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News Headlines Archive

March 07, 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
  • CESC hikes power tariffs by 13%
  • Prayers keep rape victim's hopes alive
  • Trinamool stronger by default
  • Bratya avoids media after meeting CM
  • Medical council disbanded, ad-hoc panel to review med complaints
  • Indian Chamber of Commerce felicitates Ganesh Pyne
  • Underground parking idea dropped
  • Man hurls shoe at Sushanta in court
  • Special training for prosecutors
  • Jadavpur University to change selection process of teachers
  • Shot in the arm for hospitality sector
  • State gets no fresh fund for buying swanky buses
  • Maoist couple lays down arms
  • Man dies after being chased by cops
  • Burdwan officer-in-charge transferred
  • Government prepares for next rural polls
  • Haldia Petro: State likely to stay put
  • Goal-line shock for East Bengal
  • Govt to upgrade hospitals in Hills
  • Woman dies in acid attack
  • Son-in-law arrested for trader's murder
  • Fingerprint-based attendance atstate govt offices
  • Fraudster dupes job-seekers posing as Army officer, held
  • Rocket making materials manufactured in Kolkata seized in Raipur
  • City police to get India's first attack dog squad
  • Committee to select Jadavpur University VC
  • Cards passe', use cell phones to pay bills
  • Short film fest cut short to 3 days
  • Scribe dies of heart attack
  • No land? Let's go digging: Madan
  • Giving a ray of hope to less fortunate lives
  • Bengal masters to go under the hammer at Sotheby's
  • Bohra Muslims display their sartorial traditions
  • Bengal student alleges ragging
  • Burdwan cop suspended after court rap on twin murders
  • Teachers have right to take a day off, says Bengal's education minister
  • Trinamool takes out rally, chokes Rajarhat
  • Trinamool minister faces ire of party workers
  • Cops face the heat over application
  • TMC blood donation camp draws locals' ire
  • Out on bail, rebel PCPA leader joins Trinamool
  • Spiritual session for business students
  • Two killed in tusker attack
  • Congress activist murdered in Bengal
  • Priceless memories etched in metal
  • Chittagong revolt captured on film
  • A walk down pages of history
  • Land sharks dupe steel major in Howrah, two arrested
  • Soon, spoken English for primary classes in Bengal
  • Maoists camped in Kolkata to procure arms
    • The Telegraph
  • Power hike cleared for CESC homes
  • Printers devil in math paper
  • Proposal for four bus termini
  • Radio JU back on air after clash control
  • Houseowners lost in fleece maze
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Burdwan probe lapse cop shunted
  • Farakka man dead after TN cop chase
  • Allergy strikes Madhyamik centre
  • Karim panel widens rift
  • Cops hurt in raid to arrest cheaters
  • Bengals blot: 8000 missing girls
  • Test over, but trial begins
    • Indian Express
  • Slipper attack, then skeleton dance
  • TMC faces spate of clashes from within
  • Medical council gets ad hoc panel, TMC men in majority
  • Cong throws challenge, govt firm
  • Bengal minister of 28 years takes on Lucknow role
  • Iron ore scam: HC turns down plea to stay CBI probe
  • TMC suspects foul play in Manipur
    • Hindustan Times
  • Infosys not to get SEZ status: Mamata
  • Kolkata woman raped, assaulted, left to die
  • Kolkata rape: 14-day police custody for accused
  • Woman with cerebral palsy denied permission to fly by SpiceJet
  • Kolkata police chief may be removed over rape case
  • Two arrested in Katwa rape case
  • 13-year-old gangraped in Raigang in Bengal
  • Mamata Banerjee's nephew granted bail
  • Doc held for raping disabled in Bengal
  • Dismantling of 160 year old heritage park invites citizen's flak in Darjeeling
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line