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News Headlines Archive

October 27, 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
  • West Bengal: Snatchers beaten to death
  • Fun and frolic at Times Evening at Greenwood Park Extension, Rajarhat
  • CMO to be headed by retired officer
  • Pay 4 lakh for a CV and find your match superfast
  • New policy to reduce billboards by 50%
  • Thalassaemia eye-opener, thanks to a cop
  • Opium racket kingpin held for abducting Indore traders
  • Work on ATC tower to begin next year
  • After 30 years, city awaits date with the young Belgian reporter
  • Kolkata flouts cracker ban yet again on Diwali
  • A Kali Puja that goes beyond religious divide
  • Kali Puja revelry shuts key roads, chokes Kolkata
  • Eleven babies die in 40 hours at Kolkata hospital
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • A reel superhero, a real supergirl
  • Shes a Doll(y), but beware the punch!
  • Salt Lake puja live on Net
  • Crib death rerun at hospital
  • Tech varsity plea to govt
  • Two cities, a myriad images
  • Vintage strut before F1 speed show
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Auto-cracy unlimited
  • Climbing wall for JU students
  • Cracker fire at Tolly studio
  • December date for Lake Mall
  • Screening delay irks SRK fans
  • Allies hurl poll barbs, Buddha silent
  • Trinamul spanner in projects: Left MLAs
  • Crash lands parents in hospital, kids Diwali with doc
  • Fire at sole SBI branch in Kalna
  • DMs yoga plan for babus
  • EU stamp for Darjeeling Tea
  • Malaria kills workers back from Mumbai
  • White paper promise on relief
  • Days of feast over, frugal weddings ahead
  • BJP to talk on bridge & highway in House
  • Cycle tour to boost adventure sports
  • Rural package for Assam
  • Bullet injures trader
    • Indian Express
  • Maoist Soni spends night in police lock-up
  • 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
  • Quake damage in Darjeeling hills being assessed
  • Now Mitras turn to point errors in Asim claims
  • Murder case filed against bank for guards death
  • Roxy reopens after HC orders company to pay arrears to KMC
  • Kolkata Confidential: Name game
  • Visual documents of culture
  • Against violation of right to livelihood
  • Leheriyas in the Desert
  • Odafa hat-trick helps Bagan break the jinx
    • Hindustan Times
  • Twelve babies die in Kolkata hospital
  • 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
  • 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