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News Headlines Archive

September 09, 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
  • Schoolkids forced into political rally
  • Special court to hear cases of human rights violation
  • Airline loses honeymooners' gift bag
  • Undertrial flees from custody
  • RITES to prepare blueprint on St Blueprint for Digha makeover on the cards
  • Land row hits Teesta project
  • Bonus deal signed for tea garden workers
  • Six kids die within 24 hrs in Malda hospital
  • City hospital treats rare nerve disorder
  • HC admits petition on sale of property in central Kolkata
  • Students lock up teachers in school in school
  • State to withdraw Nandigram case from Supreme Court
  • Floods in Chhattisgarh disrupt train services
  • Cloud over KoPT's Sagar project
  • Fake currency racket busted, two held
  • Goons shoot at trader, son in Howrah
  • City police nab supari killers
  • Twin rallies choke city roads
  • Fraudster uses CM's number to get loan
  • Dreaded Bihar killers nabbed from Kolkata
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Dengue death turns focus on test puzzle
  • CU course fails to make the cut
  • Plush makeover for ministers office
  • Metro alignment cleared
  • A ticket to ancient China
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  • Fake notes seized, 2 held
  • Teesta stares at loan and land challenges
  • Tug of war over Mostafa son
  • FIR on Trinamul leader for cop attack
  • Six kids die in Malda hospital
  • Students gherao varsity team
  • Field day for turncoats in contest
  • Congman held in sleaze raid
  • 4-hour track blockade delays trains
  • Cease work by college staff for salary
  • Barrage locked in land dilemma
  • 2 killed in road mishap
    • Indian Express
  • Bengal govt: Teesta project to be commissioned as per schedule
  • Sacrificed a lot for Tata project: Govt to HC
  • Blast effect: CJI to chair meeting on HC security
  • Human rights courts set up in all districts
  • Govt to withdraw petition challenging high court ruling on Nandigram firing
  • Make engg curriculum job-oriented: Partha
  • Security stepped up in Bengal
  • Students picked up from school gates for political rally
  • 16 Hurt in clash between lawyers, bus staff
    • Hindustan Times
  • 'Teesta Barrage Project to be commissioned as per schedule'
  • Binayak Sen welcomes Mamata's peace move with Maoists
  • Miffed Mamata drops out of Manmohan's Dhaka trip
  • A day after the Messi magic
  • Disarm vigilante groups, then we'll talk: Naxals
  • 'Teesta Barrage Project to be commissioned as per schedule'
  • Binayak Sen welcomes Mamata's peace move with Maoists
  • Lepchas to withdraw agitation for separate council
  • Mamata wins over north Bengal
  • Miffed Mamata drops out of Manmohan's Dhaka trip
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line