameWest Bengal as Paschimbanga
  • 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
  • Six killed, 15 injured as bus overturns in Nadia district
  • TC, Left decides to nameWest Bengal as Paschimbanga
  • West Bengal will be now Paschimbanga
  • Will move SC if Lok Sabha adopts impeachment motion: Justice Sen
  • Capital punishment for the first time in Darjeeling
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line