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News Headlines Archive

July 15, 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
  • Saviour with nerves of steel and a heart of gold
  • Barun Biswas: An unsung hero
  • Wait over, CPM readies for battle
  • Teacher who strip-searched girl gets bail in a jiffy
  • TMC trade union eyes banks, railways
  • 9-year-old boy gets the cane for skipping test
  • Glorious past, troubled present
  • Visva-Bharati girl: Probe panel submits final report
  • Court craft could never be minimalist: Ritu Kumar
  • Train runs over two at unmanned signal
  • Railway workers suffer electric shock
  • Navy boats keep a watch on Hoogly
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation focus on stiff revenue target
  • Rajarhat hub gets one bid in 4 months
  • Students may soon have a second shot at HS
  • Extortionist held in Howrah
  • Scores try their luck for TOI junior editors' panel
  • Absconding inmate of Gurap home still at large
  • Govt closed eyes to rehabilitation home mess
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Our heritage, their heritage
  • If theres a legacy... and a tradition of thinking... then for gods sake do something with it now
  • Home of history and hope
  • Wonder years in verse
  • To the land of midnight sun
  • Lessons for Bengal in tourism fair
  • Strip cuffs on teacher
  • Report doubts urine charge
  • Cyber crime shield tips for pupils
  • Biman explains Pranab choice
  • Toddler crushed at unmanned crossing
  • 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
  • 80-year-old booked for rape attempt on minor girl
  • Hostel super accused of sexually abusing Class V student
  • State rehabilitating babus
  • Was that shark in your fish fry?
  • CPM to agitate from next week
  • A different platform
    • Hindustan Times
  • Probe report confirms Karabi urine cure incident
  • Looking for stolen cash, teacher strips student
  • President has to live up to traditions: Pranab
  • 'Pranab's nomination for President not a reward'
  • 'Pranab had resigned as chairman'
  • Probe report confirms Karabi urine cure incident
  • Ansari as VP: PM seeks TMC's support; BJP to contest poll
  • Teacher who strip-searched girl arrested
  • New case filed against Pinki Pramanik
  • Girl student stripped, searched by school teacher
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line