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News Headlines Archive

October 01, 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
  • Gang waylays trader, snatches Rs 45 lakh
  • Attacks on BSF men rise on border
  • Visva Bharati girl attacked by roommate
  • Minor foils parents' bid to marry her off
  • 'Irrational use of medicines rampant'
  • Puja organizers go hi-tech for sponsors
  • Two jawans killed in road accident
  • Kolkata Port Trust pins hope on Oct 3 meet to resolve crisis
  • Minister's son hospitalized with burns
  • CPM, Congress rallies to cripple Kolkata today
  • Patient's kin ransack Malda hospital
  • Seven pilgrims killed, 40 injured in road accident
  • 75-year-old sprinter eyes Taipei title
  • Behala woes to worsen after Puja
  • Flyovers Ground Traffic
  • An evening of Dwijendralal Ray
  • Civic bodies making mandatory provisions to use solar water heaters in commercial establishments
  • Mamata criticizes reforms on facebook
  • EC derails Didi plan for early panchayat polls
  • New terminal to miss Puja date as airlines refuse to move in
  • Dead girls parents give ministers wife clean chit after kangaroo trial
  • Suburban train jumps tracks
  • Transport minister avoids the issue of bus fares hike
  • Minister talks tough on rogue auto drivers
  • Nightclubs out of Puja plans this year
  • Cops refuse to file FIR after theft on train
  • Railways cracks whip on seat grabbers
  • You may soon need an ID proof to send a parcel
  • Something special about Bengal, says Shah Rukh Khan video
  • Central bounty, despite bitter split
  • Abduction claim muddles port crisis
  • Teen starts new life on World Heart Day
  • College Street to get Rs 4.5cr facelift
  • 'Dead' girl returns, police in a fix
  • Sunset for boulevard
  • Maneka Gandhi NGO in dog-burial row
  • Mamata accuses Centre of "looting" aam admi
  • 'Self proclaimed' VIPs continue to use red beacon
  • Suchitra Sen in hospital with fracture
  • Big B to inaugurate film fest at Mamata request
  • Detectives zero in on shoot-snatch bikers
  • SC move to protect heritage
  • Carpool driver beats up kid, gets bail
  • Nursing home fire sparks panic
  • Teacher held for molesting teen
  • Court acquits Maoist leader Soumen
  • Bus mows down schoolgirl
  • Two 'humiliated' advisers of Gour Banga university resign
  • Congress leader locks up teachers
  • Mamata showers goodies on Howrah
    • The Telegraph
  • Shakespeare versus science in ISC
  • Rain hope hinges on reverse flow
  • Faster flow promise in flyover unveil
  • Endangered calf in zoo debut
  • Truck crushes mother, son to death
  • Insider hint in kidnap and rob
  • CPM sets rally target, city resigns to chaos
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  • A-team buffer for India prospects
  • Gang in taxi snatches Rs 45lakh on flyover
  • Cartoonists decry professor arrest
  • Man held for killing wife
  • CPT share-recession logic boomerangs
  • CPM rally drill before rural polls
  • Girl slashes girl for looks
  • When docs out, attendant in
  • Minister sons suicide attempt
  • 7 Bihar pilgrims killed in bus crash
  • Puja keeps Trinamul in SMC
  • Party writes to Paul on switch
  • Police officer & car fall into Teesta
  • Permits from today for trips to East spots
  • T2 talent hunt finale
    • Indian Express
  • Mamata reopens 20-yr-old case involving rival Dasmunsi
  • With pro-FDI banners, Cong to march to Mamatas house today
  • Ministers son sets himself on fire, critical
  • 7 pilgrims die as bus overturns
  • Maldas Kaliachak is hub of fake note smuggling: BSF
  • Kolkata confidential: Whipping Lord of the rings
  • Panel writes to Bengal govt against food security bill
  • CAG pulls up electricity company for irregularities
  • Govt to move SC against WBUHS V-C appointment
  • LPG associations defer strike
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • Decongesting Kolkatas streets
  • Mamata toughens stance, Cong says UPA govt not in trouble
  • Congress ministers skip Mamata's Cabinet meeting
  • Forcible enforcement of bandh will not be allowed: Mamata
  • 'Little difference between orange and red'
  • TMC leaders brush up Hindi as Didi takes FDI fight to Delhi
  • Looting on in the name of aam aadmi, reforms: Mamata
  • Cong should seek people's verdict on FDI: Mamata
  • Bengal minister's son tries to set himself on fire
  • 7 pilgrims die as bus overturns in West Bengal
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line