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News Headlines Archive

August 23, 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
  • Bengal tops passport delay list
  • Bengal MLAs have laptops, but struggling to use them
  • Retired banker living alone murdered in Paikpara home
  • Bid to hardsell Rajarhat financial hub
  • US science body revisits Raman Effect
  • HC breather for Tamalika
  • Alert guard rescues man from tracks
  • Ashok Mitra attacks Centre for lack of funds
  • Organ donation gets a boost, 60 pledge support
  • Tech decree lands West Bengal MLAs in a spot
  • Tech education for industry freshers
  • Murder leaves 'safe' neighbourhood shattered
  • Bus plunges into canal, 1 killed, 19 hurt
  • Lack of evidence delays probe into July 21 firing
  • Kolkata to get 30 new taxi stands
  • Cops accused of hasty arrest
  • Police seek park safety reports, scanner on crowd control
  • Love your street food? It can kill you
  • Special Rajdhanis every week in festive month
  • 'People stood watching my son get beaten up'
  • Raped for resisting goon's indecent lure
  • Retired woman bank official battered to death by dacoits
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Elderly lady killed by grille-break robbers
  • Autos cock a snook at ministers guidelines
  • A 12-minute ride of horror
  • Maoist cuffs on techie for realty protest
  • Cancer patients get city shelter
  • Strike cripples ATM service
  • Madan bites taxi politics bullet
  • You share your birthday with...
  • An unwanted paribartan
  • Security in highrise
  • Mercury leap on dry day
  • Rape accused surrenders
  • Jail for cabbie, aides at large
  • Neglect charge against fun park
  • Bus falls into canal, boy killed
  • Govt threat to take back land for project delay
  • Big-bang test to restore trust
  • Auto-cracy in Asansol-Durgapur
  • Firing report missing
  • Youths brick & nude parade punishment
  • HC relief for Tamalika
  • Job whip on 38 panchayats
  • School staff at SDO door
  • Morcha seeks tea arrears
  • Science centre power cut
  • Tree in school falls on boys
  • Felicitation for Shyama
  • Molest charge on priest
    • Indian Express
  • GTA wants Hills to become IT hub, govt assures help
  • As cops probe slide crash, Nicco shuts its doors
  • Dengue in, KMC still out of action
  • Key documents of 1993 firing incident missing
  • Security beefed up in Assam trains, passengers still wary
  • Mamata in Delhi to attend UPA meeting
  • Hills peaceful, tourists are back
  • Strike cripples banking services
  • Elderly woman found murdered at Kolkata home
  • 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
  • State to install CCTV camera at liquor shops
  • High court stays probe against Lakshmans wife
  • Auto drivers face music, cut noise out on roads
  • Kolkata airport ready for take-off?
  • Bangladesh's most wanted missing after given bail
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line