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News Headlines Archive

September 27, 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
  • Anti-Islam film sparks protests in Kolkata
  • Land woes scuttle proposed logistics hub near Kolkata
  • Finally, funds for Budge Budge flyover
  • Stepmother arrested after 14-year-old hangs self
  • Purulia SP's car runs over three in Midnapore
  • Englishbazar residents fume at parties on medical campus
  • Mamata rolls out rural poll strategy
  • Anti-insurgency vehicles lying idle in Bengal
  • Kolkata now a 'City of Bhoy', feel citizens
  • Trident light row: Bengal minister's answer draws opposition ire in House
  • World Heart Day: Kolkata tops metros in heart disease risk
  • Airport keeps tryst with flying dreams, past and present
  • Bengal Congress demands dengue statistics
  • Infant raped on pavement in Kolkata, 3 detained
  • Parcel blast kills rights activist in Howrah
  • Major blaze averted at Kolkata mall
  • Bangla to continue ban on Hilsa export
  • Students electrocuted in Howrah pond while swimming
  • Suvaprasanna won't quit railway panel
  • Truck rams into temple, kills three
  • Baby allegedly raped in Kolkata, four detained
  • Married women in Bengal have no say at home
  • Minor found dead in minister's house
  • Cong, BJP corner Trinamool in Kharagpur
  • Darjeeling tea wins purity test
  • Satyen Bose rediscovered as a 'romantic' scientist
  • Left-backed body wins West Bengal College and University Teacher's Association polls
  • 4,000 lose job as Howrah jute mill shuts down
  • Snake in court, murder accused in rescue act
  • Dengue drama rocks assembly
  • Dead woman's kin ransack Kolkata hospital
  • Rehab homes in state under scanner
  • Goons shoot at youth on Entally road
  • 30 lakh unwanted kids in 10 years
  • 34 posts on govt beacon list, few can use flashers
  • Tollywood hits purple patch, city studios draw star filmmakers
  • Wanna look cool? Floral print is hot this season
  • Get a glimpse of Disneyland this Puja
  • Stars lend a voice to FDI protest
  • Bengal rail projects won't be junked: C P Joshi
  • State amends quota cap for SC, ST and backward classes
  • Haldia dock on the verge of a lockout?
  • 3 dacoits lynched in Burdwan
  • 10 years on, forest dept yet to get land for jumbo corridor
  • Truckload of illegal coal seized in Asansol
  • Varsity warns students against stir
  • Trio held for snatching, bike gang roams free
  • Man shot dead by assailants on a bike
  • Deoghar stampede claims 2 from state
  • Left, Congress attack govt on crime spurt
    • The Telegraph
  • Train of thought: stay put
  • Rally trio choke city centre
  • Heartfelt welcome key to inclusion
  • US visa process to take 2 days
  • Auto driver held for ex-cop assault
  • Hakim washes hands of Sovan trident lights
  • Glare on porous parcel scan
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Truck crushes trio to death
  • Early-morning fire at mall
  • Masterstroke on lifes canvas
  • German balm for patients
  • Pawar push to govt for rice procurement
  • Trinamul leader threat on ECL official
  • Moms learn on reformer Bday
  • NTPC plan to fit plant to plot
  • SP car kills 3, speeds away
  • 25ft crater blocks highway
  • Road breach throws spanner in tourism hope
  • Girl fined for false rape charge
  • Child raped by village youth
  • Scat tests point to rise in Buxa tiger number
  • Encephalitis in Darjeeling
  • Mothers attend class in primary school
    • Indian Express
  • Parcel bomb kills reporter in Howrah
  • More border outposts on anvil
  • CAG slams police for buying vehicles and not using them
  • New amendments in university bill to increase govts control in varsities
  • Mamatas anti-FDI protest, a run-up for panchayat polls
  • Minister Hakim distances himself from KMC
  • Madan Tamang killing: HC grants bail to 5 accused
  • Three suspected dacoits lynched
  • HC asks cops to submit affidavit on beacon violators
  • Assembly passes college teacher recruitment Bill
  • English tips from Oxford
  • Glimpse into the future
  • US tutors on Kolkata recce
    • Hindustan Times
  • Decongesting Kolkatas streets
  • Mamata toughens stance, Cong says UPA govt not in trouble
  • Congress ministers skip Mamata's Cabinet meeting
  • Forcible enforcement of bandh will not be allowed: Mamata
  • 'Little difference between orange and red'
  • Angry Muslims protest anti-Islam film in Kolkata
  • Calcutta HC reserves order on comtempt plea against Mamata
  • Deepa, Adhir to lead policy battle in rural Bengal
  • Police vehicle kills3 at Garbeta
  • Haldia crisis peaks, 450 workers sacked
    • Sports
  • I-League versus AIFF battle intensifies
  • A day later, clubs refuse to toe AIFF’s line