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News Headlines Archive

March 08, 2011
Miscellaneous
  • NTPC starts trial run of Farakka plant's 500 Mw unit
  • Farmer suicide is not the crisis, it is the outcome
  • Violence mars Bengal Youth Congress presidential poll
  • Amazing Sundays' for Kolkata foodies
  • GIS mapping to offer 360-degree view of polling booths in Bengal
  • EC official to hold final meetings tomorrow
  • Self-immolation points to job scam
  • One killed in firing between PSBJC, CPI(M) supporters
  • Report to EC on alleged violation of model code
  • Pranab son, Avijit, likely to enter politics
  • No pressure on us before talks with Trinamool: Congress
  • Mamata says no to JD-U alliance offer
  • Buddhadeb's Janala wins an award
  • Mithun calls me Goluma: Sudipta
  • Raima Sen takes up journalism
  • Kaushiki makes acting debut
  • Rituparno Ghosh's 15 lakhs crown!
    • Times of India
  • Cong faction feud out in open ahead of election
  • Clash shameful, say Cong leaders
  • 134 turtles seized in Malda, four arrested
  • Worst agrarian crisis since Green Revolution
  • CESC moves court to dig up botanic
  • ED officials quiz Tapuriah for links with Hasan Ali
  • 15 flights on hold at Kolkata aiport as radar screen flickers
  • GPS tech for zero-error flying
  • 2000 HS admit cards dumped in Howrah
  • Trinamool in poster boy goof-up
  • Polls hurt exam dates
  • Chief secy submits Asim
  • Presidency caught in the big Bengal fight
  • Parties in a fix over poll manifesto
  • CPM cadres gun down' villager
  • EC raises deposit money
  • Cong-TMC talks still inconclusive
  • Poll campaign volume softened by board exams
  • CPM complains against EC official
    • The Telegraph
  • Its official, mike ban for all exams
  • Black money trail leads to city home
  • Poll cloud on exam result
  • Snag delays 14 flights
  • CESC repairs in garden
  • Con in Kalighats name
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Death of an innocent
  • Stolen admit cards lie strewn on street
  • Chinese tourist loses valuables
  • Cong youth wins but old order dies hard
  • Moms hit molest teacher with brooms
  • RSP sacks 5 for office vandalism
  • Conmen held with anti-corruption car
  • Dead leopards in garden
  • Table tennis meet in Dec
  • Norm reminder on tea wage talks
  • College head indicted for funds misuse
  • Moms beat up molest teacher
  • Varsities postpone exams
    • Indian Express
  • Amid tumult, Mausam Noor elected Youth Cong chief
  • Trinamool turns model code into a weapon
  • Trinamool worst kind of right-wing force: Buddha
  • Cong keen on alliance as well as more seats
  • Immolation bid: Youth has mark of frustration, not depression, says fa...
  • Trinamool man killed by CPM cadres
  • 13 packets of HS admit cards found in Bally
  • As peace returns to Valley, J&K migrants return home
  • kolkata Confidential
  • Park named after Ray now a wedding venue
  • JDP to contest 30 seats in Bengal polls
  • Seat-sharing: Cong chief vitiating talks
  • Parties get green code
  • Failing to get Rly job, man attempts suicide outside Mamatas house
  • Man sets self on fire, dies
  • Engg students body found in Jadavpur canal
    • Hindustan Times
  • Rahuls candidate Noor is Bengal Youth Congress president
  • ED concludes raids on Taparias' premises
  • Bengal rushes to stock blood
  • Feels like I'm back from hell: Indian returned from Libya
  • Bengal cops knew about plot to derail Mumbai-bound train
  • Had info on Gyaneswari accident but took no action, now officials clam up
    • Sports
  • Kolkata appoint Gambhir captain
  • Chirag up against Pune FC