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News Headlines Archive

January 04, 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
  • MP Dinesh Trivedi seeks speedy trial of tainted leaders
  • Fight against child hunger may bring Ronaldo to city
  • Land grab in the name of religion
  • Congress plea to PM on AIIMS in Raiganj
  • Gangster shot in Andal, rivalry suspected
  • Child surgery unit locked for 6 months
  • Vintage photos speak of BSF role in Liberation War
  • Rural workers win case under NREGA
  • Locals save teen from rapist in Howrah
  • Helpline, more staff to manage crematorium rush
  • Toxic spill after warehouse blaze
  • Hooghly home escape: One held
  • Pakistani fans miss Eden game
  • Writing it the Anglo-Indian way
  • Fewer trains held up in Bengal
  • Rail ticket fraud busted, broker held
  • Gear up for future, say scientists
  • Science can bridge have and have-nots: PM
  • West Bengal Human Rights Commission seeks probe into Uttarpara destitute home case
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Walkout II: from East-West Metro
  • Metro ends name confusion
  • Fire in port trust godown
  • Molester walks out on bail
  • Story of the Anglo-Indian way
  • 25 years of B-school meet
  • Shake a leg to salsa congress beat
  • Cricket diplomacy, in-law style
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Four of Kasba mob held
  • CM walks the extra mile, for science
  • Land hurdle for river bridge
  • Threat complaint by family of dead
  • Affidavit on VC liquor bill
  • Bratya teacher salary prod
  • Youths fast for govt job call
  • Visva school to educate street children
  • Trinamul all out to contain dance damage
  • Businessman faces harass charge
  • Villager injured in BSF firing
  • Muri dinner for a month at girls shelter home
    • Indian Express
  • 4-year-old is latest rape victim
  • BJP sees Rizwanur parallel in Amirul suicide case
  • 45 fast-track courts exclusively for women cases
  • TMC for death penalty in certain rape cases
  • Cash-throwing TMC man suspended
  • Convicts dance their way to Rs 30 lakh in 4 yrs
  • State in no hurry to tell Centre how much NRHM money it spent
  • School polls witness political clashes
  • Nepali must for Hill postings triggers row
  • Year on, Rs 20 cr financial centre lies unoccupied
  • 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