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News Headlines Archive

January 21, 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
  • Harassed Presidency University first-year student slashes wrist in hostel
  • State power utility goes hi-tech
  • Govt to give loans to entrepreneurs
  • Metro ride for kids from neighbouring countries
  • Paying taxes a click away
  • SFI-TMCP clash stalls college polls
  • Labourer dies in Kolkata airport
  • St Xavier's may soon become a varsity
  • Presidency University kick-starts recruitment process
  • Five held for abducting youth
  • Sonia green light to Manoj resignation
  • Cancer institute campus at Rajarhat
  • Tussle over Haldia plot between govt, civic body
  • Mint to sell commemorative coins in city
  • 12th farmer suicide in rice bowl
  • It's problem of plenty for Bengal potato growers
  • Four more babies die in Malda
  • Mamata, Surjya battle over crib deaths
  • KMC tax waiver from Feb 1 to April 30
  • Colourful kites outshine Maidan sky
  • Campus elections to be held on a single day
  • Kolkata chef recalls Italy capsize horror
  • AMRI arrests spark panic among Marwaris
  • Exhibition to display traditional art works
  • IAS officers' exodus may cripple state
  • Fog throws flight schedules out of gear
  • Rs 1.5cr goes missing from security agency, executive held
  • Relative attacks 60-year-old woman & son, arrested
  • Youth confesses to killing Santi
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • I, honorary Xaverian
  • Memories & music mark mega weekend at Xaviers
  • Rs 100: price paid by a rogue cabbie
  • Fog toll on flights & trains
  • Corporation vow for Salt Lake
  • Travel agent held for fraud
  • Research grant for Presi teachers
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Presi boys ragged at hostel
  • Campus clash defers election
  • Five held for kidnap & ransom
  • Man held for harassing boss
  • State ready to revise remote list
  • PIL against govts bootleg incentive
  • Mitras plan for e-tax interface
  • Rich in cash, human drama
  • Tax target up seven-fold
  • New toy train coaches to shed vestibules
  • SDF man files RS papers
    • Indian Express
  • Sonia accepts resignation of disgruntled Congress minister
  • New flashpoint in Cong-TMC fight
  • Students net Mamatas goof-ups live on web
  • Harassed by mates, Presidency student attempts suicide
    • Hindustan Times
  • Bengal invites Microsoft to set up research base in state
  • Mamata defends doctors in crib deaths
  • GNLF president Subash Ghising to take Govt to Court
  • Kishenji's death a 'great blow', Maoists admit
  • Cong 'running out of patience' with Mamata
  • GNLF president Subash Ghising to take Govt to Court
  • 8 infants die in West Bengal's Malda district hospital
  • GNLF President Subash Ghising to take government to Court
  • 7 more babies die in Malda hospital
  • Former footballer kicks poll ball on Muivah turf
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line