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News Headlines Archive

July 02, 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
  • Coastal areas of Bengal to be revamped
  • Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority lines up plans to develop city infrastructure
  • Eicher trucks and buses drive growth
  • Negligence death: Docs, hospital to pay 29 lakh
  • 50-yr-old falls into well in Howrah, dies
  • Pranab most eligible as President: TMC MLA
  • A solution to Singur impasse?
  • Breakthrough for E-W Metro again
  • Man forces wife to drink acid in Malda
  • Flaunt valuables, get your child a seat in school
  • Mamata Banerjee skips railway events
  • Trinamool's July 21 rally at Esplanade
  • 12 injured in Keshpur Trinamool infighting
  • Cops injured after attack by villagers
  • Click and the world is yours
  • More discounts and less hassle make sites a hit
  • Tribute to a director
  • Sisters held for swindling crores
  • Blue-and-white makeover for Salt Lake soon
  • Eco-friendly stage at Prinsep Ghat and monument to have permanent stage
  • Cheats cash in on e-trade boom
  • Botanic vandalism charge against MP
  • 126 couples in Bengal tie knot at mass wedding
  • War of words between Kolkata Municipal Corporation and scientists over arsenic amount in water
  • Arsenic may contaminate paddy, vegetables: Subrata Mukherjee
  • Land formalities hold up Katwa power project
  • Worry over E-W Metro route change
  • Didi's dole sparks tension in Singur, political war brews
  • Price worry takes CM to market
  • UBI launches software to combat cyber fraud
  • View from the outside
  • Panic in hospital after mysterious blast
  • Centre to help revive trams
  • No respite from heat
  • Jharkhand girls raped at Rampurhat station
  • Two CPM men shot dead in Nadia
  • Medical counselling in state to start on July 17
  • Kolkata girl gets her flying officer pips at Dundigul
  • Two injured in explosion in Kolkata Medical College Hospital
  • Air India website puts flight chartered for BSF on sale
  • I don't care for death threats, says feisty activist
  • Women in arms fight for justice
  • Traumatized schoolgirl refuses to attend classes
  • Pinki remanded in jail custody for 14 days
  • High court trims down Botanic garden entry fee
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation team to visit arsenic-prone areas
  • CM wants Left to press for moratorium
    • The Telegraph
  • Euro masterclass for kids
  • Hospitals nurse a critical illness
  • Flyover turns obstacle course
  • Centres bid to revive trams
  • Gift of light at mass wedding
  • Electric stunts by amateurs
  • Mean streak on social networks
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Rise and fall of dream theatres
  • Evolution casts aside family doc
  • Importance of oral hygiene
  • Its quality that survives
  • Centres desire to revive Calcutta streetcars
  • Family waits for co-pilots body
  • Karate girl on Hillary mind
  • Walkers break garden gate
  • 30 kids fall ill after swimming
  • Mitra & Mitra find outlet for Mamata ire
  • Sisters and brothers, we need a dissenter
  • Morcha poll pressure on chief
  • Subsidence blocks Assam train
  • Free Urdu coaching for school exams
  • Enjoy, dont try this at home
  • Sympathy wave chokes rape victim
  • Trinamul poll meeting
  • Colleague sleaze charge on doctor
    • Indian Express
  • Trinamool MLA lashes out at politics of sycophancy in party
  • Dry spell in S Bengal threatens paddy crop
  • Trinamool-Congress spat reaches Singur
  • Two teens raped at Rampurhat rly station
  • GJM to contest, no truck with Trinamool
  • Highest number of suicides in West Bengal: Report
  • One injured in blast at hospital
  • CM visits markets, warns of strict action against hoarders
  • Left Front wants all-party meet
    • Hindustan Times
  • Kolkata hospital to dismiss 80 docs for striking
  • Pranab Mukherjee to resign on June 24 as finance minister
  • Pinki Pramanik suspended from railways' job
  • Trinamool not dependent on Cong: Bengal Minister
  • Mamata happy for 'overwhelming' response to Kalam appeal on Facebook
  • Facebook 'likes' Mamata, fake profiles mushroom
  • Kolkata hospital to dismiss 80 docs for striking
  • Cannot do 'politics of sycophancy': Trinamool MLA
  • Gorkha Janmukti Morcha to contest GTA elections
  • Court directs chromosome pattern test for Pinki Pramanik
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line