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News Headlines Archive

November 15, 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
  • Rebel Congress MLA to join Trinamool
  • Antonioni was the best critic of Antonioni, says Dileep Padgaonkar
  • Iraqi film brings to life the struggle of Kurds
  • Non-lethal arms yet to reach district police
  • 'Mamata Banerjee should allow civil society to grow'
  • Murder sparks fear among garden owners
  • Bengali sweet tooth takes an upper hand
  • Firhad Hakim awaits 'London lessons' on urban infrastructure
  • New Town Kolkata Development Authority to clear plans for buildings around New Town
  • Districts go slow on caste certificates
  • Bengal to review bus fare hike
  • Robbers strike at Jadavpur home on Diwali night
  • Pavements in posh areas under siege
  • More festivities for Shera Pujos
  • Kolkata celebrates 'quietest Diwali'
  • Party on Bhai Phonta with the Irrawaddy hilsa
  • Film urges new life for convicts' kids
  • World music fest starts today
  • Riots erupt in Bengal, 1 dead in police firing
  • Presidency move to retain 5 teachers sparks row
  • One killed in Nadia in police firing on Jagadharti puja permission
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • I was assaulted and abused every night
  • Cracker assault on hospitals
  • House robbed on Diwali
  • Sweet as usual but not heavy on sweetness
  • Minister meets bus operators
  • Academy war of words
  • Art gallery opening postponed
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  • B-school joins hand with prized club
  • Celluloid man hits Kalpana high
  • Guha critical of Mamata
  • Firing glare on power shift
  • Teacher job forms from Saturday
  • Crackers & mikes in hospital complex
  • Health & faith diocese focus
  • Morcha welcomes Dooars tie-up move
  • Tea aid by club, govt spurned
  • Cong leader hacked in Malda
  • Hands crunch halts blood camps
    • Indian Express
  • Parties blame state for failing
  • Pinki to file defamation suit against police
  • Eight days on, no arrest in Loba violence case
  • Cops fire at protesters in Nadia, 1 dead
  • Soumitra slams govt for turning KIFF into circus
  • At home, host Mamata pleases all
  • Move to transfer East-West Metro shares gains pace
  • SC declines to stay V-C appointment
  • Mamata makes dent in Cong bastion, 2 MLAs set to join Trinamool
  • Mamata in way of strong civil society
  • 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
  • Left Front plans mega rally to protest against bus fare hike
  • KMC to map water bodies
  • Liquor used in Kali Puja goes missing, organisers in a tizzy
  • Police wants me to commit suicide: Pinki Pramanik
  • Hands that rule gambling dens
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line