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News Headlines Archive

October 25, 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
  • Woman power stuns train goons
  • Ex-VC slams Presidency mentor group
  • Dhanteras makes Kolkatans splurge on gold
  • Film fest patch-up bid with Mrinal Sen
  • Forest dept gives boat for jheel clean-up
  • Mamata Banerjee wants no gifts for Diwali
  • Construction at Infosys site to start in 4 mths
  • Govt forms panel to revamp PDS
  • Mamata can turn city into London: UK envoy
  • Water problem in Rajarhat to end soon
  • Loaded truck runs over two in Midnapore
  • State to meet CRPF's land demand
  • Clashes in Mangalkote, Ketugram
  • Higher property tax for Sec V cos?
  • Hills to miss festivities this Diwali
  • Bomb attack duringstrike during railway scrap auction
  • Mittal pledges support to St Xavier's College
  • Piped gas JV may be signed in November
  • Fishermen find body of missing caterer
  • Hanging between life and death
  • Bank locker turns deadly gas chamber for guards in Kolkata
  • Army may join hands to save Santragachi Jheel
  • Recruitment of civic cops begins
  • LiLo's 'friend' loses land to mafia
  • Survey to assess status of Muslims
  • Govt to regularize contract workers
  • Foresters yet to identify Dooars animal
  • 3 policemen injured in clash
  • ESI hospital & medical college to come up at Howrah
  • Unidentified animal chopped to death
  • Goons shoot at Trinamool activist
  • Man found dead near tank
  • Mamata agrees to tighten security ring
  • Heritage ride running out of steam
  • Inter-state car theft racket busted
  • Salt Lake residents to get self-assessment forms
  • Infy to inspect Rajarhat land after Diwali
  • Graft charge against school secy
  • Mamata's envoys meet Chhatradhar
  • Maoist bandh not total, TMC holds rally in Red zone
  • Traders reject proposal to shift Mangala Haat
  • Woman found hanging, husband and in-laws held
  • WBPDCL to propose publishing power-cut schedules in newspapers
  • Touch kiosks inaugurated
  • On board meal on trains to get costlier
  • Santragachi Jheel limping back to life
  • Smart shower cools city, Met says more rain expected
  • Deshapriya Park loses trees to revolving stage
  • No more writing, JEE may go all objective in 2012
    • The Telegraph
  • Tax shutters on shop stop
  • Bank guards die in vault
  • Pastor kicked, locked up after subscription row
  • London green tips for city
  • Police, bank spread cracker ban word
  • Varsity teachers to pay for script neglect
  • Mamata growls at gifts
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  • Dash for deals on wheels
  • Pat for JU department
  • Fillip to cricket dreams of 8 Jungle Mahal youths
  • Fear of ally grips Cong monitors
  • Cops and wives assaulted
  • Kids collect Kali puja chanda
  • Tragedy exposes hospital plight
  • Cong jittery over survey
  • Tea price protest blocks highway
  • NBU result delay derails study session
  • Minister orders peafowl probe
  • Hunt for votes reboots
  • Womans suicide bid in jail
    • Indian Express
  • 2 guards choke to death in bank vault
  • Teachers to face punitive action if they refuse to check papers
  • CM orders review of all bridges in N Bengal
  • Demand coal royalty from Centre, Lefts Asim tells govt
  • Darjeeling footbridge collapse toll rises to 34
  • Kolkata Confidential: Name game
  • Quake damage in Darjeeling hills being assessed
  • Security forces get priority in CMs land bank project
  • Tableaus, pamphlets, monitoring vans ideas of PCB to check noise this Diwali
  • Twist in Maoist Kalighat surrender tale
  • Visual documents of culture
  • Against violation of right to livelihood
  • Leheriyas in the Desert
  • Odafa hat-trick helps Bagan break the jinx
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata appoints two new interlocutors for peace talks
  • Slight intensity quake shakes Imphal
  • Tibetan Administration eager to revive Nepal-Tibetan ties
  • Advani on PM: Calling spade a spade
  • GJM chalks strategy for Uttarakhand elections
  • CPI-M demands CBI, judicial probes into Bijonbari mishap
  • CPI(M) demand a high level probe into the Bijanbari bridge mishap
  • GJM under fire as toll rises to 34
  • Bijanbari displays resilience
  • Mamata Banerjee assures of all help to bridge tragedy victims
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line