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News Headlines Archive

June 15, 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
  • IIT-Kharagpur faculty opposes common test
  • Auto rams into lorry, 5 killed
  • Doc kills self, writes 7-page note blaming professional victimization
  • 14 bills will be tabled in assembly today
  • Shibu Soren on his way to Darjeeling to meet GJM leaders
  • Pranab Mukherjee telephones Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
  • AAI clears plans for metro station near Kolkata airport
  • Mamata Banerjee govt offers IT park status to Infosys
  • Presidential poll: Mamata's politics of sentiment
  • Presidential poll: Mamata eyes Delhi in high-stakes plot, signals distance from Cong
  • CAG hauls up Bengal transport department
  • Youth shot at, stabbed to death on crowded BT Road
  • Rs 200 fine for spitting in Kolkata
  • Engineering student held for molestation
  • Bengal cops turn away gang rape victims
  • Keep 50% PG seats for students of other varsities: Bengal higher education council chairman
  • Ghisingh to challenge GTA Act in HC
  • Daily targets, police harassment behind taxi refusals: Drivers
  • Pregnant woman, husband assaulted in Kolkata
  • PWD gets Army nod for Red Road beautification
  • Wait for monsoon grows longer, rains unlikely in the next four days
  • Rabindra Bharati may expel 5 TMCP activists
  • ArcelorMittal likely to build islands off Digha
  • Observation wards in government hospital to reduce hospital refusal
  • Patient observation wards in government hospital to reduce hospital refusal
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Shes-a-he & rape slur on sprinter
  • Plea against ICSE dual nod
  • Cable unity on deadline duck
  • Upkeep tussle keeps bridge in the dark
  • MP seeks national gun licence
  • Police test delayed further
  • Medical college at ace tech school
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  • Howrah mayor falls ill after gherao
  • Jeweller held for attack on woman
  • Stall outside govt, hold test in power
  • Stick on cops for coal pilfer nexus
  • Elderly couple assaulted by robbers
  • Gurung warns hills of shrewd lady
  • Sikkim nursing aspirants stuck in Bengal red tape
  • Ghisinghs delayed suit in court
  • Barla faction joins JMM for statehood
  • 7missing after car crash
    • Indian Express
  • Ghising petitions HC saying GTA Act unconstitutional
  • Doha Asiad gold medalist held on rape charge
  • Mamata warns of probe against slander campaign
  • Mahasweta Devi roots for Pranab as next President
  • Pranab dials Left, they keep him on hold but dont hang up
  • Hacker friend foils PhD students university admission
  • HC stays govt order cancelling district sports associations
  • Extended budget session begins today
  • Want to quit govt, says Bengal Cong
  • Break ties if you want to, TMC tells ally
    • 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'
  • Prez poll: Four Left parties to meet shortly to decide stand
  • WB by-polls: TMC retains Bankura, Daspur
  • Left parties to meet in evening to strategise on Prez poll
  • Pranab telephones Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Biman Bose
  • Left yet to take a call on presidential polls: Biman Bose
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line