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News Headlines Archive

July 08, 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
  • Dada-tax squeeze on market
  • Lorry runs over two in Howrah
  • CPM accuses Gorkha Janmukti Morcha of assault
  • Bengal may take back Siemens IT park land
  • BJP not to seek CM's support for Sangma
  • Seven booked for assault on teachers
  • Now, governor M K Narayanan questions P Chidambaram's data
  • Rural job scheme tops CM priority list in district meet
  • Pranab Mukherjee right choice for President: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
  • Crusader killed because he couldn't be ignored
  • Proud mother refuses to shed a tear
  • Sutia mourns its 'guardian angel'
  • Raj Bhavan to open gates for children
  • E-classes for Presidency students
  • Finally, Kolkata Municipal Corporation sees arsenic threat
  • Burrabazar garment store on fire
  • Who'll save us now, cries 'rape village'
  • Workshop to empower blind students for jobs
  • West Bengal passes bill on 17% OBC reservation
  • Stung Mamata hits back at P Chidambaram
  • Rape village up in arms after crusaders killing
  • Top Kolkata schools, govt clash over RTE
  • In tragedy, a lesson in kindness
  • Sports world stands by tainted athlete
  • Cop who held athlete indecently to face probe
  • HC admits petition on Pinkis illegal detention
  • Students beat up teachers, five injured
  • Cocaine kingpin in Kolkata police net
  • Indira Bhavan may house judicial panels
  • Seth in CPMs E Midnapore district secretariat
  • Gautam Deb hits back at CM, TMC leaders
  • Bill circulated without governor consent
  • Singur bill not in a haste, insists Mamata Banerjee
  • Stricken Vietnamese vessel stranded in Kolkata Port's channel
  • Science Express wows students
  • Drive to create awareness among people against rabies
  • Bike-borne gang shoots teacher in Gaighata
  • Civic bodies told to file affidavits on arsenic in water
  • Kolkata mayor-Bengal minister spat over veggie shops
  • Swami Vivekananda a Presidency University alumnus? 132-yr-old coupon claims so
  • Soaring vegetable prices: New band of middlemen playing havoc
  • Jadavpur University professor's arrest: Kolkata Police chief appears before rights body
  • Maoist situation has improved in Bengal, says Chidambaram
  • Romance blooms in pursuit of physics
  • Homemaker tonsured, stripped by villagers in Bengal
  • Mamata govt forms anti-graft branch
  • Gender test result not yet out, but Bengal govt mentions Pinki Pramanik as male
  • HC lawyer to file PIL on Pinki Pramanik's detention
  • Higher education in Bengal set to get 'private' boost through new bill
  • Sibal meets Mamata, skips any mention of Pranab Mukherjee
    • The Telegraph
  • Cloud promise... ...drizzle fizzle
  • Next weekend you can be at ... Banda
  • Tryst with a writers desk
  • Monsoon diseases overtake rain in city
  • Passport rush at fair
  • No arrests in college attack
  • Buddha security scaled down to Z
  • Girl forced to lick urine to cure
  • GTF out of hill contest
  • 12-hour rain inundates Siliguri
    • Indian Express
  • Take advantage of state govts failure to win support, Buddha tells CPM workers
  • Mamata slams spineless leaders, Cong protests
  • Political violence comment: Guv stands by Didi
  • Led by disgruntled TMC leader, 5,000 workers to join Cong
  • ABGL moves High Court for stay on GTA polls
  • Girl killed for refusing marriage proposal
  • Monsoon treat for kids: Gattu in city
  • Trinitys rocking test
  • Sketching his way through hardship
    • Hindustan Times
  • Congress squeezing Trinamool to get support: BJP
  • 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
  • FDI: Basu proposes, Mamata disposes
  • 'Pranab had resigned as chairman'
  • CPI(M)'s decision to support Pranab correct: Buddhadeb
  • 'Pranab's nomination for President not a reward'
  • Congress squeezing Trinamool to get support: BJP
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line