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News Headlines Archive

September 08, 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
  • Rival unions clash at CESC, paralyze work
  • Expert hand in Behala murders: Cops
  • Mother seeks Sabitri help to get kids back
  • Doctors, cops help ill woman go home
  • Panel to probe Jadavpur University admission row
  • Suicide rate drops in West Bengal after 4 yrs
  • Mosquito larvae found in college lab, AC machine
  • Political blame game after outbreak
  • Student drowned in swimming pool
  • CM tweaks central scheme, CrPC for compensation package
  • Sushanta's brother held in skeleton case
  • CISF jawan killed in airport accident
  • Bodies wash up along river bank, bus tragedy toll up to 9
  • New Town Kolkata Development Authority starts anti-dengue drive in Rajarhat
  • Rabindra Tirtha to hold week long festival
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Mayor wakes up to sick clinics
  • Stress on dengue house visit
  • Multiple weapons in Behala murders
  • Gherao at JU over admission
  • Protest shuts Metro Plaza
  • Shortcut repairs on snarl stretch
  • Changing lives by design
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Perfect stage for literacy
  • HC raps govt over fakes
  • Jawan dead after truck turns turtle
  • Pet peeve: none to bell the cat
  • Free paddy seeds of poor quality: Farmers
  • Bankura bus tragedy toll rises to 8
  • Sushanta brother arrested in Puri
  • Kharagpur civic row in HC
  • Villagers demand new bridge
  • Hope in Ayodhya hills as Maoist hold loosens
  • Rain & pest blow to tea production
  • Stay on, appeals Barla
  • Govt to count pets this month
  • Back to class a year after quake
    • Indian Express
  • Real estate sharks surround Behala house of murders
  • Eyeing BJP revival, GJM revives Gorkhaland
  • Pinki, ShilAditya appear before Human rights panel
  • Kolkata felicitates Mary Kom
  • Bus washed away into canal, three killed
  • Kolkata authors surprised at Taslimas timing of Sunil rant
  • TMC govt denigrating rape victims by doling cash: CPM, Congress
  • Bodies tied to poles: Rights panel told to probe
  • Govt to set up judicial probe into land allotment by housing board
  • Mamata blames CPM-controlled Howrah for dengue, bats for KMC
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • Sushanta's brother held in skeleton case
  • Chaos reigns at JU over admission row
  • CISF jawan dies in accident at airport
  • Youth Congress for Panchayati Raj
  • The four Behala victims were hit on head first
  • Mamata again: Offers money to rape victims
  • Toll in bus tragedy rises to nine
  • Bengal Teacher jailed for attack on kids
  • In Bengal, school kids get a lesson in politics
  • Mamata among 50 most influential people in finance
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line