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News Headlines Archive
January 12, 2008
Miscellaneous
  • Kolkata: Fire under control, property worth crores gutted
  • Fire destroys 2500 shops in Kolkata
  • Kolkata market burns for 18 hours
  • West Bengal Governor visits gutted wholesale market in Kolkata
  • Blame game begins after Kolkata fire
  • In pictures: Fire guts Calcutta market
  • Genpact to employ 7,000 in Kolkata
  • Small car, big trouble and even bigger ambition
  • Four deers die in a park in West Bengal
  • Rizwanur case adjourned for 5 weeks, CBI report remains sealed
  • Tourist dies after a fall in a george
  • Bharat Ratna Jyoti Basu? Que Sera Sera, says CPI-M
  • 4 held on Sagar Island
  • CPI(M) meet to focus on greater industrialisation
  • JSW Bengal Steel to double capacity
  • The Statesman
  • 4 held for running radio centre
  • 10-yr-old escapes from abductors
  • UP blast wake-up call to city cops
  • SBI musclemen rob defaulter of valuables
  • RG Kar unrest after mom-to-be dies
  • Intrusion alleged in Visva-Bharati girls hostel
  • SBI musclemen rob defaulter of valuables
  • RG Kar unrest after mom-to-be dies
  • Intrusion alleged in Visva-Bharati girls hostel
  • UP blast wakes up Kolkata cops
  • Kid escapes from abductors, makes way home
  • Impasse over payment mode hits NREGS hard
  • HC to take up CBI report on 20 Feb
  • Kshiti lashes out at CPM
  • Pact with IAEA by Jan, says Menon
  • Greek PM visits Capital
  • Centre to promote rooftop water harvesting
  • The Telegraph
  • Tata leaves it to people
  • Judge steps in, murder charge on driver
  • Work stalled in Singur
  • Magic on the plate
  • ‘Only class I am familiar with’
  • Brutal beauty of Baij
  • Next weekend you can be at ... Rajrappa
  • Book for the birthday boy
  • On the move in open skies
  • Growth chart tops new VC agenda
  • No-trust vote notice against hill civic board
  • Jewel shop looted, owner loses finger
  • Foresters fail to find poachers
  • Bangla force shoots dead wild elephant
  • RSP accused of assault
  • Fun day, only women allowed
  • April 2 target for trade route
  • Cell for Kawakhali rehabilitation
  • Times of India
  • Fire at Kolkata's Burrabazar rages on
  • Kolkata trade hub in flames
  • 'I'm not in the run for Bharat Ratna'
  • Kolkata fire: Firefighters blamed
  • Money power thwarts KMC
  • Saswati's 'lover' tries to kill self
  • Property worth crores gutted in Kolkata fire
  • CII warns against blind acquisition
  • Fire safety cloud on book fair venue
  • Kin's plea puts off Rizwan hearing
  • Indian Express
  • Kalam to students: Strength respects strength
  • Mamata presides over alliance meet
  • Singur car site: Guards rejoin work
  • State to set up probe committee
  • Fire chokes traffic
  • CPM rally today, Maidan dug up
  • Ray wants Taslima to ‘repent’ and Muslims to ‘forgive’
  • Asian Age
  • TMC warns to stall production
  • 51 passengers off-loaded
  • No outcome at CPI(M), Bloc meet
  • Cartridges found, 2 held
  • Small savings: State fails to lure investors
  • Santiniketan update
  • Hindustan Times
  • 4,000 shops gutted in Kolkata fire
  • Darjeeling mourns hero’s death
  • Sports
  • It’s a Bengal show
  • West Bengal posts win
  • Ganguly admires Australia's desperation