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News Headlines Archive

August 31, 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
  • CBI arrests two persons from Malda for smuggling fake Indian currency
  • Dengue toll rises to 10 in Kolkata
  • Standing water at home could get you fined
  • Genetically modified products flood foodchains, buyers unaware
  • Fresh row over trident lamps
  • Abused woman plots to kill employer
  • Three district SPs appear before high court
  • Mamata Banerjee takes on Congress over Raiganj AIIMS
  • Chicken from infected farms flood Kolkata
  • Hooghly students allege molestation
  • Taxis set to don advertisements, charge Rs 1500 per month
  • Firm threatens to pull out of Haldia port
  • Pollution control board extends ban on Haldia
  • Dengue kills 2 more, toll touches 9
  • Dengue trend alarms doctors
  • Vice-chairman slams inefficient Bidhannagar Municipality
  • No preventive steps against water-borne diseases at Writers Buildings
  • Civic work creates mosquito dens
  • Mystery over cancelled emergency air tickets
  • Dictionary traces maths concepts to Vedas
  • 12 students injured in Kolkata's City College violence
  • Alert taxi driver foils husbands bid to sell wife
  • Chaos at Mamatas Behrampore rally
  • Kolkatas London dreams to take shape soon
  • Court orders warrant against Maoist Ganpathy
  • Under-19 cricketer gets a heros welcome
  • Floating restaurant may be West Bengals puja gift
  • President to be in Kolkata on September 14, keen to visit Golpark house
  • Anti-graft body to prosecute public servants
  • Speed curb on trains via Jangalmahal to be lifted
  • Once in a blue moon on Friday
  • Shalimar terminal to ease congestion at Howrah station
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Court cracks vehicle-ban whip
  • Time for Tata to bid bye to shareholders
  • Funds gripe in Presi report
  • Explosion and smoke panic on Metro train
  • Mentors plan for second campus
  • Harassers released on bail
  • Calcutta calling Katrina for Bolly biggie
  • You share your birthday with...
  • HC on state holidays
  • Sixth dengue victim, fever clinic swamped
  • CPM rally alert for Sept 1
  • Visva says moo-ve it
  • Trinamul offices razed in eviction drive
  • Lock on health centre in truant protest
  • Trader shot dead in snatching
  • School kid molest in bus
  • Give land, get hospital: Mamata
  • Spared Trinamul offices demolished
  • Circuit bench a stunt, says Youth Congress
  • Boy hair plucked after theft assault
  • Hotel rules for kids
  • Plan for ST sub-quota in Sikkim
  • Tagore varsity has a cow problem
    • Indian Express
  • Ally hits back: Mamata stalling project as it is Cong initiative
  • Didi takes dig at Cong in its bastion
  • Missing girls: HC blames poverty
  • Eve-teasers beat up 4 girls in Arambagh
  • On the sidelines of SP meet, Akhilesh-Mamata rendezvous likely
  • Youth questions CM but this time he gets a reply
  • FDI in retail not dangerous: Kalam
  • Nayachar power plant project fails to get MoEF panel nod
  • Man hacked to death inside train
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • Paranormal activity on Nagerbazar flyover alarms people
  • Smoke inside Dum Dumbound Metro sets off panic
  • 3 bodies of women recovered from Kolkata mall
  • Now, Durga feels the sting
  • Its free-for-all at the countrys premier art college
  • Minting on error: Rs. 5 coins go for Rs. 5,000
  • Ministry cracks down on fire safety
  • Police make progress in presidency escape case
  • Mamata wants list of her ministers assets
  • Viral fever, dengue, now a bird flu scare in Bengal
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line