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News Headlines Archive

November 07, 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
  • Cops probing activist murder transferred
  • Industry chokes in hands-off policy
  • Thrilled to qualify for World Chess Championship: Mary Ann
  • IM Diptayan wants to be GM soon
  • Reality shock after heroic act
  • Missing UPSC question papers found
  • Cops track down snatcher's aide
  • Transport dept to act against illegal autos
  • Govt's Puja gift brings the zing back to city's night life
  • Calcutta University team ready with Tagore 'home' list
  • Congress wants white paper on industry scene
  • When nothing helped, Facebook did
  • Girl's body found in field
  • Hakim to meet London bankers
  • Quality stamp for first city school
  • Mamata endorses Haldia agitation
  • One more held in gang-rape case
  • Haldia blame on Centre
  • Karat echoes CM's 'loot' jibe
  • Hakim goes all out for a full house
  • State promotes Gurung, other GTA members
  • Encroachers a threat to 80km bridge project
  • Deepa diktat on funds leaves KMC jittery
  • CM barb at Centre on jute packaging norms
  • Kolkata girl narrates her brush with Hurricane Sandy in New York
  • Woman fights off bike gang, nabs snatcher
  • No reply to RTI queries on tridents
  • Govt cracks whip on random auto fares
  • Restaurant worker goes missing
  • Gang raids Baguiati home, office
  • 'Tortured' homemaker kills self, in-laws held
  • Bangur shows way out of hawker mess
  • Sax icon jams with Kolkata band
  • Dorota to open new horizon at fest
  • Cable crisis may spark market churn
  • Enjoy the showers for 2 more days
  • Kashmiri kids on Kolkata tour watch soccer star in action
  • Valmiki inspires Chitrangada, but cop finds the going tough
  • Know Africa beyond the 'safari park'
  • State to set up four B-schools
  • State, Haldia Bulk Terminals oppose Kolkata Port Trust's move to recall HC order
  • 'Jatra Samrat' Shanti Gopal passes away
  • State tastes success in poverty fight
  • Haldia trade fair on Partha's agenda
  • Asansol growing faster than Kolkata, says UN report
  • CID boss to join CMO after retirement
  • Justice (retired) Umesh C Banerjee passes away
  • Kolkata prisons may soon boast of ISD facilities
  • Suspected Maoist in cop net
  • Gang robs Rs 30 lakh from Nadia bank
    • The Telegraph
  • Fleece & flout despite a fare deal
  • ICSE/ISC assessment norm stays
  • Babies, billions & beats!
  • Night parking fee on all roads
  • IIT call to entrepreneurs
  • Snatcher in police net
  • Tagore fake trail leads to art dealers address
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Right words on right to work
  • Snag stalls AC Metro
  • ADB loan with fiscal discipline rider
  • Power bill shocker for trader
  • Minister of state rank for Gurung
  • Govt to give ID cards to taxi drivers
  • Confluence to kick off tomorrow
  • Land clash in Birbhum
    • Indian Express
  • Land row erupts in Birbhum, 25 cops injured
  • Oldest living comrade gets a party
  • Anti-govt slogans greet Partha at Haldia
  • CM was informed of vested interests behind impasse two months ago
  • After HBT pullout, ships too pull out of Haldia
  • Mamata tells leaders to shun differences, gear up for polls
  • Briefly State: 5 trawlers seized for straying into Bangla waters
  • Trains diverted, cancelled due to flooding of tracks
  • Park Street rape victim to sue Teen Kanya director
  • Mamata breaks silence on non-issue
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
    • Hindustan Times
  • City biz fraternity rues ABG pullout
  • No Teen Kanya shows at Star
  • Civic body collects Rs. 80 lakh property tax in one month
  • Women achievers raise girl child issue
  • Project to turn flower waste into organic fertilisers
  • Mamata gets woman power to tame opposition
  • Controversy over '3 Kanya' film a concocted story: Mamata
  • 'Haldia episode far worse than Singur'
  • No increase in political crimes in Bengal: governor
  • Mumbai-based port operator quits Bengal
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line