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News Headlines Archive

May 08, 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
  • Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary celebrated with soirees, crafts fair
  • Two arrested for stalking actress
  • CPM leaders pay last respects to Nandagopal
  • St Xavier's ready with unitary varsity draft plan
  • Family gets back 'dead' son after 7 years
  • Gold traders laud duty rollback
  • Trinamool, Congress to go it alone in civic polls
  • CPM legislator gets bail after 68 days
  • State to start work on OBC list soon
  • Hillary Clinton gets a thumbs up from GenY
  • CPM, TMC spar over Hillary visit in RS
  • Heavy security leaves Writers' staff miffed
  • Secretariat visit throws traffic out of gear
  • Government blocks road to celebrate Tagore birthday
  • Fair to mark Tagore's birthday
  • Centre gives Rs 150 crore to Visva-Bharati
  • Baby sold off by uncle for Rs 50K, rescued
  • Hillary lands in fortress city, to meet CM today
  • East-West Metro handover awaits Centre's nod
  • Raiways hygiene tip: Free phenyl for AC passengers
  • Trinamool worker battered to death
  • How to award a song sung wrong
  • Battery-run vehicles for Rajarhat roads
  • Biodiversity register to save city greenery
  • 4 die as axed tree falls on auto
  • Trident lamps land city in carbon credit debt
  • Engineer assaulted by gang at Howrah
  • Hand shadow video on Kolkata goes viral
  • Quiz on Ray gets fans thinking
  • Talent show to draw people to parks
  • Tight security ring for Hillary visit
  • NGOs get a pat from 'cheerleader'
  • Karate kid displays skills before 'Hill Clintor'
  • 'Art connoisseur' Hillary admires Gaganendranath works
  • Rabindranath Tagore's works among Mamata's gifts for Hillary
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • What it takes to be a woman on top
  • State can wait, bring on the NGO
  • Bard and bond in signature style
  • Youth connect for joint venture
  • SRKs shadow lurks at Writers
  • Xaviers plan for new hubs
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Love you Eden, love you Dada
  • For the big match I will wear...
  • Womans complaint against cop
  • Bail plea of AMRI director
  • Supari gang cuffs on Congress leader
  • Kidnap clouds civic tie-up
  • Survey to reserve OBC poll seats
  • CCTVs in all Digha hotels
  • Push for tourism plans
  • Teacher canes 7, probe ordered
    • Indian Express
  • Mamata admits: State lagging in NREGS implementation
  • State asks Centre to give fertiliser subsidy to farmers
  • BC Roy Hospital repeats: Infant dies, kin protest
  • HC rejects bail of five Maoists
  • City fortified, made to halt for Clinton
  • CPI leader Nanda Gopal Bhattacharya passes away
  • Hillary to ask India to further cut oil imports from Iran
  • Manto dramas will be let loose this week
  • HC directs release of juvenile prisoners from two jails
  • US spends more on pizzas than on space missions: Ex-NASA astronaut
  • 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
  • Hillary Clinton touches upon retail FDI, Iran
  • Indo-US economies becoming increasingly interdependent:Clinton
  • US to treat WB as partner state for investment: Mamata
  • Hillary wants India cut Iranian oil purchases further
  • Al Zawahiri is in Pakistan, says Hillary Clinton
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line