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News Headlines Archive

February 12, 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
  • Now, blue taxis for city of taxi blues
  • CM blames Centre for Hills pact delay, seeks PM meet
  • Malls eating into pie of markets, restaurants
  • The new adda corners
  • A mall for all seasons
  • Chargesheet against Badshah
  • Flier held with drug capsules
  • Gunmen threaten baby, granny to loot house
  • Fun and frolic greet residents at Times Evening
  • CM hears family's plea at airport
  • Experts, youths exchange ideas
  • 8-hr mystery in schoolboy death
  • Puri Duronto to merge railway zones
  • Undertrials boycott court production
  • Mom asks Maoist to surrender
  • Nurse denied salary, alleges bias
  • Infosys fate in state hangs on 'clauses'
  • Parents see red over kid's admission
  • INTTUC factions clash in Durgapur
  • Assembly leash on press meets, Left cries foul
  • La Mart top-ranker found dead in lake
  • Airport takeoff likely in mid-2013
  • CM focus on villages in N Bengal meet
  • 'See, I've brought Writers' to you'
  • Will continue to do trade union: Sovandeb
  • Airport officers on clash course, new terminal may get delayed further
  • Mitra clarifies, Congress flaunts Singhvi statements
  • TMC groups turn factory into war zone
  • Winter's parting gift: A cooler weekend
  • ...And sweating it out like filmstars
  • Fever back, with arthritis-like agony
  • Reaching milestones...
  • Student slapped by teacher, may lose hearing
  • International arms racket busted
  • Boy rescued from Nadia-bound train
  • A new CMO for North Bengal soon
  • Elderly man burns to death
  • Gang of burglars busted, three held
  • High court grants bail to three SFI supporters
  • Government, teachers' body lock horns
  • Signature campaign by AMRI victims' kin
  • Forest, mangrove cover rises rises in state
  • Hepatitis contest may win you World Cup ticket
  • KMC waiver scheme yet to net big fishes
  • Aerotropolis to bank on service, not size
  • Uninor adds 3 lakh users in 'turbulent' week
  • Fresh IT investments, more manufacturing units likely
  • Bengal gains Rs 346 crore from Singhvi-Mitra spat
  • Cup of cheer, served with a twist
  • Latest tech for testing donated blood in city
    • The Telegraph
  • Spotlight on Brain theatre
  • Rijus last words to mother
  • Mamata to meet PM to discuss hill set-up
  • Elderly lady slashed in Kasba heist
  • Trinamul terror reaches teachers home
  • Wage in govt tea gardens raised to Rs 90
  • Gurung-CM talks today
  • Portal for varsity scholars
    • Indian Express
  • La Mart boy was depressed, taking moms pills
  • Didi blames Centre for delay, to meet PM
  • Fire at LIC office in Central Kolkata
    • 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'
  • Mamata-Gurung meeting over GTA on Saturday
  • 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
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line