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News Headlines Archive

September 22, 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
  • One killed, 19 inured in Trinamool-CPM clash
  • RPF constable, 4 others held for molesting woman
  • Varsity staffer held for rape
  • Bengal to hardsell financial hub in Mumbai
  • Scholarships for young talents
  • Boxirhat OC faces probe over rape charge
  • Tata company buys off land for project in Kharagpur
  • Govt to frame fare chart model
  • Toddler dies in freak accident
  • Subhendu turns heat on Kolkata Port Trust officials
  • State Congress seeks 3 berths at Centre, writes to Sonia Gandhi
  • Uncertain future for key officials at CMO
  • Cong-TMC standoff over Singur rally
  • Pullout tremors at two civic bodies
  • La Mart principal, teachers cleared in Rouvanjit case
  • On your marks! Sports a must in school
  • Honeybees swarm three planes at Kolkata airport
  • Gunfire shocks quiet Jadavpur locality
  • CPM man arrested for alleged rape
  • Six Bengal Congress ministers to resign from Mamata Banerjee's government tomorrow
  • Rajarhat New Town gets two new childrens park
  • 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
    • The Telegraph
  • Clean chit for principal
  • Monsoon in Sept T20 slog
  • Live music to liven up Lakes
  • Bee attack sequel at airport, flights not hit
  • Snatch & shoot in busy market
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Appeal to Mamata to back Pranab son
  • Cong eyes Opposition leader chair
  • Mom returns home with govt help
  • Mamata unleashes tiger on FDI
  • Radiation watch on cell towers
  • Trinamul attack on ECL official
  • Trinamul hints at exit from Siliguri board
  • Strike off for 10 days
  • Balasun queries hit army hurdle
    • Indian Express
  • Wishlist to Sonia appoint 3 ministers from Bengal
  • Abhijit files nomination for Jangipur bypoll
  • Cong ministers to quit Mamata cabinet today
  • Will fight like a tiger cub
  • TMC seeks time with President, six ministers will resign today
  • Luxury taxi owners too seek fare hike
  • Minister says never promised fare hike to bus operators
  • CPM man held in rape case
  • Court orders deletion of La Marts teachers names from chargesheet
  • Mayor threatened me to drop case on pension scam: Petitioner to HC
  • 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
  • Pray this goes away: Inflation hits Goddess
  • I will hiss, if I can't bite, says Mamata Banerjee
  • Guess who profited on shutdown days?
  • Faculty cleared in Rouvanjit case
  • Girls held for aiding rape of Tiljala minor
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line