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News Headlines Archive

June 19, 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
  • Human Rights Commission seeks report from West Midnapore SP
  • 250 girls bunk school, sent home
  • Air India flight diverted after snag
  • Gentleman's game bowls over kids
  • Children protest against fake birth certificates
  • CM Mamta Banerjee to inaugurate Iskcon Rath Yatra on June 21
  • AMRI Hospital may be ready in 2 months
  • 'Lakshya' of Xavier's alumni: Rs 64 crore for new campus
  • Eight cops injured as mob storms outpost
  • Adhir slams Trinamool in public meet
  • Government lays down Gorklaland Territorial Administration poll rules in assembly
  • East-West Metro breaks Duttabad jinx
  • LEDs on back burner, Kolkata Municipal Corporation invests in tridents
  • Rajarhat to get five-storey parking plaza
  • Swanky bus bay to replace age-old depot
  • Space lying unused in IT hubs, state plans more
  • New Infosys offers can't match special economic zone gains
  • Body of 75-year-old man found
  • Sultan skips meet over India Tourism Development Corporation appointment
  • Mamata deeply hurt by Kalam decision not to contest
  • Legitimacy of committee to check Justice Sen's report
  • First ever gem & jewellery delegation to Pakistan
  • SER to continue running Summer Special trains to clear rush of passengers
  • Collector puts together 10,000 rare albums
  • MTS boosts product portfolio
  • Doctor's suicide: CID may grill CPM leader
  • Engineering student found dead in rented room in Kalyani
  • Tutor held for molesting Class VI girl
  • Women don the chefs hat at Times Evening
  • Congress, TMC unlikely to part ways now
  • Endangered turtles bred in Sunderbans
  • Woman charges doctor husband with rape
  • All in the name of soccer
  • Monsoon relief for sultry Bengal
  • Animal kingdom reels under a human invasion
  • Doctor commits suicide allegedly provoked by CPM leader in West Bengal
  • First step to clean up Sunderbans
  • Trinamool leaders fear cross-voting
  • Buddha brigade bats for Pranab, Front unsure
  • Old friends recall 'Chanakya'
  • Hakim dares Congress to leave government
  • Potshots and praise flood the web
  • Car dealer robbed of Rs 2.5 lakh in Dum Dum
  • Monsoon may hit city by Tuesday
  • Pinki's railways job fate hinges on court order
  • Missing bow box puts Rahul under pressure
  • Two day workshop for station managers of important stations under South Eastern Railway
  • Armed forces tribunal exonerates Lt Col Mukul Dev
  • GTA meeting at Writers' Buildings
  • Two fires break out in Kolkata, no casualties reported
    • The Telegraph
  • Girls true grit in golden lift
  • Few takers for e-counselling
  • Blast from Bappidas past
  • Medical board for Pinki scan
  • Tainted 4 back on campus
  • Tips galore for cops from FB gang
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Cong rally in ally city citadel
  • Claim of murder to fend off rape
  • Students protest admission denial
  • Lapses let robbers off hook
  • Cops on raid attacked
  • Forced out of home, mom returns after a year
  • Sales tax window for hill traders
  • Notification on hill
  • Price tag for police vigil
  • Plains parties in GTA election fray
  • Rs 30cr for flood control
  • Suspend stick for heckling
    • Indian Express
  • Congress takes a dig at Didis political circus
  • Panel to verify Sen report illegal: CPM
  • Ready to quit UPA if TMC not wanted: Didi
  • Arrested student handcuffed to hospital bed, cops get notice
  • Prohibit filling up of water bodies, panel recommends in draft policy on wetlands
  • RBU V-C gherao: Five students to be showcaused
    • Hindustan Times
  • Sangma rings up Mamata for support
  • 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
  • Kolkata Metro services affected
  • If CPM on your Left, turn right... hold on to Didis photo
  • Game not over for Mamata, partymen ready for UPA exit
  • 'Hurt' Mamata describes Kalam as people's Prez
  • Congress MP mocks Mamata over Kalam's backout
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line