| About Kolkata(Calcutta) |
|
|
| Essentials |
|
|
| News/Art/Media |
|
|
| Travel/Tourism |
|
|
| Business |
|
|
| Other Sites |
|
|
| Programs |
|
|
| Matrimony |
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
| P
O L L : Who is your favourite novelist? Vote
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
English Headline News,updated
Sat May 10 01:49:18 2008 NEWS ARCHIVE
( News headlines on your mobile phone. Point phone browser to calcuttaweb.com )
|
| Miscellaneous |
|
Rabindra Jayanti revelry sweeps Kolkata
West Bengal to get cable landing station
GJM holds rally in Siliguri
CPM enraged as governor shows solidarity with people
Cow dung offers what Bengal govt won’t
West Bengal for giving representation to States on RBI board, Plan panel
IPL matches at Eden Gardens lead to empty multiplexes
WB: Governor's Gandhigiri makes CPI-M see red
CPI(M) questions need for Governor's post but cites US for retaining it
Controversial Nandigram O-C relieved from poll duty
Tagore’s songs to be sung ahead of T20 tie
'Tagore balances the moral and the rational'
|
| The Statesman |
|
Briefs
CPM cadres pose as Maoists
Cong heavyweights attack CPM record in Nadia
Daughter contests to avenge dad's death
Help decamps with jewellery and cash
Help runs away with cash
Housewife ‘kills’ child, attempts suicide
How to do it?
Indo-French naval exercise
Is Congress paying only lip-service to its Opposition brief?
Lights off again at Raj Bhavan
Nandigram: SP-rank cop posted
One dead after Cong, CPM hurl bombs
Patient jumps off hospital to end life
Rain and road blocks cause chaos
Same name, same GP seat
Seats go uncontested in South 24-Pgns
Trinamul demands peaceful polls
Youths snared in job racket, end up in jail
Youths with forged visa arrested
briefs
|
| The Telegraph |
|
Court for school staff panel
Shyamal: Governor’s gesture aiding rivals
Lightning kills 11 in Malda & Siliguri
Storm blows away power-cut cloud
SP washes hands of Nandi
Fiddler strikes a chord
Tighter trade licence raj
Murder cry in patient fall
Grisly death at mom’s hand
Help robs trader home
Passport fiddling nets duo
Celeb minders come to town
Lady doctor dies after bus hit
SRK’s tribute to Tagore Sahaab
Youth held on kidnap charge
What's on in town
You share your birthday with...
FIRs to fight Morcha deadline to cops
Gurung on hunt for backers
Ambulance in hospital, death on road
Bolt from sky kills 11, rain brings relief
Allies level assault slur against CPM
Call for pre-marital blood test
Duo held for rape & murder
Villagers gherao block office
SRK tribute to Tagore Sahaab
HIV transfer by blood points to slack tests
Instant tea auction to take on private sales
|
| Times of India |
|
Basu slams Governor on power cut issue
Domestic robs wealthy household
Teen jumps off Medical College balcony
Shower saves city from blackout
Lightning strike kills nine in Malda
'Everything will be peaceful here'
Ten killed due to lightning in Malda
Now, Mamata to switch off power at home
Bengali theatre personality passes away
|
| Indian Express |
|
Artistes keen to visit Nandigram as observers
Cong, CPM workers clash in Murshidabad, 7 injured
Trinamool road blockades throw traffic out of gear
Woman strangles daughter, tries to commit suicide
City remembers Gurudev
Patient jumps from hospital balcony, dies
Two arrested for tampering with passports
Domestic help decamps with valuables from Mandeville Gardens residence
US firms to set units at Howrah food park
In East Midnapore, an all-women bank shows way to success
A winning script... with Tagore’s blessings
Mamata follows Gandhi, goes ‘powerless’
Violence again in Nandigram
Bandh called by CPI(Maoist) paralyses life in Purulia
|
| Asian Age |
|
BUPC leader abducted, TMC chief gheraoes SP
Wage-refusal may cost CPM dear
CMCH patient dies after fall
Burglary at Mandeville house
Change marks Tagore’s birth anniversary
‘Maoists’ threaten Congress leaders
Mamata to observe power-cut
Woman kills daughter
|
| Hindustan Times |
|
Note mismatch: IPL’s paean to Tagore
|
| Sports |
|
Kolkata Riders won by 5 runs
Bengal-Peerless planning grand presentation for Kahn
Shabbir’s demands: Need more freedom, keep current reserves for I-League
India grouped with PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona
|
 |
|
|
| Bengali Pages |
| |
| Cinema News |
|
| Events |
|
|
Exchange Rates
(Mar 31, 2008)
|
| 1 unit curr. |
Buy(Rs.) |
| EURO |
63.03 |
| USA $ |
39.97 |
| UK Pound |
79.40 |
| Canada$ |
39.04 |
| Australia$ |
36.60 |
| NZ$ |
31.61 |
| Singapore$ |
28.94 |
| Hongkong$ |
05.13 |
| Japan 100Yen |
40.13 |
| UAE Dirham |
10.88 |
| Bangladesh Taka |
0.58 |
| Pakistan Rupee |
0.63 |
| Nepal Rupiya |
0.62 |
| Bhutan Ngultrum |
0.87 |
| Malayasia Ringit |
12.51 |
| Chinese Yuan |
5.70 |
| Indonesian 1000Rupiah |
43.31 |
| Thai Baht |
1.26 |
| Swiss Franc |
40.11 |
| S. Africa Rand |
06.21 |
| Russian Rouble |
1.70 |
|
|
Gifts to Kolkata
