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News Headlines Archive

January 07, 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
  • Norway agency wont return kids
  • ONGC executive loses left eye, forever
  • No extension for VCs unless chosen by panel
  • Untimely rain lashes city
  • Ensure enough Bengali sessions at literary meet: CM
  • Cong acting like Kalidas, says Hakim
  • Protesters hold traffic to ransom
  • TMC duo held for campus violence, Cong heat on ally
  • Seth & co give CPM conference a miss
  • Undertrials suicide bid in prison van
  • NCC cadets to control crowd at Sagar Mela
  • Girl from Bengal raped in Kerala, inquiry on
  • RK Mission plans animation film on Swamijis life
  • GJM pins GTA hope on Delhi meet
  • Welcome to Mini Kerala, off EM Bypass
  • Mausam rallies against govt
  • Crane catches fire at port
  • Ten arrested for Raina clash
  • Adi Ganga: HC seeks affidavits from state, KMC
  • Jaundice outbreak haunts city
  • Coal price hike: Wait till Jan 16, HC urges CIL
  • Hunt for parking space before city date with jet set
  • Pele returns, with pack of legends
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • The taxi driver punched me
  • Unit changes AMRI stripes
  • Rain triggers false hope
  • Undertrials in slash protest
  • Book Fair launch for verse-tile CMs book
  • Time to hit the races? You bet!
  • Schoolgirls step in to save green
  • Maharani premium lifestyle exhibition
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Jewellery shops looted
  • Abducted teens rescued
  • Cong forgets, ally forgives
  • HC price request to Coal India
  • Nandi Seth skips rally
  • Ally turf war spills out of closet
  • Quit scurry after campus terror
  • Confinement, clash at colleges
  • Hill teacher murdered
  • State seeks 150 more MBBS seats
  • Boost to water supply
  • Nod to funds for tiger care
  • One dead in forest firing
    • Indian Express
  • 11 Trinamool men held for Raiganj college rampage
  • They promised change but brought anarchy: Buddha
  • Congress softens, says differences not irreconcilable
  • After film fest, poriborton in book fair
  • No red tapes, Partha assures IT companies
  • Haj pilgrimage racket unearthed, claims govt
    • 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
  • 'Congress not to quit ministry in WB'
  • Eye for eye, Cong-TMC rift widens
  • Congress may fight WB panchayat polls alone
  • No Mamata for Cong, TMC pushes ally into corner
  • Electricity arrear waver myth in the Darjeeling Hills shattered
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line