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News Headlines Archive

January 17, 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
  • CM rejigs Cabinet, strips Congress of three departments
  • Badshah surrenders, victims kin boo cops
  • Contract workers a grey area in hospital security
  • A walk to unravel the confluence of cultures in Kolkata
  • Tourism hub at wetland
  • Park plan for waterbodies
  • No public spat, says PCC; Manoj speaks out again
  • Illegal safari in core area of tiger reserve
  • Kashmiri families seek shelter in Kolkata
  • Xavier's campus in Bangladesh?
  • Fewer questions in JEE from now
  • Alumni concerns revealed in Presidency magazine
  • Baby theft couple charged with abduction
  • Hospital kitchen staff cease work
  • Lax vigil at hospitals leaves patients unsafe
  • Girl attempts to kill self in classroom
  • Abode of peace a haven for criminals
  • Caretaker arrested for Santiniketan murder
  • Court allows police to interrogate Agarwal
  • Realtors demand incentives to go eco-friendly
  • No tears for natural artiste with long innings
  • Tribal leader wants Dooars in GTA
  • Maoists recruited by threat or lure, say surrendered rebels
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • St. Xaviers frees students from subject straitjacket
  • Township task force: what it means for you
  • Docs leave, fungus in machines
  • Agarwal to stay on at SSKM
  • Conversion and relationship between East & West
  • Night walk on the wild side
  • Fewer questions in JEE
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Awareness key to better healthcare
  • Double dose of fests on Xaviers campus
  • Winter to lose its sting
  • Hawkers hubs on hospital pavements
  • Patients suffer as workers agitate
  • Suicide bid in school
  • Widows caretaker in murder-for-land net
  • Business chambers in tourism plan
  • Snatch slur on Trinamul
  • Rs 50 lakh for new bridge survey
  • Delhi funds to block Teesta swerve
  • Deb hints at out-of-court deal
  • Caretaker arrested for widow murder
  • BJP posers on CMs absence
  • Plea for minimum wage
    • Indian Express
  • Dhoni, Fletcher left out of team selection
  • Didi expands cabinet and rift with Cong
  • PMs adviser to review minority welfare schemes in Bengal
  • Burqa-clad woman escaped with baby: Cops
  • 2 more farmers commit suicide
  • Prime suspect in hooch tragedy surrenders
  • Realtors urged to get green ratings
  • 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
  • Rebel Adivasi leader John Barla reverts back to GATA
  • 3 bombs recovered from CPI(M) party office
  • 400,000 take dip as Gangasagar Fair ends
  • Firing in UP Himgiri Express, 1 killed
  • Kolkata woman gives birth on road, dies after no admission by hospitals
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line