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News Headlines Archive
December 12, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • Teaching by West Bengal's new book
  • Wipro Chief denies land problem for its Salt Lake facility
  • What can the Bengal CM do?
  • Salim group to stay in West Bengal
  • Mamata rides Dunlop crisis for image makeover
  • GJM bandh hits life in Darjeeling, affects Dooars
  • Ruia meets Mamata
  • Fabled Feluda
  • The Telegraph
  • Maoist fear grips tribals
  • Morcha threatens 3-day bandh
  • Dunlop sops ruled out
  • Mumbai siege casts shadow on city events
  • Seminar & stamp to mark monk centenary
  • 5-year-old dies in fire
  • Court deadline to shut down tanneries
  • Winter heat at record high
  • Seat slash cloud over tech colleges
  • Behind bars without basic checks
  • HC orders interest on fire damages
  • Railway cop kills himself
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • What's on in town
  • Reunion, Ryan and rare resolve
  • Open door for army drill
  • Alert after bird flu in Assam
  • Police bullet strays, hits youth leg
  • Bow boy waits for overseas call
  • SSC admit cards in drain
  • After loyalty switch, terror slur on CPM
  • Threat to boycott 3-way talks
  • Rally boost to hill demand
  • Strike costs NBSTC Rs 20000 per day
  • Tea too less for auction to go online at Jalpaiguri
  • Signature of dead pathologist on blood test report
  • Times of India
  • MBAs play safe, vie for civil services
  • MBAs vying for govt jobs: 'Trend will reverse when economy bounces back'
  • Webel caught in land deal fraud
  • Todi brothers to remain in custody till Dec 17
  • Cop beats up TV journalists
  • Child burnt alive after LPG blast
  • Treat for car lovers
  • Cop held for wife's death
  • Security paranoia leaves fliers in spot
  • Hospital home for abandoned woman
  • Indian Express
  • Govt’s no to loan plea casts a shadow on Dunlop
  • Diktat on sarees makes teachers say no to school
  • Who is to be blamed for non-functional elevators on overbridges in city?
  • Six die in Malda Division rail accident
  • ‘Several hostages in Somali waters could be Indians’
  • Pradip Todi’s bail plea rejected
  • Police mull new means to check fraud SIM procurement
  • 5 detained for Belpahari murder, police claim Maoist links
  • Finally, families of ’95 factory fire victims get compensation
  • Activists oppose Jindal’s Salboni plant
  • GJM sets new condition as govt fixes date for talks
  • Customs holding up demand for scanners, says Port Trust
  • Aero city project in Burdwan sits on coal reserves, faces opposition
  • The Statesman
  • 6 rapes in a week in Murshidabad
  • An easy way to Howrah soon!
  • Buddha writes to PM on PTTI deadlock
  • Chhatra Parishad on fact-finding mission
  • Civic chief gets a taste of filth
  • Cops visit schools, give anti-terror tips to students
  • Former Tata dealer threatened over phone
  • Mayor steers clear of land controversy
  • Parents want dissident RKM teachers to go
  • Parties gear up for by-poll
  • Police charge wrong man for murder
  • Purulia botanist receives award
  • Rally brings to fore Adivasi divide
  • Red tape alleged
  • Rizwan: WBHRC summons cops
  • 7-member committee to look into bus operators demands
  • ARD scanner on migratory birds after Assam outbreak
  • Booths shifted to stop hoax calls
  • CBI doubtful of cracking Nobel case
  • DPLs fuel gas pipeline sparks off controversy
  • Farmers want Aerotropolis, not coal mines in Andal
  • Fourth woman to be raped in Murshidabad
  • Locals get drainage project going
  • Maoist killings in state akin to terrorism: CM
  • Noise raised against trafficking
  • Plans to expand RG Kar facilities
  • Ruia seeks Mamata help on Dunlop
  • SET gets transparent
  • Sarisha RKM teachers secure dress nod
  • State to create land bank for projects
  • Stir ends after govt bends
  • Hindustan Times
  • State-of-art Renal institute in Kolkata
  • Sports
  • FPA’s help to former players
  • JCT, East Bengal off to winning starts