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News Headlines Archive

July 30, 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
  • Mamata's threat forces Citu to withdraw Strike
  • Transport strike off after Biman Basu plea
  • A tender soul left scarred and scared
  • Sec V to get ring road, parking lot
  • Trauma signs will abate, but not disappear: Experts
  • Smuggling of foodgrain a regular phenomenon
  • Question paper crisis mars SSC exam
  • SSKM hospital to get Sambhunath Pundit hospital as annexe
  • Presidency University mentors chalk out third set of proposals
  • Doctors fear dengue epidemic in Kolkata this year
  • Kolkata students brainstorm at vocabulary contest
  • First Gorkhaland Territorial Administration elections end on peaceful note
  • Molest cases routine affair in Barasat
  • Disabled minor raped in Hooghly
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • A road runs through them
  • Personal trip to splendid past
  • To be a tourist in my city
  • Chaos at teacher job test
  • Specimens lost in college fire
  • Mentors tips on Presi campus
  • Barasat molester duo elude police
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Sites marked for Maidan stations
  • Students held for fraud
  • Loss of strike lifeline
  • 74% voting in first GTA election
  • Subba finds support in two villages
  • Jalpaiguri rap and projects from Deb
  • Rs 70 lakh for Siliguri newborn care unit
  • Diseases hit relief camp
  • SSC ruckus in Alipurduar
  • Tea garden locked out
    • Indian Express
  • CITU also calls off transport strike
  • Less than one-third seats for contest, Hills vote for GTA
  • Over 4,500 quintal PDS wheat seized before being smuggled into Bangladesh
  • MP Chiranjit blames media for womens attire remark
  • Chaos, confusion mark teacher recruitment test
  • Bengal sets up Natural Fibre Mission
  • Nigerians, second to Bangladeshis, in Bengal jails
  • Legal tangle: Morcha leaders to meet CM
    • 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
  • Reign of terror in Tagore's abode of peace: former VC to PM
  • Beard earns CISF jawan 'Laden' tag, files complaint
  • Questions arrive late, SSC examinees face trouble in West Bengal
  • Trivedi slams Mamata, says no real parivartan in Bengal
  • Rebuked by teacher, girl dies after jumping from school roof
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line