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News Headlines Archive

July 14, 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
  • Teacher who strip-searched girl arrested
  • Mamata Banerjee snubs Sonia Gandhi, turns down dinner invite
  • Rachpal Singh accuses travel body of driving tourists away
  • Housewife raped in Malda
  • Presidential poll: Vote in Delhi or Kolkata? TMC confused
  • HC seeks report on rehab probe
  • Court grants conditional bail to Lakshman Seth
  • HC seeks report on waterlogging
  • Twin fires in Howrah
  • Kids caned for raising voice against teacher
  • Mamata Banerjee's olive branch to Gorkha Janmukti Morcha over Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
  • Farmer suicides not linked to debt burden: Govt report
  • HIV-positive mother and son shunned
  • Belghoria Expressway to get streetlights, finally
  • Minor's marriage stopped in Nadia
  • Girl student strip-searched in common room in Bengal
  • Girls forced to strip and clean classroom floor
  • Jyotirmoyee Sikdar's husband asked me to frame Pinki Pramanik: Ex-partner
  • Rave-party drug bust in Kolkata, 2 businessmen in net
  • CM's land-loser pangs lead to go-slow on ceiling act
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Trumpet Bengal or else... Tourism ministers threat to tour firms
  • Confusion in e-counselling
  • Walk for gay rights & pride
  • Teacher strip-searches girl
  • Feel the heat on Friday the 13th
  • Plan to revamp youth centre at Moulali
  • Road lost to poor plan & materials
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Blaze guts packing unit
  • Whiff of drug racket
  • JEE seat list withheld
  • Proxy injection at hospital
  • Undress diktat for school spill
  • Rs 1-crore funds lapse glare on Visva
  • Seth bail after 118 days in jail
  • Youth nailed to tree for loan default
  • CM bumpy ride triggers road meet
  • Malda rape slur on neighbour
  • Cop aid for addict rehab
  • Hospital helpline after skirmishes
  • Youth shot at in Raiganj
  • Body on station platform
  • Slides block highway
    • Indian Express
  • Mamata hill sop amid model code
  • After 4 months in jail, Seth gets bail
  • Didi rejects Sonias poll eve dinner invite
  • Breach of trust case filed against Pinki
  • Left writes to Home Secy on political violence
  • Sexual harassment charge against CU prof
  • Poppy blooms in fake notes capital
  • Govt told to reply on farmers suicides
  • Wetlands losing out to real estate
  • Eastern Railway records growth in freight, passenger traffic
    • 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
  • Teacher who strip-searched girl arrested
  • New case filed against Pinki Pramanik
  • Girl student stripped, searched by school teacher
  • Mamata says no to Sonias dinner
  • TMC's decision 3 days before Prez poll date: Mamata
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line