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News Headlines Archive

October 16, 2010
Miscellaneous
  • Mahanavami: Kolkata enjoys the last day of puja
  • Pandal hoppers come out in millions on Maha Astami day
  • Heavy rain likely in coastal West Bengal
  • Durga Puja fervour grips North Bengal
  • RBI to issue coins on Rajendra Prasad, Tagore
  • Nangal-Howrah train service to start Saturday
  • One dead, two injured in clashes
  • PM, Sonia, Pranab to receive Mamata designed Durga puja card
  • Times of India
  • Winners take it all, Kolkata made it all
  • Winners take it all, Kolkata made it all
  • North wins sweet battle
  • Unscheduled landing after flier suffers cardiac arrest
  • Abducted boy found murdered in gunny bag
  • Police officers gheraoed by mob in Sashan
  • Nanoor gives peace a chance on puja days
  • Bangla course for bureaucrats
  • Rain fails to spoil Ashtami spirit
  • Chhau village comes alive at Kharagpur puja
  • The Telegraph
  • In city, pandal tribute to technology
  • Rain dampens Ashtami mood
  • Caste bar on Puja festivity
  • Plea to MK to ensure peace at Sashan
  • Rebel whiff in death
  • Seven stops on festive spirit trek
  • ‘Nothing in the world compares to this’
  • ‘Crowded, impersonal but still charming’
  • Metro relief for revellers
  • Size doesn’t matter, spirit does
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • What's on in town
  • In aarti glow, communal amity cemented at pandals
  • Demons slain but without bloodshed
  • Hill climbers eye Delhi heights
  • World tour the Wright way
  • Indian Express
  • BESU’s national status story mirrors changing Bengal politics
  • Focus shifts to post-grad programmes
  • Maoists bring Red practical & theory to schools
  • At Beliaghata pandal, a celebration of woman power
  • Wettest Saptami in five years
  • Hindustan Times
  • Pranab invokes 'Maa Durga' to check inflation
  • Durga on Twitter!
  • Pranab snubs Montek over Rs 500 cr grant for IIT-Kharagpur
  • Come, taste the flavour of Durga Puja
  • Sports
  • Subhajit Saha inspired by Clijsters
  • Why Bhaichung Bhutia is still irreplaceable in the Indian National team?
  • Paes on a different court