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News Headlines Archive

August 25, 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
  • Tough action in child molest case
  • Monopole advertisement project stalled after outcry
  • Sukanta quits Presidency mentor group
  • Mumbai girl drugged, raped in Kolkata park
  • CM prefers TV soaps to crime stories
  • Mitra probes 'housing scam'
  • Passengers agitate protest attack on train, food quality
  • Denied drumset, youth commits suicide
  • I am not a Maoist, cries freed Shiladitya
  • CM to speak to youths at open session
  • New-look Presidency University stands apart
  • Innovation labs to develop technology for industries
  • 15-yr-old buses, cabs to be scrapped
  • Boy thrashed for saving cousins from molesters
  • Rs 4cr looted, but victim quiet
  • Fever clinics to combat dengue
  • 2 die in crash on high-risk highway
  • West Bengal government relaunches the international financial hub project at Rajarhat
  • Crumbling cradle of Bengal renaissance may get new lease of life
  • Corelynx Solutions opens operation center in Kolkata
  • Kids molested, Kolkata cops drag feet
  • Mamatas favourite hues for Durga
  • Assocham U-turn for 'industry-friendly' state
  • Mamata govt bars Buddha's Hooghly meeting
  • Zilla parishad row: CPM goes to Jairam Ramesh
  • HC panel to represent Priyamvada Birla estate
  • Staff crunch delays issue of passports
  • No leads yet in Paikpara murder case
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation pays Rs 18K for trident lights, sells at Rs 9600
  • Coal shortage: Brace for power cuts
  • Crave hilsa? Pray for rain
  • Mystery shrouds Bengal schoolgirl's death
  • Arsenic found in tubewell near Mamata's house
  • Kolkata Metro to be under railways wings
  • Calcutta HC orders makeover for Botanic Garden
  • Nigerians held with cocaine
  • Kolkata cops crack ATM theft with birthday code
  • Mamata's 'instruction' stalls Alambazar Math renovation
  • Veil of secrecy on dengue outbreak
  • Rising dengue cases shake govt out of slumber
  • Dengue outbreak: Clinics, labs cash in on fear fever
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Bittu bid to better Dada!
  • Presi set to shed Left legacy
  • Two more die on road of craters
  • Schoolkids drive spurs park revamp
  • Beds for fever patients
  • Policy tweak for generic name rule
  • Recruit test on hold in 3 districts
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  • Sterner charges for molest driver
  • Banks open but services disrupted
  • Cops seek account access
  • Girl tormentors pounce on cousin
  • Transfer plot on teachers
  • Left prod to plug rice shortfall
  • Shiladitya granted bail
  • Cops on streets with auto whip
  • 6 lakh ration card excess
  • Dengue scare in Siliguri
  • Photography salute to first two
  • Mob in hospital, staff run
  • Students block road after accident
  • Stones thrown at train injure child
    • Indian Express
  • Six jails, six teams and a football league on anvil
  • Maoist farmer gets bail
  • Mumbai-based girl raped in city park
  • Your chance to join MEd at CU halved this year
  • NIA unravels Maoist arms programme
  • 3 killed in coal pit collapse
  • Eve-teasers beat up girls brother
  • Sanitation tax for tourists in Darjeeling
  • College Service Commission Bill to be tabled in next session
  • 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
  • Mumbai woman alleges rape in Kolkata
  • Singur law valid, claims Mamata Banerjee
  • Man who questioned Mamata granted bail
  • HC appoints panel for Priyamvada Birla estate
  • NIA files charge sheet against 5 Naxal leaders
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line