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News Headlines Archive

October 31, 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
  • 'Pak outfit' hacks CID website
  • No solution in sight to night train problem
  • Drunk rowdies beat up cops
  • City caught in Dawood and Rajan's drug war
  • Finally, concrete plans for city's worst tram track stretch
  • Trinamool leader shot dead in party office
  • Winged guests flock to cleaned-up jheel
  • Mamata reviews riverfront revamp
  • Hospital launches stroke awareness drive
  • CM not serious about peace process: Maoists
  • BSF jawans roughed up
  • Two-wheeler giant to set up shop in state
  • Major drive against tax defaulters on the cards
  • Two crushed under Kali idol, 5 injured
  • 'Mahayajna is working already'
  • BJP leader held on murder charge
  • Students in a fix over common medical test
  • New hotels to end room crunch
  • After 15 infant deaths, Kolkata hosp to open new unit on Monday
  • Jheel clean-up works, birds arrive
  • Salt Lake traffic islands may be billboard-free
  • Quack arrested for threat call to CMO
  • In 2 days, 12 tots die in Burdwan
  • Four more crib deaths at Kolkata hospital
  • Fresh charge against skeleton case accused
  • Chhatradhar blames CM for unrest
  • IED recovered, close shave for Subhendu
  • Jindals' Salboni project faces iron ore crisis
  • Disproportionate assets: Buddha aide in the dock
  • Sikkim seeks Bengal nod for alternative highway
  • High tide sweeps away businessman
  • Bengal's 'Switzerland' in utter neglect
  • Four more babies die at Kolkata's BC Roy Hospital
  • Sixteen more babies die in WB govt hospitals, toll 29
  • Birds start arriving, jheel not yet ready
  • CIC wants two commissioners
  • Political smear on VIP Road trees
  • Baby deaths: Probe rules out negligence
  • New eligibility test for aspiring teachers
  • Sharmila to inaugurate Kolkata film fest
  • Skeleton case accused gets bail
  • State has funds for development: Asim
  • Infantry Day at Fort William
  • 'Community concept' to spruce up Rajarhat
  • Holistic approach to beautify urban areas
  • 13 kids die in 72 hours in WB hospital
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Truck in wrong lane kills couple
  • AC rakes throw Metro off track
  • Lear return at Rabindra Sadan
  • Boy dies after assault by father
  • Trinamul activist shot in party office
  • CID site hacked, finger at Pak group
  • Eden fans send a short but sharp message
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  • More birds at reborn lake
  • Cops beaten up by drunken revellers
  • Vulnerable CPM cuts meeting time
  • Cloud on CMs Nandi visit
  • OC pays for failure to save CPM cadre
  • Territory deal: president out of loop
  • Deb finds disparity in project reports
  • 10 injured in clash at Cong meet
  • CMs Nandi visit in doubt
  • CPM leader hints at exit
  • Bongthing dies, custom too
    • Indian Express
  • Robotics fever catches up with IIT-Kharagpur students
  • Need for movement against central policies: Karat
  • 15-year-old boy found hanging, neighbours blame father
  • Adivasi faction joins hands with GJM
  • Eight investment offers pending with govt: Mamata
  • Quake damage in Darjeeling hills being assessed
  • Trinamool worker shot in North 24 Parganas
  • kolkata Confidential: Who succeeds Samar Ghosh?
  • Taslimas parting with her cat is theme of Tollywood movie
  • CPM state committee meet from today
  • Visual documents of culture
  • Against violation of right to livelihood
  • Creating opportunities
  • Bittersweet hangover
  • Leheriyas in the Desert
  • Odafa hat-trick helps Bagan break the jinx
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata sets sleuths on partymen
  • Bengal CID website hacked
  • Won't give up arms, Maoists to Mamata
  • West Bengal sees 12 more crib deaths
  • 11 kids die in 24 hours in Kolkata
  • 5 more crib deaths in Burdwan hospital
  • 7 more kids die in Bengal
  • Won't give up arms, Maoists to Mamata
  • Tata Motors challenges Singur order
  • CPI-M demands CBI, judicial probes into Bijonbari mishap
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line