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News Headlines Archive

January 09, 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
  • Train services affected in SER after overhead wire snaps
  • Cong has tough time managing allies
  • Campus heat forces rejig of TMC's N Dinajpur unit
  • AMRI fire: A tale of three heroes
  • Ex-student Bratya steals hearts at Taki school
  • TMC man to head Raiganj college
  • 'Trinidad is our mother, but India is the grandmom'
  • Service to mankind to mark RKM's celebrations
  • Shibpur family preserves Swamiji's relics
  • Trinamool factions clash during police raid
  • Majdia college ruckus: Three SFI students held
  • Slow speed helped avert a disaster
  • Bratya invites student unions to talks table
  • Automatic Interlocking System Was Not Fully Functional At Phulia Station
  • Rally for release of kids taken away in Norway
  • Abandoned baby found in vat
  • Antiques smuggled through Sunderbans
  • 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  • Metro to stick to outdated third rail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
    • The Telegraph
  • Rain ruins derby and day out
  • Uniform code for college polls
  • Flight safety steps remain on paper
  • School students pitch in to clean green patch
  • Kantha & rosogolla on Karachi wish list
  • Hundred stadiums in districts
  • Mirror, mirror, whos sweetest?
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Sandwoman and her experiments with peace
  • Turtles and gharials rescued
  • Accident bares absence of rail collision shield
  • Buddha sees no industry
  • Beat the teacher and pore over law books
  • SFI cries bias in action
  • College to open today with new in-charge
  • Station lacks safety system
  • 2 held for fish death
    • Indian Express
  • Son returns to capture fathers Lake designs
  • Buddha rates Mamata 0/2 on farmers & industries
  • Flames at Gangasagar under constant watch, courtesy CM order
  • Quit if you want to: now Mamata fires, Cong ducks until state polls
  • Key man in CMs police station raid arrested
  • 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
  • Trinamool holds fire, offers talks
  • Fake agencies recruiting Indian girls for overseas jobs
  • WB train collision: Rly offical rules out fault in signalling
  • One dead, six injured in train collision
  • 'Congress not to quit ministry in WB'
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line