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News Headlines Archive

November 01, 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
  • Karaya OC transferred
  • Bengal Police start probe after HBT endgame
  • New district formation in Bnegal put on hold
  • Fares up, sharpen your meter maths
  • Mamata govt blocks East-West Metro
  • IAS exodus: Two more bureaucrats leave Bengal
  • Exit of Haldia Bulk Terminals: Negative vibes for Bengal, warn industrialists
  • Urban mystery in Bengal death divide
  • Digitization deadline: Prospect of blackout fuels anger in Kolkata
  • Blackout jitters in Kolkata: Cable operators vanish fearing attack
  • IIM-Calcutta to help students choose the right job
  • Times Scholars: Two Kolkata boys find berth among top 100
  • Jam threat to digital cable in Kolkata
  • Mamata Banerjee losing IAS officers
  • Bus, taxi fares hiked in West Bengal
  • Durga inspires artists to paint and live life
  • Bringing back old 'sweets' with a twist
  • Death threats over Puja bonus
  • East Bengal footballer held for rape
  • Prisoners strike a high note with CD
  • Digital divide: Govt, MSOs differ on figures
  • Valmiki Pratibha sets a landmark
  • At 125, Sukumar still every kid's best friend
  • Papers stolen from KMC tender box
  • Jailed Maoist leader suffers heart attack
  • Old cases haunt first-time ministers
  • Kantha manifests Durga as Stree Shakti
  • Two die in accidents, child injured
  • Union muscle takes a toll on highways
  • Mourning monkeys hold up traffic
  • Spurt in tiger sighting draws tourists to Sunderbans
  • Health varsity gets VC after 2 years
  • Ghost companies with Nitin Gadkari link?
  • Mamata meets rebel Cong MLA, assures cabinet berth
  • Teesta a blessing for Bangla as N Bengal suffers
  • CM says all's well at Haldia
  • Little hearts to be healed through initiative of Army and Kolkata NGO
  • Adhir Chowdhury watch on rail projects
  • 70 unpublished poems, essays found in Sunil Gangopadhyay's diaries
  • College gang rape key accused held in Dhanbad
  • Cong, CPM attack Mamata on port row
  • Poor finances may force firm to quit Haldia ops
  • Police rule out abduction claim
  • Toddler chokes to death in Karaya
  • Where does the pirated DVD chain lead to?
  • Dengue continues to stalk citizens
  • Afghan's body found in abandoned cinema hall
  • Kolkata cool but December-like chill in dists
  • Actor, four others injured in road accident
  • 2005 blast victim may be declared dead, kin in dark
    • The Telegraph
  • Analogue Didi has a digital box
  • Flavour of Puja-time Bengal
  • Govt raises fares to keep wheels on road
  • Finds shed light on the Chalcolithic
  • Cyclone Nilam ends pleasant-weather spell
  • MBBS counsel by JEE board
  • Bond is back to shake & stir
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Ashokas tale on jail screen and stage
  • Rhythm & raag enthral students
  • Accident cuffs on auto driver
  • Footballer, cook in custody for rape
  • Karaya OC transferred
  • Haldia port workers cry for jobs in replacement company if HBT leaves
  • Hike not enough, say bus unions
  • Lean season cloud on sudden garden closure
  • Cong shaky on Malda civic turf
    • Indian Express
  • Cargo firm pulls out of Haldia port
  • East Bengal footballer held for rape, hunt on for two more
  • Mamata govt unmoved by firms exit
  • Shocked, industry groups want CM to act
  • In Haldia flat, doors have signs of forced entry
  • Mamata keeps the heat on, also gets set-top boxes for her office
  • Centre sticks to stand despite requests made By Bengal, Tamil Nadu
  • Blackout or not? Confusions galore
  • Bus, taxi fares hiked, unions call it paltry
  • In bits, police diaries get converted to bytes
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
  • English tips from Oxford
    • Hindustan Times
  • Anti-Mamata Cong MPs chosen from Bengal
  • Mamata painting auctioned in New York for $3000
  • A journey into the mind of Mamata
  • Mamata Banerjee vows to create 1 crore jobs in West Bengal
  • Molest slur on scientist hits key ISRO projects
  • Mumbai-based port operator quits Bengal
  • Mamata wages war against TV digitisation move
  • Fear grips Haldia dock workers
  • World's smallest Durga idol comes to Kolkata
  • Seoul to organise its first Durga Puja this year
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line