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News Headlines Archive

November 03, 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
  • State-run theatre stops screening of film Teen Kanya
  • Haldia Port Trusts vested interest barb at KoPT, government
  • Port trust makes Haldia U-turn in Calcutta HC
  • Six-month-old female baby lying in a courtyard of a temple rescued by police
  • West Bengal finance department kick started a slew of electronic measures aimed at better tax compliance
  • Prisoner serving a life sentence for murder in Midnapore central jail escaped
  • West Bengal government is doing its best to rope in investors: Partha Chatterjee
  • Ficci to organize the National Executive Council meeting in Kolkata
  • Partha, Surjya in war of words
  • Jumbo count goes up in south Bengal
  • Centre-Mamata tiff hits East-West Metro work
  • State sets Dec 31 deadline for digital switch
  • Presi students can now switch streams
  • Adhir to take up 'ignored' railway stretch
  • Bike gang resurfaces, strikes twice in 45 min
  • West Bengal to help Christians make Holy Land trip
  • Film Festival may include first Indian film
  • Cop drinks acid to kill himself
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • MSOs press play after digital pause
  • Hike in tram fares to meet power bills
  • Extortion on Howrah roads
  • Nilam fallout: rain hint for weekend
  • Catching up with AB!
  • Chains snatched from women
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Aliah course for civil services
  • Tale lies in the tail, CM
  • Online file tracking to speed up clearance
  • Alls well port chorus
  • Haldia makes head hang in shame
  • CID probe into Tagore fakes show
  • Hospital at any cost: minister
  • Festival to boost Darjeeling for films
    • Indian Express
  • Haldia port 100% normal
  • Body of missing doctor found
  • Tram, auto fare hike may be next
  • 3-week cable relief for city3-week cable relief for city
  • Govt claims four new investments
  • Partha warns Surjimama against ruffling CM feathers
  • HBT rebuts all charges
  • Big names skip pro-CM intellectuals Haldia visit
  • Bengal Chamber seeks Shipping Minister intervention
  • 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