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News Headlines Archive

March 28, 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
  • Woman raped, husband and child battered
  • Phaetons shut out of Victoria zone
  • Centre refuses funds to cover Asiatic Society workers pay hike
  • Weekend breather for sizzling city
  • Finally, more bus routes in Sector V and Rajarhat, leash on autos
  • Uncertainty looms over Star Theatre's fates
  • Eviction tussle in migrant haven
  • Kingfisher's operations in city to shrink further
  • Police Commissioner in police station to probe lapses
  • Girl kills 'molester', surrenders to cops
  • Raids on trains to curb trafficking to check trafficking
  • Former secretary of police body suspended
  • Search for roots brings UK woman to Kolkata
  • Spurned by sons, widow dies in court
  • Schoolboy held for gory murder
  • Uproar over zilla parishad 'takeover'
  • Two minors raped in West Midnapore
  • Tidal flow and salinity has changed in Sunderbans
  • Mom returns from Norway, wont give up fight
  • 105-yr-old vows to beat cancer
  • Liquidator appointed for Dunlop India
  • Delhi Police trying to stall Aftabs transfer to Tihar
  • Three zilla parishads lose fiscal power
  • Stateless enclave dwellers observe Bangla Independence Day
  • Mukul meets railway officials to expedite state projects
  • Fire sparks panic at citys IT hub
  • Commuters suffer as snag paralyses Metro services
  • Drunk biker arrested near CMs house
  • Tenth century relics unearthed in Dantan
  • Dunlop staff bank on state for bailout
  • Car-rape prime accused back in city?
  • AAI cracks its whip on errant airport staff
  • Officials shy away from revenue hike plans
  • Husband of Howrah rape victim arrested
  • Cousins swept away by Hooghly high tide
  • State may take over Sagar port project from Kolkata Port Trust
  • Climbing Sherpas vanish from Hills
  • Lufthansa flies out of Kolkata skies
  • Quran in hand, Sanskrit on lips
  • Take this road or test your patience
  • TMC rebels attack Bengal tourism minister's car
  • Now fire in Bengal bus depot, transport minister says sabotage
  • Mamata softens on Gorkhaland Territorial Administration ambit to placate Morcha
  • Witch hospital in state of health horrors
  • Lonely in the last days
  • For some, it's a choice to live with dignity
  • Snatchers shoot braveheart
  • Bengal to get two more hospitals
  • Robbery at Sealdah station
  • Locals feel left out as political parties decide their fate
    • The Telegraph
  • Old passport habits die hard
  • Fare hike on auto pilot
  • Climate meet at college
  • Mukul meet to clear path for Metro
  • Shah Rukh fields a full home team
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Lyons Range grant for CU
  • Park Street rape victim identifies vehicle
  • For love of a mind sport
  • Conductor to wield baton in Germany
  • Jewellers to go on strike again
  • Madan talks tough on autos
  • Trader drugged & robbed
  • Zilla funds axe political necessity
  • Neighbours arrested for robbery
  • Eye on rural polls, CM offers sops to farmers
  • Morcha chalks out plan for added territory
  • Fast to scrap shut garden lease
  • Woman stabbed, gas agent arrested
  • Doc faces neglect charge in baby cure
  • Protests mark Mall park demolition
  • Grade A for Salesian College
  • Girl, dad held after boy death
    • Indian Express
  • Didi chooses friendly papers for govt libraries
  • Dunlop: HC order spells hope for retd employees
  • Govt defends zilla parishads dissolution
  • Panel seeks 2001 census data of Terai, Dooars for GTA
  • Lakshman & Co in jail custody
  • Primary education: Age limit raise discriminatory
  • Getting US visa now easier
  • NRI group to invest in three projects at Nayachar: Partha
  • SC to decide if SIT can share report with probe panel
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mild quake hits Bengal, Bihar
  • Former Army chief terms Gen Singh's bribe allegation 'serious'
  • Dadasaheb Phalke Award recognition of my hard work: Soumitra
  • Father denies split report, says focus now on kids
  • Fire in Kolkata's oldest market, no casualties
  • Six policemen beaten up by mob in Bengal
  • Darjeeling to get first of its kind 'Mountain Centre' in the country
  • Stress on safety, security, punctuality: Mukul Roy
  • NGO seeks permission to bring back kids from Oslo
  • Smoke comes out from Guwahati-Bangalore Express
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line