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News Headlines Archive

September 18, 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
  • Buses off roads, govt has no answer
  • Bengals hidden gain from diesel adds to your pain
  • 'State to benefit from ties with Myanmar'
  • Mad start to rush week
  • Governor visits dengue patient at hospital
  • Power cables cut, airport plunges into darkness
  • Four airlines to touch down in city
  • Author talks of Mother's miracle
  • Odisha varsity to confer doctorate on Mamata
  • Rabindra Tirtha starts hosting events
  • Girl molested in crowded bazaar
  • Official puts mayor in a spot over lights
  • CA student molested in Howrah
  • Pickpockets to target middle-aged this Puja
  • Varsity halts distribution of forms
  • Tough test for Mamata Banerjee as 72-hour deadline ends
  • Dhaks echo with new hope in Singur
  • Kolkata's poor poorer than the rest
  • Govt speeds up rural projects
  • Hawker held for rape
  • Parents hack girl for loving boy from 'low' caste
  • West Bengal to get its first solar power plant under 'renewable energy certificate Mechanism'
  • Centre warns Bengal about terror outfit
  • Gutka business flourishes as govt dithers over ban
  • Smokeless tobacco spells doom in Bengal
  • Puchka seller and a Yuvi fan beats cancer
  • Solar heaters a must for Kolkata highrises
  • Prakash Karat slams Trinamool logic on UPA policies
  • A realty hot spot sans basic infrastructure
  • Cong silent on Mamata Banerjee ultimatum
  • Sub-inspector commits suicide, family cries foul
  • Woman jumps off terrace in Behala
  • Chain snatched in Salt Lake, one arrested
  • Abducted trader rescued, 2 held
  • South gets more rain, north remains parched
  • Girl reunited with parents after 22 years
  • 'My cousin died due to state's negligence'
  • A ride that kills and maims
  • Buses lead bandhwagon, to go off roads from today
  • Park Street rape victim lodges complaint of harassment against neighbour
  • President Pranab visits Kolkata house
  • Mamata Banerjee may pull out ministers from UPA
  • Blind student is IIT topper
  • South sinks, but its dry up north
  • Man hacks wife's lover to death
  • Kishanji met Mamata before polls, says Maoist leader
  • Woman passes dead lover as hubby
  • State plans to end impasse over NH-34
  • Immigration hurdle stalls flight trials at new terminal
  • Former national footballer injured in road accident
    • The Telegraph
  • Sick city & houseful hospitals
  • Five-hour power outage at airport
  • Screen journey into a relationship
  • Signal jammers in jail security overhaul
  • Vatican council revisited
  • Explore hall in Science City
  • North-south divide in bus blow
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Teachers put to shame
  • Killer craters dot Bypass
  • High court seeks beacon list
  • Raj Bhavan trio infected
  • Bus strike pinch spares districts
  • Amit to skip PC meet, 3 bullets in hard gun
  • Father kills girl over affair with mason son
  • Craft museum plan at Visva
  • Mike menace afflicts hospital
  • HC hearing on CMs comments
  • Train-less Dooars suffers most
  • Morcha rally test in plains
  • Hitman spares gentleman lawyer
  • Boycott after funds tiff
  • Vet hospital in North Sikkim in ruins
  • Deepas Chanchal rally postponed
    • Indian Express
  • Political parties have become a cult: Trivedi
  • With a warning to Mamata, her estranged supporters march on
  • Slum protests: Scientist Ray granted bail
  • Mamata may pull out her ministers
  • No more casual lunch at President Pranab Mukherjees Kolkata home
  • Trinamool will take historic decision today
  • Daughter of retd scientist molested
  • Police pulled up for floating taxi booth tender
  • Nod to posters of Hindi flick Hate Story
  • Two-day bandh postponed in Terai-Dooars
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • US parents want to take Norway kids route
  • Petrol pumps closing down across state
  • Bulk transfers at state finance dept raise eyebrows
  • Bengal govt hopes for 8% growth in agriculture
  • Thirty injured as bus overturns
  • Thirty injured as bus overturns
  • Bengal govt hopes for 8% growth in agriculture
  • Bulk transfers at state finance dept raise eyebrows
  • Petrol pumps closing down across state
  • US parents want to take Norway kids route
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line