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News Headlines Archive

August 26, 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
  • Sense of justice unites the two Bengals
  • FM to visit Indo-Bangla border
  • RTI activist questions land deal
  • Ex-CPM man testifies against Sushanta
  • CID probing ATM robbery in Asansol
  • Tough talk after Maoists kill TMC man
  • Construction slab hit kills student
  • Host of new features to greet CAT aspirants this year
  • 52-yr-old woman killed in Haridevpur
  • Train runs over Class-VII student
  • Entry jitters for airport ground staff
  • Dengue rides monsoon wave, 26 struck ill
  • Police detain victims brother in Beadon St murder
  • Mentors seek Presidency University special status
  • Ananda Margis set probe deadline for CM
  • JU, Besu resent unjust seat fill-up order
  • Behala airport recce to iron out hitches
  • Surgery enables 56-year-old man walks after 15 years
  • KMC row over market borrowing
  • Fighter pilot held for wrong parking
  • RTI route for report on Dinhata firing
  • Leg for a pillow: Probe ordered
  • Shiksha Ratna for 100 teachers
  • Mayor rushes accident victim to hospital
  • Loan shark racket at museum?
  • Fake IPS officer arrested
  • 'Tatas shifted Nano factory voluntarily'
  • Sourav's daughter Sana hospitalized with dengue
  • BSF jawan accused of killing wife
  • Headmistress held for midday meal rice theft
  • City to have New IAS training centre in city
  • Paschimbanga it will be, CM tells assembly
  • 40 fishermen taken hostage by pirates
  • Let Lokpal be discussed in Parliament first: Didi
  • TMC leader held for green activist's murder
  • Teen goes to Digha, cooks up kidnap story
  • House burnt in GJM-GNLF clash
  • Newborn dies after being injured by doctor's knife
  • CAS on brink of blackout
  • Cops watch as pavement outside mall vanishes
  • No legislative council till consensus: CM
  • Severed legs made patient's pillow
  • Posh areas in hawkers' grip
  • LF demands more funds for state from Prime Minister
  • Prime Minister's convoy throws traffic out of gear
  • Student kidnapped in Behala
  • Aides give in to CID grill, Sushanta in hospital again
  • ATM money lootedfrom ATM, shoot security guards
  • Arms seized at Howrah station
  • Mausam demands aide release
    • The Telegraph
  • Presi path to glory in 27 pages
  • Course rejig on cards
  • Trains stalled after accident
  • Nazrul panel sets agenda
  • Highrise emptied after kitchen fire
  • Doctors play down dengue scare
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  • Two held for online theft
  • Maoists kill Trinamul worker
  • Rebel threat to call off truce
  • Govt starts land takeback process
  • Minorities march on hill street
  • Trinamul & ally in campus battle
  • CPRMs rally to Siliguri stopped
  • Tourism tops SMC budget
  • HC okays system for BEd entry
  • Home Bhaichung future turf: Friends
  • Flood warning to Bhutni
  • Wife strips quack for second marriage
  • 5 killed, 2 hurt in landslips
    • Indian Express
  • Investors keen to take over sick, closed units in state: Partha
  • Unease in Junglemahal as Maoists kill TMC leader in Jhargram
  • Anniversary bash: Cong student wing readies to outdo TMC
  • Presidency panacea: High salary, top faculty
  • Upens toka flutter in House
  • Skeleton case: HC reserves verdict on Tarun Roy bail plea
  • HC asks govt to file affidavit on Maoist leaders encounter
  • Ananda Marga demands probe into 82 killings, threatens stir
  • On bandhs, HC to wait for all-party meeting
  • Left not opposed to Anna but Parliament frames law
  • A player like Bhaichung is entitled to choose when to go
    • Hindustan Times
  • ISI student commits suicide
  • Mamata gives fresh call to Maoists to return to mainstream
  • Police raid CPM leaders house in kidnap, murder case
  • HC forms committee to monitor, reduce traffic snarls
  • HC gives notice to Centre on Purulia arms drop case
  • ISI student commits suicide
  • Maoists kill Trinamool man, the first after Bengal polls
  • Police raid CPM leaders house in kidnap, murder case
  • HC forms committee to monitor, reduce traffic snarls
  • HC gives notice to Centre on Purulia arms drop case
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line