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News Headlines Archive

August 28, 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
  • Worst dengue outbreak in Kolkata, 542 infected, 2 kids die
  • Waste on wetland with 'permission'
  • Boy hit by auto may need surgery
  • Molesters slash teen with razors
  • Darjeeling stalls razed after 40 years
  • Trinamool Chhatra Parishad cadres grab reserved train berths
  • Deceased cop's daughter offered a police job
  • Homemaker set ablaze in sleep
  • Kalam gifts books to CM
  • No water supply on September 1
  • Rains scanty, but Bypass battered
  • Metro sounds death knell for Adi Ganga
  • 'Magic' underpass to ease traffic rush
  • Man beheaded on crowded train in Bengal
  • Governor gets Victoria Memorial to re-open galleries
  • Mamata Banerjee pitches for temporary court
  • Trinamool Congress loses hold over Kharagpur Municipality
  • Nayachar project hits green hurdle
  • Varsity withdraws result after 3 days
  • Man hacked to death inside train in Bengal
  • Bengal government organises Save Ganga campaign
  • Acid attack by jilted lover
  • Disabled girl raped by neighbour in West Wengal
  • IT executive's chain snatched
  • Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee slams Bengal's land policy
  • Bihar mill defies govt order, holds back sugar for Bengal
  • Hospital canteens flout fire norms
  • Mamata Banerjee is a good leader: APJ Abdul Kalam
  • Bengal ready with its Shah Rukh Khan promo
  • Dhapa extension hits green hurdle
  • Trolley buses to ply on Kolkata roads by December
  • Now, auto runs over child's legs in Barasat
  • Cops fume over low salary, heavy workload
  • Cop suicide: Officer sent on leave
  • Now, Kolkata Municipal Corporation stakes claim to Gandhi Bhawan
  • Patient leaves hospital with oxygen mask on
  • Ex-minister's kin molested in Salt Lake
  • Mother Teresa's 102nd birth anniversary: Kolkatans and CM pay tribute
  • Dengue sting gets more lethal
  • 10-year-old to gift first pay of Rs 1 lakh to the less fortunate
  • Government housing complex in Salt Lake gets four new blocks
  • Indian soldiers pick up Mandarin in Nathu La pass
  • Maoist tag hangs heavy on farmer
  • 'Overworked' cop commits suicide
  • Girl's body found, family alleges rape
  • Trinamool factions clash in Keshpur again, 5 injured
  • Mumbai girl identifies 'rapist' from mugshots
  • Now, Sukanta opts out of Presidency council
  • Train hits car, four die
    • The Telegraph
  • Rs 5.5cr licence to flout
  • Better health care access hope in global award-winning idea
  • Lifeline for traffickers to curb girl trade
  • Sleeping woman set on fire
  • Autos take protest path
  • One stop for Puja permits
  • Copyright is right to copy
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Girl molested, slashed
  • Wipro plans to grow in Sec V
  • Job offer to suicide cops daughter
  • 70-yr-old crushed under bus
  • Raze order against club on footpath
  • City stage for quantum leap
  • Cong civic blow to Trinamul
  • Farmer beheaded in moving train
  • Poster wish list for CM eyes
  • Cops warn autos before stick
  • Gour Banga scraps Part III results
  • Cong in SMC building row
  • Villagers nod to rail survey
  • Shops off path to Mall
  • Kalimpong teacher finds home for destitutes
  • Youth thrown off train
    • Indian Express
  • Wipro to limit itself to existing facility
  • As Mamata visits Cong forts today, ally says futile exercise
  • TMCP members push man off running train
  • Infosys says its project still on hold
  • Upset by govts special treatment to Presidency
  • Eve-teasers attack woman with acid
  • CBI sought govt nod to prosecute CID officer for escape of Tamangs killer
  • Govt, people should act against social problem
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • Back yor degree with soft skills
  • Kid donates income to Mother House
  • High Court proposes equal facilities for all prisoners
  • Pickpockets to keep tab on picketpockets!
  • 313 cases of dengue reported in West Bengal
  • Media spreading canard to hold market: Mamata
  • Back yor degree with soft skills
  • Pickpockets to keep tab on picketpockets!
  • High Court proposes equal facilities for all prisoners
  • Kid donates income to Mother House
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line