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News Headlines Archive

February 19, 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
  • Three persons arrested in rape case, police looking for fourth
  • Blood racket agent held
  • 5-year backlog of VAT refund dues
  • Goons cut off farmers' ears over land dispute
  • Centre gives nod to state's healthcare fund
  • Rivals clash in South 24-Paraganas
  • 11 robbers held after gunfight with cops
  • Doctors transplant 'brain dead' patient's kidneys, two lives saved
  • Farooq defends victim's account, calls for support
  • Police fight all odds, stand by rape victim
  • IPRS licence must for musical soirees
  • 3 CPM heavyweights axed from new state committee
  • Swedish tech for arsenic-free water in Bengal
  • Rape case cracked, 3 held
  • Govt softens on terror body after Mamata snub
  • Kingfisher vanishes from city skies
  • Two held for raping Kolkata woman in vehicle
  • Kingfisher may call it quits in Kolkata
  • Govt has only 1% stake in AMRI: MP
  • Gagarin bust unveiled at planetarium
  • Teachers must ignite young minds
  • Unions snub govt order, allow cabbies to refuse
  • Buddha sorry for anti-strike stance
  • Teesta expert seeks more time
  • INTTUC leader rebuts allegation as baseless
  • This humiliation worse than rape: Victim
  • Rape suspects tracked down
  • Victim's kin alleges cop-criminal nexus
  • CM turns railway event into political meet
  • Astrologer held for molesting housewife
  • SFI wins Majdia college polls
  • Inspector hangs self in Diamond Harbour
  • 'State should focus on investors' need'
  • Nigerian youth in net for online lottery fraud
  • Bangladeshi criminal in police net
  • Gang loots jewellery store
  • CM can't ignore rape claim: CPM
  • MLA thrashed after accident death
  • AMRI director Agarwal gets bail
  • Debt drives another farmer to suicide
  • Protests greet Sushanta at court
  • Will CPM quit panchayats before polls?
  • Car registration hits a bump in city
  • Air services to Jamshedpur resume from Feb 15
  • Informal schools to get official stamp
  • Commercial tax mop-up below growth target
  • Salim's hospital flat turned into SNCU
  • 75-year-old thrashed to death
  • Cab drivers choke Salt Lake road
    • The Telegraph
  • Sit at home and get paid
  • Art camp steels the show
  • Language workshop in JU
  • A brush with Bengal art
  • Spotlight on theatre fest at Academy
  • Memories of a harsh childhood
  • Buddhas class of 2012
  • Industry slack notice
  • Chhatrey: All are not fit for state struggle
  • Hill Cart Road repair set back by a year
  • Monitors to thrash out small tea problems
  • Quake memories melt with the snow
  • One of the twins dies
  • College teachers on strike
    • Indian Express
  • NCTC, Bangla: Mamata ups ante
  • Big names dropped from CPM state committee
  • Land hunt in Kolkata proves futile, NSG shifts hub to Badu
  • Rape case solved, 2 held
  • Pranab praises Mamata, she reminds him of fund crunch
  • In CPM ground report card, cadre numbers shrink
  • Reasons for poll defeat identified: MD Salim
  • Bail orderL: Govt to go to SC
    • Hindustan Times
  • No compromise on lokayukta, pension bill or FDI in retail
  • Kolkata: One AMRI director gets bail
  • Mamata skips NSG hub inauguration by Ch'baram
  • Country's security a shared responsibility: Chidambaram
  • 2 arrested in Kolkata rape case
  • Mamata targets centre over Farakka
  • Mamata skips NSG hub inaugration
  • 2 arrested in Kolkata rape case
  • Rape contrived: Mamata
  • Country's security a shared responsibility: Chidambaram
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line