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News Headlines Archive

December 06, 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
  • Mamata to visit Delhi to network against UPA
  • Mamata's gag order on new ministers
  • Dubrajpur OC removed after Mamata's rally
  • 217crore compensation paid for National Highway widening
  • Student molested near college
  • Garbeta accused dies
  • Trader held for faking land docs to get loan
  • Community cauldron boils in Darjeeling
  • Jumbos wreak havoc after calf death
  • Government plans N Bengal 'safari' to woo tourists
  • Maoists eyeing N Bengal tea belt, warn police
  • Bengal sits on IAF's 74 lakh bill
  • Mob frenzy after student death
  • Dengue beats winter chill
  • Anti-corruption branch granted powers of police station
  • Court to hear case against Mamata Banerjee tomorrow
  • Promotion panel cold shoulders Nazrul
  • No place for Ray fest in Delhi
  • Government breathes new life into 'abandoned' hospital
  • Jadavpur University to teach green laws, policies
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation looking for business houses to 'adopt' parks
  • Script Ray never filmed to be turned into book
  • 160 graduates fight for every teacher post in Bengal
  • New-age surgery restores vision of 45-year-old man
  • Officials toil to fit in Mamata Banerjee's jumbo ministry in Cabinet room
  • Mamata Banerjee peeved at unspent central funds
  • CPM privilege notice against Becharam
  • Becharam show-caused by HC
  • CM snubbed on surprise trip to land battleground
  • Cellphone seized from undertrial
  • CM may give rights day event a miss
  • New Year makeover for Ramakrishna crematorium
  • Back to Noti Binodini's times
  • CM's pre-poll bounty for farmers
  • Left Front to field young faces in panchayat polls
  • Pitfalls plenty in Hills agreement
  • Clash brings traffic to a halt on NH-34
  • Surjya meets Tehatta victims
  • German investments in the offing for West Bengal
  • Trinamool to vote against retail FDI in Lok Sabha
  • Norway children doing fine: Cops
  • Sharmila part of Jaipur Literature Fest tribute to Sunil
  • Underpass flurry sparks Bypass bother
  • Swap hope for kidney patients
  • Fare hike can't end unfair practices
  • IndiGo gears up for first int'l takeoff from Kolkata
  • Kolkata to host global theatre festival by 'spec-actors'
  • Power bill goes up third time in a year
  • Teacher duped by 'wannabe' groom
  • Youth held for setting ox on fire
    • The Telegraph
  • Eden, the ultimate human lab!
  • MSO dues pause Sachin play, viewers stumped
  • Connector shut in book fair deadline rush
  • JU teachers against test
  • Madan steps out to Boycott googly on cratered pitch
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Frame-up tricks in a colonial bag
  • No job? Join bus cottage industry
  • Hotel window fall kills girl
  • Tea auction revival at fest
    • Indian Express
  • High Court to pass order on contempt plea against Mamata tomorrow
  • Protests on at Art College
  • Govt to now facilitate land deal
  • CM promises, officials struggle
  • Sops shower for rural Bankura
  • Plagued by fake note hubs in state, TMC supported UAPA amendment in Parliament
  • Left teachers union questions govt over RTE conundrum
  • Govt in bind as trafficking victims from Bangla end up in Bengal for rehab
  • Sovon waits for Didi, keeps suspense alive
  • Parliamentary panel raps Tea Board on unscrupulous exports
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata intolerant, wants yes men around her: Katju
  • Eye on Panchayat polls, Mamata rejigs cabinet
  • New conditional permits to be issued after transporters take a no strike pledge
  • Woman dies after husband sets her on fire
  • Kolkata LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) film festivalto kick off on Friday
  • Army chief reviews security along China border
  • Mamata promises Singur land back to unwilling landlosers
  • Mamata is intolerant and whimsical: Katju
  • CPM leader Buddhadeb criticises PM
  • Trinamool stand on FDI only after Speaker takes decision
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line