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News Headlines Archive

January 16, 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
  • Literary fest ends, leaving readers asking for more
  • City makes heavy weather of light read
  • We read books but don't buy them
  • Childless woman tried stealing babies earlier
  • Lake town cops grilled
  • Camera traps to track animals in mangroves
  • Three gunned down at music show
  • Another farmer kills self
  • Caretaker detained for Santiniketan murder
  • Fakirs' music spells magic in land of dotara
  • Govt may bring back resigned cop
  • Pradip to meet Shakeel today
  • Murdered CA's kin getting threat calls
  • TVS eyes 450cr unit, 'bigger Bengal role'
  • First 90 Presi faculty posts open tomorrow
  • Mega plans for a better city
  • Plans to beef up PDS
  • Foodie I am not, I am a radhuni
  • Goodbye to eating out? Never
  • Bird count drops in Santragachhi Jheel
  • Seven held for luring youths with fake job promises
  • Top rail officials sent on leave after mishap
  • Porters shot onboard train
  • Hotelier thrown in lock-up 'without charge'
  • Four pilgrims die, 147 fall ill in Gangasagar
  • Srinagar cricket team scores a point in city
  • City woman murdered in Santiniketan
  • Who's the real hero: author, director or actor?
  • CM banks on tourism to earn revenue
  • No leads in baby theft case
  • Debt leads farmer to kill self
  • Two hospitals refuse admission, woman dies after delivering twins
  • For some, it's the race for survival
  • Food for thought, some music and a few laughs at lit-fest
  • RS Agarwal bail plea rejected
  • Beach festival turns into political show
  • Mandarmani hotels draw Mamata ire
  • Election commission refuses to play referee in college polls
  • Seminar on fire safety measures held in city
  • Leopard killed by villagers, cubs rescued
  • Bengal musicians losing out on royalty
  • Sushanta to face trial from Jan 27; Supreme Court adjourns bail plea today
  • Another farmer commits suicide
  • Furnished flats for ministers
  • Maruti seeks 60 acres for auto servicing hub
  • Fire scare at Birbhum hospital
  • Maoist attack deepens Bengal power troubles
  • Green light for night trains, finally
    • The Telegraph
  • The house Bengal never built
  • Presi rolls out hiring drive
  • Salt Lake blueprint retraced
  • Derby delight for fans & first-timers
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Youths held for shooting
  • Trinamul courts unhappy Kotwali kin
  • Cong shifts from street to indoors
  • Little option but to beg to help farmer treat cancer
  • Murder coach travellers face quiz
  • 3 killed in soiree firing
  • World soccer veterans set up Sikkim date
  • Hospitals put off operations, with & without notice
  • Ghisingh to lead revival campaign
  • Two surgeons on leave at same time
  • Vigil for hurt jumbo
  • Door shut for C-section births
  • Gardens seek shield from job scheme
  • Bailable charge on attacker
    • Indian Express
  • Burqa-clad woman escaped with baby: Cops
  • 2 more farmers commit suicide
  • Catering staff shot dead in running train near Asansol
  • Healthcare system collapsed during Left rule: Partha
  • PMs adviser to review minority welfare schemes in Bengal
  • CPM should desist from killing TMC workers
  • Day 2 of GangasagAr Mela
    • Hindustan Times
  • Trinamool MP slams Bengal government for farmers' suicides
  • Local fights root of Cong-Trinamool hostility: Mausam
  • Trinamool rally: Bengal ruling allies at it again
  • No Mamata for Cong, TMC pushes ally into corner
  • Skeleton recovery case: 2 Bengal cops suspended
  • Firing in UP Himgiri Express, 1 killed
  • Kolkata woman gives birth on road, dies after no admission by hospitals
  • Mamata dares Maoists in Midnapore
  • Mamata urges people in junglemahal not to get scared of Maoist
  • GTA Bill at present under inter-ministerial consultation
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line