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News Headlines Archive

June 12, 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
  • Kanchrapara railway workshop to celebrate 150th anniversary
  • Unknown fever haunts male babies in Malda
  • Cop, 2 others die in accident
  • State plans land use map for Rajarhat
  • Youth with disability found dead at Parnashree
  • Tech-savvy youth, aide held for duping car agency owners
  • Gorkha Janmukti Morcha team to meet Mamata Banerjee for an honourable deal
  • Theatre, mime workshop enthrals kids
  • Police job aspirant dies, family calls run 'inhuman'
  • Traders held for murder bid
  • Stealing water may land you in trouble
  • Students in state may evaluate teachers soon
  • CID raids Sarla Maheshwari's office premises in Sec V
  • Lonely children prone to obesity
  • Cursive kids: Home alone, and angry
  • Night of terror at New Market: Girl molested in bar, chased, pulled out of bus and thrashed
  • Kolkata nightclub brawl: Traders charged with molestation and attempt to murder
  • Gorkha Janmukti Morcha wary of spoiling tour season
  • Anil Basu expelled from CPM
  • Industrial zones to turn green soon
  • A cabinet secretary post for Samar Ghosh?
  • Tax boost to fund Sector V makeover
  • Pranab Mukherjee, Pradip Bhattacharya slam Trinamool
  • How heat stroke myth turned fatal
  • Gour Banga University appointment norms flouted: Academics
  • Arsenic fear stalks Kolkata Municipal Corporation's tubewell plans in Jadavpur
  • Chequered boards win over high-decibel distractions
  • Kiosks on wheels to make way for pedestrians
  • Abhishek Pal's kin meet Mamata Banerjee
  • Ex-MP's husband, son-in-law held
  • Youth survives electrocution
  • Rape accused turned violent at victim's 'cop' link
  • Electric energy storage is key to smart grid
  • Monsoons yet to come to South Bengal
  • Ganapathy and his aides met Peoples Liberation Army members in 2009
  • Hunter syndrome haunts 10-year-old boy
  • Subhendu to skip Daspur by-poll campaign
  • Workshop on giving fun lessons
  • Mamata visits Bangur to inspect new angiography machine
  • Three brothers die in Hooghly high tide
  • Fraud held after trying to dupe victims friend
  • Thunderstorm plays evil, claims six lives in Bengal
  • Youth hacked to death 3 days before wedding
  • Tipplers on a high as liquor grey trade flourishes in state
  • Sector V, Rajarhat turn into criminals den after dark
  • Is tech-shy Kolkata compromising women safety?
  • Free rein for errant drivers
  • Gorkha Janmukti Morcha rejects biased Sen report
  • Panel puts 5 extra mouzas in Gorkhaland Territorial Administration ambit, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha fumes
  • Tutor rapes minor, victim kills self
    • The Telegraph
  • Arts aces admission charts
  • Afternoon ban after police test toll rises
  • College protest during test
  • Cop kiosks for Bypass night vigil
  • New Town buses for techies
  • Parking mess near market
  • Weekday feast of forehand and free kick
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  • Full house without a ball being bowled
  • Kids log in for lessons at online hangout
  • Cop, two more killed in car crash
  • Brakes on crackdown, auto raj on roads
  • Swelter spell to drag on
  • Confusion marks JEE e-counselling
  • Teenager held for robbing traders
  • Govt looks to address land concerns
  • Trinamul tussle over civic posts
  • Trinamul enters Morcha turf
  • Mouza strategy that failed
  • Buxa claims tiger sightings
  • Deaths spur day run bar
  • Manipuri militant arrested
    • Indian Express
  • Sen panel report on GTA: Mamata to meet GJM on June 14
  • Youth who fell sick at police hiring rally dead
  • Day 1 of JEE online counselling: Students get no information
  • 43 PTTIs to be set up with NCTE recognition
  • Our mouza decision unbiased, GJM should abide by it: Justice Sen
  • Congress urges Mamata to endorse Pranab for Prez
  • Deadline for college applications extended to June 19
  • Letter seeking transfer of Justice Dutta in Sainbari case fictitious, court told
  • Heat wave: One dead in Burdwan
  • Briefly State : Two Assembly bypolls today
    • 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'
  • Airfares soar, fliers from Kolkata grounded
  • Out to appease women, cops hit bulls-eye
  • Upset over panel report, GJM to renew agitation
  • Govt profs rapped for TV appearance
  • Cong presents scorching report card to Mamata
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line