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News Headlines Archive

November 16, 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
  • Gear up for new-look book fair, Jogen to decide ground layout
  • Bodies of three children found floating in river
  • Jewellery, cash looted from Behala house
  • Journalist detained for clicking pictures outside Metro
  • Childhood lost on railway platforms
  • Rain and winter brew spells trouble for tea
  • Maoists make fresh ceasefire offer
  • Commonwealth seeks educational ties with Bengal
  • Four more babies die in Malda, toll rises to 26
  • Dipu Moni to meet Mamata Banerjee
  • Youth shot dead near Tarapith temple
  • Duo misbehaves with girl on Rajdhani, held
  • Drunk youths molest girls, locals set liquor shop on fire
  • Chemical unit makes life miserable for Lake Town residents
  • Pfizer The Times of India World Diabetes Initiative launched
  • Mamata Banerjee may take aerial route to boost industry
  • Children's Day with a difference
  • Children speak their minds
  • No alternative to nuclear energy: Kalam
  • Two engg students held for ragging junior
  • Radical syllabus revamp suggested
  • Civil Military Liaison Conference convened
  • Govt, Maidan Market stall owners lock horns
  • Cop blown up while defusing bomb
  • Uproar over Gandhi book at Siliguri Book Fair
  • Gang attacks govt employee's house, loots cash, valuables
  • Air Force to allow unused airstrips for civil flight operations
  • Abdul Kalam to address convention at IIMC on its 50 years
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Last man standing at Eden
  • Call of the Caribbean
  • Mamata recce of fest
  • Medical students held for protest
  • Sleep spray to rob apartment
  • From one Curie to another
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Neglect cry over chimp death
  • Tie-up on Bratya table
  • Sit-in at Presidency
  • Joint forces draw first blood but rebels show fight thirst
  • Wait & see what happens: Maoist
  • Few takers for new-look efforts
  • Scan on every crib & mother death
  • Shortage, another name for health care
  • Rail staff beaten up for MLA berth
  • Crime, cobra & cat: worries galore for cops
  • More docs sought for treatment of children
  • Royal abode for Rajbangshi study
  • Teesta power in March
    • Indian Express
  • Bangladesh minister to meet CM today, Teesta on agenda
  • In swift reprisal, forces gun down Maoists
  • Students held for slamming joint ops
  • Mitras warning to big tax evaders: Will go after you
  • Governor defends govt, says it is seized with the issue
  • Ordinance protest reaches V-C office
    • Hindustan Times
  • Maoists more dangerous than terrorists: Mamata
  • Sunderbans voted out of seven-wonder race
  • Govt comes up with new strategy to fight Maoists
  • Kolkata: Unknown fever grips city, virus not identified
  • Kudankulam plant safe: Kalam
  • Kalam downplays frisking incident
  • Maoists call off truce, say Mamata broke promise
  • Hill municipalities elections might skip polls
  • Kudankulam plant safe: Kalam
  • Prime accused in Jnaneswari Exp accident nabbed
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line