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News Headlines Archive

June 06, 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
  • Audi launches Q3 in India at Rs 26.21 lakh
  • Heat wave: Bengal govt extends summer vacation in schools
  • Horse deaths send Kolkata clubs into a tizzy
  • Power demand surges as Kolkata cools off with ACs
  • Beware of killer heat, stay away from the sun
  • Bypass projects to spark green massacre in Kolkata; experts sound alarm
  • Rs 74k per month for Presidency University chairs
  • Higher secondary passout commits suicide
  • Partyman died in torture detention, alleges BJP
  • TMC leader shot dead, two arrested
  • Bengal civic polls: Cong upbeat over results
  • Anti-pollution device at Garia crematorium
  • Haldia civic poll: Tamalika Panda Seth, mascot of CPMs turnaround dream
  • Mamata pulls up ministers at Cabinet meeting
  • Bengal civic poll results: Trinamool surge plateaus, Haldia takes a Left turn
  • Poaching lens on cub death in Sunderbans
  • Duo arrested for teasing housewife
  • Man held for raping minor
  • Man shoots wife on crowded street
  • Salt Lake plot sale gets legal stamp
  • 48-hour taxi strike deferred by a month
  • Kolkata takes first step to tap wind power
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation law cells lens on proposal to change Bypass land usage
  • Doctors ring warning bell as temperature soars in Kolkata
  • Heat kills 4 in Kolkata, 13 across Bengal
  • Young and old jostle for space in Times Evening tambola
  • Higher secondary exam results: Kolkata bags 3 spots among top 10
  • Bengal boy beats paralysis to score 71% in higher secondary exams
  • Kolkata gearing up to watch transit of Venus tomorrow
  • Three incidents of chain snatching at Dum Dum station; GRP unfazed
  • Wrong patient tonsured in Kolkata hospital
  • Drunk cops assault doctor in Bengal
  • Hawker's death sparks violence in Bengal
  • Bally tense after political clash; CPM plans protest
  • Mamata allows IAS officer to go on central deputation
  • Mamata makes divisional railway manager apologize to crowd
  • Mamata's London dream: Grand idea but poor planning, says Ray Morgan
  • Bengal govt mulls legal stamp on Salt Lake plot sale
  • Heat wave kills 15 in West Bengal
  • Hawkers go berserk after colleague's death at Santiniketan
  • New anthem for the Kolkata Knight Riders?
  • Flights to take off 15 minutes before schedule
  • Cancelled Raja Lear shows spark dispute
  • Silent terror claim in Haldia, Panskura
  • Civic polls peaceful amid rigging row
  • Sorting out a grave issue
  • Monsoon delay adds to heat woes
  • Now, private bus operators demand fare hike
  • Tiff with mother led to suicide?
  • Woman found dead in neighbours house
    • The Telegraph
  • Only hope: weathercock is wrong
  • Life-saving surgery awaits funds
  • Govt soft on sponge iron
  • Small screen wait for digital age
  • Defiance cloud on varsity poll
  • CU vacancy in admission season
  • Token theft leaves transport lifeline poorer
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  • The real Americans Calcutta journal
  • Help held for theft at employers
  • Hurdles spur bravehearts to exam heights
  • Suicide after HS result
  • Lessons Left has unlearnt
  • Trinamul sings go-it-alone tune
  • Hawker falls to GRP fury
  • 3 seats in bag, BJP spies rise in support
  • Dhupguri, over to Trinamul
  • Funds soon for hill highway sink zone
  • Stranded tourists back
    • Indian Express
  • Mamata wins wards, loses face in civic polls
  • Cong loses in Abhijits Nalhati, rues absence of TMC alliance
  • Echoes of Nigeria plane tragedy in faraway Kolkata, Kerala
  • Trinamool pays the price of Suvendus choice
  • HS board chief rues falling standards
  • Displaced for industry 10 yrs ago, woman awaits right to vote
  • Heat wave claims ten more in state
  • Heat wave: Court proceedings disrupted
  • Summer vacations at govt schools to continue till June 17
  • Close call in Birbhum
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata no-go holding up FDI in airlines
  • Mamata hits the streets to protest petrol price hike
  • NRI kids in fresh row, state panel orders probe
  • Modi praises mamata for opposing wrong policies
  • 'Bihar's 11% growth despite non-cooperation'
  • Mamata sweeps urban Bengal, but loses Haldia
  • 'Trinamool Congress has strength to rule WB alone'
  • Trinamool Congress bags three civic bodies
  • Can fight, win on our own: Trinamool to Congress
  • Mamata pens doubts on Central bailout package
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line