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News Headlines Archive

July 16, 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
  • Four new names on education panel
  • Potter magic wins over muggle world
  • Constable commits suicide at barracks
  • Sushanta's anticipatory bail plea judgment on Monday
  • 'Jnaneswari accused not political prisoners'
  • Tagore to bind culture hub
  • Gene therapy hope for ovary cancer patients
  • Land sought for new police stations
  • We didn't come to Bengal on our own: Tatas
  • Land dept nod must for industry now
  • Symbolic opening of airport
  • Double-deckers double the joy
  • State buses on reverse gear
  • Minister inaugurates grievance cell at Writers'
  • Bring bus fleet government & private under a common regulatory body
  • Speaker to drive sprucing up of traffic mess at Assembly
  • MP helps rescue trafficked girls
  • Maoists 'ready' for talks, but not without a rider
  • West Bengal assembly to commence from August 10
  • Bomb scare at HSBC bank in Kolkata, police evacuate building
  • Centre yet to give date for Hills deal
  • Fee cap for private engg colleges
  • Strike: Private operators make a killing
  • Didi inaugurates drive to plant 4cr saplings in city
  • Malda clash: FIR against Cong MLA
  • Green campaign kicks off in Kolkata
  • Legal adviser killed in Hooghly mill
  • Contract killers shot techie: Cops
  • Undertrials slash themselves on way to court
  • Airport city crosses last hurdle
  • Prisoners attempt suicide
  • Wanted man in US held in city
  • Sam Pitroda to meet CM Mamata Bannerjee on IT, traffic
  • Embankment project hits financial hurdle
  • 'Time to shift trading hub from Burrabazar'
  • Park Circus mkt project shelved
  • Beware of perfume bombs
  • Blasts bring back 26/11 memories
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Mamatas window to culture
  • Surplus of rain and rainy days
  • Drug peddler gets 10 years
  • Mamata call for medical camps
  • Trio held for gold theft
  • Metro smart card by July 27
  • Muggle magic at movies
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Sceptical rebels concede Didi difficulties
  • Death to youth for 2 murders
  • Tatas recount first attacks
  • Siliguri busy like any other day
  • HC gives nod to fill up hill teacher slots
  • Maoists doubt talks offer
  • Five posts sanctioned for blood unit
  • Bodies of blast victims dug out
  • Club fine-tunes anthem plans
  • Joint enclave census
    • 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
  • Terrorists can't destabilise India: Pranab
  • No specific threat to Kolkata: JCP
  • Maoists name leaders for talks with state
  • Darjeeling tripartite accord on July 18: Mamata
  • CM Mamata showers sops on Jungalmahal
  • No specific threat to Kolkata: JCP
  • Hill opposition parties cry "betrayal" over GTA draft
  • CM Mamata showers sops on Jungalmahal
  • Mamata to announce special package for Jangalmahal
  • Gunfire in Jhargram before Mamata visit
    • Sports
  • I-League may have zonal reps
  • Lionel Messi match will take place: AIFF