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News Headlines Archive

May 12, 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
  • CM warning for health department staff
  • Lightning kills 12 in North Bengal
  • 'Character assassination isn't cartoon'
  • Colleges to offer more courses to meet rush
  • Malda DM faces heat over National Voluntary Force worker abuse
  • Close shave for Duronto passengers
  • Six bravehearts awarded
  • Accused 'confesses' to killing fiancee
  • 12-year-old killed in crude bomb blast
  • Await a scorching weekend
  • Trees face the axe for flyover
  • Rape victim pins hope on judicial system
  • Puff, by invitation only
  • Buying grocery a click away
  • Govt altered hawking zone policy, say unions
  • Kolkata caught in encroachment trap
  • Bhangar College professor surrenders, court grants bail
  • Chargesheet filed in Park Street rape case
  • Girl 'falls' from bridge, rescued
  • Jangalmahal cop job racket busted, two held
  • National Park status for Jaldapara Sanctuary
  • Calcutta Medical Research Institute celebrates International Nurses Day
  • Nine mini zoos now on Kolkata zoo authority list
  • 'Coal mafia' held in Hooghly
  • Security to be beefed up to avoid campus clashes
  • DM locks up National Voluntary Force worker in bathroom
  • Youths abuse couple, walk free on bail
  • Former CPM MLA's son gunned down in Burnpur
  • Tour operators to move HC for emergency services tag
  • Congress seeks poll panel help again
  • Kolkata rape case: Chargesheet filed against five
  • NCC fails to charm youths
  • Malda woman dumped on road after gang rape
  • Staff crunch drives headmaster to wield broom
  • India's rich past becomes the grace in Sakti's art
  • State to develop highway through Jangalmahal
  • Congress candidate attacked, LF seeks free and fair poll
  • Phone tapping rules made tougher
  • Presidency University faculty to be finalised on Monday
  • New terminal ceilings to sport Tagore works
  • Green change hits roadblock
  • Metro work to hit Taratala traffic
  • Yoga to tame anger in drivers
  • Autos switch to cheaper 'kata LPG'
  • Fraudsters held for floating fake NGO
  • Snatching gang finally in cop net
  • Gangster held on extortion charges
  • TMC threat: Congress seeks poll panel help
  • Motorman foils Metro suicide bid
  • Music, games and prizes leave residents craving for more
    • The Telegraph
  • Mamata takes a bow on Hillarys NY stage
  • Varsity asked to help CID
  • Call centre trio in snatch net
  • Cut red tape, CM to health officials
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  • Two Setu lanes closed for repair
  • Court questions CID probe into Tah killing
  • CM breaks silence on professor
  • Linguistic data elude territory panel
  • Special exam for hill ad hoc teachers
  • It wasnt a cartoon: CM
  • Lightning strikes kill 12 in two districts
  • 3 missing in boat capsize
    • Indian Express
  • Rachpal miffed at CU for dropping tourism course
  • CRPF jawans in league with CPM harmads: Minister Hansda
  • Have information Lok Sabha polls
    • 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
  • Lok Sabha poll may be advanced, claims Mamata
  • Mamata does a U-turn, sayswill be happy to see UPA last full term
  • Kolkata rape: Chargesheet contradicts CM's claim
  • Former mayor's son shot dead in Asansol
  • Talented chess player Sankar Roy commits suicide
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line