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News Headlines Archive

August 29, 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
  • Congress councillor stages a sit-in-demonstration in front of Kolkata mayor's chamber
  • Sick doctor flown back to Germany
  • Dengue claims hospital staff, affects new areas
  • Chief minister job hint for dedicated youth
  • Congress fears loss of minority support
  • Twin rallies choke traffic
  • Hospitals run out of room, ask patients to get treated at home
  • Prisoners take sere route to escape Presidency jail
  • Writer admitted to hospital with heart ailment
  • Woman faces councillor wrath for molest charges
  • Varsity teachers, officials to face yearly appraisal
  • Rain no cure for pollution this season
  • All flights from new terminal by March
  • NGO men held for abduction bid on Bypass
  • Dengue nails down doctors, family members
  • Armed gang kidnaps schoolgirl at gunpoint
  • Kalam's gifts to Mamata, Indomitable Spirits & Turning Points
  • Workshop on urban governance
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Babus in denial, dengue takes toll
  • Risky ride on icon bridge
  • Lessons for future doctors
  • Gift of love to Mother home on 10th bday
  • NGO link in kidnap bid
  • Twin rallies choke traffic
  • Bidya Bagchis room houseful for Puja
  • You share your birthday with...
  • 6 students hurt in pool car crash
  • Search panel to select deans
  • School book order amended
  • SC extends Kalighat entry rule
  • A bite of bitter-sweet alliance
  • Auto strike to protest stick plan
  • Partners trade barbs from student dais
  • Tongue slashed for liquor protest
  • Kidnap buzz sparks highway block
  • Evict & beautify plan for Darj
  • Govt push for tea garden panels
    • Indian Express
  • Shah Rukh Khan in 3-minute promotional film on Bengal
  • CM warns goons trying to foment communal trouble
  • TMCs only motive is to throw us out, says Cong
  • Mamata: Ready for mid-term poll, dont want to topple UPA
  • 200 donors test HIV+ve, blood banks yet to inform them
  • 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
  • Health awareness through dance, drama and magic
  • Eve teasers beat up pregnant woman
  • Oil tanker hits car pool, students wounded
  • Kumartuli picks Ganesh over Durga
  • Bangla inmates stage daring escape from Presidency jail
  • Youth beaten to death over alleged phone theft
  • 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
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line