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News Headlines Archive

September 07, 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
  • CPM, police cross swords over rally spot
  • Partha Chatterjee- Infosys meet raises hope
  • Learning to be more fun at school
  • Robbers strike at bank, loot Rs 1 lakh
  • Barasat doctor died in family clash: CM
  • Mamata Banerjee clears compensation package for victims of atrocities
  • 980 buses to be taken off roads soon
  • CM upset over media reports
  • Fever clinics not equipped to treat critical cases
  • Central team to help combat dengue in Kolkata
  • Doctor fakes identity to dupe banks of Rs 5.9cr
  • Shadow of hooch tragedy lurks in Mograhat homes
  • No School Service Commission teachers for minority institutes
  • Busy day for officials at Kolkata airport
  • Another blackout averted
  • Dengue stalks Science College
  • River sweeps crowded bus off bridge, 2 die, 5 missing
  • 4 found with throats slit at Behala home
  • Govt plea for early panchayat polls rejected
  • Only 20% of power projects in private sector on schedule: Assocham study
  • Bus washed away by swollen river in West Bengal's Bankura district
  • Dengue toll up, docs pray for more rain
  • State U-turn on Class-IX exams
  • KMC meet falls flat, opposition walks out
  • Locals seek strict sentence for molesters
  • State hopes to overcome rain deficit
  • Govt-aided school struggles with one room, 120 students
  • Women's panel slams cops for 'illegal' arrest
  • Homemaker murdered in Hooghly
  • Publisher to file RTI plea for raid
  • Firms flout revival package norms
  • White knights vroom in to chase out crime
  • Presidency honours stats legends
  • Visva-Bharati to offer music with science next year
  • Partha to meet Infy boss over state project
  • Auto driver returns 2 lakh
  • Meet on Haldia Petrochemicals
  • Students pay tribute to slain teacher
  • Six convicts in death row in Bengal jails
  • Chief minister busts dengue 'myth' with stats
  • Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan funds for Didi's Teachers Day gala
  • Patiala ustad kindles love for ragas
  • No Nikumbh Sir to help real-life Ishaans
  • No carpools, office buses on Sept 12
  • Disabled boy seeks help from Mamata
  • Varsities' appraisal to hold key to PG admissions
  • Class IX external exams delayed
  • Literary world to miss its bohemian genius
  • Tailwind for IT sector as US firm forays into state
    • The Telegraph
  • Calcutta gets collector
  • Fresh look at dengue duel
  • Rain hat-trick cuts deficit
  • Traffic snarl grounds fliers
  • Power-less for hour after snag
  • CPM dares cops over rally site
  • Wheels unfit & illegal rule streets
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  • Recruitment autonomy for RKM
  • HS practicals at away centres
  • Water sweeps bus into river
  • Rope rescue by villagers
  • Four murdered in Behala house
  • Insulted teachers stall classes after thief slur
  • Heist, then search for umbrellas
  • Drive to collect water charge
  • Boy cracks medical but poverty chases
  • Restoration hope shines for heritage four
  • Cong seeks CBI probe into girls murder
  • Special fever ward at NBMCH
    • Indian Express
  • Kolkata felicitates Mary Kom
  • Bus washed away into canal, three killed
  • Council upholds 25 of 38 complaints against misleading adverts
  • Cabinet approves compensation scheme
  • Mamata Banerjee prescribes counselling for journalists
  • Dont expose too much skin, Mamata Banerjee govt tells school students, others
  • Driver, family friend questioned
  • Glare on highrise security, review on the cards
  • Dengue spreading in Kolkata
  • Suicide may have a witness
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • Hurdles to Puja deadline of new airport terminal
  • KMC interlocuter paid Rs. 2 lakh to fund Maoist activities
  • Darjeeling hums Beatles tune
  • Pool car driver held for molesting 5-yr-old
  • Rs 155 for 3 babies leave CPM & TMC red-faced
  • Bengal Teacher jailed for attack on kids
  • In Bengal, school kids get a lesson in politics
  • Mamata among 50 most influential people in finance
  • GJM leaders in Dooars resign, cite insincerity of Darj leaders
  • Digha, state's preferred suicide spot?
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line