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News Headlines Archive

January 06, 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
  • Four injured after bus overturns on Red Road
  • Alimuddin to monitor zonal leaders
  • Goons gun down man in Titagarh
  • Ex-servicemen in railways write to President
  • Mahesh Bhatt keen to bring Hills back on silver screen
  • Nandigram to get rail connectivity
  • Two held for stealing gold bar
  • Errant tour operator arrested
  • Political mud-slinging upsets Kazi Nazrul's family
  • Come down to party on the Digha-Mandarmoni beaches
  • Techies to run for a cause in Mumbai
  • Congress-Trinamool rift may deepen further
  • City to feature on Harley-Davidson map from Poila Baisakh
  • Glimpse of hope for couple in Norway
  • Congress jealous of our success: Trinamool
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Holiday stinks for fliers
  • Directors jail stay extended
  • CU faces finance heat
  • Return of the kalkatiya PM
  • Transparency drive for college admission
  • Govt seeks salary funds for teachers
  • Get set to say hi to Harley
  • Launch of Ravinder Singhs
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Miss you Sister Cyril
  • From Thames to the lake of tigers
  • Guard changes, not traffic trauma
  • Wrong house demolished
  • Burglary at poets house
  • Tour manager arrested
  • Trinamul tells whos the boss, Congress listens
  • Field turns birds burial ground
  • School shut after assault
  • Deb slammed for Malda omission
  • Footballer, singer renew ties with hills
  • Threat by NBU staff greets peace call
  • Rs 2 crore theft at NBSTC
  • RSP four surrender in court
    • Indian Express
  • Go to polls without Mamata photo, you will lose deposit: TMC to Cong
  • No bail for AMRI directors, custody extended by 14 days
  • 6 lakh acres in land bank for industry, claims state govt
  • TMC-Cong clash on campus, principal beaten
  • CPI-Maoist womens wing switches allegiance
    • 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