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News Headlines Archive

September 21, 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
  • Citizens stay indoors as Kolkata loses fight against bandh culture
  • 48 hours of trauma for bereaved family
  • Metro regulars ditch lifeline
  • Techies brave strike to reach citys IT hub
  • Railways runs near-empty trains
  • Shutdown adds to agony of patients
  • Govt lets down bandh fighters
  • Didi plays popularity game to cloak govt failures
  • The Trivedi twist: Case of ideology or revenge?
  • Violence marks bandh on outskirts
  • Bhuniya optimistic about Congress-TMC ties
  • Kolkata Municipal Corporation DG removed over trident storm
  • Toy pistol triggers panic in Malda varsity
  • Paddy fields lose ground to tea gardens in north Bengal
  • HC stops firm from fireclay mining
  • HC asks state to clarify stand on polluting trucks
  • New hope for Parkinsons patients
  • Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority begins repair on EM Bypass
  • Digital drive runs out of steam
  • Mamata Banerjee stands firm, bus strike deferred
  • Tears, Trauma In Tunnel Trap
  • Powerless Metro stuck in tunnel, trapped passengers fall ill
  • Metro work worsens Behala woes
  • 'Angry' Kolkatans vent it out with a honk too many
  • Government seeks report on SSC exam fiasco
  • Pillars to demarcate wetlands boundary
  • Bandh forces overnight stay at hospital
  • Police escort for airport buses
  • Left ignores CM plea to call off shutdown
  • Congress ministers skip CM's cabinet meet
  • Jellingham: A dream unfulfilled?
  • State wants say in VC selection
  • Wagon factory caught in Singur jinx
  • Promoter held for twin murders
  • Rhino dies in fight for mate
  • Traffic snarl delays airport passengers
  • Lightning damages Akbar-era tower
  • Crushing blow to battered finances
  • Congress ministers may not join office today
  • Patient raped in mental hospital
  • Rights body seeks dengue report
  • Woman molested at home
  • No end to commuters woes
  • Couple harassed for inter-religion marriage
  • Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority bid to check unplanned growth around key expressway
  • Jadavpur University asked to reappoint lecturer
  • Mamata asks young block development officers to be transparent
  • Howrah traffic speed doubles in a year
  • College girl attacked at market place
  • Walk on railway tracks, land in jail
    • The Telegraph
  • WERE GAME FOR A BANDH
  • Varsities in academic limbo over dean dearth
  • Taxi strike withdrawn
  • Bandh diary of disruption
  • Court seeks govt report on old trucks
  • HC lauds police team
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Ulysses in Didi govt
  • Strike spares coal and steel
  • Visva SMS plea to staff to attend work
  • Trinamul might in Cong den
  • Coach gives Barfi full marks
  • Music and dance fest buzz on campus
  • Cuffs on doctor for minors molest
  • Teacher scandal: 3 CPM leaders suspended
    • Indian Express
  • TMC seeks time with President, six ministers will resign today
  • Resignation letters in hand, Team Trinamool leaves for Delhi
  • Ready to quit, Cong ministers await nod from Delhi
  • BJP-Left claim total bandh in city
  • Mamata refuses to budge, breathes fire at Congress
  • New connection in making Mamatas rice, Jayas idli
  • Park Street rape: No CCTV footage of crucial 7 hours
  • New panel for speedy trials of inmates
  • Pranab son feels Didi tremor in Jangipur
  • Govt wont allow bandh
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • One more rape, this time in a mental asylum
  • R100 crore cement plant inaugurated at Jhargram
  • Education council to pull up JU
  • Jail minister pitches for more security in state prisons
  • US parents want to take Norway kids route
  • Trinamool clashes with SUCI at Cooch Behar
  • The day traffic failed to drown out Tagore songs
  • UPA in a hurry to introduce FDI bypassing Parl: Mukul
  • Mamata-UPA affair nears end, TMC ministers to quit today
  • Didi praises NDA bandh, slams Left for Bengal strike
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line