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News Headlines Archive

July 29, 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
  • Youths book on fight against disability on West Bengal library shelves
  • Leaders groom youths for political career
  • Trident light controversy far from over
  • Seizure of PDS wheat puts scanner on section of FCI staff
  • Bus owners call off strike, Citu unmoved
  • Bengal tourism in London fair
  • PWD submits report on potholed road repair
  • Will government honour Sushanta Ghosh in platinum celebrations?
  • Woman burnt alive in front of daughters
  • Youth shot dead by friends in drunken brawl
  • Rights violation fears keep police away
  • Gang of 10 molests schoolgirl in Kolkata suburb, cops call it 'small incident'
  • Ensure unemployed men are not harassed at employment exchange offices: Mamata to minister
  • Owners call off bus strike as Citu swears to hold back drivers
  • Smart card for labourers in West Bengal
  • Police recovered fire arms from Kandi
  • Warehouses may be auctioned
  • Police raid hookah bars after TOI report
  • New lab to slash treatment cost for hepatitis patients
  • ITC plans to invest Rs 1K cr in Bengal
  • Burden of loss piles up on Metro Railway
  • Cops nab another Maoist leader
  • Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Sukanta Bhattacharya out of higher secondary syllabus
  • New-look higher secondary from 2013
  • Dont club our stir with Citus: Bus operators
  • Women's commission team meets rape victim
  • Couple heckled by auto driver plead for bail
  • Silence, mistrust grip riot-hit villages in Assam
  • Horror replay for East Pakistan immigrants
  • Teacher held for abetting girl's suicide
  • Pleas ignored, scientist seeks explanation from mayor
  • Finally, Kolkata Municipal Corporation admits arsenic threat
  • IAF proposes to name three peaks in Ladakh after its heroes
  • Customs officers sentenced for demanding bribe
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • I did not play for money
  • The Games in my backyard
  • Ascent of the civilisation state
  • MLA ties taunt to skirt
  • Pilferage to Bangla foiled
  • Minister bares tourism slack
  • Nominee prize for elderly worker
  • Pregnant ladys run to escape bullets
  • College attack youth and 9 guards arrested
  • HC declines stay on GTA board
  • Protest against college heads appointment
  • Rural office attacked
    • Indian Express
  • Transport bodies call off July 31 strike, CITU unmoved
  • MLA blames women for eve-teasing
  • Dasgupta seeks white paper on economic situation
  • Dunlop ex-employee kills self over poverty
  • Asansol-Chennai weekly train starts
  • Rs 60-lakh worth wheat for ration seized from Bangla-bound ship
    • Hindustan Times
  • Short skirts cause women harassment, says Trinamool MLA
  • Pranab's sister predicted he will be President
  • Mamata congratulates Pranab, to attend swearing-in
  • Birbhum, Nadia celebrate Poltus win
  • Son to request newly elected Prez for Sarabjit's release
  • Trivedi slams Mamata, says no real parivartan in Bengal
  • Rebuked by teacher, girl dies after jumping from school roof
  • Any central move to raise prices to be resisted: Mamata
  • Work culture has improved in WB: Mamata
  • Pranab Mukherjee's son wants to contest from Jangipur LS seat
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line