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News Headlines Archive

July 13, 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
  • Snag sparks fire in Calcutta State Transport Corporation bus
  • Calcutta University teacher accused of molestation
  • Mamata Banerjee takes a break, makes most of forest trip
  • Rehabilitation centres under scanner
  • Hubby out on bail, woman fears for life
  • Much-married man in cop net
  • Quick test, not exam in Class XI
  • Man chases and kills tenant for courting wife
  • Bengal pitches for light rail transit to beat road crunch
  • Mukul Roy to propose Gopalkrishna Gandhi's name for vice-presidential poll
  • Forward Contract Regulation Act talks on hold after railway minister plea
  • CPM pulls out of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration elections
  • Sleaze racket busted in Barasat, 17 held
  • Kolkata school to host 'Global village' programme
  • Kolkata trams to get a GenX makeover
  • Pranab Mukherjee writes to Trinamool MPs
  • Victims version not in Visva-Bharati report
  • Inmates raped at will by outsiders in Hooghly rehabilitation home
  • 10-year-old found hanging in school bathroom
  • City kids opting for foreign undergraduate education
  • Visva Bharati officials meet girls family
  • Auto drivers daughter sails into IIT
  • Rainfall leaves north Kolkata waterlogged
  • Comptroller and Auditor General lens on trains introduced by Mamata Banerjee
  • Mamata Banerjee to skip UPA Delhi meet
  • Mamata softens stand on enclave exchange
  • Industry hub promise for Cooch Behar
  • Democratic attack on Mollah
  • Rain, carcass on runway in airport mess
  • Body dug up at home for disabled funded by govt
  • Man disowns newborn girl, wife
  • Gang of five hacks farmer to death
  • Schoolgirls struck dead by lightning
  • Trees felled at Sealdah, civic body suspects ad agency
  • Pollution watchdog may take tanners' body to court
  • Billboards banned on VIP Road
  • Avtar threatening players to sell plots, alleges Madan
  • Rousing welcome for fallen star
  • Fires rage underground, officials sit idle
  • Visva-Bharati student to leave school
  • Pinki Pramanik incapable of rape, gets bail
  • Parents scoff at Visva-Bharati offer to let girl study from home
  • Mediclaim refusals continue
  • Excuses galore for refusals, patients feel cheated
  • Celebration of liberty: Rainbow groups gear up for pride parade
  • Driver spots rail fracture and stops train
  • World crumbles for shamed girl
  • Paying guest accuses landlord of rape
  • Jealous husband attacks wife
  • Assess your own property to pay tax
    • The Telegraph
  • All sewn up: reality of state health care
  • Road built in 11 yrs washed away in hour
  • Molest cry against teacher
  • CU defers Sanskrit exam
  • Bullied woman at police door
  • Opening moves for chess young guns
  • City duel that broke Dara
  • You share your birthday with...
  • My 100% Indian superhero
  • Gender bias at Santiniketan
  • How Barshan got a name
  • Maoist-backed meet heat on Adhikari
  • Boy strangled, dad finger at jealous mates
  • Surjya tirade on govt mess
  • Lightning kills teen in Durgapur
  • Friends dad dies in elope fury
  • Morcha gets 28, Gurung thanks CPM
  • Rape charge on pradhan husband
  • Doc attacked for death mistake
  • Leopard trapped and darted
  • Free bus rides for HIV/AIDS patients
  • List names junked, others in college
    • Indian Express
  • Visva-Bharati apologises, asks student to return
  • If you love the game, you can play even at 42: Anand
  • GJM captures GTA without a fight
  • AICC writes to Trinamool MLAs, MPs: Back Pranab
  • Rehab centre licence cancelled after unnatural death of woman
  • Sweeper found stitching patient at SSKM
  • New transfer policy for secretariat staff
  • Now, spotlight on Pinkis Left links
  • State mulls blanket ban on gutkha
  • Activists protest against abandoning horses at Maidan
    • Hindustan Times
  • President has to live up to traditions: Pranab
  • 'Pranab's nomination for President not a reward'
  • 'Pranab had resigned as chairman'
  • CPI(M)'s decision to support Pranab correct: Buddhadeb
  • FDI: Basu proposes, Mamata disposes
  • Vishva-Bharati row: HC issues contempt notice against PM
  • Sweeper caught treating patient in Bengal
  • GJM cross the magic figure of 23 in GTA sabha poll
  • 5 days after incident, university says sorry
  • Cornered, Mamata all set to take on Congress over Ansari
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line