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News Headlines Archive

October 12, 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
  • Curse it or lump it, foul is fair for new-age filmmakers
  • Rattled on rutted tram tracks
  • Fee committee can start probe on parents complaint
  • State govt to monitor fee hikes
  • CM woos Hills with cheques & charm
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • After dream, power to fulfil
  • Peers laud people skills
  • Blaze at police quarters
  • School scholarship comeback
  • Panel for drainage revamp
  • Eden battle, off the pitch
  • You share your birthday with...
  • 5 old faces in new Presi body
  • Delhi to cut rebel belt forces
  • Teacher dies on trek trip
  • Morcha sees a caring CM
  • Relief to rehabilitation
  • Demolition men from Hyderabad arrive
  • Prod to visit blast victims
  • Scholarship comeback
  • KBC cash for Money Tree lady
  • School with a model campus
  • Father hurts children
    • Indian Express
  • Stop dumping, clear clogged drains of Kolkata
  • Wing goes missing, Govt ad gives wings to controversy
  • Lakshmi Puja darkened by severE power outages across state
  • JUs Malabika Sarkar is new Presidency V-C
    • 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
  • Mamata rules out division of Bengal, announces projects
  • 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
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line