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News Headlines Archive

October 11, 2011
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
  • Leopard skin seized from BT Road shop
  • Govt talks tough on Dunlop row
  • Club 'rowdyism' leaves family traumatized
  • Hi-tech critical care unit at SSKM
  • Youth hangs self over failed affair
  • Pleasing goddess of wealth a costly affair this season
  • Govt to introduce one-time tax for private cars
  • Street saviour: Helping hand for mentally ill
  • Speedway now a torture trail
  • Lost highway chance will cost state dear
  • Police 'kicks' land 4-year-old in hospital
  • Mamata's pooja greetings for Bengalis in London, US, Paris
  • Shakuntala Park residents wary of burglars
  • Unions at Dunlop unite to fight for a 'common' cause
  • Eight killed in accident on way to Puri
  • Film festival opening live on Nandan screen
  • Of depression and drugs
  • I stood nowhere even after a 7-year stint: Former BPO executive
  • Double-deck delights for Kolkata this winter
  • Mamata govt not keeping pre-poll promises
  • NRI scholars keen on joining Presidency faculty
  • Police were forced to fire, says SP
  • Read Bankims works online soon
  • After river, cranes clean up ponds
  • Researcher's body found in Bangladesh
  • Immersions clog Adi Ganga
  • 'Migration bringing down Parsi population'
  • Pilots make a beeline for IndiGo
  • Fire at Howrah markets, politicians play blame game
  • Birla Planetarium in makeover mode
  • Trinamool men 'tormenting' villagers
  • Suspension of work at Dunlop unit
  • CPM ex-MLA arrested in Arambag
  • Mamata walks tightrope before trip to Jangalmahal
  • Kolkata mourns Steve Jobs
  • Theft at Salt Lake on Nabami night
  • Couple beaten up by checker, RPF men at Midnapore rail station
  • Kolkata Film Festival opening at Netaji Indoor
  • Matri puja in land of Matryoshka
  • A river ritual that reunites two nations
  • Ganga garbage divide: Clean up here, pollute there
  • Panel to assess West Bengal's tech college standards
  • Parents of BArch students join protest against anomalies
  • Poor show in exams forces BTech student to end life
  • Sharad Parikrama brings smiles to their faces
  • Will follow immersion guidelines next year: KMC
  • Neonatal docs at SSKM set an example
  • Prisoners in Mumbai with Tagore ballet
    • The Telegraph
  • Presi in 48-hour VC hunt
  • Poverty of tradition on Lakshmi Puja
  • Metro relies on paper tickets
  • Festive frames from shutterbugs
  • Resource hurdles trip cops in added areas
  • Civic switch to power-saver lights
  • 3D laser sorcery tribute to Sorcar Sr
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Howrah traffic blueprint
  • Leopard skin seized from shop
  • Man held for killing brother
  • Fishing ban hits supply of Padma ilish
  • Upgrade key to 5-day Frankfurt
  • New director for wetlands body
  • Fewer Metro trains today
  • Govt prod to reopen Dunlop
  • For CM, a less bumpy ride
  • Officer misses flight
  • 10-yr-old drowns, farmer flees
  • Journey uphill spaced with stops
  • Hills wait for CM address
  • Arms shop in Malda orchard
  • Station manager suspended for fire
  • Governor hope for parched hill town
  • Prof to present paper in Vatican
  • First time jumbo rides for Buxa visitors
  • 1 hurt in Bhutan blast
    • Indian Express
  • Ministers meet with Dunlop officials yields no outcome
  • Work on Sunderbans 750-km barrier to begin this month
  • CID asked to probe Bagulia Firing incident
  • In Malda, cops stumble upon arms making unit
  • Five-day Bangladesh Book Fair from Oct 12
  • Doting over the Daughter
    • Hindustan Times
  • Despite ceasefire offer, anti-Maoist ops continue
  • Mamata resigns from Lok Sabha
  • Bengal Maoists offer 1-mnth conditional ceasefire
  • CPM back to basics in Lalgarh
  • Pranab off to ancestral home to perform Durga Puja
  • Prisoners on indefinite fast in WB jail
  • Mamata resigns from Lok Sabha
  • Three children injured in bomb blast in Nadia
  • Congress to project Rahul as future leader: Pranab
  • Differences with Chidambaram a closed chapter
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line