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News Headlines Archive

September 08, 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
  • Kunkis to help drive away elephants in Jangalmahal
  • Joka Metro may face land hurdle
  • Bomb attack at Shantipur College
  • Ministers letter irks varsity officials
  • Partha opens food processing unit in Nadia
  • HC seeks report on filled-up waterbodies
  • Nano shift to Sanand was pre-planned
  • Train fine busts currency racket
  • Wiki leaks Salims view on Nandigram
  • Lepchas meet chief secretary
  • Stones pelted at Rajdhani, one injured
  • Trinamool men ransack police station, free leader
  • Release of political prisoners: Interlocutors meet minister
  • Tree axed to make way for puja pandal
  • Rs70-cr fraud mastermind held
  • Suicide hits Metro services
  • Defaulters queue up for tax waiver
  • Rs 9 lakh looted from bank in Sonarpur
  • Autos hike fare to make up for passenger loss
  • Stolen jewellery worth Rs1.1 cr recovered, 3 held
  • Added areas start feeling the change
  • Mobile tower dismantled
  • Diaggio to invest in West Bengal
  • Government employees told to switch off their lights
  • Money can buy you car numbers
  • Bengal women don't want to be firefighters!
  • Govt makes fire stations compulsory for housing projects
  • Indian voters in Bangla want solution through talks
  • Whatmore-Patil camp a hit in Jhargram
  • Mob sets killer bus on fire in Burdwan
  • Red zone bridge plan hits land hurdle
  • Hawkers back on Park St after 2 years
  • Bratya meets guv over change in education policy
  • Women at Writers' seek child care leave
  • 'US slammed CPM on Taslima exit'
  • Long trips are out, Bengalis seek short breaks
  • Undertrial hangs self in Tamluk
  • Class-X student kills self in Kurseong
  • CM's review meet with ministers
  • Surgery gives HIV+ girl a second chance
  • US took LF's terror alert with a pinch of salt, claims WikiLeaks
  • Woman gives birth at Howrah station
  • Gang robs jeweller's house
  • Man held with fake KMC tax receipts
  • ID cards sought for sex workers
  • Sovabazar Rajbari decks up for its date with history
  • Suspended TMC leader seeks probe
  • Susanta Ghosh sent to jail for two weeks
    • The Telegraph
  • Shot at bullet train to Delhi
  • Education talks with governor
  • Take-off tip to faltering flight
  • Court nod for paid immersion
  • NGO head arrested on dupe charge
  • Engineers not fit for jobs: minister
  • Toothless cop kiosks of little help in distress
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Whats wrong with West Bengal?
  • Third snatching at Salt Lake in 3 days
  • Cops seek help in trauma care
  • Power feeder line for stadium
  • Trinamul workers snatch leader from cops
  • Surjyas rape and terror salvo
  • Green plan for airport roads
  • One killed in bus firing
  • 150 cases slow Teesta project flow
  • 12 hamlets to host Chilapata visitors
  • Girl unchained and taken to hospital
  • RTI query sheds light on clogs in Balasun scheme
  • Curtains on bars with crooners
  • Puja bonus for tea workers at 20%
  • Lawyers & rivals on strike
  • Hill Cart Road to open on September 25
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  • Student drowns in pond
    • Indian Express
  • Next Bill delinking education & politics?
  • After Messi press meet goof-up, Yuba Bharati Krirangan to
  • Malabikas wish comes true, shell get zero in Higher Secondary maths paper
  • Anxiety & hope as residents fast for smooth swap
  • At MLA meet, Trinamool battles queries on skeletons, CPM and fiscal mess
  • Make engg curriculum job-oriented: Partha
  • Security stepped up in Bengal
  • 16 Hurt in clash between lawyers, bus staff
    • Hindustan Times
  • Miffed Mamata drops out of Manmohan's Dhaka trip
  • A day after the Messi magic
  • Disarm vigilante groups, then we'll talk: Naxals
  • States can have own land laws: Jairam
  • CVC not keen to come under Lokpal
  • Lepchas to withdraw agitation for separate council
  • Mamata wins over north Bengal
  • Miffed Mamata drops out of Manmohan's Dhaka trip
  • Lepchas continue dharna for development council
  • Kolkata comes to a halt as Messi magic unfolds
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line