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News Headlines Archive

December 20, 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
  • R S Agarwal not critical, say police
  • AMRI director brought to court on a stretcher, sent to SSKM
  • Activist files petition on coal prices
  • Flight from Dhaka, 19 hours late
  • Mamata to table land bill in winter session
  • Church lit up, but no carols
  • Fire in Kolkata slipper manufacturing unit
  • Xmas decor from new shores
  • Rhythms of Bengal, made in Boston
  • Alumni fund to boost Presi drive for quality
  • Kolkata to get India's first renewable energy college
  • Left rips into govt at all-party meet
  • School alumni, teachers rally to protest assault
  • Enquiry commission to probe baby death
  • Passengers left stranded at Howrah station
  • No third-party rights on Knowledge Hub land: HC
  • Drunk sweeper kills baby at Kolkata hospital
  • Fire breaks out in rubber factory in Kolkata
  • Fog disrupts flight operations in Kolkata
  • Story of two Earls and the legacy they left behind
  • Tribal body stares at a split in Bengal
  • CM wants IPS officers back in state
  • GJM youth wing to launch stir over Gorkhaland
  • Ex-CM slams Mamata govt
  • TMC leaders unveil Tapasi statue at Singur
  • Three-day LGBT film fest ends
  • Academics hail CM initiative
  • Bangla criminals attack BSF men
  • New Presidency councils first meeting today
  • Four cops removed after hooch tragedy
  • CM acts against partymen in school attack
  • Polo tournament kicks off
  • Park Street decks up in carnival colours
  • The magic of Timir Baran to be back this year-end
  • Kolkata Police may soon manage VIP Road traffic
  • Mamatas mother passes away
  • Councillors lead mob to school, thrash teachers
  • Woman killed in front of 2-year-old son
  • CPI veteran blames CPM for poll debacle
  • Playing with fire to flout the rules
  • Congress-backed teachers slam government
  • Hills may celebrate white Christmas
  • Recruitment notification for Presidency posts
  • Kenyan art & Iranian gems at trade fair
  • Filth greets kayakers in trip down holy Ganga
  • Lost childhood, uncertain lives
  • Bhutan brew adds to yuletide spirit in city
  • Art exhibition at South Point
    • The Telegraph
  • Breather after court scare
  • Mentors await govt reply
  • Alumni rally for injured headmaster
  • HC pause on land transfers
  • Fog throws flight schedules haywire
  • Farewell to a favourite teacher
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Left to die unattended
  • Tolly impasse resolved
  • Left walks out of hooch meet
  • Power firm pulls plug on some ECL mines
  • Building supplier tied to Trinamul shot dead
  • Mausam war on erosion
  • VC term extended by 3 months
  • Freshers picked for posts
  • Ratna cry for Tenzing
  • Murder finger at ayah
    • Indian Express
  • CPMs adjournment motion on farmers plight turned down
  • Left Front makes stormy exit
  • State govts new rules on media accreditation come under HC scanner
  • Jailed AMRI director brought to court in ambulance
  • For sake of public, PIL seeks courts intervention to check rise in coal prices
    • Hindustan Times
  • Post-Kishenji, Maoists maybe down, but not out
  • 21-day-old dies after drunk sweeper pulls off O2 mask
  • People punished Left Front for corruption: Buddha
  • Up in arms against hooch sale
  • Bengal seeks Rlys help to curb hooch menace
  • Sherpas want Bharat Ratna for Norgay
  • 21-day-old dies after drunk sweeper pulls off O2 mask
  • People punished Left Front for corruption: Buddha
  • Hooch toll at 148, youngest victim a 15-yr-old
  • Will Sangrampur be a no man's land?
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line