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News Headlines Archive

February 16, 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
  • Thespians dilemma portrayed on stage
  • Discussion on campus discipline
  • Verdict on AMRI directors plea by Monday
  • NCC plea to return to education dept
  • Navy, Coast Guard presence to be increased along east coast
  • 50 years on, lack of amenities continues to plague Salt Lake
  • West Bengal rejects land plea of Jai Balaji
  • Kids' custody: Norway envoy summoned
  • Headmaster locked up over school feast
  • Bhagirathi may dry up, warns report
  • Syndicates bicker over supply of airport concrete
  • Heightened vigil at Jangalmahal exam centres
  • Govt scanner on transport dept staff
  • Guns & goons muscle into nightclub crowd
  • Party street shocked, calls for screening
  • Water row brews, this time over Farakka
  • Cops asked me how I was raped in a car and in what posture, says rape victim
  • Woman raped in car at gunpoint in Kolkata, cops jeer
  • Suicide, knife attack mar Valentine's Day
  • Mass marriage at Tala Park on Valentines Day
  • Raid busts Bata counterfeit racket
  • Ayah hatched robbery plan at Kasba flat
  • Trader's murder: Cops scan CCTV footage to track down assailants
  • Poll debacle: CPM blames it on organization
  • TMC men held for attacking activist
  • Govt warns teachers shirking exam duties
  • State unhappy with counter-terror centre
  • Alipore jail inmates to get computer lessons
  • Vice-President Hamid Ansari to visit Kolkata in February end
  • Lover attacks girl with blade on V-Day
  • Students held for school heist
  • Specs clue leads police to nab abductor
  • Mamata hands KMDA baton to Hakim
  • Police jeep torched in clash after womans death
  • Spirit of participation lights up Times event
  • Pontoon sinks, sparks Hooghly oil spill rumour
  • US trade team to visit WB after four years
  • Students reach out to the underprivileged
  • Court to state government: Was Singur Act necessary?
  • State offers higher salary to lure doctors to villages
  • SRK inspires new hope, but some uncertain
  • Doctors may get brand name bar
  • Bengal CPM discovers Vivekananda
  • City of blues: Next, govt buildings to be painted
  • Legal stamp on parking lot opposite Grand
  • Businessman knifed, chain snatched at Burrabazar
  • Cops open fire to disperse mob after accident
  • Now, state plans to beautify suburbs
  • Another kangaroo dies at Alipore zoo
  • Uncle visits Norway kid, says he is traumatized
    • The Telegraph
  • Sothebys salute to Sabya
  • ASI unearths untold temple history
  • Bail for Venkatesh directors
  • Heritage boys reap life-skill harvest
  • Amby mascot on anniversary
  • Two weeks to frame hawker policy
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Rhijus death hurts a lot
  • Education and gender equality
  • ICSE bid to stop paper mix-up
  • Court defers AMRI order
  • Parkomat proposal at stadiums
  • East-West plot hurdle cleared
  • HC asks parties to clarify rally stand
  • Missing youth dead in pond
  • CU deadline extended
  • Karat: Purge, not power
  • Govt nod to acquire 1711 acres in Aila zone
  • Plan for Nazrul archive at home
  • Farakka water leaks to Bangla, Manish fumes
  • Docs dead tag for ailing babies
  • Morcha blocks CPRM members
  • Aamirs TV shoot in Sikkim
  • Central funds flow for flood control
  • SMC land for hospital
  • 3 die in hill car crash
    • Indian Express
  • Out of power, Karat says CPM weak
  • Want to live to see sons killers punished, say parents
  • Brand ambassador & business with Bengal
  • 37-yr-old raped at gunpoint
  • Cabinet yes to land acquisition for embankments, no for steel plant
  • MCI, health at odds over norms for LWE doctors
    • Hindustan Times
  • Dont trust Mamata, Naxal prisoners tell Irom Sharmila
  • Explosives stocked by Maoists seized in Odisha
  • Mamata-Gurung meeting over GTA on Saturday
  • Congress stir against Trinamool to continue
  • Another Kolkata man dies near burnt laptop
  • Cops mock at Kolkata woman raped in moving car
  • House for Pranabda, tucked away in his constituency
  • Didiblames Centre for dragging feet on Gorkhaland
  • Mamata-Gurung meeting over GTA on Saturday
  • GJM threatens to renew Gorkhaland demand
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line