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News Headlines Archive

November 14, 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
  • Abdul Kalam to address convention at IIMC on its 50 years
  • Air Force to allow unused airstrips for civil flight operations
  • Fraudster arrested for duping several girls
  • Nature lovers clean up Santragachi Jheel
  • Faces from an album of Muktijuddha
  • Fire at Malda power station
  • Surprise raids on trains passing through Bihar, UP
  • Kolkatans relish a journey down familiar terrain
  • The cosmic sigh of a Turin horse
  • Healing touch from self-taught vet
  • Certified Copy enthralls Nandan
  • Bengali cinema needs better marketing
  • 'Fiscal deficit target is difficult to meet'
  • Rowdies threw stones at train passengers
  • Kings come and kings go, but tales are forever
  • Kolkata film festival more than a festival
  • Iron curtain off, films find voice
  • Xavier's in India-China edu exchange
  • 'Herge answered all 7 questions'
  • Ground realities & realty ambitions
  • A harsh realty of City of Joy
  • Mother Diary enters brand-wagon
  • Dredger crisis looms over Haldia port
  • Presidency University to recruit faculty from December
  • Son attacked, Dalu blames Trinamool
  • West Bengal govt planning to bifurcate Burdwan
  • Congress plans agitation against Mamata govt
  • Kolkata government hospital: Junior doctors strike enters third day
  • Police seek details of Susanta earnings
  • Land sought in New Town for airport modernisation
  • Mamata tirade on rebel home turf
  • Sex trade: 29 girls to be reunited with families
  • Leave health ministry, CPM tells Didi
  • GAIL may pull state out of gas crisis
  • Seminar on juvenile diabetes
  • 3 more babies die at Malda
  • Undertrials go on hunger strike in jail
  • Mob vandalism at Raveena Tandon show
  • Challenged man pushed off Poorva Exp, dies
  • Power utility faces crisis
  • Doctor in West Bengal arrested for raping maidservant
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • A child in every Calcuttan
  • Extra cover for spittoon bridge
  • All-star Sunday at houseful film fest
  • Car on fire, family safe
  • Building duo in makeover mode
  • CM lifeline for kids with hole in heart
  • Metro links on fast track
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Story of Eden in 22 frames
  • Steady trickle of Maoist arrests
  • Cong minority heat on ally
  • Showcause fury at tribal leader
  • Ex-KLO rebels seek relief
  • Bus strike called to protest extortion
  • Bhaichung made Bengal sports icon
  • Timber seized, 3 held
    • Indian Express
  • PCAPA man who brought down Jnaneswari train arrested
  • Front partners slam Biman for making snide remarks on Mamata
  • Pranab assures relief for Mamata govt on borrowing funds from market
  • Eden waits for Sachins 100th ton but fails to sell 1,000 tickets
  • New district for industries on anvil
  • Myriad of moving emotions in Ray stills
  • Kolkata Confidential: Little Magic for Little Maestro
  • Survivor on the Airwaves: A Tale of human courage
  • In Fletcher-era, life starts at 85mph
  • Spin inquisition in Kolkata
    • 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
  • Kudankulam plant safe: Kalam
  • Prime accused in Jnaneswari Exp accident nabbed
  • Kolkata: Unknown fever grips city, virus not identified
  • Govt comes up with new strategy to fight Maoists
  • Sunderbans voted out of seven-wonder race
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line