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News Headlines Archive

June 16, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • West Bengal govt may not assist promoters to acquire land
  • Close shave for Rajdhani passengers
  • Tata companies invited for industry meet on June 18
  • Kolkata's hassled elderly seldom lodge complaint
  • Mamata pulls up food department employees
  • Expert panel submits land policy draft
  • Call to preserve farmland
  • Bengali cuisine forays into overseas markets
  • IIT Kharagpur announces Vision 2020
  • 'Sen'sational - Riya and Raima Sen in a candid conversation
  • Filmmaking was an accident: Mrinal Sen
  • Tony changes title of his film
    • Times of India
  • R&R policy: Political will a stumbling block
  • PTTI protest at Writers' Building
  • Cattle thief lynched in Sankrail
  • Five killed in accident
  • New channel open, port still in trouble
  • Kabaddi lets Alipore jail inmates breathe free
  • Kolkata eatery chain will move to London, Paris
  • 1.6L stolen from luggage at airport, claims Cong leader
  • Caught with nurse, doctor sent on leave
  • Work begins to return Singur land
  • Monsoon arrives in Kolkata, finally
  • Investors must buy land on their own: Panel
  • Salt Lake cop kiosks lie empty
  • Wetland appraisal under way
  • CM tough on dairy workers' strike
  • Farmer parents fuel son's doctor dreams
  • Mamata Banerjee takes away 'starvation death' files
  • Mamata Banerjee takes food department by surprise
  • Milkmans son ranks eighth in Joint Entrance
  • Meeting on CRPF training
    • The Telegraph
  • Mamata interface for intent on industry
  • Pause button for panel
  • Lets delve into Indian mind & wallet
  • Mission hospital set to get crores
  • Mamata storms corruption den
  • Sacks of plastic in green zone
  • Say no to salute for CM
  • You share your birthday with...
  • The bard for the blind
  • Cash gone from fliers suitcase
  • SUV choice of Mamata team
  • Slow start to Bypass project
  • Rajdhani engine derails
  • Hospital protest over delay
  • Pangolin scales seized
  • Willing farmers in Singur rue unfair deal
  • Left lost in House din
  • CPI versus CPM in Raiganj civic polls
  • The journey ahead of land-return bill
  • Creaking bed gives away doc dalliance
  • CPI vs CPM in Raiganj polls
  • Parishad plans Calcutta dharna
  • Tattooist leaves footprint on Siliguris job scene
  • Tea garden leader quits Morcha, joins Intuc
  • Robber held with carbine
  • Bollywood laps up Darjeeling again
  • Labourers body bag in train toilet
  • Guard thrashed for death
    • Indian Express
  • INDIA AT CANNES: JUST RED CARPET ROLL CALL
  • MODEL KANISHTHA REPLACES RANI MUKHERJI AT CANNES
  • No let off in post-poll violence
  • Pranab orders MLAs not to skip Assembly
  • Will sit in the Opposition,says Trinamool ally SUCI
  • Pranab feels vindicated by his alliance call
  • Report card of men who fought from jails
  • The eight outgoing ministers who weathered Didi storm
  • Mamata to keep Cabinet small, likely to retain Home, Industry
  • Over 90,000 students in merit list for 30,000 engg seats
  • CM reviews plan for N Bengal
  • Mitra, Pranab discuss bailout package
  • Court okays DNA test to identify skeletons
  • Mollah backs Singur Bill
  • Mamatas three-phase plan to revive health services
    • Hindustan Times
  • GJM now wants either separate state or UT
  • India's elderly suffer abuse silently: HelpAge report
  • Mamata orders Sainbari probe
  • Land Acquisition Act draconian: Banerjee
  • Singur bill through, Left Front walks out
  • Bollywood heralds in peace
  • GJM chief treads cautiously
  • GJM now wants either separate state or UT
  • Mamata orders Sainbari probe
  • Land Acquisition Act draconian: Banerjee
    • Sports
  • Calcutta Football League may lack star value
  • Indian Football Association elects 52-member governing council