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News Headlines Archive

July 12, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • Draft agreement a ‘moral victory' for GJM
  • Gigantic inequalities in access to healthcare: Amartya Sen
  • Mamata counts on folk theatre to win civic elections
  • Dropping names: Intellectuals divided on renaming West Bengal
  • West Bengal should improve its higher education standards: Amartya Sen
  • Saving ilish
  • Kolkata beautification work to begin from next month
  • The gods were deserting their poor votaries
  • Rituparna resumes shooting post-child birth
    • Times of India
  • Spoken English exams must from Class I
  • Trinamool RS candidates file nominations
  • Soumitra Revisited: A collage of inspiration
  • Tight security for CM
  • Suman opposes police operation in Jangalmahal
  • Expectations soar on eve of CM's visit to Nayagram
  • PCB issues order to shut Singur unit of Haldiram
  • Tedious process for tax waiver
  • Thank Didi if Padma ilish comes cheaper
  • Heritage list to be revised
  • SBI manager held for fraud
  • Relatives left in the lurch at Howrah station
  • A ride of joy & hope turns tragic
  • Blockade to demand road rage compensation
  • New rly line gets ministry clearance
  • Country's first floating library in Sundarbans
  • Trinamool MP opposes police operation in Jangalmahal
  • How to preserve heritage
  • Remembering that day of Ashad
  • Hawkers & city: Strike a balance
  • Music, magic, food liven up Times Evening
  • Apathy leaves relatives fuming
  • Difficult task before the state
  • Govt seeks applications for political prisoner status
  • Cops fire in Haroa to quell land row, 4 hurt
  • CISF DG to visit Asansol over illegal mining
  • Land identified for Kalyani IT institute
  • NE cop, two others held with 92L
  • Rice for child workers missing
  • Sector V showcases civic mess, traffic snarls
  • Bantala IT hub belies development talk
  • Price no longer a bar, hot wheels singe Kolkata roads
  • New LPG booking system delaying supply
  • KMC lost track of illegal billboards in city
  • Wish to adopt a tiger? Zoo may allow you soon
  • 'Poverty leads to loss of freedom'
  • Mitra stresses upon the need for improved rural healthcare
  • Cong leader hurt in row
  • 18-month-old child dies mysteriously, mother missing
  • Night trains likely to be resumed in Jangalmahal
  • GJM, state finalize draft on Darjeeling
  • Report on Bangla prisoners in 2 weeks
  • Mamata helps put rail projects for Hills on track
  • Agitating students block DM's car
  • City of Joy gives a thumbs up to tram
  • Malda: Local passengers may not quite mind having
  • Cabinet to decide on Netai compensation
  • Mamata government plans special package for people of Jangalmahal
  • Remove animal corpses from roads: HC to KMC
  • Duronto accused were bedroll attendants
  • HC asks state to re-examine quota decision
  • Congress man joins TMC, gets RS ticket
  • Political lines blur on Basu birthday
  • Nothing right about parking at right angles in cramped city
  • Bagnan roses may soon sell in Italian stalls
  • HMC comes up with a shock for Botanic
  • Price-rise takes veggies off menu
  • Crackdown to clean up Esplanade
  • Bus hits van, falls into ditch, 3 die
  • Asansol looks for its lost soul
  • HC to hear new Tata petition on July 14
  • State to release 46 political prisoners
  • Tokens replace paper tickets today
  • Ayah held for stealing jewellery worth 40 lakh
  • Former Nasscom chief on IT panel
  • Fun-filled evening makes up for wet weekend
  • Slain activist kin get govt aid
  • Left & Intuc union heads call on labour minister
  • CPM supports move to change state's name
  • Report on Bidhan Parishad in six weeks
  • Intellectuals to meet CM for culture zone overhaul
  • Bratya upset with 'incompetent' VCs
  • Foothills tense after GJM chiefs visit
  • 'Zamindar' dupes retired Air Force man, held
  • Didi's personal touch gives CMO a spruced-up look
  • No land given to Infosys, Wipro at Rajarhat
  • Five companies of Jangalmahal forces sent to Andhra
  • Traveller slashes vendors with kirpan
  • No one hears the fire alarm
  • 'Raja Lear' not getting a slot at Minerva theatre
  • Singur MLA gets agri portfolio
  • Sen to meet CM on Presi agenda
  • Mayor meets ADB officials
  • Two heists in a day leave Salt Lake shaken
  • CPM leader shot in Asansol
  • Fruit sellers keen on moving to better place but stuck for 25 years
  • EC seeks Bengal poll model for UP
  • Heritage quiz to celebrate 150 yrs of Income Tax dept
  • Aim to achieve success: Kalam
  • HC stays MCI order to drop names of docs
  • Suspected Maoists in cop net
  • Pollution board cracks down on air horns
    • The Telegraph
  • Gunpoint snatch in New Alipore
  • Eyesore ads defy deadline
  • JEE sop triggers admission fee-for-all
  • Sub-panels on higher education
  • Counsel chaos & upgrade blueprint
  • Ex-bank manager held for fraud
  • Cathay ready to reconnect
  • Mamata takes up hilsa cause
  • Partha to meet Infy brass
  • Bus with kids skids off road
  • Maoists twin demands before Mamata visit
  • Office bearers flee, school funds suffer
  • Civil society fissures emerge
  • Cong members skip swearing-in
  • Couple killed in tusker raid
  • Sky limit for Darjeeling tourists
  • Docs return but only for day work
  • Probe ordered into criminal presence at peace meet
  • 50000 caught in Malda bus strike
  • Minimum care must: minister
  • Forum disputes Morcha claims
  • Two-day bandh to greet Mamata
  • Tea wage talks in Calcutta
    • Indian Express
  • Hoardings on way out from Dalhousie
  • Its official, Yechury for RS
  • Trinamool gangs attacking farmers, says Biman Bose
  • On Tatas plea for amended Singur petition, govt told to reply by July...
  • At Writers, targets and change are the new buzzwords
  • No marks, report cards at Presidency
  • First batch of 46 political prisoners ready for release: CM
  • Archieji, Bettydidi and Tintinbhai
  • Beehives along rail tracks to prevent jumbo deaths
  • In new panel season, intellectuals refuse Mamata job offers
  • Dooars tribals to knock Centres door over Hill territorial survey
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata rains sops in Bengals Maoland
  • Mamata to announce special package for Jangalmahal
  • Crores being spent to project Gandhi family brand: Advani
  • Passengers' kin unhappy with helpline
  • Mamata Banerjee to visit Maoist hotbeds
  • Mamata rains sops in Bengals Maoland
  • Mamata to announce special package for Jangalmahal
  • Gunfire in Jhargram before Mamata visit
  • Baby deaths continue, 21 dead in 48 hrs
  • Bengal forms panels to probe police atrocity
    • Sports
  • I-League may have zonal reps
  • Lionel Messi match will take place: AIFF