News Headlines Archive

August 12, 2008

Miscellaneous

17 people injured in Nandigram clash TC walks out of the WB Assembly over Nandigram issue Operations at Bengal tea gardens at a standstill Chennai, Kolkata airports' modernisation to begin in Sept Iffco insurance cover for Bengal farmers Huge dropout rate affecting education in West Bengal Anti-acquisition activists demonstrate in Nandigram Texmaco to demerge; to raise Rs 200 crore Haldia Dock Complex handles 47487 TEUs container traffic Social deprivations overtaken by new problems: Amartya

The Statesman

CMCH to get status upgrade, but lack treatment facilities Besu controversy may cost student his US dreams KMC conducts road inspection Businessman shot dead in N 24-Pgns Cops go out of way to stop NGO members from lodging FIR Patients deaths trigger mob fury Panel to probe fund misuse in Tropical Relief boat worth 4 lakh kept idle? Students injured after clash Dilapidated bridge awaits repair CMCH to get status upgrade, but lack treatment facilities Cops go out of way to stop NGO members from lodging FIR Besu controversy may cost student his US dreams Dilapidated bridge awaits repair Relief boat worth 4 lakh kept idle? Patients deaths trigger mob fury Midnapore lodge caretaker dies, cops confirm his charges Political sufferer moves Calcutta HC Project in doldrums after Somnath quit SSDA Truce brings uneasy calm to Nandigram

The Telegraph

Cloud on Prosenjit show TV trio face murder charge What's on in town Traffic plan in circle of woes Molestation sparks fly in school Strike cloud over weekend tour plans Project to decongest station 33 yrs in class, yet not teacher Two books a day make library sick Snail in SSKM food Fake cops rob two of lakhs  You share your birthday with... DM foils molest bid in front of collectorate 2 held for trader’s murder Leopard dead on tracks Public hall needs repairs Mill machine kills woman Girls drown in rising river Raids to stop impure tea Duncans told to hike PF rate Cotton in woman’s body, glare on doc Quick trial for Czechs Court order on VC pension Bloc expels district leader Centre mulls NH31A alternative Stench leads to hut with corpses

Times of India

Murder charge against TV crew Ailing boy thrashed for missing classes 'Indecent proposal' to panchayat pradhan Goons shoot at bus conductor Woman throws nephew in pond 17 injured in violence in Nandigram Targeted killings in Nandigram Bongaon CPM leader murdered Docs' stipend to be revised soon: Minister Police stop cycle rally, chaos on Howrah bridge

Indian Express

Dead snail found in SSKM hospital food Murder case lodged against TV show producers Left requests Trinamool to maintain peace 55-yr-old will finally get appointment letter Irked parents protest after indecent remarks by school staff at girl students ‘Kaushik, Sabitri may have misled police’ NTC to revive 3 cotton mills Minister asks GJM to stop protests before talks Corporates battle it out for a noble cause Mother of girls kills nephew in jealousy Left Front govt has blinded the youths by highrise buildings, malls: Mamata Trial against Czech scientists to begin on August 25 17 injured in Nandigram, as CPM, Trinamool clash again Govt admits political turmoil pushed villages to darkness

Asian Age

LF govt may acquire alternative Nano site ‘Arms in Nandi under scanner’ Cops blame TV crew for hotel staffer’s fall Videocon will set up Rs 200cr solar plant Two city hospitals witness vandalism over negligence Britons visit graves to trace their roots Jamiat head urges Cong,Trinamul to join hands

Hindustan Times

States look to oil firms to launch new industrial zones From Ireland, with love So far apart It's Kollage on the way to Bollywood

Sports

Kolkata Football : East Bengal 0 - Port Trust 0 Kolkata Football : Mohun Bagan 2 - Peerless 1 Dola, Bombayla crash out of individual archery event