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News Headlines Archive

November 12, 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
  • Former Trinamool Congress leader arrested for allegedly threatening hospital staff at gunpoint
  • Snubbed Soumitra slams 'crass' film fest opener
  • Howrah thirsts for water
  • Poor economic freedom plagues state
  • Anti-dowry hubby features on TV show
  • Suri TMC leader attacks hospital staff with gun, held
  • A nightmare on pandal streets
  • Stay away from morning walks this Diwali
  • Guv, CM ahead in race for puja inauguration
  • CPM, Congress lash out at govt
  • Locals infuse life into Bikramgarh Jheel
  • 'Need Aladdin's lamp to implement rly projects'
  • Armed goons rob cash, gold from Kanchrapara home
  • Army shares burden of war widows
  • Bratya Basu launches new education scheme
  • In 20 years, Kolkata may be like a desert
  • Friends remember 'chiro sokha'
  • Tagore goes digital for Gen Next connect
  • Debate on role of media
  • Pagla Dashu in English
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Fly or drive, its spend-it season
  • Festive pick of heavy metal
  • Godown to art gallery
  • Shopper parade for glitter gala
  • Assault for subscription refusal
  • 0.33 cut-off for JEE list
  • Gang loots family at gunpoint
  • Fake Tagore net widens
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Stray dogs overrun streets after dispute stalls sterilisation
  • Gun lifts veil on Trinamul rift
  • Trinamul plans carrot and pick in Cong den
  • Trinamul U-turn in SMC
  • Scanner on jobs for GLP cadres
  • Deepa sees Nandi rerun
  • Dates set for film & culture fests
  • Sikkim road needs more time: BRO
    • Indian Express
  • Bengal gloom on way to doom: Buddha
  • Soumitra slams govt for turning KIFF into circus
  • TMC leader threatens hospital owner with gun
  • Bollywood comes calling on Mamatas invitation
  • Cong leaders lash out at TMC govt over Loba firing
  • CID publishes photo of missing Biman
  • Top cop aims at role of a graft crusader
  • Eyeing polls, govt fast tracks rural projects
  • Seeking answers From govt
  • Child panel gives Norway kids mother their custody
  • 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
  • Gender test proves Pinki Pramanik a male, charged with rape
  • GTA areas to have separate transport offices
  • Decked with lights, Nandans new look dazzles the crowds
  • Railways wont deprive Bengal, says Adhir
  • City auto drivers defy Madans diktat on LED
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line