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News Headlines Archive

July 19, 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
  • Superstar Rajesh Khanna's Bengali connection
  • 6-year-old hit with duster for chatting
  • City-wide Metro network may start operating by 2015
  • Student held for kissing girl on street
  • Urine-drinking case: Girl moves to new school in Bolpur
  • Govt builds tourism plan around SRK
  • Alert railway staffer helps rescue kidnapped child
  • Bothered by stray dogs? Call up canine control
  • Tagore research centre opens doors on Aug 7
  • Undertrials on hunger strike at Alipore jail again
  • Bizarre viral fever sparks scare in Kolkata
  • Prime accused in stamp paper racket held
  • Kolkata airport to get new radars
  • Bengal interests calm Trinamool
  • Soumitra, Supriya and Sabitri to get Uttam Kumar Award
  • Rain ends north-south divide
  • 11 babies die in 72 hours in Malda hospital
  • State plans to launch anti-Maoist ops again
  • Pranab Mukherjee's son thanks Mamata for support
  • Three killed in Malda flood
  • Darjeeling: Queen of the hills, queen of Rajesh Khanna's heart
  • Corporation Bank needs Rs 1600 crore capital infusion
  • Key Maoist leader Arnab held in Purulia
  • Protestors, police add to commuter's woes, traffic comes to standstill
  • Student, kin thrash schoolteacher
  • Forward trading a curse for farmers: CM
  • Fight for yourself, says self-help author
  • Two bodies dug out of riverbank
  • Multi-crore scam stink at agriculture university
  • Lakshman Seth walks free after 121 days
  • 'Politics intrinsic to teachers' unions'
  • Industry listing gets simpler
  • IAS officer gets conditional bail
  • Private firms to be given Bypass ad rights
  • Roads after RD, Satyen? KMC can't decide
  • Didn't know of horror home: Disabilities commissioner
  • Kolkata role in CERN test not highlighted enough: Scientists
  • Police 'mole', gang held with arms cache
  • Pinki Pramanik case puts Bypass plots under lens
  • Suspected SIMI activist arrested
  • Nigerian held with cocaine from Kolkata mall
  • Kids wake up to find mom murdered
  • Lack of twitter account doesn't stop Mamata from trending
  • BASF is world's most transparent chemical company
  • Emirates offers more for less this monsoon
  • Big boost to Gujarat tourism
  • Travel tourism fair a big hit
  • Alam gets award from President for contribution to promotion of Persian language
  • Now, authenticate your medicine through mobile
  • Air Arabia ranked second best performing carrier
    • The Telegraph
  • Curious case of rainless clouds
  • Council curbs on campus poll
  • Olympian neighbours dont know about
  • Road sense: night is not right
  • Student assaulted in class
  • Research norms fixed for JU teacher intake
  • Parents inherit sons soccer legacy
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Extra scan at Writers
  • Weather boost for virus
  • Youth held for molestation
  • Awards for Tolly brigade
  • Ex-aides betrayed rebel
  • Traders on toes after 3 kidnaps
  • Girl switches school in rebuff to Visva
  • Police ask three questions in Gurap case
  • North bench by August? HC differs
  • Ex-jawan in note net
  • Cop slack slur in missing case
  • Wannabe cheats ransack class
  • 14-hour block on road
  • Mahananda fear to stay till monsoon
  • Hill rain triggers flood alert in Malda
  • Trinamul call for poll help
  • Anti-Morcha posters torn
  • Bhaichung fan in Team India
    • Indian Express
  • Support to Pranab not a sign of thaw between Cong, Trinamool on crucial Bills
  • Girl joins another school
  • Trinamool to give GJM a free run in GTA polls
  • Split wide open over studio renovation
  • Dunlop proposes to reopen Sahagunj unit in phases
  • Kidnapper nabbed, child rescued from train
    • 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'
  • BJP criticises Mamata, asks why so much drama
  • Mamata gets off her high horse, will back Pranab
  • Top Maoist leader nabbed by joint forces
  • Rape charges fake, admits Pinkis live-in partner
  • MP Congress leaders protest outside Speaker's chamber
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line