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News Headlines Archive

November 11, 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
  • Birbhum mining plan may be buried
  • Faulty landing lights in airport baffle pilots
  • Gold makes a comeback this Diwali
  • Western model for Rajarhat addresses
  • Government ready to transfer East-West Metro shares
  • Prime accused held in snatch-and-shoot case
  • No JEE rank for students with negative marks
  • Extortionists held in Bally
  • Citu gets new state secretary
  • Loba poser for Didi's hands-off land policy
  • Lost dream for adivasi couple
  • Congress wants CBI inquiry into firing at Dubrajpur
  • Nostalgia trip with Indian film music
  • Stars shine down on Kolkata
  • Investment boost for port facility
  • Mamata defies her police's diktat, starts pandal inauguration
  • Marching for a noise-free Diwali
  • UK creative writing course now in Kolkata
  • Decomposed body of Briton found in Kolkata guest house
  • Norway NRI kids in fresh custody row
  • A Separation leads a unity of world cinema
  • KIFF 2012: Obsolete tech, new-age fest
  • School guard held for molesting nursery girl
  • Loba land row: Partha Chatterjee buys time, but stalemate continues
  • Loba left in the lurch by 'changed' Mamata
  • Body of missing girl student found
  • Dubrajpur dispute over compensation, says MP
  • Hope floats for Haldia dock as transloading starts at Sandheads
  • Tea garden workers seek nod to die
  • Principal, who faced students' wrath, shunted
  • Pavement dweller murdered
  • Snatch and shoot case: My city has become so unsafe, says victim
  • Bengal intellectuals snub Karnad's Tagore tirade
  • Snatch-and-shoot case: Cops yet to track down culprits
  • Candidate involved in fraud during a railway recruitment examination arrested
  • Eastern Railway to run 124 trips of special trains to clear festive rush
  • Work culture: Mamata brings workers under scanner
  • Get your visa to China in Kolkata
  • Heritage hotel on Royal Calcutta Turf Club campus
  • Old charm returns as birds flock back to Sarovar
  • US dream sown in Bongaon village
  • Snatchers open fire, woman hurt
  • World Bank tests water in IIM-C
  • Star-studded opening at film fest
  • Port trust may 'blacklist' Haldia Bulk Terminals
  • Short film on 'polyamory' makes it to film fest
  • Locals panic after thefts at IIT Kharagpur
  • Abstract. Nostalgic. Take your pick from classic bouquet
  • Darjeeling village gets a taste of 'poribartan'
  • Chancellor in appointment row
    • The Telegraph
  • Amazing grace of bugs
  • Yuletide spirit in Diwali
  • Separate physics & chemistry tests in JEE
  • No growth since govt took charge: Deepa
  • Ma on lips, robbers target elderly home
  • Youth dies during job sprint
  • Shunted, but no work
  • Left to move HC on Paul
    • Indian Express
  • Bollywood comes calling on Mamatas invitation
  • Cong leaders lash out at TMC govt over Loba firing
  • Minor raped for a year, accused not yet arrested
  • Agriculture growth target 8%
  • Govt rejects judicial probe demand of Loba villagers
  • CID publishes photo of missing Biman
  • Seeking answers From govt
  • Child panel gives Norway kids mother their custody
  • Trinamool to contest all seats in Meghalaya
  • 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
  • Kolkata: Producer, 15 others detained at IFF venue
  • Land stir turns violent in Bengal
  • West Bengal: Did minister send police to Birbhum?
  • Mass support on Facebook for Birbhum top cop
  • Mamata gets woman power to tame opposition
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line