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News Headlines Archive

May 06, 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
  • IIT Kharagpur gets 8 new departments for birthday
  • Threatened with transfer certificate, schoolgirl hangs self
  • Small firms to boost second information technology wave
  • Cops fear loss of data in Lalbazar fire
  • Teacher hauled up for wearing salwar kameez
  • Crores for rural roads, pat for jobs
  • Watch your word with US consulate officials
  • 37-year-old sneaks into hospital to commit suicide
  • IPL match: Dada fans flock to Eden, choke traffic
  • Meet with Hillary Clinton indicates Mamata Banerjee's value on national scene
  • Hillary Clinton to get a taste of City of Joy
  • Gaganendranath paintings to be displayed during Hillary's Victoria Memorial visit
  • Taj plans gala spread for guest with a taste for Indian food
  • La Marts on last-minute agenda of Hillary Clinton's visit
  • Bard and brush for Writers before Hillary date
  • Man lynched over land row in Nadia
  • Kolkata-Pune IPL clash: Fan frenzy Vs washout worry
  • If state loses case, imams to return cash
  • HC orders release of 50 minor undertrials
  • Organiser gets NOC for music concert
  • Binayak slams govt over Nonadanga eviction
  • Two meetings trigger talks of Indian National Trinamul Trade Union Congress rift
  • UPSC exam 2011 result: Bengal fared poorly in exam this year
  • Lightning strikes police station
  • Hillary to stay in Taj presidential suite
  • Anil Basus wife threatens to drag Biman to court
  • Probe reveals snag in AC rake
  • Govt told to pay teachers dues
  • Hospital fan falls on woman, baby has narrow escape
  • Xaviers prepares report for new status
  • Neighbour rapes 8-yr-old in Howrah
  • Politics on campus bares rift in Trinamool Congress
  • Bengal panchayat polls likely in December-end
  • Actor Soumitra Chatterjee receives Dadasaheb Phalke Award, but still awaits dream role
  • Metro train stalls high up, 20-minute scare for commuters
  • No class suspension at Surendranath college
  • Woman raped in Darjeeling, two held
  • Fair to mark Mamata Banerjee government's one year in office
  • Three ex-PSU officials held in Rs 464-crore export scam
  • Delhi official meets Bengal chief secretary, talks Teesta
  • Passport office migrates to single processing system
  • Youth held for selling fake Mamata books
  • Daylight robbery in crowded locality in South Kolkata
  • Batanagar double murder suspect still on run
  • Howrah teacher held for showing porn to school students
  • Forged letter rattles Kolkata Municipal Corporation, minister
  • Taiwan to soon open trade promotion centre in Kolkata
  • Kolkata's test of loyalty: Dada or SRK?
  • Court puts music concert on hold
  • Mamata tries to streamline funds use
    • The Telegraph
  • Bohurupees bash with a difference
  • Next weekend you can be at ... Lava
  • Write way to racy debut
  • Stand still as show hits ground
  • To school and then to Writers on Monday
  • Delhi gives Rs 4000cr for roads
  • Ally tussle over civic seats
  • Total loss Rs 150cr, Mujnai hit again
  • Storm batters Dooars & Siliguri, 2 die
  • Shutdown to mourn doc death
  • 2 killed in car accident
    • Indian Express
  • State gets Rs 4,000 cr central aid for roads
  • Hillary arrives today, to talk reforms with Didi
  • Fire breaks out at Kolkata Police Headquarters
  • 3 Maoists get political prisoner status
  • Havent filed defamation case against prof: Arabul
  • HC directs release of juvenile prisoners from two jails
  • US spends more on pizzas than on space missions: Ex-NASA astronaut
  • Facing nurse exodus, hospitals look south
  • HPL dispute: Promoter argues for international arbitration
  • After govt assurance, Surendranath College to reopen today
  • Another insurance guy who shoots
    • Hindustan Times
  • Clinton visit: US wants oil-thirsty India away from Iran
  • Clinton in Kolkata: Teesta treaty high on agenda
  • Three killed in Bengal allegedly over MNREGA work
  • Mulayam, Mamata likely to join hands for Prez poll
  • AMRI authorities plan to reopen fire-hit hospital
  • Chit fund money going to TMC, says Cong MP
  • Bengal teachers warned against having any links with CPM
  • Maoists incited Nonadanga slum-dwellers: Mamata
  • NRI kids suffered due to extreme parental neglect
  • Aassaulted by TMC leader, teacher to meet governor
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line