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News Headlines Archive

January 30, 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
  • Mamata Banerjee a best-selling author at Kolkata Book Fair
  • Alipore jail decks up for election after a decade
  • Sarobar run for a cause
  • CPM makes Deb North 24-Paraganas secretary
  • Book on Kishanji's last interview
  • I'm not scared of controversies: Bhagat
  • Nothing was taboo 50 years ago, says Arvind Mehrotra
  • English stifling Indian languages: Pavan K Varma
  • Two held for murders
  • Sunderbans pirate attacks: Centre, state unfazed
  • Man hacked to death over land dispute
  • OC's diary holds clue to killingsin Nandigram?
  • Crib deaths return to haunt city hospital
  • Another debt-ridden farmer kills self
  • Family friend prime suspect
  • Ill health leads couple to commit suicide
  • 'No substitute for quality time'
  • We indulge our kids, but also keep them grounded: Celebs
  • Govt gets cracking on crow deaths
  • Mom, daughter knifed to death
  • Chhetri had mild heart attack after arrest: Son
  • An evening of food, contests and prizes
  • BESU convention to curb campus politics
  • Italian author wins hearts at book fair
  • Currency racket busted
  • Cong, TMC fight over doctors forum
  • 2 CPM leaders held for attack on TMC worker
  • Farmer hangs self in Burdwan
  • Ex-Army men to fill up police vacancies
  • 22-ft Saraswati idol a big draw at Beadon Street
  • Is media going overboard to sensationalize news?
  • Discover your own model, Myrdal tells communists
  • Pirates attack fishing trawlers, three killed
  • Gunmen rob Kasba house
  • Padma Shri among top medics held for AMRI fire, docs furious
  • What's ailing the crows? Birds drop dead, authorities don't care
  • 'Bar on Rushdie barbaric, free the written word'
  • Violence, not Ahimsa, integral to Indian culture: Upinder
  • Gang of 8 loots 2 lakh from bus
  • Lage Raho at book fair
  • CM to lay foundation for Rajbanshi academy
  • TMC panchayat member shot
  • Doctors react angrily to 'father figure' arrest
  • Seven more babies die in Malda hospital
  • Schoolkids enthral crowd with performance
  • New AC rakes for Metro by August
  • New power game in North 24-Pgns CPM
  • Man shot during train robbery
  • AMRI arrests send the wrong message: Cong
    • The Telegraph
  • Scare stalks raided residents
  • Doc body bats for AMRI doc duo
  • Mr Bestseller the big draw
  • 10yr rule relaxed for VC post
  • Making a mark in many languages
  • It takes two muses to tango
  • Jury out on trial by media
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Prisoners to take stage for jatra performance
  • French past gets a boost
  • Negligence cry over baby death
  • Sir will click, never cane
  • Ally vs ally in Asansol
  • Hill murders traced to robbery bid
  • Adivasi rebels protest post selections
  • Five from Calcutta held with hashish
  • ASI wary of paint job
  • Peacock ravaged land set to get visitors
  • Fireman killed on duty
    • Indian Express
  • 485 Little Mahatmas win spot in Guinness Book of World Records
  • Farmers unions call strike against insensitive govt
  • Uneasy calm as labour unions call bandh in Yanam
  • Trinamool feigns ignorance of taint induction CD
  • Kolkata Book fair Diary
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mahatma creates a Guinness record!
  • The Vikram Seth show
  • Bangladeshi pirates kill 3 Indian fishermen
  • 2 directors of AMRI held for hospital fire
  • AMRI fire: Two doctors arrested
  • 1 more farmer suicide, oppn tears into Mamata govt
  • 6 babies die in WB hospital
  • 100 crib deaths in West Bengal since Jan 1
  • Five more babies die in Malda hospital
  • Malda hospital death toll rises to 35
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line