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News Headlines Archive

October 03, 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
  • Baby ward fire triggers panic at Medical College
  • Fertilizer crisis looms over kharif crops
  • Slow land acquisition a threat to border security
  • Intelligence lapses in CRPF ambush?
  • Sealdah control room to go hi-tech soon
  • Pullout casts shadow over CM's madrassa dreams
  • Bid to reopen case against Cong MP
  • Kolkata may miss digitization deadline
  • Congress to play AIIMS card in panchayat polls
  • India's computing pioneer remains unsung in Bengal
  • Walk the mile or pay price for a 'ride' at state hospitals
  • Derek O' Brien headed for UN meet, to meet New York Bengalis
  • Govt employees fume at 'no-holiday' diktat
  • German team to gauge state's green potential
  • Unity key to solve crisis: Kolkata Port Trust boss
  • Infectious disease sweeps Kolkata schools
  • Pistols, ammunition seized at Belur station
  • Cops raid hookah bar, crackdown to continue
  • 500-year-old Puja guards its secrets
  • Durga idols return to tradition
  • You see a pile of stones, Kolkata Municipal Corporation calls it a road
  • Buses vanish from roads as losses mount
  • Cabbies take Kolkatans for a ride
  • Panel discussion on save ganga held
  • Two students commit suicide
  • Gandhi Jayanti: Major markets remain close in Kolkata
  • CPM buoyed by mood against government, calls Mamata pseudo-Leftist
  • Campus on the boil over lunch passes
  • Waterbodies vanish from southern fringes
  • Choked in show of might, newborn fights for life
  • Drugs seized on border
  • Metro promises all-night runs during Puja
  • Narrow escape for Duronto passengers
  • President Pranab to come home for Puja
  • Panel to probe EM Bypass land controversy
  • One killed, 22 injured in Burdwan bridge collapse
  • 2 CRPF men killed in mystery 'ambush'
  • Retail facelift for Park Circus market?
  • No leads yet in Manicktala robbery case
  • CM puts district division on hold
  • Cop hurt in mob attack in Howrah
  • Kolkata first in South East Asia to be 'age-friendly'
  • Operation theatre ceiling caves in at SSKM Hospital
  • Congress burns CM effigy at Hazra
  • Cops make a bad day worse
  • Government mum as autos fleece commuters
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Metro creaks in crowd crush
  • Quit crack in culture clan
  • Liberalisations children
  • Luxury wheels expand base
  • Mamatas FDI for a cause
  • Police booth bats for cab cartel
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Frank chat key to sex education
  • Science in India, made in Calcutta!
  • Transport strike call by Oct 9
  • CU probe holds tutor guilty of harassment
  • CRPF ignored tip-off on Maoists: Police
  • Mall pioneer at a time people took off shoes to enter
  • Coal kingpin arrested
  • Eye on bypoll, Cong to go soft on govt
  • Joshis open-door hint to Mamata
  • MLA block in plans worth Rs 86 lakh
  • Hint at SMC administrator
  • MLA skips Deepa protest
  • Sikkim writer spins success story
    • Indian Express
  • Austere West Bengal buys governor his BMW
  • Trust vote makes no sense if you dont have numbers, says Joshi
  • Mamata Front will take some time: TMC leaders
  • Buses in rallies earn revenue and friends
  • As TMC plans no-trust motion, DMK says rethink retail FDI
  • Haldia crisis: KoPT pins hopes on todays meeting
  • EC under pressure from Centre: Subrata
  • New medical rules to clamp down on private establishments
  • Two commit suicide in Birbhum
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • Lack of intel led to CRPF deaths in Jangalmahal
  • Man hacks younger brother to death following dispute
  • Early bird catches the worm, believes the new chief secy
  • Maoists are easier to get than cash rewards
  • Cossipur fire rages on for four hours
  • TMC questions Marxist funds
  • CPM calls for direct confrontation with state govt
  • Buddha rekindles Singur issue, slams CM policies
  • Howrah woman killed out of personal vendetta, say cops
  • Congress counters Mamata's Delhi rally in Kolkata
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line