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News Headlines Archive

July 30, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • Not possible to spoon-feed Bengal: Pranab
  • IT minister promises Microsoft assistance in Bengal
  • Mamata Banerjee's committees: Too many cooks?
  • Mamata declares holiday on Rabindranath Tagore's death anniversary
  • Boy donates Rs. 1 lakh savings to CM's fund
  • Maoists indicate willingness for talks with Bengal govt
  • Bengal’s new plan hits Changi Airports’ project
  • ndira was Bengali at heart, says Sonia
  • Mamata Banerjee gifts Big B 'mishti doi'
    • Times of India
  • Ticked off, RBU students beat staffer to death
  • Haldia probe focus on neighbours
  • CPM-Cong pass budget, TMC fumes
  • Congress willing to give more time to govt, says Manas
  • Singur Act violates Constitution: Pal
  • Coal firms threaten to stop supply to state power utility
  • CESC for 5.50 per unit, tariff may touch 6 after Pujas
  • CM seeks smaller districts for effective administration
  • Railway catering: Free run to 'compensate' low pay
  • Interlocutors mum on Maoists' terms
  • 'Indian' jumbo killed in Nepal
  • TMC leader 'roughs up' teacher for punishing son
  • Hotlines to keep Mamata in the loop
  • Blow to Buxa's tiger hopes
  • Centre's lens on Sunderbans
  • State urges MS to set up unit
  • 'In talks with global retail giants'
  • Kolkata: Non-teaching staff member dies after being punched by students
  • Brace up for a surge in your electricity bill
  • Weekend windfall with Tagore death anniversary holiday
  • Gold chain retrieved after 2-hour surgery on snatcher
  • Bright students quit Presi for lack of exposure
  • Lover stabs girl, slashes wrist in city hotel
  • Sushanta to attend assembly
  • Mystery shrouds actress Srabonti Das' death
  • Ralway cops' callousness claims life
  • Engineering college derecognised
  • Nine-yr-old saves money, donates to CM's relief fund
  • Sunderbans algae rich in food value
  • Fire at city hospital
  • Chhatradhar threatens fast
  • 3 nomad kids die in a week at Barasat
  • No bailout package for Bengal now, hints New Delhi
  • Cops don't heed SOS, 90-yr-old dies
  • Snatcher swallows gold chain and pendant
  • Congress leaders to meet over coalition terms
  • Panel to focus on cutting down tuition
  • Brace to pay more for your favourite booze
  • Topsia-Tiljala remain fire-prone and neglected
  • MBA, myth and 'Meluha', a phenomenon called Amish
  • 8 hurt in TMC-Congress clash
  • Temple sends filmstars packing
  • Policemen's families feel insecure
  • Gitanjali passengers were 'attacked' with daggers
  • Residents tried to face robbers
  • Distress calls to cops go unanswered
  • CPRM takes over Gorkhaland call
  • Need to assess reservation: Amitabh Bachchan
  • Robbers kill 90- year-old woman
  • Calcutta HC judge opts out of Singur hearing
  • Youths held for robberies
  • Two arrested for smuggling trees
  • Alarm bells sounded for Sunderbans ecology
  • Bangla HC asks squatters to leave Suchitra home
  • Skilled labourers abandon Kumartuli before Puja season
  • Accenture has big dreams for Bengal
  • Pranab's son resigns as WBIDFC chief
  • Docs for holistic treatment of kids with disabilities
  • North Bengal tea garden stir may hit supply
  • Maoist sympathizers burn Mamata effigy
  • 'Delhi clout bails out errant rly catering staff'
  • Chained man's pleas go unheard at rly station
  • HC to watch edu panel work
  • Tariff rates may go up sharply in SEB areas
  • Marmosets die in Alipore zoo
  • Sushanta appeals for interim bail
  • Guv asks FM about state funds
  • KMC slashes funds for roads, health & parks
  • Ammonia leak triggers panic on science campus
  • Frauds pose as CM nephews
  • Locked in room, twins perish in fire
  • Bengal roses for Europe's V-Day
  • Catering staff thrash Gitanjali passengers
  • Rs99cr for Sunderbans power
  • Govt's populist stance faces 'power' hurdle
  • Implementation of Singur Act illegal: Pal
  • Weather, fuel hike hurdle for hilsa
  • Phone tap probe makes no progress
  • State honours nine with Banga-Vibhushan
  • Woman molested on Metro
  • Visva-Bharati VC bares all to PM
  • KMC lens on errant parking staff
  • Murthy agrees to be IT panel mentor
  • Top-level shuffle in police posts
  • State govt raps transport bodies
  • Fraudster poses as Buddha daughter
  • Focus on curbing tax evasion
  • One-way traffic rule limits tram network further
  • Man poses as IPS officer, arrested
  • High court directs school to promote Class-V student
  • Alipore zoo upgrade far from over
  • Major funds crisis hits KMC
  • Madan, cops force college to bend rules
  • Biotechnology course to stop exodus of students
  • Spurt of crime in North 24 Parganas
  • Teachers ready to take transfers
  • Bus rams into stalls, 1 dead
  • Homoeopathy hospital proposed
  • Jumbos feared hurt in leadership fight
    • The Telegraph
  • Cops face witness challenge
  • Bratya vow to stem violence
  • Bad news, served cold
  • Award salute to unsung heroes
  • Smart cards from Sunday
  • Jewellery stolen from flat
  • Murder prompts security upgrade
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  • Touch of youth to tackle odds
  • Tweak to Madhyamik grades
  • Operating procedure for state hospitals
  • Change in I-cards for govt staff
  • Court accepts SMS plea
  • Pranab class turns sulk session
  • Lady IOC officer found murdered
  • Trinamul embraces adversary
  • Tata stand on fresh act
  • Mamata green-lights Maoist talks
  • Bullet hits six-yr-old as gang robs shop
  • Corruption rankles Gurung
  • Forensic team at blast spot
  • Glare on impostor teacher
  • Gangtok show for Prashant film
  • Teachers to fight for BEd aspirants
    • 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
  • Pranab's son quits as Bengal PSU chairman
  • Bengal gets advisory on perfume bombs
  • IIMs to change question pattern of CAT exams
  • Farhan Akhtar, Paes turn Trinamool advisors
  • Bengal toes soft line on Maoists
  • Pranab's son quits as Bengal PSU chairman
  • Gurung hints at waver of tax and electricity arrears
  • Bengal toes soft line on Maoists
  • Left govt gave land to Netai probe officers
  • Didi's nephew to give party youth edge
    • Sports
  • Goswami hogs the limelight
  • Football World Cup Qualifier: UAE 3 - India 0
  • Red cards were not justified, says dejected Colaco