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News Headlines Archive

September 02, 2012
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
  • 'Rajarhat new town' to get six community markets
  • Presidency college teachers fail to make the cut
  • Cops piece together suicide puzzle
  • Rush of dengue patients ebbs, worst may be over: Doctors
  • Koel Mullick helps youth reunite with family
  • North Bengal to get its first circuit bench
  • Separate collector for Kolkata
  • BJP advises Mamata Banerjee to quit UPA
  • Girl held for over friend's obscene pictures
  • Prakash Karat coal policy differs from what CPM practised
  • Woman jumps off posh highrise with daughters after husbands death
  • Activists work cut off family
  • A crusader for nature
  • Man held for molesting carpool girl
  • Now, pay lifetime tax for your car
  • No end in sight to trident controversy
  • Stations get blue-and-white makeover
  • Its not a bird flu outbreak: Experts
  • High security number to track illegal autorickshaws
  • CBI arrests two persons from Malda for smuggling fake Indian currency
  • Dengue toll rises to 10 in Kolkata
  • Standing water at home could get you fined
  • Genetically modified products flood foodchains, buyers unaware
  • Fresh row over trident lamps
  • Abused woman plots to kill employer
  • Three district SPs appear before high court
  • Mamata Banerjee takes on Congress over Raiganj AIIMS
  • Chicken from infected farms flood Kolkata
  • Hooghly students allege molestation
  • Taxis set to don advertisements, charge Rs 1500 per month
  • Firm threatens to pull out of Haldia port
  • Pollution control board extends ban on Haldia
  • Dengue kills 2 more, toll touches 9
  • Dengue trend alarms doctors
  • Vice-chairman slams inefficient Bidhannagar Municipality
  • No preventive steps against water-borne diseases at Writers Buildings
  • Civic work creates mosquito dens
  • Mystery over cancelled emergency air tickets
  • Dictionary traces maths concepts to Vedas
  • 12 students injured in Kolkata's City College violence
  • Alert taxi driver foils husbands bid to sell wife
  • Chaos at Mamatas Behrampore rally
  • Kolkatas London dreams to take shape soon
  • Court orders warrant against Maoist Ganpathy
  • Under-19 cricketer gets a heros welcome
  • Floating restaurant may be West Bengals puja gift
  • President to be in Kolkata on September 14, keen to visit Golpark house
  • Anti-graft body to prosecute public servants
  • Speed curb on trains via Jangalmahal to be lifted
  • Once in a blue moon on Friday
    • The Telegraph
  • Bips & evil red rosogollas
  • 2 more dengue deaths, toll highest in 7 years
  • BIMAN THROWS OBAMA GAUNTLET
  • CM pats judges for rights court support
  • Holy Land pilgrimage from city
  • Presidency gets 17 teachers
  • Police from Panchami
  • Mamata pleads for anganwadi land
  • Falling logs injure woman
  • Fed Cup under lights & after 17 years
  • Raiganj protest to offer land
  • Search in Siliguri to house 2 new courts
    • Indian Express
  • Presidencys plan to recruit NRI faculty runs into visa norms
  • Buddhadeb slams CM over meeting Clinton
  • Foundation of Jalpaiguri circuit bench laid
  • Tata to return if state turns politically friendly
  • Offer land voluntarily: Mamata to farmers
  • Glare on highrise security, review on the cards
  • Driver, family friend questioned
  • Dengue spreading in Kolkata
  • From Sept 3, pay lifetime or 1-time tax for your vehicles
  • Pepper spray sale hots up inKolkata
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • Presidency jail escapees body found in Barasat
  • State should take care of CU and JU too
  • Foil fell off AC duct, triggered Metro panic
  • Left rally brings city to a standstill
  • Buddha slams Mamata for 'inviting' Obama to WB
  • Buddha slams Mamata for 'inviting' Obama to WB
  • Minting on error: Rs. 5 coins go for Rs. 5,000
  • Ministry cracks down on fire safety
  • Police make progress in presidency escape case
  • Mamata wants list of her ministers assets
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line