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News Headlines Archive

July 27, 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
  • Government stands to gain on petrol hike
  • No new self-financing course: Bratya Basu to opposition leader Surjya Kanta Mishra
  • Mamata Banerjee slams 'deplorable' violence in Assam
  • Assam violence: Riots snatch home, parents, 7-yr-old boy flees alone
  • Assam violence: Host dilemma over refugee flow
  • West Bengal gets state-of-the-art hovercraft to beef up maritime security
  • 7-member panel frames water policy for West Bengal
  • TMC members defy Mamata's diktat on Gorkhaland territorial administration
  • Mamata Banerjeurges Army chief to clear Metro projects
  • Sunderbans tiger brought to Kolkata zoo for treatment
  • Former Bengal finance minister blames Centre for price rise
  • Called 'cheat' by teacher, 11-year-old girl jumps to death
  • Alcohol addiction trickles down to youngsters still in school
  • Jagachha rape: On-duty police officer suspended
  • Swimming class turns fatal as teens drown in pond
  • Police unfazed with rape complaint
  • Park Street rape victim shocked over Jagachha incident
  • Mamata Banerjee against transport strike
  • 'Pirouette' is SpellBee winning word in Kolkata
  • Commerce ministry hopeful of good business in next two months: Secretary
  • Vietnamese vessel set to sail for Chittagong
  • Petrol price up by Rs 2.52 per litre in Kolkata, diesel by 92p
  • Surgery gives 3-year-old a new life
  • Clamour for prawns a death blow to hilsa
  • Delicious hilsa turns 'bland' due to early maturity
  • Monsoon delicacy Hilsa: Too hard to get, too dear to buy
  • Special number plates to identify legal autos
  • Techie rescues elderly man, cops unfazed
  • Taxis stay off roads in Kolkata, fliers suffer
  • Snatchers 'confess' to Belghoria twin murders
  • Seven injured as Trinamool factions clash
  • Mega science meet to discuss global lab plan for Kolkata
  • Only plastic ban won't do, experts seek law to stop littering
  • Anti-plastic war: Make them pay, stop the menace
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation revives anti-plastic war
  • Woman raped, robbed of gold ornaments
  • Land rights at heart of Bodo-Muslim conflict in Assam
  • Train services to northeast restored; relief for 6000 stranded in Bengal
  • Assam refugees seek haven in North Bengal
  • Fuel price hike: Angry Mamata ready for political confrontation
  • Mother and child care hospitals in Bengal
  • Global social media revenue to touch $16.9 billion in 2012: Gartner
  • Tourism ban trips poaching alarm in core tiger areas
  • Uday Shankars Kalpana rots in Mumbai godown
  • CM pacifies warring cabinet colleagues
  • West Bengal showers Rs 50L bounty on stars
  • 22,000 taxis to go off Kolkata road today
  • Visionary who made a dream come true
  • Hooghly officer bunks meet, served notice
  • Two more cocaine peddlers in police net
    • The Telegraph
  • Unaided leap to freedom
  • Kids hurt in Majherhat pool car pile-up
  • 8-year-old boy has dengue: CMC
  • Ruud surprise in store for Mohun Bagan fans
  • SC victory for unpaid teacher
  • Swim lesson turns fatal for two girls
  • Rower strikes Olympic ticket gold
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Stolen Durga jewellery found
  • Key Khadims kidnap man in custody
  • Fatal jump of slapped student
  • Same fuel drives Asim & Mamata
  • Paddy support price hike
  • Two Maoists arrested
  • Plot to starve brother for land
  • He came, he saw, he was made to wade
  • Citu smells a chance in call to foil strike
  • Polytechnic boy stabbed on campus
  • Police firing in BDO office
  • Tourism body for north
  • 300 from Assam flee to Alipurduar
  • Trinamul campaign in hills
  • KLO Assam regroup whiff
    • Indian Express
  • Two 12-yr-old girls drown while swimming
  • Weak monsoon: State seeks high-yielding seeds
  • Join strike, will strike down Rs 600 cr subsidy
  • Slapped by teacher, Class VI girl jumps to death
  • Maoist leader held in south Kolkata
  • Kokrajhar: A Section of media has forgotten principles, says CM
  • Forgo extra tax to bring fuel price down: Asim
  • Lok Adalats for traffic violations wont be cakewalk
  • ASI suspended for not helping rape victim
    • Hindustan Times
  • Sex workers denied US visa hold their own AIDS conference
  • Pinki files theft complaint against live-in partner
  • Pinki Pramanik claims her life is threatened
  • 4 women missing from Bengal's 'horror home'
  • WB govt orders inquiry into land allotted to Pinki
  • Work culture has improved in WB: Mamata
  • Pranab Mukherjee's son wants to contest from Jangipur LS seat
  • Was IM planning a blast in Kolkata on July 21?
  • Birbhum, Nadia celebrate Poltus win
  • Mamata congratulates Pranab, to attend swearing-in
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line