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News Headlines Archive

July 14, 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
  • No vote required for Rajya Sabha election
  • Head-on train collision averted
  • Efforts on to cripple Left: Buddha
  • Maoists reject Mamata package
  • Kalka victims arrive to wails & prayers in city
  • New-age billboards must for new-look city
  • Billboard clutter to stay for at least a week more
  • The city's heart needs care
  • Crude bomb blast claims six in Malda
  • Factory closed after labour unrest
  • Police presence marks JEE counselling on Day 2
  • Trekkers' bodies found after 10 months
  • Don Bosco relic in city this week
  • Maoists turn down Mamatas dialogue offer
  • 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
  • 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
  • Road repair begins at EM Bypass, Sector V
  • 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
  • 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
  • Much harder climb, up north
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Off with all, er, most eyesores
  • Help! Cops are helpless
  • Rented homes on cop radar
  • Protest against police
  • Two held for robbery
  • Man held for cheating girl
  • Deadlock delays a ticket to last Potter ride
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Writers readies to take on pesky callers
  • Wedding turns into funeral
  • Leg-up for ladies soccer
  • Police posts around peoples CM
  • No entry for visitors at airport
  • BEd made compulsory for teachers
  • Buddha admits Tagore mistake
  • CPM, Maoists attack cop recruitment plan
  • Dooars garden opens after 32 months
  • Safety assured, Garganda to reopen today
  • Search to spot elephants shot in Nepal
  • NBU showcauses staff
  • Pests hit tea production
  • Flak for CM cop drive plan
  • Car trouble brings bus chief closer to maladies
  • Opposition ruled out in Raiganj
  • MLA hurt in car accident
    • 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
  • CM Mamata showers sops on Jungalmahal
  • 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
  • CM Mamata showers sops on Jungalmahal
  • 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