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News Headlines Archive

August 22, 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
  • Task force on Rabindra Tirtha holds first meeting
  • Chunk breaks off slide at Nicco Park, 17 hurt
  • Horror plunge in thrill rush
  • Dengue claims second victim this season
  • Killer mosquito changes breeding grounds
  • Govt doctors refer dengue test to private lab
  • Cabbies thrash mother, son
  • Toddler drowns in bucketful of water
  • Extra marks for women aspirants at Joka IIM
  • College teachers to retire at 60 with all benefits
  • Court team visits circuit bench sites
  • Now, dial 1073 to rein in rogue auto drivers
  • Career scheme to help 10K teachers
  • Mamata plans mall to push rural retail dreams
  • Stung by JNU faction, Students Federation of India eyes new faces
  • Students Federation of India loses 5.5L members
  • Landlord held for raping singer
  • Barasat rape bid accused still free
  • No headway in Howrah rape case
  • Jadavpur rape victim's kin get threat calls
  • Brace for two-day bank strike, ATMs to be shut too
  • Joyride rope snaps in Kolkata, many students injured
  • Woman gang-raped by landlord, his friends
  • Bratya Basu new chairperson of the TMC education cell
  • Girl molested by teacher's husband
  • Teen held for raping minor
  • Howrah station turns into mini-northeast
  • Assam team visits train attack victims
  • Facebook community reaches out to cancer patients
  • Bengal's first skin bank set to come up at SSKM
  • No food for Shatabdi passengers from Bolpur
  • Officials hand-in-glove with grain smugglers: Panel
  • Baby dumped in drain, cops suspect abduction
  • Stirs, political backing keep police at bay
  • Cops go soft on rogue driver
  • Disabled woman alleges gangrape
  • CCTVs to watch over 'unsafe' New Town
  • Women break an age-old barrier on Eid
  • After tridents, no tender for ad project
  • Hoarding assault on heritage
  • Drunk goons in rape bid on 14-year-old in Barasat
  • Cleric reminds CM of quota vow, but gives govt more time
  • Kolkata hospitals taking up new age surgeries
  • MAIT urges government for better rules of e-waste management
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Water slide crashes in park rush
  • Twin blows for monsoon
  • State nod to UGC promotion scheme
  • Five injured in Salt Lake road crash
  • Online speed boost to passport
  • Joyride ends with broken bones
  • Crack the heritage code
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  • Quick bail for child hauler
  • Boy drowns in bucket
  • Mahadevi Birla school opens doors to boys
  • Principals debate whats best for kids
  • Hospital to listen in on doctors & patient kin
  • Burdwan man dies of suspected dengue
  • Visva BEd seats doubled
  • Fight for forest mired in myriad interpretations of law
  • Darj civic tax from tourist pockets
  • CM coming, all buses off Malda roads
  • Barla Parishads poll target
  • Cong mellow on Mamata tour
    • Indian Express
  • Security beefed up in Assam trains, passengers still wary
  • Group of lawyers defends Mamatas judiciary remark
  • Govt to implement CAS for college teachers from Nov
  • In new strictures for autos, ban on music, special lights
  • In hungry Junglemahal, boy attacked for food
  • Hills peaceful, tourists are back
  • State asks NGO to submit development project proposals for enclave residents
  • Cold storehouse for HIV kits on anvil
  • Govt has failed to perform: Cong MP
  • Mamata in Delhi to attend UPA meeting
  • 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
  • Taxi drivers beat up woman, son in Howrah
  • Mahadevi Birla to switch from all-girls to co-ed school
  • Rape horror continues, this time a bar singer
  • WBgovernment moves to make auto ride safe
  • 17 injured in Kolkata amusement park accident
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line