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News Headlines Archive

January 05, 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
  • Leadership tips, with straight bat
  • Cloud of uncertainty shrouds E-W Metro
  • Beautification to cost Kolkata Municipal Corporation Rs 30cr more
  • RTE implementation under HC scanner
  • Maoists regrouping in Nandigram
  • Watch your words, Buddha to leaders
  • Kin leave for Bihar to bring back Hills molest victim
  • Anti-rape crusader gets heard after death
  • Car driver held for assaulting traffic cop
  • Man held for molesting tenant's daughter
  • Cops rescue woman from lynch mob at Karaya
  • Move to sensitize cops on handling rape cases
  • Urdu poet Salik Lakhnawi dies at 100
  • Manas letter to Manmohan seeking funds for Calcutta University
  • Kalam ignites young minds at science meet
  • Teacher on crusade against superstition
  • Chief minister Mamata Banerjee holds task force meeting
  • Its Trinamool vs Trinamool in Ward 59 of Kolkata
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Rail gone, govt out of steam
  • Date with classical greats
  • Abetment complaint benches three cops
  • JU against common entrance
  • Snatcher caught by alert residents
  • Experts slam pollution board
  • Teacher in role of Santa Cause
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Court prod for RTE rules
  • Cloud veil lifts for night chill
  • School milked for soiree cash
  • Buddha sees chit apathy
  • Politics ire at civic boss
  • Cash brakes on rebel belt projects
  • Businessman relives abduct-bid horror
  • Murshidabad silk loses its makers
  • Marys self-defence tip
  • Oil scare at kids meal centres
  • Karate champ fights cash crunch
  • The tale of the 15ft beard
    • Indian Express
  • 3 days after Amirul died, FIR filed against 3 cops
  • Kabir says Maoists helped Mamata win Assembly polls
  • 15 months on, human rights courts still not functional
  • Woman who jumped off train to escape molester out of danger
  • 4-year-old is latest rape victim in Kolkata
  • Lack of officers, cut in commission led to mushrooming of chit funds in state
  • Buddha for movement against chit funds
  • State in no hurry to tell Centre how much NRHM money it spent
  • School polls witness political clashes
  • 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
  • Indias weather forecast tool old, say US experts
  • Rebel TMC MP rakes up partys nexus with Maoists
  • India can develop quake model
  • Aim for asteroids, comets
  • Fire breaks out in cloth godown in Kolkata
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line