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News Headlines Archive

February 09, 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
  • Bengal gains Rs 346 crore from Singhvi-Mitra spat
  • Cup of cheer, served with a twist
  • Latest tech for testing donated blood in city
  • 'Europe's auto hub' keen to invest in state
  • Eve-teasers still at large
  • Whiff of failed affair in teenager's suicide
  • Subrata replaces Sobhandeb as INTTUC head
  • Bimal Gurung threatens to burn GTA copy
  • Family thrashed after eve-tease protest
  • Investors may get a land breather now
  • Panel critical of teachers' stir
  • CM rules out power tariff hike, forms task force
  • Flower power resurrects Carey legacy
  • Looking for a special bond
  • KMC can't cut trees around Victoria without court nod
  • Tribunal to fast-track green cases
  • Medical college adopts NAT for safer blood transfusions
  • State worried over rise in crimes against SC, ST
  • Say no to strikes, Purnendu tells govt staff
  • BSF jawan dies after attack by cattle smugglers
  • Purulia to get a Rly coach factory soon
  • Maoist couple surrenders to police in Midnapore
  • High-flying bag lifter nabbed
  • Sultan heads forest force after Raha demotion
  • July 21 panel invites witness statements
  • Drugs seized, two held
  • Jail breaker caught by locals, handed over to police
  • Sushanta gets a hero's welcome
  • Another bag with body parts found on railway tracks
  • Development high on taskmaster CM's agenda
  • Molesters stab teenager, aunt
  • I-T raid hauls Rs 23 cr from trust
  • Councillor aides held for pension fraud
  • Papers sought on derecognition of police bodies
  • CU campus polls on hold, talks on for single-day voting
  • Cycle rally to mark Language Martyrs' Day
  • Kolkata gets the blues
  • Zapped by colour change
  • Mom, look! A blue tree
  • Another Maoist couple surrenders in Bengal
  • Bangladesh to be theme country in next Kolkata Book Fair
  • Centre likely to pass Companies Bill by March
  • Board okays survey for Mahananda rail track
  • Father held for killing infant
  • Sunderbans gets the green light for new sanctuary
  • Tax collection camps in the Hills
  • Rebels regrouping in Jangalmahal
  • Vitamin A supplements stock runs dry in state
  • Forest official loses promotion plea in SC
    • The Telegraph
  • Exit airport with aah, not aargh!
  • Ceasework scare for upgrade
  • Assault cuffs on leader
  • I keep my two worlds apart
  • Bengal lags in infected blood screen
  • Safari at a home away from home
  • HC nudge for rally site
  • You share your birthday with...
  • I will not give in to their ways
  • Nurse suspended for mix-up
  • Bratya plea on ceasework
  • Mercury soars before last dip
  • City danced to his tune
  • Banned vehicle whiff in winter air poison
  • Of Katrina & the beat pad
  • Man held for share theft
  • Delhi cash with flawed counter
  • Subrata gets trade union charge
  • Assaulted BSF jawan dies
  • Ghosh gets what he deserves
  • Morcha threatens to boycott hill panel
  • Rain brings chill back in foothills
  • Dispatch halt looms on hill govt gardens
  • Family flees after attack by eve-teasers
  • Teacher family gives Rs 6 lakh to school
  • Hong Kong date for Sikkim band
  • Forest timber offer to tea gardens
  • Two die in bike crashes
    • Indian Express
  • Son returns to capture fathers Lake designs
  • Buddha rates Mamata 0/2 - on farmers & industries
  • Flames at Gangasagar under constant watch, courtesy CM order
  • Kolkata Confidential : Caught in red tape
    • Hindustan Times
  • Congress stir against Trinamool to continue
  • Another Kolkata man dies near burnt laptop
  • Mamata backing fundamentalists: Taslima Nasrin
  • Rajiv leader of hearts, Pranab like brother: Mamata
  • Mamata dubs baby deaths in WB as 'rumour'
  • GJM threatens to renew Gorkhaland demand
  • Drugs worth Rs 8 crore seized, two held in Bengal
  • WB Governor to meet Prez over the GTA issue
  • Explosives stocked by Maoists seized in Odisha
  • Another Kolkata man dies near burnt laptop
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line