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News Headlines Archive

March 13, 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
  • Mamata govt issues show-cause notice to 60,000 employees
  • Minister talks tough, but cop killers still free
  • Congress likely to give TMC a walkover in Bengal Rajya Sabha polls
  • Trinamool man killed
  • Didi memoirs detail cop role in Nandigram
  • Homemaker political tussle over woman's murder
  • Class-VII girl raped in Barasat
  • Unsolved crimes haunt Kolkata detectives
  • Kin cry out against 'abuser' mom
  • Get your building plan sanctioned online
  • Murder bid on Hooghly mill worker
  • Thrashing kids common: Experts
  • Scramble for Late realisation: Airport facelift nearly over, no isolation bay
  • March 14 tagged as Krishak Divas
  • Chief secy's term extended by six months
  • Titagarh railway yard closure sparks confusion
  • Bail for Rajarhat municipality chairman
  • Two more held for Burdwan murders
  • Kidnapped boy rescued, 2 held
  • Cash, jewellery worth Rs 8 lakhs looted
  • Forest top brass spat hits green drive
  • Judicial probe starts into BDO death
  • NGO arranges financial aid for kidney patients
  • City lights: No takers for Victoria
  • CID may close Sainthia train accident case
  • Cops 'can't identify assailants
  • Principals' day out on river cruise
  • CPM leader hacked to death
  • Grandpa lost custody case
  • Children and teens more vulnerable to radiation
  • Cop dies after being beaten by unidentified men in Kolkata
  • Cleric accused of raping 10-year-old
  • Gangster shot in Ekbalpore
  • Bride strangled by husband
  • Body found in water tank
  • CM demands Centre's support to tide over financial crisis
  • Tortured woman seeks police help
  • City to boast of financial hub
  • Jijibisha: A man's 'Wheel' to live
  • TMC feud turns nasty in Birbhum
  • Tribal woman raped by shop owner
  • City gets facelift at the expense of greenery
  • 7 killed in road accident
  • Arsenic shatters youths' Army dreams
  • Civic budget focus on cosmetic changes, not development
  • BA student hangs self in PG room
  • Status change plan for Salt Lake plots
  • Pollution watchdog seeks report on wagon unit
  • Seven killed, 70 injured as bus overturns
    • The Telegraph
  • Bidya hits BO bullseye
  • Envoy offers help to city
  • Ex-colony to renew French connection
  • Robots play at JU tech fest
  • Court relief for civic chief
  • Kunal Saha case in SC
  • JU teachers stop nomination of deans
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Nightmare named taxi
  • Mother gets bail in torture case
  • Staff crunch shuts NRS wings
  • Death wish of Presi boy who tamed Maoists
  • Log on for JEE answer sheet
  • Man falls sick on flight, dies
  • Social film festival
  • Govt lawyer skips, CID gets short custody
  • Nandi pleads, Didi sets March 14 date
  • CM seeks chief secretary extension
  • Minority development project in 7 districts
  • Debt sparks farmer suicide
  • Cart puller rapes and kills woman
  • Parties claim dead woman as member
  • Heritage list hurdle
  • 84-year-old loco overhauled
  • First lot of Mirik orchids finds takers in six cities
  • Bison run in forest village injures 3
  • Death wish of Presi IPS officer
    • Indian Express
  • Emissary message for Cong
  • Constable death: Blame game rages, killers at large
  • Kolkata Police to hire central agency for scam-free recruitment
    • Hindustan Times
  • Tihar Jail to get Kolkatas most infamous convict
  • Suchitra Mahato hospitalised for surgery
  • TMC upbeat about becoming national party soon
  • Kishenjis aide Suchitra surrenders in Kolkata
  • Badal invites Mamata to swearing-in
  • Trinamool won't back Cong for RS polls
  • 2 wks after eradication, 'polio' resurfaces
  • Kolkata cop injured in clash, succumbs to injury
  • Top woman Maoist & Kishenji aide surrenders
  • Seven killed, 70 injured as bus overturns
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line