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News Headlines Archive

June 20, 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
  • Slovenia envoy scouts investment opportunities
  • Kolkata rocks, says Israeli diplomat on biz mission
  • New age surgeries catching on in Kolkata
  • Calcutta University will focus on professional courses
  • Truant creed: Catch us if you can
  • Fire at Lenin Sarani shop leads to traffic snarl
  • Bharat Chetri counts on Nobbs effect
  • Track fracture disrupts Metro services
  • Official held in fake vehicle registration case
  • 18-year-old boy killed in brawl over water
  • Rights panel summons police commissioner over professor's arrest
  • Kids make music with DJ Akash at Times workshop
  • Schools tighten reins on bunking brigade
  • Brain surgery with local anaesthesia gives teen new life
  • High court admits Ghisingh petition on Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act
  • Girl 'raped' in taxi, dumped on road
  • Kolkata lad wins law school fight
  • Year-old state government yet to hold a single audit meet
  • APJ Abdul Kalam lauds Mamata Banerjees graceful politics
  • Haldia Petrochemicals Limited gets new managing director, Purnendu says set-up job
  • 'Singles spend more time on matrimonial sites than social networking sites'
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Private landline for prestige science hub
  • Old boy answers alma
  • Blaze guts shop floor
  • Pinki test hits wall
  • Madan vs Mukul over Metro
  • An Eden hour with Boman
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Paltry prize for champ
  • Teen killed in clash over water
  • Visa focus at Bangla meet
  • Transport official arrested
  • Mother tells rice bowl truth: farm cant feed
  • Sexual pursuit charge on cop
  • Trader looted at gun point
  • Two youths arrested with 3000 detonators
  • Cong leaders killed, finger on CPM
  • HC allows Ghisingh GTA plea
  • Word on safe hill return for rivals
  • Sikkims oldest monastery wants out of ASI
  • Blood banks run out of Hepatitis-B kits
  • Thrashed for dues, man dies
  • Nursing rules to be revised
  • NBU letter for college
  • Staff keep rural chief in dark
  • Cong mob invades health office
    • Indian Express
  • Olympics-Beaming Farah gains from pain
  • Pranab fittest nominee: Guv
  • Next Board papers will have 50% objective questions
  • Cartoon: Rights panel summons police chief
  • No clearance to NRHM schemes in Bengal
    • 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
  • Hopes of thaw ride on Pranab's Bengal visit
  • Pinki Pramanik gender test inconclusive
  • Kalam, Didi mutual admiration club
  • Athlete Pinki Pramanik undergoes gender test
  • Kolkata Metro services affected
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line