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News Headlines Archive

September 22, 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
  • Apartments gear up for Puja
  • CM fumes after plane circles over city for 30 min
  • Businessman hacked to death in Malda
  • Stress on inclusive education for special kids
  • Campaign against poppy cultivation
  • Diversify into other marts: Comm secy to exporters
  • 17-year-old student found hanging
  • Sovan talks tough on billboards after guv rap
  • Centre to hire 220 IPS officers
  • Quake puts lens on Siliguri highrises
  • Joka-BBD Bag Metro construction safe: Officials
  • Tagore houses damaged
  • Hidco clears New Garia to Kolkata airport metro route
  • Bird flu strikes Bengal again, culling begins
  • Schoolgirl stabbed to death by estranged lover
  • Hydel power for affordable tea?
  • Guv reminds mayor of 'billboard-free city' pledge
  • 'Poor academic ambience' forces two VCs to quit
  • 500 fliers suffer in oil arm-twist
  • Grey market for digital cameras may bite the dust soon
  • Hind Copper rejigs its proposed FPO
  • Round II of bidding for abandoned mines soon, says Coal India
  • Beautification drive stalled as KMDA, cops squabble
  • No power for MRI machine at SSKM
  • Probe into fake birth certificates
  • World's Highest Battalion Headquarters rocked
  • Didi urges PC to put off NSG hub opening
  • Sikkim quake: Relief, rescue operations pick up momentum
  • Concrete chokes another tree
  • Gunfight with Maoists in Purulia
  • Skeleton case: Chargesheet this week
  • Governor upset over Besu's IIEST status
  • Mittal may donate Rs 18 cr to Xavier's
  • Scanner on Kolkata's housing complexes
  • A dreadful night for trapped tourists
  • Foreigners stranded in Sikkim
  • Quake may hit tourist rush to Hills during Pujas
  • 'Can't believe my brother is no more'
  • Oil tanker crushes 5 revellers
  • Ministry seeks IIT-Kgp report on earthquake
  • Car parks make buildings vulnerable during quakes
  • Bengal pollution control board to inspect Bantala leather complex
  • Earthquake: Army confirms extensive damage in north Sikkim
  • Quake: Cracks appear on walls, ceilings of many homes in city
  • Netaji university to start a course for Bangla
  • Govt fails temblor test
  • Tremor terror: Shock & awe in packed cinema
  • Using tech to widen film bazaar
    • The Telegraph
  • Mamata strains at seat belt
  • Life for shoe baron killers
  • Class XII girl kills herself
  • Governors letter on road bumps
  • State sets audit deadline for colleges
  • Committee to decide future of billboards
  • For the red-and-gold fan, a culinary goal
  • Presi finds place on knowledge i-way
  • Are the West Bengal police incompetent?
  • Traffic reels from rally quartet
  • Two injured in campus clash
  • Two dead in road accidents
  • Sleaze racket busted
  • PC talks call to Maoists without conditions
  • Unions take rights grouse to Purnendu
  • State unit jawans fast to protest posting
  • Rao secret meeting in rebel zone
  • Bank missiles at elderly
  • Murder charge off after 13 years
  • Standing tall defying all rules
  • Expert glare on Siliguri structures
  • Prisoners to be shifted for jail repair
  • CM to visit North soon
  • Footballers back in action
    • Indian Express
  • PC renews talks offer minus surrender clause
  • Time, statesmanship will solve Teesta issue
  • State universities head towards the doldrums
  • Partha urges PSUs to invest in Bengal
  • Mamata plane hovers, Roy sees conspiracy
  • Controversial goal puts EB in Fed Cup semis
    • Hindustan Times
  • Six injured as balcony collapses in Kolkata
  • HuJI plotted Delhi HC blast in Nepal
  • Mamata is a subject of classroom study
  • Teesta, access issue will be solved: Chidambaram
  • IOC's no credit policy grounds 2 Iranian planes
  • Teesta, access issue will be solved: Chidambaram
  • 'Sikkim quake may have been induced by dams across Teesta'
  • Quake damages in the Darjeeling pegged at Rs 3400 Crores
  • IOC's no credit policy grounds 2 Iranian planes
  • 10 killed in Bengal, Bihar
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line