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News Headlines Archive

January 03, 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
  • Victims' kin receive first lot of compensation cheques
  • Inter-state car theft racket busted
  • Boy barred from watching crime shows hangs self
  • Chill takes a break, rain's back
  • Exotic birds land up on dinner plates
  • Amartya Sen's secret of success: The urge to know
  • 'Govt should've boosted public healthcare'
  • It's Xmas time for Armenians
  • Oil tock 'vanish' at price hike whiff
  • Man seeking med insurance for ailing mom gets relief
  • Red kangaroo dies at Alipore zoo
  • Class-XI girl found dead beside railway tracks
  • First results published by Presidency University
  • R S Agarwal sent to SSKM again
  • Parents raise questions over exec's death
  • Ficci for release of AMRI directors not handling day-to-day operations
  • New soundproof door for CM's chamber
  • Manish terms coal price hike 'anti-people move'
  • Mamata meets top cops, stresses on citizens' safety
  • Pachauri meets Mamata at Writers'
  • ONGC officer hopes to get back sight
  • Buddhadeb lashes out at Mamata govt
  • Finance secy incumbent reluctant to take charge
  • House panel's visit to Gujarat put off
  • East Bengal back on course
  • Now, RoC issues show-cause notice to HPL
  • Kin of 29 AMRI fire victims receive compensation
  • Park Street begins New Year with office building blaze
  • Death plunge after party
  • Ustads sarod damaged during flight to city
  • Drunken youths thrash cops at picnic spot in Howrah
  • Ustad may take legal action
  • Statues at Maidan decked up in festive colours
  • Friends held for teen's death
  • Four killed in accidents in the city on New Year
  • Blaze at garments shop in Sealdah
  • Quick response helped: Fireman
  • Fire spoils New Year mood
  • City hits panic button after Park Street fire
  • Rally to seek Norway kids' release
  • Season's first snowfall in Hills
  • When They Struck A Chord
  • Cervical cancer cases on the wane in state: Study
  • Ambulances lose precious minutes at toll plaza queue
  • Wetland encroachment continues
  • Is everything lost? Artistes don't think so
  • Survey of 16 new Metro routes
  • Fire in Kolkata building, no casualties
  • Fear & frenzy on Park Street
  • Coal price hike to hit power utilities in state
    • The Telegraph
  • Tune in to new reality TV
  • Cheques for families of AMRI victims
  • Tourists duped by agent
  • The driving force for Sen? Curiosity
  • State to float tenders for New Town plots
  • CM in firefighting mode
  • Chill set for slow-mo comeback
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Bengal sweets for world platter
  • Wish list for Calcutta
  • How to stub out cancer
  • Boy found hanging after rebuke
  • Presi semester scores a first
  • Denied bail, back at SSKM
  • 2 Trinamul men killed
  • Citing federalism, state writes to protest coal price formula
  • Ambush kills Trinamul man
  • Karim takes flak over fair
  • Swipe at quake relief
  • Sikkim gets first snowfall
    • Indian Express
  • Pachauri gets CM nod, to set up green institute near Kolkata
  • Agarwal can stay in hospital but will be quizzed by police: Court
  • 6 held with arms, fake notes in Malda
  • Trinamool factions clash over funds, two killed
  • MLAs Nano trip gets cancelled last minute
  • Bengal heading to financial mess, courtesy govts loan-taking spree
  • Jailed directors get FICCI backing
  • Govt unresponsive, AMRI moves HC for distribution of compensation money
    • Hindustan Times
  • Trinamool Congress rules out compromise on Lokpal Bill
  • Fire in Kolkata factory, no casualities reported
  • AMRI: 91 lives lost to save goods worth Rs 3 lakh
  • Six AMRI directors remanded in judicial custody till Jan 5
  • Honest cab man turns criminal
  • Congress colluding with CPI-M to attack Trinamool: Mamata
  • Talk to all political parties for consensus on lokpal: Mamata
  • Trinamool Congress rules out compromise on Lokpal Bill
  • Former Goa CM DSouza to join Trinamool today
  • Rai murder case: Darjeeling Police launch man hunt
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line