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News Headlines Archive

January 03, 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
  • Mamata's MLAs to train on use of parliamentary language
  • Fire breaks out in cloth godown in Kolkata
  • Missing youth found dead near tracks
  • Reshuffle awaits West Bengal IAS officers
  • Kolkata hosts film festival on gender crime
  • Youths from Kolkata to row to Port Blair
  • Tusker found dead in Nayagram
  • ICU crisis hits state hospitals
  • Mamata Banerjee to shower Rs 4 cr on Jangalmahal
  • Railway holds health camp on Adhir Chowdhury's prod
  • Protest in Kasba after youth 'rapes' kid
  • Rights body seeks report on Park Street rape
  • Cops no closer to solving Barasat murder
  • Teen held for death of Ritwik Ghatak's kin
  • Man killed in BSF firing
  • West Bengal plans 88 fast-track courts
  • Cops rule out traffic chaos during match
  • Met predicts rain today, followed by chill
  • Cabby returns defence scientist's laptop, cash
  • Common test to be held in June
  • Mamata Banerjee sells art again, for poll funds
  • Jadavpur University accused of giving candidate short shrift
  • Lynch mobs run riot in Topsia, Tiljala
  • Kidnap cry leads to bizarre plot
  • New entrants vs old guards debate stalks Trinamool
  • Retrenched workers get casual jobs
  • Sanskrit pundit Murari Mohan passes away
  • Minister orders probe into Left-era projects
  • CM may add Jan 1 to state holiday list
  • Brother-in-law jailed for woman's murder
  • 'KMC apathy' forces traders out of crumbling New Market
  • Child marriage stalled at Malda
  • KMC departments fight over funds for street lights' upkeep
  • Molesters terrorise New Year party
  • Dirty linen greets passengers on ER trains
  • Kolkata moves to new party destinations
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Womans molest & extortion charge on friends father
  • Friend held for teenager death
  • Panel seeks report on Kakoli remark
  • Submit JEE forms online
  • Governors call to students
  • Border no bar for oval ball
  • Picasso? Matisse? Er, Mamata
  • You share your birthday with...
  • CM masters art of single stroke, double impact
  • Senior cop transferred after lynching
  • Park Street accused in apex court
  • Man kills wife, tries suicide
  • Two killed in accidents
  • Mob justice cripples city road
  • Villagers protest road patchwork
  • Coalmines stuck for land
  • Parents, failed pupils lock up teachers
  • Dance to stir rural poll pot
  • Hill village police on GLP turf
  • On a tip of the Sunderbans delta, a beach billed to make Bengal proud
  • Left pact buzz after 34 years
  • Gour Banga under security contract scanner
  • Boy TV tiff turns fatal
    • Indian Express
  • Cash-throwing TMC man suspended
  • Rights panel trouble for Kakoli
  • Man lures Bhopal woman to Kolkata, confines and assaults her
  • On late entrants, TMCs two Roys differ in public
  • Didi only promises, fails to deliver, say Muslim leaders
  • PM to unveil people-centric science policy today
  • Resume trains at high-speed in Naxal areas: Rlys to police
  • For panchayat poll funds, Mamata turns to paintbrush
  • TMC eyes 2013 polls to get rid of regional tag
  • 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
  • Fire breaks out in cloth godown in Kolkata
  • Peptides can help fight cancer: Expert
  • Prez to open Indian Science Cong session
  • Mars within Indias reach
  • TMC man caught showering cash on dancing girls
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line