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News Headlines Archive

June 13, 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
  • Kolkata hospital gets thalassemia unit
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation given responsibility to oversee water tourism
  • It's all about expensive gadgets and brands
  • Too much money in young hands
  • Kolkata boy fights law school bar in Gujarat HC
  • Thanks to Mamata, Kolkata will get a 'welcome' sign
  • Wait for rain in Kolkata grows longer
  • Baptism by fire at passport seva kendra this summer
  • Bengal bypolls: Heat keeps 10% voters away from booths
  • Like it or lump it, midnight curfew is here to stay
  • Radar shutdown delays flights in Kolkata
  • Tribals set BDO office on fire in Purulia
  • Mob attacks Congress councillor's home, TMC blamed
  • Hate letter to painter Shuvaprasanna: CID launches probe
  • Youth hacks friend's email to take revenge over minor altercation
  • Elephant calf shot, hacked to death by villagers
  • Now, Subhendu project hits land hurdle
  • West Bengal govt plans takeover of land without legal heirs
  • Environment activist writes to Bengal transport minister to check overloading of goods vehicles
  • Mamata heads for Delhi to hold talks with Sonia
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Return to the dark ages at RBU
  • Scary shuttle only option at night
  • Lifeline for emergency patients
  • Cong leaders home attacked
  • Benzene fuels cancer fears
  • Offer hope for canned film city project
  • Core course tennis for teen
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Debate on media merits
  • Lessons in how to beat school stress
  • Open session (questions closed earlier)
  • New plan hits old hurdle
  • Monsoon session date
  • State to oppose Centre road proposal
  • Morcha counters Trinamul show
  • Rehab cry in township project
  • 2 quit over college job row
  • Leopard stuck in fence
  • Elephant death finger at Nepal
  • Woman run over by train
    • Indian Express
  • Govt to facilitate land purchase
  • Ghisingh may fly to city, spring a surprise
  • 4 held for gherao of RBU V-C
  • Congress councillors house attacked
  • Kolkata Port set to expand
    • 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