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News Headlines Archive

November 02, 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
  • Bengal trasport minister Madan Mitra cracks whip on carpools in Kolkata
  • Madhyamik hurdle for Mamata's panchayat poll plans
  • Trinamool factions clash in Keshpur
  • Crackdown on overpricing of set-top boxes
  • Pro-Trinamool intellectuals head to Haldia
  • Kolkata Port Trust cries conspiracy, demands damages
  • Sunil Gangopadhyay's translation of Shakespeare in print soon
  • First lot of aerobridges reaches Kolkata airport
  • Political parties set to break 'no rally' truce
  • Rs 100cr for Kolkata's urban poor lying idle
  • Trinamool leader held for murder
  • Girl identifies Bengal footballer in rape case
  • Doctor dead, mother left alone for 3 days
  • Tent shows at Kolkata International Film Festival to remind of Bengal's Take-1
  • Presidency University teachers can take sabbatical
  • Search on for absconding 'rapist' footballers
  • Vigilance Awareness Week: SE Railway organises seminar on 'Combating Corruption'
  • 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?
    • The Telegraph
  • Govt beams on day of dual beam
  • Cheap-ride Metro eyes fairer fare
  • CID probe into Tagore fakes show
  • Passengers relieved, transporters divided
  • Missing doc found dead
  • Mamatas pet project reaches for the stars
  • Dance & drama of life
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Good for festival, not for work
  • Set-top box confusion
  • In nothing land, time for CCTVs
  • Cratered national highway causes collision
  • ABG flouted laws: Govt
  • School bears paramilitary bill burden
  • Balasun plan failure: Gurung
  • AIIMS land line-up for Deepa
    • Indian Express
  • Body of missing doctor found
  • Tram, auto fare hike may be next
  • 3-week cable relief for city3-week cable relief for city
  • Singur Redux: Co pulls out of Haldia
  • East Bengal footballer held for rape, hunt on for two more
  • Govt to host industrialists for perception makeover
  • HBT now faces conspiracy suit
  • 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
  • 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