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News Headlines Archive

January 01, 2013
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
  • Chill set to go, New Year will begin on a warm note
  • Police start rape probe under activists' pressure
  • Woman's body found, locals cry rape
  • Barasat: Doctors yet to confirm rape
  • Woman molested on bus, guard held
  • Slow progress of projects may cost KMC dear
  • Pilgrims' toilets to sully Maidan
  • Youth ransacks police kiosk
  • 11 woman inmates escape from Hooghly home
  • Bengal abolishes special secretary posts
  • Trinamool wary of rainbow coalition
  • Minister cracks whip on contractors
  • Government to auction land for commercial units
  • 2 killed after boat capsizes in Kakdwip
  • 3-tier panchayat in Hills soon
  • Van falls into gorge, four killed
  • Bengal scores in revenue mop-up
  • Kolkata parties, but in a sombre mood
  • Murder accused gunned down
  • Red tape binds airport facilities
  • Mobile threat remains: Jadavpur University profs
  • Get screened on time, prevent thalassemia
  • Police find evidence of another rape and murder in West Bengal
  • 11 women inmates escape from destitute home in West Bengal
  • West Bengal's dependence on other states for IV fluids to come down
  • Fire in Burdwan's Central market, no injury reported
  • Left for resolving Singur issue with Cyrus Mistry
  • 'Raped' wife dead, man critical
  • Salt Lake civic body earns Rs 10 crore revenue
  • Bothering heights: Green Visva-Bharati turns grey
  • Rape claim in pregnant girl's murder
  • Nightmare on Barasat streets
  • Out of business, buses clog Kolkata
  • Pepper spray flies off the shelves
  • Barasat victim joined work for grandson's treatment
  • UN body to kindle Didi's London dreams
  • Trinamool Congress leader hurt in clash with CPM
  • Civic bodies fail to pay dues, power utility bleeds
  • Candle rallies go beyond Kolkata
  • Electronic toll collection system along NH2 from 2014
  • Tea workers stare at starvation death
  • Go paragliding in Malda, Siliguri
  • Trinamool Congress factions clash over school election
  • Tollywood's Bhabishyat: Sunny Days Ahead
  • No takers for cards in e-age
  • A drop of Panchamrit
  • Scientists' tribute to C V Raman
  • Kolkata Doctors send Karachi patient back home with new lease of life
  • Woman gang-raped, murdered in West Bengal
  • Give us a missed call, we'll find you: Police to women
    • The Telegraph
  • Cops doubt husband claim
  • Green hazard for citys lungs
  • Snag hits Metro on New Year Eve
  • Changed format for JEE 2013
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Happy Dec 31 for some, fatal for 4
  • Year-end picnic ride ends in disaster
  • Milk boost for underfed kids
  • 11 women flee Hooghly home
  • Sikkim rape in forest
  • Chinese satellite bond
  • On jumbo-killer rail tracks, nod for only two watchtowers
  • Dooars tea garden shut
  • Opposite tribal tones after Mamata visit
  • Bihar resident shot at
    • Indian Express
  • Despite initiatives, health sector ails
  • For minorities, year of bounty
  • Declare Bengal rape-prone state: BJP
  • Bengal poster girl against child marriage ties knot at 16
  • No roadmap for building schools for cops kids
  • CMs artwork on show at Town Hall
  • Convicts dance their way to Rs 30 lakh in 4 yrs
  • 11 women escape from shelter
  • Amend laws for stricter punishment: Biman
  • CID takes over probe, visits spot
  • English tips from Oxford
    • Hindustan Times
  • Wife gets lessons in burglary on 1st night
  • Haldia Dock II project gets central government nod
  • 'Mamata knows TMC workers extorting money'
  • Spate of baby deaths rocks Bengal again
  • Nano a no-no for Mamata, but nano-science fine
  • Fate of Baranagar-barrackpore Metro hinges on KMC clearance
  • Land policy may help reduce number of displaced in state
  • TMC mulls social boycott to punish CPM leaders
  • Bengal is fogged out, transport hit
  • Anisur faces more flak under WBHRC scanner
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line