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News Headlines Archive

November 30, 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
  • Mamata orders judicial probe in Tehatta firing
  • Supreme Court dismisses Lodha petition in Birla case
  • Realty check for Mamata at business meet
  • Barmy Army takes guard in City of Joy
  • Presidency University signs MoU with Trinity College
  • President Pranab to visit Golpark home on trip to Kolkata
  • Mob batters cops in Garden Reach in Kolkata
  • Madan orders crackdown on drunken driving
  • Singur on boil, Mamata ignores rumblings
  • TMC leaders' promise of action placates Sobhandeb
  • Mamata steps in to solve trident-light crisis
  • Fate of homoeopathy students hangs in balance
  • Gold chain snatched on bus
  • Panagarh villagers drive away land surveyors
  • Midnight probe into Bengal baby deaths
  • Mukul Roy, Subhendu take on Adhir in Cong stronghold
  • Queensland calling travel-freak Kolkatans
  • Friends fall out, Singur caught in home battle
  • Buddha slams govt for 'communal chaos'
  • Govt to set up motels along state highways
  • Teen nearly dies in 'snake-girl' cleansing ritual
  • Govt has to seek Centre's nod for transport reforms
  • Crib deaths: Task force to visit Malda hospital
  • Handwriting study reveals gadget-induced disorders in kids
  • Cabbie returns lost mobile phones to techie
  • Cops plan to keep monkeys off CM meet
  • Winter's here, mercury to slide in 2 days
  • Cracker of a start to Ei Samay EMSA rally
  • BEd and law varsities in the pipeline
  • Doubts haunt Metro dream
  • Cop in Tehatta firing now accused of thrashing junior
  • Key witness in hooch deaths trial shot dead
  • Kite flies off after snatching purse with cellphone
  • 4 vehicles torched after accident
  • Nepalis in Dooars, Terai unhappy with GJM
  • Tourism Queensland woos Kolkata
  • Government to find out an alternative solid waste dumping ground
  • Wooden pedestrian walkway to be set up at Shankarpur beach
  • Unhappy with Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Mamata rejigs key depts
  • Cricket betting racket busted in Kolkata
  • Sobhandeb assaulted by rival faction
  • Maoist posters in CPM leader's house
  • Mamata orders land hunt for Bankura project
  • Water row triggers uproar against Howrah mayor
  • Bengal's starvation village back in focus
  • PWD projects get a boost, govt clears Rs 70 crore
  • Five more babies die in Malda hospital
  • New ministers get rooms in overcrowded Writers' Buildings
  • Govt plans floatels in Sunderbans
  • Fugitive Bangladeshi don nabbed in Kolkata
    • The Telegraph
  • Mamata move hits land ceiling
  • Digital axe on a few channels
  • Mamata bid to placate Sobhandeb
  • Presi joins hands with Trinity
  • Low-carbon roadmap by 2013
  • Birdies, bogeys & bonds on the greens
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Stage set for battle of imagination
  • Mamata keeps Singur programmes indoors
  • Colleges not for violence: Governor
  • SDPO to be shifted, probe into firing
  • Haldia rider for ABGs Calcutta job
  • IB advice to handle crowd with tact
  • Farmers rue six-year-old mistake
  • Man falls off launch, feared drowned
  • Panagarh road plan to ease NH traffic hits land hurdle
  • Shatabdi schedule off track for a week, passengers hit
  • Nathu-la import shoots up to Rs 1cr
  • New baby unit & beds for Malda
  • Colleges not for violence: governor
  • RSP takes out rally for shut tea estates
  • GTA eyes 12% share of power tariff
    • Indian Express
  • Haldia officer who pointed to TMC hand in HBT exit held
  • Mamata wakes up to Tehatta, Loba
  • Police station ransacked
  • Crib deaths: Guv concerned but officials say not alarming
  • Malda crib death toll rises to 17
  • Trinamool tries to win Sovan back
  • Ex-minister not invited to CMs meet at Singur
  • CPM leaders murder: 4 get bail
  • Will reveal land policy after Centre enacts law
  • With tied hands CM woos investors
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata intolerant, wants yes men around her: Katju
  • Eye on Panchayat polls, Mamata rejigs cabinet
  • New conditional permits to be issued after transporters take a no strike pledge
  • Woman dies after husband sets her on fire
  • Kolkata LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) film festivalto kick off on Friday
  • Mamata is intolerant and whimsical: Katju
  • CPM leader Buddhadeb criticises PM
  • Trinamool stand on FDI only after Speaker takes decision
  • Chief supplier told court the Tagore fakes werent his
  • After Cabinet, CM reshuffles civic team
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line