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News Headlines Archive

December 23, 2010
Miscellaneous
  • Labour shortage hits jute mills in West Bengal
  • Hooghly riverfront beautification project on track
  • Kolkata gets Pracheen Kala Kendra complex
  • Suspected Maoists trigger IED explosion; no casualty
  • Vote on Bill relating to property tax for upcoming Rajarhat township put off
  • Indian tourism a tale of missed opportunities
  • Kolkata experiences coldest day of season
  • Locals stage protests over nuclear project during Medvedev's visit
  • West Bengal returning to dark days: Speaker
  • Inspired by Tagore
  • KMRC faces deadline delay
  • Make people aware of Trinamool misdeeds, Buddhadeb tells teachers
  • Mamata backtracks on her "challenge"
  • CPI(M) misuses central forces; Mamata threatens to quit
  • HC to Bengal govt: File status report on phasing 15-yr-old vehicles
  • Rituparna's pregnant again!
    • Times of India
  • Youth's death sparks body politics, again
  • Mysteries of a mighty river unravelled at Science
  • Baking tradition brings together 2 communities
  • Pay traffic penalty, get case details
  • New taxiway to reduce runway
  • Progress at snail's pace puts IT plans on hold
  • Slow spadework for future
  • Oppn request defers New Town tax bill
  • HC asks for report on old vehicles
  • Chhatradhar and jailed Maoists end fast
    • The Telegraph
  • Rally blues for Xmas mood
  • Court cracks whip on auto rule
  • Mercury nudges decade low in December
  • Govt stops work on Metro link
  • Murder cry in students death
  • New Town bill deferred
  • Old boys club: Maharaj and Chhota Maharaj
  • You share your birthday with...
  • Website to pay traffic fines
  • Girls rescued from lodge
  • Civic body & circus fail green test
  • Buddha asks teachers to canvass guardians
  • Hospital blame on Centre
  • Eleventh-hour MLA cash after 2-yr stupor
  • Govt push to highway expansion project
  • Comrades kick BDO, staff call strike
  • 242 more beds for medical college
  • Centre to clear jumbo corridors
  • Untold hill tales on record
  • Tech VC against more colleges
  • Cry for accused teacher list
  • Dooars garden closed
    • Indian Express
  • House silent on onion price, Speaker pulls up both sides
  • More protests against Haripur power plant
  • Ban on 15-year-old vehicles: HC seeks status report
  • Seven members dead in Maoist attack, Bloc sings different tune
  • Mamata rebuffs Cong on joint rally offer
  • Trinamool says youth killed by SFI, cops say train accident
  • Light at the end of Darjeeling tunnel
  • Two killed in Parulia
  • United Opposition tries to block panchayat board education bill
  • CM greeted with black flags at dental college
  • Chattradhars bail plea withdrawn
  • Fisheries dept comes in the way of Dankuni rly project
  • Yet to recover from potato crisis, govt in no position to tackle onio...
  • Ansari favours greater funds for state varsities
  • Teacher shot dead by Maoists
  • Trinamool-Cong rift gives hope to CPM
  • Veteran Congress leader Karunakaran passes away
  • Naidu fast continues as talks fail with Andhra govt
  • Delhi HC orders N D Tiwari to take DNA test in pate...
  • Pranab asks Oppn to apologise to nation for 'destro...
  • Cong's Goa trouble: MLAs threaten to topple govt on...
  • Kin of Nithari victims protest clean chit to Pandhe...
  • Prez confident India will grow in double figures ne...
  • Tears for onion policies
  • A very good step - By KAPIL
  • Great going mr kumar - By Rahul Shankar
  • Are you threatening? - By Lokesh Hk
  • Any one can tell whi... - By railesh_vaishnav
  • Real face of rss - By ekaamhindustani
  • Rahul says Sri Lanka not giving justice to Tamils
  • Is Kashmir a part of India?, asks SP's Azam, Cong, BJP fume
  • 2G: Raja to appear before CBI on Friday
  • 2G: Cong, BJP question each other's 'cleanliness' in power
  • Obama signs repeal of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' policy
  • Jeans, skin-tight clothes, contraceptives come under Darul Uloom fatwa
    • Hindustan Times
  • Mamata Banerjee talks of resignation, then backtracks
  • 'Maoists, Trinamool evil'
  • 10 escape unhurt in Maoist blast
  • Students being used to instigate violence
  • WB plans to give Metro stake to railways
  • Investors to watch Bengal polls: Yeo
    • Sports
  • Bengal football on the back foot
  • East Bengal beats Salgaocar, records fifth straight win
  • George Telegraph in last four
  • Tolgay: I'm just doing my job...