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News Headlines Archive

July 05, 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
  • Rebel who led cops to Kishanji arrested
  • Panel clean chit to CPM leaders in Quasem death
  • 90,000 detonators defused in Kolaghat
  • Amit Mitras date with American business brass in Washington
  • Pinki case: Rights body steps in
  • Price fight too little, too late
  • Dada tax, the missing link in price hike chain
  • God particle: India's city of boson basks in eureka moment
  • Tree census set to begin in Kolkata
  • Tea Board explores possibilities of trade with Taiwan
  • Traffic signals go awry
  • West Bengal creates task force to control rising vegetable prices
  • Kolkata's monumental surprise! Shahid Minar's bronze crown
  • Cool in wholesale, chilli burns in retail
  • Mamata Banerjee sends Amit Mitra to US on business mission
  • Murder syndicate busted, 5 in police net
  • Basirhat Cong leader held for murder
  • Pattaya gets a taste of Tollywood flavours
  • Trinamool Congress wants strong action against Sikha Mitra
  • Two students held for stealing motorcycle
  • Bank official threatens client, held
  • Presidency Jail inmates go on hunger strike
  • Ex-student becomes Jadavpur vice chancellor
  • Woman's body found in drain
  • Victoria Memorial Hall to get mega makeover
  • New lifetime tax to make cars costlier, bill in House tomorrow
  • Battery cars, green buildings to power 'solar city' Rajarhat
  • Got a rupee to spare? You can co-produce a movie
  • Voices come out in support of tormented Pinki Pramanik
  • After rape charge, MMS shock for Asiad gold medallist Pinki Pramanik
  • 'Kolkata has arsenic patients'
  • Webcon plans to set up Entrepreneur Nurturing Centre
  • MMS showing Pinki undergoing gender test goes viral online
  • Chief minister Mamata Banerjee forms task force to check prices
  • Bank officials molest girl at Kolkata apartment, arrested
  • Spaniards in Kolkata celebrate soccer victory
  • CM ignores Sikha barb, harps on party unity
  • Kolkata police mole turns into a don
  • Bus owners threaten to pull out services
  • Teacher's beating lands kid in hospital
  • Man lynched in Bally by paramour's brothers
  • Potato traders rebut CM's hoarding charges
  • Left protests price rise, stages walkout
  • Banking exposure key to sisters' con act
  • Kolkata suffers in toxic tussle
  • Political compulsion behind KMC stand on arsenic: Scientists
  • KMC seals tubewells for arsenic threat, sets up new ones
  • Pinki chromosometest in Hyderabad
  • City Of Joy prays for Dominique
  • Woman falls into well in cowshed, dies
    • The Telegraph
  • Price tabs tame market
  • Bombay vs Delhi: Lets cook up a duel of dhaba siblings
  • Enter, lifetime road tax
  • Recruit freedom for RKM
  • Cuffs on cabbie for girl trauma
  • Trader held for duping finance corporation
  • B-team powers particle hunt
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  • CM land for South Point
  • Xaviers alumni chapter in US
  • Scan proposal hits board wall
  • HC rejects govt teacher order
  • Mother gets back kids in court
  • Doctor swims against tide
  • River project stalled over sabotage cry
  • Rs 105cr entry tax boost for govt
  • Kid class in cramped garage
  • Report suggests MLA suicide
  • Fatal bid to save brother
  • Dinhata firing blame on Bloc
  • Showcause slap on Malda hoarders
  • Dumpyard sparks clash with cops
  • Trader released, cops smell ransom pay
  • Cadres want Didi yes to hill contest
    • Indian Express
  • Cong still hopeful of Trinamool support: Shakeel
  • Bengal has a red hot mob-control solution
  • Rights panel seeks probe on Pinkis harassment
  • Panel probing Dinhata firing gives clean chit to police
  • PC, Sibal to meet state Congress leaders today
  • Shakeel Ahmed to meet Cong MLAs today
  • Two students held for bike theft
  • Mollah bows to party diktat, drops Singur rally plan
  • Newly wed woman gang-raped in West Bengal
  • Ready to face probe on Pranabs signature: ISI
    • Hindustan Times
  • MMS showing Pinki Pramanik undergoing gender test goes viral online
  • 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
  • Student hospitalised after teacher beats him up
  • TMC to decide on prez vote 3 days before election
  • Pinki gender test MMS goes viral online
  • TMC's decision on Prez poll 3 days before poll date: Mamata
  • Pranab resigned as ISI council chairman on June 20: ISI
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line