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News Headlines Archive

November 14, 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
  • Police want me to commit suicide, Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik says
  • Dreams and despair in search of new land
  • Tom's encounters with icons who Altered his life
  • Cops look for lewd photos of victim
  • Trinamool Congress to test waters in northeast assembly polls
  • After 11 days in jail, 'missing' man returns
  • Poor hygiene triggers child deaths in West Bengal: Report
  • 15 held for bursting banned crackers
  • Ring road to connect Sector V, Bantala
  • Diwali lights shift to gambling boards
  • Cops bust East Kolkata snatching gang, one held
  • Lawyers question rape slur on former athlete Pinki Pramanik
  • Gorkha Janmukti Morcha plans public meets post Diwali
  • Light at the end of East-West Metro tunnel?
  • Port assures industry of maintaining commitment
  • 'Onion prices vary in city markets'
  • 'Rs 1L cr investments cleared in 18 months'
  • Customers suffer as telcos fight legal battle
  • Lalkhoti to re-open on November 15
  • All India Radio newsroom to get a facelift
  • Special trains spark delay woes
  • Rajarhat plot fetches Rs 6.85cr in auction
  • No GATE pass for job seekers
  • Girl gang-raped near Bangladesh border
  • Top cop completes Loba probe in 30 minutes
  • Pollution control board on 'no noise' drive
  • Cops crack whip on illegal cracker sellers
  • Assault without provocation worries police
  • Now, snatchers strike north
  • Investors date with Kolkata next month
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • D-DAY: THE HURRAH...
  • Mamata prod prompts rethink on steep bus fare hike
  • Car robbers hit man with gun
  • Names for Big Cats with city connect
  • Kali as avatar of Krishna
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Cong MLA to switch a day before shuffle
  • Heritage plea shifts mela spot
  • Somen wont forget Cong
  • First Vatican envoy visit to Darj
  • Deb, Barla discuss rural polls
  • Congress ministers to visit Haldia
  • Registration eye on safari cars
    • Indian Express
  • Soumitra slams govt for turning KIFF into circus
  • Gender test confirms Pinki is a male
  • Bengal gloom on way to doom: Buddha
  • TMC leader threatens hospital owner with gun
  • Hands off Loba, TMC dist leaders told
  • Gun-wielding TMC leader arrested
  • CID publishes photo of missing Biman
  • Top cop aims at role of a graft crusader
  • 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
  • Hands that rule gambling dens
  • Mamatas rail panels face axe in Adhir hands
  • Das Munshi wants rights panel to probe Loba case
  • A sweet makeover this festival of lights
  • Intellectuals join chorus against KIFF
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line