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News Headlines Archive

January 19, 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
  • Gen-Y dreams big, earns big
  • BSF suspends eight jawans
  • Baby was brought dead: Hospital
  • Court relief for AMRI directors not arrested
  • Driver yanks off oxygen, baby dies
  • Shock over video clip of BSF 'brutality'
  • Panchayat pitch in Congress-TMC fight
  • Pvt firm to get 96 acres for Baruipur township
  • 'Fortune-teller', aide arrested
  • 13-yr-old rides wings of thrill
  • Tech meet stresses on innovation
  • Tales of gallantry retold at Fort William
  • Two detained for teacher's murder
  • Child care leave for working mothers
  • CPM meet: Karat stresses on democracy in party
  • Woman, son beaten up after land dispute
  • Congress, Trinamool flex muscles
  • Hospital horror rerun: 11 babies die in 36 hours
  • Warrants issued on Dec 17
  • Petrol pumps flout safety rules
  • Entrepreneurs hail Young Turks
  • Colour Splash on the banks of Hooghly
  • 5,000 sign up for sarobar run
  • School turns battlefield over 'stand & teach' order
  • AMRI directors demand newspapers, bed in jail
  • Fixed-rate healthcare regime in Kolkata
  • Kolkata nerve centre has fire escape
  • No hunger deaths in tea gardens: Bengal labour minister
  • Debt-ridden farmer kills self
  • IIMC students to take honesty pledge on convocation day
  • GJM to launch stir from March 27
  • Dolphin carcass found in Howrah
  • No Cong, no BJP, no third front: Karat
  • Kolkata pubs to charge more for booze
  • Calcutta archdiocese launches website
  • Finally, heritage tag for 2500-yr-old Chandraketugarh
  • Trinamool hits back at Congress leader
  • Ray's 'Sikkim' DVDs to hit markets soon
  • I can be dangerous, warns Mamata Banerjee
  • Bengal govt is against SEZ, says Partha Chatterjee
  • Winter takes a break in Kolkata, to return soon
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Taxi-refusal score: 26 out of 35
  • Stalled facelift spawns zoo eyesores
  • Man who built George V marquee, Birla tech museum
  • Winter waits in the wings
  • Presi to hire dean of students
  • Oxygen mask removed, baby dies
  • HC seeks save-Victoria dossier
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Appealing option for serious students
  • Ex-bank employee held for Net fraud
  • Taxi theft at police station
  • State check on petrol pumps
  • Court relief for AMRI trio
  • Teacher strike over chairs
  • Surprise visit to busy roads
  • Ficci report bares state industry, FDI slack
  • State unit defies order with open rally
  • BSF stick for strip assault
  • Manoj rushes to Adhir, Cong tarries
  • DMs to scan contours of plains mouzas
  • Polls decision after Feb 16
  • Drug ban threat to rein in OPD sales
  • Baby deaths blamed on doctors leave
  • Buxla takes charge of rail passenger service
  • 1 killed, 5 hurt in accident
    • Indian Express
  • Have Sonia, Pranab backing: Chakrabarty
  • Biman thanks Mamata for celebrating Netajis birth anniversary
  • PMO officials meet Mamata, review minorities scheme in state
  • Minister rules out bus fare hike
  • GTA by Mar 27 or face stir
  • Court directs Janjua to provide documents in support of petition against Sukhbir
    • Hindustan Times
  • Kishenji's death a 'great blow', Maoists admit
  • Cong 'running out of patience' with Mamata
  • Kolkata woman gives birth on road, dies after no admission by hospitals
  • Firing in UP Himgiri Express, 1 killed
  • Bengal hooch tragedy prime suspect surrenders
  • 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