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News Headlines Archive

November 11, 2011
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
  • Two held for bike theft
  • New-look film festival comes closer to Kolkata's heart
  • Writers' suicide bid: Woman was 'harassed by in-laws
  • Vidyasagar Setu ramps to decongest traffic
  • 'Cops probing mass killing led Nandigram firing'
  • 11 Trinamool leaders on Maoist hit list: IB
  • Four more babies die at Malda hospital
  • Land hurdle for Joka-BBD Bag metro
  • Infy, Wipro to invest 500cr at Rajarhat
  • Mrinal stays away, Sunil attends fest
  • Committee to probe ragging
  • Docs and patient kin clash at hospital
  • Violence rocks West Midnapore
  • 2 held in Purulia ahead of CM visit
  • Kolkata realty market feels labour pangs, shortfall 50%
  • Blackboards to ensure Red zone work
  • A three-day treat for the music lovers
  • 'Bomb' on tracks disrupts train services
  • Bengal asked to step up vigil on student outfits
  • Gambling racket busted in Howrah, four arrested
  • Girl ragged in Burdwan, hospitalized
  • 6 babies die at Malda hospital
  • Not in favour of job cuts: Partha
  • Govt seeks status of steel projects
  • Police removed two days after Bhowanipore brawl
  • Suicide throws Metro services out of gear
  • KMC has only Rs 100 cr in its coffers
  • After drive across globe, adventurers shocked by Kolkata traffic
  • Project mired in controversy since tender
  • VIP Road board to welcome visitors to Kolkata
  • Winter veggies to come heavy on pockets
  • Flyover spells perpetual pain in Nagerbazar
  • Didi's masterstroke on fest eve
  • Cambridge scholar Mahima Khanna an ace golfer
  • Kolkata girl equals Amartya MPhil feat at Cambridge
  • Row ahead of Kolkata Film Festival inauguration
  • Fuel protests, mob rage choke city, cops helpless
  • Transport staff salaries still on hold
  • Only marks in Madhyamik too, unit tests to go
  • Three more days to vote for Sunderbans
  • Murshidabad silk needs makeover: Study
  • Panel formed to protect wetlands
  • Polls prop up realty market in Kolkata, Chennai
  • ET in campus quiz on Nov 11
  • India pushes for holding Davy's trial in Denmark
  • Centre plans large scale restoration for Hazarduari
  • Give priority to Bengali channels, says panel
  • Domesticated elephant kills boy, injures mahout
  • Mob torches KMC dumper after accident
  • Mamata in wait-and-watch mode on Centre aid
    • The Telegraph
  • Blockbuster first day, first show
  • Didis broken the ice wall with her touch
  • Metro timing for festival
  • Government eyes pre-school policy
  • Touchdown tips from an English star
  • Domestic held for theft
  • Toon tour comes to town
  • Telekids presents Disney Magic
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  • Report sought on city doll-up, slum projects
  • Flight diverted after snag
  • Party vs party over CM rally cash
  • Slur on Trinamul leader
  • City hospital strike
  • Brother spat with minister
  • Women bag 50% of poll tickets
  • Drug hope in malaria battle
  • Intra-Trinamul fight on CM rally cash
  • Minister, how does it feel to be held up?
  • 5 civic seats for non-Gorkhas in hills
  • Small growers ready unit to make tea
  • Aerial scan on quake-hit park
  • 2 killed, 1 hurt in accident
    • Indian Express
  • Film fest kicks off with shades of change
  • Cloud over Didis district air-link plan
  • 9 babies die at Malda hospital
  • Panel lines up protests against state govt policies
    • Hindustan Times
  • Shah Rukh Khan evades questions on ED grilling
  • Mamata invites Buddha to film fest
  • 9 more children die in Bengal
  • Biman Bose makes unsavoury comment on Cong-Trinamool ties
  • EC announces bypolls in South Kolkata constituency
  • Mamata asks ministers, officers to expedite pending works
  • Mamata's interlocutors want to quit
  • 9 more children die in Bengal
  • Mamata gives green signal to anti-naxal operations
  • Mamata invites Buddha to film fest
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line