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News Headlines Archive

March 23, 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
  • Courageous schoolgirl helps bust sex racket
  • Poonam Pandey gives Mamata a headache
  • Teen bride alleges rape by husbands friends
  • Hatibagan Market gutted in fire-cursed city
  • Ex-advocate general passes away
  • Tech festival a top draw
  • Fare rollback may hit state projects
  • Mannan withdraws Rajya Sabha nomination
  • Poverty drives mother to abandon baby
  • Ex-minister Naren De grilled in iron ore scam case
  • Congress MLAs attack govt
  • State eyes export route to shore up agricultural products prices
  • CM appeals to maintain peace in state
  • Pranab makes it easy for Mitra
  • Knife stuck in stomach, man runs for help
  • Students clash on SSKM campus
  • Treat CU on par with Presi: Narayanan
  • Major fire in Kolkata, no casualties so far
  • This award is different: Soumitra Chatterjee
  • Soumitra Chatterjee happy to win Dadasaheb Phalke award
  • Minors rescued from Thakurpukur house
  • Jewellers' strike enters sixth day, no end to impasse
  • Maoist leader Suchitra Mahato meets Mamata Banerjee
  • Gorkha Janmukti Morcha general secretary set to meet Mamata Banerjee on March 24
  • Rajabazar mishap cripples traffic
  • Rajya Sabha election: Congress treads with caution on Mannan
  • Two held for abducting Nadia trader
  • Former CPM MLA beaten up in Bankura
  • Don't take people for granted: Sushanta Ghosh
  • Kolkata court issues show cause notice against Go Airlines
  • Cops attacked after arrest of Trinamool Congress leader
  • Trinamool Congress worker killed over land dispute
  • Major fire at Kolkata market, shops gutted
  • Biology paper changed after leak fear
  • After 80 yrs, posthumous degrees for revolutionaries
  • Fire at Midnapur nursing home
  • 6-year-old to be in custody of Child Welfare Committee
  • Rs 15 lakh seized in fake currency, five arrested held
  • Finally, probe into Rajdhani Express guard fracas
  • High Couert sets deadline on hawker policy
  • Court asks commissioner to probe case diary lapse
  • Corruption cry over Rabindra Bharati University result row
  • Satellite mapping, tougher rules to save waterbodies
  • Foresters spot 'mystery cat' in Sunderbans
  • Fire in Kolkata market
  • 72 years old 'raped' by neighbour, accused held
  • Fire at private clinic in Midnapore, patients evacuated
  • Former BSF man in cop net for fraud
  • NCC training to be part of school syllabus
  • Bank made to pay for missing cargo
    • The Telegraph
  • Commute or cricket, you win
  • SRK slashes IPL rates
  • HC rap on ceremony houses
  • 6 held for credit card fraud
  • Expert wants central bank for cord blood
  • Airport expressway after 3-year snarl
  • Morning blaze guts market
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  • Fortunes on fire in sale season
  • Authorities looked the other way
  • PWD check on hospital wiring
  • Governor wants Presi-type status for CU
  • Pay salary dues, court tells CTC
  • Congress backs out, RS five elected
  • Caste protest spoils school broth
  • Seth finger at cops from CID custody
  • Not all can be said in governor speech
  • Ex-minister questioned
  • Bangla border trouble
  • Bail for Congress student leader
  • Dry spell hits tea first flush
  • I-League challenge for Bhaichung boys in Gangtok
  • NBU body to vote on registrar suspension
  • Water every three days
  • Girls fall ill after dinner
    • Indian Express
  • 200 shops gutted, locals suspect foul play
  • Governor bats for crown jewel CU
  • In House, Mamata repeats anti-strike, anti-SEZ stand
  • Photo row: CM appeals for peace
  • Presidency plans history, philosophy dose with science
    • Hindustan Times
  • Tension brews over smoke at Kolkata hospital
  • Sailing through controversies, Mukul ship reaches railway port
  • Kolkata cop injured in clash, succumbs to injury
  • Mamata keeps backroom negotiations open with Akali and SP
  • 2 wks after eradication, 'polio' resurfaces
  • Student busts human trafficking racket in Darjeeling
  • GTA impasse: Mamata-Bimal meet in Kolkata on March 24
  • Cong bows to Mamata, pulls out of RS race
  • Fire in Kolkata's oldest market, no casualties
  • Father denies split report, says focus now on kids
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line