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News Headlines Archive

July 18, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • Reving higher education in Bengal: Much to unlearn
  • Bandh in plains opposing tripartite agreement on Darjeeling
  • Homage paid to relic of St. John Bosco in Kolkata
  • PM to lay foundation of N-E centre of ISI
  • Prakash Karat stresses on need to rebuild party
  • Bengali folk theatre gets a Bollywood twist
  • Retrospective tries to give a glimpse of a Bengal artist
  • Five Bengali bands unite for a film
    • Times of India
  • Fingers crossed in Hills ahead of landmark deal
  • Nadia vehicles fined for sound pollution
  • East Kolkata Wetlands missing from national atlas
  • 'Govt trying to bring down foodgrain prices'
  • Man dies after stepping on bomb in Howrah
  • Meet Mamata Banerjee on her website soon
  • 'We must fight for survival'
  • West Bengal govt amends lottery law
  • Shoe baron kidnap accused in custody
  • Kolkata pays homage to Don Bosco relic
  • Reshuffle in Salt Lake civic body
  • 10-yr-old dies in Panihati gang war
  • Corruption, complacency behind debacle: CPM
  • 10-day police custody for fraudster
  • Two kids, parents die after subsidence in Andal mine
  • Kadambini Ganguly, woman of substance
  • Hills pact spurs speculations, fear
  • Fraudster held for extortion bid
  • Doubts over opening of Cooch Behar airport
  • Bank manager arrested for locker theft
  • CPM needs to reposition itself: Biman Bose
  • Mumbai blasts suspect may be in Bangladesh
  • Mamata tells party loyalists of challenges facing her government
  • CRPF men on the lookout for Maoist leader Bikash
  • Howrah youth loses life's battle at Mumbai hospital
  • Mistaken identity: Villager shot by forces
  • Army havildar held on molestation charges
  • Pitroda roadmap for resurgent West Bengal
  • BSF jawan attacked near Bangla border
  • Census begins in enclaves to recognize 'stateless' people
  • Mamata, Pranab meet in Kolkata, seal 'give & take deal'
  • WB labour minister serves ultimatum to Dunlop management
  • Left to stay away from signing of Hills accord
  • GJM insists on signing pact at Pintail village
  • Hills and Dooars at crossroads
  • Fisheries dept plans to rev up output
  • Tourism fair a big draw for travel freaks
  • Trees planted, but what about care?
  • 56 species of birds left in Kolkata: Study
  • Kolkata facelift may include bus terminuses
  • Concrete blunder killing off trees
  • 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
  • KISF for city installations
  • 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
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Airports promise of U-topia
  • Label lost, seats empty
  • Tax waiver hits rule hurdle
  • How to shoot down a sporting idea
  • Mumbai man in kidnap net
  • Govt wings to work in sync
  • Two-in-one bull run at box office
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Traditional puja poised to go glocal
  • Copyright as cultural notion
  • Boy dead in clash over hooch den
  • Trader held for killing 12-year-old
  • Youth platform for Mamata nephew
  • Karat finger at Left govt
  • Dinesh set to lead party in Lok Sabha
  • Kidnap zone in Purulia
  • CPM office in temple closed
  • Cooch Behar readies for flight take-off
  • HC bench gets a push
  • Allys Opposition threat
  • 9-yr-old girl rescued
    • 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
  • NTPC hopeful Bengal power project issues will be resolved
  • Gujarat government for better upkeep of Bapuji's places
  • Fire in TV studio, slums
  • Hills get ready for history
  • ATS, NIA search for Kolkata terror suspect
  • GTA treaty small step, ultimate aim Gorkhaland: Asha Gurung
  • Darjeeling tripartite pact inked, Gorkhas celebrate
  • NTPC hopeful Bengal power project issues will be resolved
  • Gujarat government for better upkeep of Bapuji's places
  • Left fumes, bandh called over Gorkhaland pact plan
    • Sports
  • Subrata Paul to captain India against Qatar
  • East Bengal win crown, Bagan frown