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News Headlines Archive

November 17, 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
  • Nandana Sen: Nothing shameful about human body, so what's wrong with nudity?
  • Unions see a role reversal
  • Jobs cut, monthly pay intact
  • 3 more babies die in Malda, CM sets up task force
  • Joint forces step up operation, interlocutors offer to resign
  • Rebel sympathizers slam Mamata
  • Surjya offers to play peacemaker
  • 2 youths held for extortion bid
  • Body of fourth child found in Damodar
  • No end to JEE dilemma
  • Soul-stirring music fest
  • Youth involved in MMS scam, held
  • Compensation soon for Rajarhat IT land
  • State team in fund-raising walk
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • No-detention policy with parent clause
  • She flips for Yuvi, bats for Virat
  • Meteor shower in city sky
  • Dawn blaze at plastic godown
  • Govt prods Hidco on IT plots
  • Bengali push for medical entrance
  • Annual date with all things beautiful
  • Floodlit Tennis Tournament
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Rs 8lakh in fake notes
  • Extortion bid lands duo in net
  • Mamata ground rules for mother-child care
  • Operating theatre closed
  • COBRAs to trace, camp force to strike
  • Redundant team of emissaries
  • Coal fraud ring busted
  • Suicide for price fear
  • Morcha axe threat to dissidents
  • Arson halts vehicle tax collection
  • Rebels bank on non-tribals for GTA
  • Call to scrap projects on holy river
  • First meet on wild safety
  • Man kills wife, himself
    • Indian Express
  • Interlocutors withdraw from peace process
  • Teesta should not stand in way of friendship with Bangladesh
  • Debt-ridden farmer commits suicide, family threatened
  • Mamata takes oath as MLA
  • Writer too qualified, blind student misses HS exam
  • Jnaneswari U-turn: CPM wants apology from Didi
    • 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
  • Mamata blames Maoists for Gyaneswari Exp sabotage
  • Jailed Pak citizen denied consular services for 6 years
  • Happy to share Teesta water: Mamata
  • Bengal Maoists' u-turn, say ready for ceasefire
  • Kalam downplays frisking incident
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line