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News Headlines Archive

August 20, 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
  • Minority issues: Govt comes under attack from Surjya Kanta Mishra
  • Loudspeakers in your para to warn of disaster
  • Tribal woman gangraped in Malda
  • Four fall off train and die in Jalpaiguri
  • Is Trinamool treading Left's dalatantra path?
  • Apply again for driving licence
  • Historians divided over Kolkata's birthday
  • Mob fury at hospitals after patients die
  • Schoolgirl missing for a week, family fears abduction
  • Crematorium smoke pollutes Kolkata
  • Raped once, victims for life
  • 12-year-old bride married to stigma
  • 'It is as if I am available for all'
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Rain report card shows robbery
  • Dossier for dengue duel
  • Robodoc steps into the OT
  • Multiple suspects in couple murder
  • Syndicate angle in killing
  • Kick in the face of safety claims
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Czech tips for joeys survival
  • Tech college bid to crack no-taker code
  • Tutor convicted of dacoity
  • Duo in fake licence net
  • Truck kills 4 playing cards
  • Gurung gives team a year to deliver
  • Man, monkey block highway
  • Alms drive for highway repairs
  • Ravas suffer as foresters & tribals fight
  • Barla seeks tie-up with Morcha
    • Indian Express
  • Scuffle aboard special train, 2 fall off, killed
  • Locked AMRI still in govt health scheme
  • 2 hospitals face heat over negligence
  • Mamata to attend UPA meet on August 22
  • Couple charred to death over property
  • Bhangor killing: Cops yet to nab accused
  • Bengal tourist goes missing
  • Monsoon woes: Paddy yield target to fall short by 20 lakh tonnes
  • Briefly State: Minister Mitra criticises police role in rape case
  • 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