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News Headlines Archive

January 05, 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
  • AMRI action triggers panic resignations
  • Contract farming way out for potato growers
  • Committee threatens stir against eviction
  • Wetland fill-up: Activists want CM to intervene
  • CM wants special status for Presidency University
  • KMC plans to give city a makeover
  • Hawker menace chokes hospitals
  • Jewellery and cash looted from house
  • Three cops suspended in skeleton case
  • Stress in Red zone behind fragging
  • Farmers donate land to build road
  • Port trust seeks land on lease for dumping silt
  • CPM, Congress hit out at TMC over farmers' plight
  • Foundation stone laid for second phase of hospital
  • Traders trap armed duo at jewellery shop
  • Mamata rues dearth of IAS, IPS officers
  • Missing girls return, trafficking suspected
  • SFI and CP gherao Asutosh principal
  • Congress rally throws traffic out of gear
  • TCS to soon start work on 40-acre Rajarhat plot
  • Merc eyes 1000% growth by 2020
  • Congress hits back at Trinamool, calls it 'B-team' of BJP
  • Indira or Nazrul? Cong, Mamata on warpath
  • No fresh hawkers in city, vows CM
  • Jawan shoots 2 soldiers, kills himself
  • Law to decide AMRI chiefs release: Didi
  • Expert committee to upgrade HS syllabus
  • City books date with Rahman
  • Jadavpur weeds out plastic bags
  • State to put college teachers under lens
  • Car in Delhi, traffic violation in city
  • Payout harassment for fire victim's kin
  • Blaze at shop in Baranagar
  • Mid-air fit scares co-passengers
  • Cong protested Basu stay at Indira Bhavan: PCC chief
  • Spurned by wife, man attempts suicide
  • Ramsar site intrusion draws govt attention
  • Gun, cartridges seized from don in Alipore jail raid
  • Three injured in Cong infighting
  • Bumpy road ahead for Cong-TMC ties
  • Arms racket busted, six nabbed
  • Change old mindset, renew links with people: City CPM
  • RoC notice: State will seek explanation from HPL mgmt
  • IT cos keen to work in state projects
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Some things never change in...
  • Proud to stick to politics
  • Asutosh elections deferred
  • Metro disrupted twice in a day
  • Rs 20-crore plan for city facelift
  • Presi gets four chairs plus a Mamata bonus
  • Weekend Calcutta set to miss
  • You share your birthday with...
  • HC admits AMRI plea on damages
  • Robbery bid rerun foiled
  • Sleuths team up at the box office
  • Fire alert for Sector V offices
  • Missing girls return
  • Ah! Irresistible charm of the street
  • Finance secys quit plea granted
  • Keshpur stick for two cops
  • Villagers donate land to build road
  • HC poser on coal price
  • 3 of a family struck by taxi
  • Fine replaces demolition plans
  • Farmers demand return of unutilised factory land
  • 2nd campus for hospital
  • Work in tea garden suspended
  • From classroom to field
  • Upgrade plan for Siliguri tea office
  • 3 held for gold fraud
    • Indian Express
  • Affection for Mamata lands karate team in soup
  • Cong attempts to corner Mamata
  • CID names 4 cops in Garbeta case
  • With Bengal Leads, Trinamool repackages Buddhas investor summit
  • Trinamool friend Sabeer Bhatia roped in to help dept communicate with SMSes
  • To counter Cong stir, CM blames Centre for farmers woes
    • Hindustan Times
  • Didi probes unions for Maoist links
  • CM of many talents: Mamata turns lyricist, singer
  • Trinamool leading Bengal into financial mess: Buddhadeb
  • FICCI backs AMRI directors, calls for release
  • Lokpal Bill not well thought out: Amartya Sen
  • No Mamata for Cong, TMC pushes ally into corner
  • Electricity arrear waver myth in the Darjeeling Hills shattered
  • 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
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line