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News Headlines Archive

October 08, 2010
Miscellaneous
  • Another school teacher shot dead by suspected Maoists
  • Need for vigil against terror, Buddhadeb tells police
  • Mamata absent at function in honour of Jyoti Basu
  • For ancestors' sake
  • Literary project to highlight Tagore's love affair with China
  • Sabotage is not the way to get back, says Mamata
  • Rajarhat-Newton rechristened 'Jyoti Basu Nagar'
  • Three killed, five injured in Howrah explosion
  • Singapore Museum hosts Ray retrospective
  • Kolkata to get dedicated trauma care units
  • Bengal Cong chief criticises Mamata at Left Front function
  • Woman sells jewels, gives Rs3 lakh to build school in West Bengal
  • Bengali artistes unite to bring beat back into dhak dhol
  • Calcutta high court under Queen of England?
  • Sharmila pays tribute to the genius of Satyajit Ray
    • Times of India
  • Out-of-order pumps raise a stink at Salt
  • A flagoff, and a cool joyride
  • Gangetic dolphin carcass found Kolkata:
  • Bravery award for Stephen Court heroes
  • Punishment a must to discipline schoolkids
  • 3 die, houses collapse in Howrah mystery blast
  • Hot air balloon show at Maidan this Puja' at Maidan this
  • Emergency services still on the blink in hospitals
  • Friend-foe lines blur on Basu podium
  • Trinamool team to visit Haroa
  • Mahindra 2 Wheelers launches Mojo and Stallio
    • The Telegraph
  • Schoolgirl ‘thrashed’ over extra fee
  • Maoists shoot dead teacher
  • Burdwan medicine shop strike
  • Manas ‘dig’ at Didi from CPM dais
  • Look back at she the martyr
  • Awards with a cause that care for a smile
  • Rain alert in run-up to Puja
  • Old problems by new name
  • What's on in town
  • You share your birthday with....
  • Cool debut of limited edition
  • Bomb corner of city airport
  • Signs for safe traffic
  • Bimal big money talk before next round
  • Puja washout alert mars festive spirit
  • 70 join ABGL in Kalimpong
  • Scan on long voters’ lists
    • Indian Express
  • Buddha talks industry again, holds out hope for retail
  • Wary of being nuked electorally, govt begs off from Haripur n-plant site inspection for now
  • Only Didi understands Hills’ problems: GJM
  • Rlys to clear backlog of 2 lakh vacancies
  • Maoists kill teacher, blame him for Umakanto’s death
  • In Didi line of fire, IPS officers seek postings out of West Bengal
  • Mamata announces amnesty for workers in Jungalmahal
  • Govt told to file affidavit on Tamang murder probe
  • CPM minister differs with its teachers’ body on English education
  • To protect new carpet, railway officials bar stage to Mamata’s securitymen
  • Bengal CPM rolls out red carpet for Somnath
  • Kolkata a haven for terrorists: Buddha
  • Industrialists have not turned their backs to Bengal, says CM
  • Maoists kill teacher, blame him for Umakanto’s death
    • Hindustan Times
  • Centre steps in to preserve Tagore's abode in Shillong
  • Anarchy in the UK
    • Sports
  • East Bengal beat Calcutta Port Trust 2-0
  • India takes on Vietnam