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News Headlines Archive

January 08, 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
  • Experiments a gamble with audience
  • Suburban trains collide head on, 1 dead, 50 hurt
  • Cong free to leave coalition: Mamata
  • Campuses on boil, principals attacked again
  • College employees locked up for 7 hrs
  • Mamata sees state polls link to Cong protests
  • Vats won't spill from March, promises KMC
  • Artists plan rally to protest 'culture scam'
  • City riot accused in custody, finally
  • Give something new, the eyes will follow
  • Notices served on three AMRI directors' homes
  • Wanted: Filmmakers who dare
  • Metro to stick to outdated third rail
  • Debt-ridden farmer kills self
  • Mamata misusing power, says Surjya
  • Cong harbouring harmads: CM
  • One held for duping traders
  • Sirens are back with a bang
  • Stone pelted at minister's car
  • Drunk man stopped from boarding flight
  • IT offices flout fire-safety norms
  • Govt plea: Relax land laws for colleges in Hills
  • Attacked in the place he loved most
  • Thalassaemia screening in two govt hospitals
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Up above the world so high
  • The opposite of patriarchy
  • CM prods, Raiganj leader surrenders
  • Cop-assault accused held
  • Trains collide in Nadia, 1 killed
  • SFI attacks college principal
  • Rain to keep chill away for 2 days
  • 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
  • Quit if you want to: now Mamata fires, Cong ducks until state polls
  • Key man in CMs police station raid arrested
  • Controversy over Nazrul academy unfortunate, say poets admirers
  • Fake currency racket busted, key accused held
  • One dies, six hurt as two local trains collide near Kolkata
  • Education for all is his mission
    • 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
  • One dead, six injured in train collision
  • '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
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line