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News Headlines Archive

January 25, 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
  • Woman fights snatchers, shot
  • Mamata shakes up KMC, mayor downsized
  • Biker ferries patients free of cost
  • Rs 2k cr for drinking water in draught-prone Bankura
  • Malda crib death horror continues
  • Madan raps transport corps
  • Mob runs riot at court, targets 'tormentor' Hooghly leader
  • BINP transfers to affect researchand treatment
  • Arrest heat on CPM men after campus row
  • Girl's body found in sack at Park Circus
  • Santiniketan murder: One more arrested
  • Are directors responsible for a hospital fire, ask panelists
  • S K Birla to reward Dhakuria bravehearts
  • Maoist squad member arrested in Malda
  • State's second Sainik school to come up in Darjeeling
  • The trouble with principles
  • Five fall ill after drinking 'tari'
  • Five arrested after clash in Ekbalpore
  • Chaos greets boi mela guests
  • Brace for massive traffic snarls
  • Writer Mamata plays the host, 3 books released
  • Mamata Banerjee, Jairam Ramesh avoid each other
  • Manipur assembly polls: Mamata Banerjee to address rally
  • Ramesh, Subrata discuss rural jobs
  • New forest rail track sparks fear of jumbo deaths
  • Kids to march dressed as Bapu
  • 6 killed, 20 injured in road accident
  • Now, take a bus from Tagore tank to Nazrul
  • Two senior AMRI staff arrested
  • 'Tagoreana' brings Netaji grandson to city
  • Government plans battery-operated pod cars near airport
  • Fire victims bank on government rehabilitation
  • Book fair to celebrate culture too
  • Farm loan riddle in debt-trap districts
  • ATM's door collapse severs woman's finger
  • Subba hints at fresh stir for Gorkhaland
  • Medha Patekar assaulted after accident
  • 18-year-old paraded semi-naked
  • Left leaders garland Netaji statue first
  • Governor counters Mamata on farmer suicides
  • Mamatas poetic tribute to TMC, mother
  • GTA committee to seek extension
  • Exotic veggies now staple fare
  • Two babies die in front of Bengal minister during surprise visit to Malda hospital
  • Children paint Hooghly dreams
  • Slum fire: Govt promises compensation
  • A cattle track that poses as expressway
  • Mamata may grace mass marriage on Valentines Day
  • Howrah kids traced in Bangalore
  • Lal Dighi parking to get hi-tech security touch up
    • The Telegraph
  • City woos suitable boy
  • Busy mayor unburdened
  • Film with city cast in Oscar race
  • Eden rookie on Oz burning deck
  • Nobel laureate for JU talk
  • HC allows plea on green mess
  • Our first lit meet was born... thanks to Jaipur!
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  • Polytechnic admission
  • Nandigram probe cloud on cops
  • Allies in bid to bury hatchet
  • Doc advises shift for 23 babies in a day
  • Grilling leads to Maoist aide to Bikash
  • Jail for sharing Milton name
  • Snow trail lined up for tourists to end quake trials
  • Court scraps low bid for shut garden
  • 43 shops gutted in blaze
    • Indian Express
  • At book fair, Mamata gets a friendly fire from Italian author
  • Mayor Sovon stripped off 3 depts
  • Prepare BPL list with care: Jairam tells Bengal govt
  • Give 6-month off to women who have adopted child
  • Guv counters Mamata: Farmer suicides taking place in Bengal
  • Crib deaths: NCPCR demands revamping of hospital facilities
  • CM no to all-party team to probe farmers suicides
  • 70s docu film brings back queues outside Science City
  • AMRI fire: 2 more held
  • Trinamool plays poaching game on Cong
    • Hindustan Times
  • Trinamool to contest 48 seats in 60-member assembly in Manipur
  • Mamata the fighterand writer
  • 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
  • Medha Patkar's car hits boy, stoned
  • Mamata the fighterand writer
  • Teacher's bank account shows Rs 500 bn - courtesy wrong entry
  • GNLF president Subash Ghising to take Govt to Court
  • 8 infants die in West Bengal's Malda district hospital
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line