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News Headlines Archive
April 1, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • Nano's abandoned factory in Bengal to be revived
  • Reserve seats for women, Somnath tells political parties
  • Father gets 7 years in jail for killing player son
  • 'CPI-M still lives in the Cold War mindset'
  • Nano still alive in CPI-M poll campaign
  • Mamata needs doctor's advice immediately : Biman
  • No Tagore or Netaji in Govt office: EC directive irks Bhattacharjee
  • Financiers free to seize vehicles: HC
  • The Telegraph
  • Poll babu in campaign mode
  • Election call for ex-soldiers
  • Trio with arms for Lalgarh caught
  • School is open, but only for CPM rally
  • Schools cut fun budget
  • What's on in town
  • Trouble shuts film school
  • Nano champion books ‘dream’ car
  • Service in the name of god in every human
  • Twin losses for SFI in varsity elections
  • Two cheers for SRK’s Angel hunt
  • Court scan on truant taxis
  • RPF nailed in platform death probe
  • Student sleuths to sniff terror threats
  • Hide & seek with cops by bridge
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • Fee hike protests in schools
  • 3 blockades across city
  • First day, first show
  • Makalu team to set off on Friday
  • Early sting drive this time
  • Six paddlers off to China
  • Girl over the moon on stamp prize
  • Morcha open to support for ABGL chief
  • Queries galore at unity show
  • The Statesman
  • 2 held for Manicktala robbery
  • 46 CPM men get life for Muluk murders
  • Autos without valid papers still abound
  • CU placement cell lies defunct
  • Chopper hired for Buddha returned
  • Dhantala: Expelled cadres peoples favourite
  • Goenka states first college offering MBA
  • Intermittent power cuts irk students in Kolkata
  • PC sends dos & donts for VVIPs
  • Rice at Rs 2 still a dream
  • SRFTI students agitate for improved infrastructure
  • Six convicted of Birbhum murders
  • Subrata threatens withdrawal
  • Trade unions threaten indefinite hunger strike
  • Mamata needs her head checked
  • Times of India
  • Graffiti glare on Mamata, Deb
  • Govt chalks out Nayachar security plan
  • Four RPF men accused in 17-yr-old's death case
  • Student poll message: Youth wants change
  • Small car revs big dreams in city of joy
  • Court stops film screening
  • Bank holiday upsets ATM services
  • Guard found dead in Singur factory site
  • April 9 date for FAW team visit
  • Youth jumps off bridge, sparks mad chase
  • Azhar to contest LS polls from Moradabad
  • Women have special place and respect in SP: Mulayam
  • Advani challenges PM Manmohan to TV debate
  • Indian Express
  • N-fission splits Left Front allies
  • Riding Nano, CPM, Trinamool switch to top gear in LS poll campaign
  • Tata’s small wonder hits showrooms in Kolkata
  • JU polls: SFI makes a dent in anti-Left stronghold
  • Fire rages in abandoned mines at Sangramgarh
  • 4 RPF men in dock for death of teenager
  • Poll debate sets cyber world ablaze
  • Cabbies slam meter testing by private parties; HC asks govt to file reply
  • Buddha in a ‘tearing’ hurry on EC order
  • Mamata’s ‘fast’ friends turn on her
  • SP says Mamata ditched it, to fight for 4 seats
  • CPM reports Gurung to EC for ‘Varun-like’ speech
  • Hindustan Times
  • 12 sitting MLAs trying luck in LS poll in West Bengal
  • Ganga swallowed their voting rights
  • Record 61,000 tourists visit Sikkim in Jan/Feb this year
  • Sports
  • Ganguly named Knight Riders sole captain
  • No Kolkata Knight Riders without Dada: Shah Rukh