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News Headlines Archive

November 21, 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
  • Can go to CPM headquarters for no-trust vote support: Mamata Banerjee
  • Mamata's cabinet reshuffle today, 9 get call-up
  • Harassment in LPG muddle
  • Chhath leaves lake in a mess, KIT in lone clean-up act
  • Christmas fest to get bigger this year
  • Adyapeath head to address meet of religions in US
  • Calcutta University software to improve breast cancer detection
  • Transport secretary gets court summons
  • 8-year-old killed as fire razes slum
  • 2-day strike call by luxury taxi owners
  • Friends strangle 14-year-old, bury body
  • Zambian arrested for credit card fraud
  • Party to take call on Mamata: Gurudas Dasgupta
  • Top-rung rejig in industries department
  • Congress dares TMC in Haldia showdown
  • West Bengal may waive Rs 150 crore due from sick PSUs
  • Mamata Banerjee eyes tourism along Hooghly
  • Kolkata rejuvenation blueprint released in London
  • Mamata Banerjee to address honchos at PanIIT meet
  • Rice policy a priority in poll season
  • Girl attempts suicide during exam
  • Revised bus fare structure for suburbs and districts
  • March 2013 date for Noapara Metro
  • Trip of a lifetime for Kashmiri schoolkids
  • Tehatta villagers lodge complaint with rights body
  • Mamata Banerjees cabinet expansion likely on Wednesday
  • Panel looks at ways to boost Hills tourism
  • Owner refuses to hand over land; power utility in a fix
  • Land brokers held for abetting suicide of farmer
  • Bengal under debt trap despite revenue rush
  • Budding scribes fight for Times tag
  • TMC may meet JD(U) leader today
  • Future-ready power cover for Kolkata
  • CID grills CPM leader, goes slow on others
  • Rock to Japanese beats next month
  • Mother seeks 4 months to take back son
  • Govt hospitals to sell drugs at discounted rates
  • 'Bihar don linked with local goons'
  • Govt to solve district bus fare crisis by tomorrow
  • Homemaker found dead in Behala
  • Can't afford fruits? Blame Bangla agents
  • Mamata Banerjee to attend 80 years of alma mater
  • Revenue hunt leads Kolkata Municipal Corporation to 3K 'new' properties
  • Anger over academy takeover bid
  • Films preach 'save heritage' message
  • Varsities to offer distance BEd courses
  • Illegal 'club' sparks fear in posh locality
  • Kids' a-fair with stories tomorrow
  • Chief of Japan Air Self Defence Force on a three-day visit to India
  • Flashback, flash forward
    • The Telegraph
  • Wanted: faces to fill job portal
  • Court rap on beacon reports
  • Hint of chill return in 48 hours
  • Extra time in ICSE science
  • Facebook crusaders to clean up the dirty picture
  • Highs & lows of higher education: US & us
  • Crackle of crores with fall-short feel
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Blockade after blaze
  • 3 held for card fraud
  • Prince of Haldia vs flies
  • Bus fares in districts revised
  • Chips fly off road, villagers protest
  • Ministry chance of rural belt 8
  • Governor for new thinking in education
  • Filmed in Sikkim, bound for Sweden
  • Transfer of blood technicians cancelled
  • Debs idle barb at Siliguri civic board
  • Trinamul man hurt in shootout
  • Gurung son to act in Nepali film
  • Ireland team retraces botanist Hooker's trail
    • Indian Express
  • Gunfight between TMC factions in Raigunj injures gang leader
  • Didi says willing to back CPM on no-trust vote, Left snubs her
  • Three JU professors, poet working for Maoists: Cops
  • Deepas convoy attacked
  • Revenue collection up 35% in 4 months
  • Fire in shanties kill child
  • TMC likely to be seated with the Left in Lok Sabha
  • Haldia as venue of bid sparks controversy
  • Congress condemns decision, calls Trinamool a B-party of CPM
  • Junglemahal women cool to govts scheme of running ration shops
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
    • Hindustan Times
  • Will back Left if it moves motion: Mamata
  • Nephew of slain green activist attacked
  • Coal ministry deallocates eight coal blocks
  • TMC plans no-trust vote on 1st day of winter session
  • CID takes over probe into Nadia firing case
  • Mamata's ministry reshuffled, 8 new faces inducted
  • Congress accuses Mamata of communal politics
  • Retracing Hooker's trail after 165 long years
  • Congress slams Mamata for no-confidence motion
  • CPI will support no-confidence motion tabled by any party
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line