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News Headlines Archive

October 04, 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
  • Kolkata's business district to shut down for two days to allow rallies
  • Shady Bengal companies raise Rs 15,000 crore
  • Welcome to barricaded Kolkata
  • Kolkata doctors eye breakthrough in cancer cure
  • Accident probe leads cops to grisly murder
  • Nothing fair about Kolkata Municipal Corporation trident fair rate
  • Raids no bar for hookah bars
  • Parsis in Kolkata celebrate Fire Temple centenary
  • Subrata Mukherjee for more changes in Panchayat Act
  • Big Pujas take the sheen out of smaller organizers
  • Artists cash in on theme Pujas
  • West Bengal government in a fix over temple in core Sunderbans
  • Molestation charge against magistrate
  • Metro rail may carry 20 lakh commuters by 2015
  • Woman rescued from Haryana
  • Fata Keshtor puja to woo Mumbaikars
  • Anglo-Indian meet in Kolkata next year
  • Hatia Express passengers to be felicitated to celebrate 25 years of passenger reservation system
  • Bengal minister's son dies of burn injuries
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Phone and phoney cable deals
  • Lets talk about films again!
  • Winter homecoming for Anglo-Indians
  • TV transition caught in digitisation circus
  • Fire glare on hospital safety steps
  • Camera cop to catch police rudeness
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Jewellery, cash stolen in Salt Lake
  • Search for unsung heroes
  • HS council secretary replaced
  • JU teachers on clash course for autonomy
  • Glare on errant autos, cabs
  • Howrah station subway flooded
  • HS practical tests at away centres
  • LPG price eats into midday meal
  • CPM warns against rural hobnob with foe
  • Garbage piles up in season of civic coma
  • Trinamul eyes LS front row
  • Farewell for chief justice
  • Minister son dies after suicide attempt
  • Kolaghat residents cry cop inaction
  • Visva attacker girl gets bail
  • Left no-confidence move against Paul
  • Southfield gates open for now
  • Rice blow in tea belt
    • Indian Express
  • Muslim rallies on different issues force Kolkata American Center shutdown
  • Left objects to no Puja holidays for poll staff
  • SP not enthused by Mamata Front, neither is Sharads JD-U
  • Cap on LPG will burn hole in pandal hoppers pockets
  • Austere West Bengal buys governor his BMW
  • For the promised jobs
  • President Pranab will be home for puja but with new protocols
  • Briefly State: Cable digitisation: Bengal seeks another extension
  • Haldia crisis: KoPT pins hopes on todays meeting
  • EC under pressure from Centre: Subrata
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • CPM geared up to confront Mamata & men post Puja
  • Bengal minister's son dies of burn injuries
  • Cops crack Park St child rape case, kin named culprit
  • Lack of intel led to CRPF deaths in Jangalmahal
  • Man hacks younger brother to death following dispute
  • Cap on subsidised LPG will affect mid-day meal scheme: Mamata
  • Boy faking kidnap killed, partners held
  • City to host Anglo Indians from across the globe
  • Minister's son who attempted suicide dies
  • CPM geared up to confront Mamata & men post Puja
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line