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News Headlines Archive
April 5, 2009
Miscellaneous
  • West Bengal government plans police action in Lalgarh
  • Garden Reach to set up ship design facility with French firm
  • BJP expects Gorkha outfit's support for Jaswant
  • CPI(M) on defensive, seeks forgiveness
  • Left dumps industry for agriculture ahead of polls
  • Primary teachers meet CM
  • 'Identity and Violence' by Amartya Sen
  • When Mithun Chakraborty didn’t wash his clothes
  • The Telegraph
  • Polls without police ruled out in Lalgarh
  • Family pariah after CPM diktat
  • Sonia in state on April 27
  • Lalgola youth in terror net
  • Pre-poll cop scan on risky zones
  • Memory malady in young
  • Mother stares at one-way track
  • SSKM only for poor & critical
  • Graffiti scar on landmarks
  • Slump boost for domestic tourism
  • A fight for ‘bourgeois’ passion
  • Candidate record on SMS
  • Foul air hits below the belt
  • Modern times on canvas
  • CID draws up Yash murder suspect list
  • Ice-cream sales go cold as pockets freeze
  • Fatal fall from bus footboard
  • Domestic help found dead
  • Power dips, heat peaks
  • From Troy to town, on jute trail
  •  You share your birthday with...
  • What's on in town
  • Rally bane of green lungs
  • Comeback allowed but only for campaign
  • ABGL terms to extend support
  • Home reception for Buxla
  • GNLF flag back at MLA house
  • Talent hunt in shooting meet
  • NCP to back Bangshibadan
  • The Statesman
    Times of India
  • Bangladeshi settlers pledge political loyalty, get EPIC
  • Trio taken to cops for defaming CPM
  • Sowing seeds of a green revolution
  • Row over woman's last rites
  • Another LeT operative in police net
  • Police fear KLO attack before polls
  • Seminar to enthuse future legal eagles
  • Fleeing from nature, Nayachar residents see hope in industry
  • GNLF takes out rally, GJM plays ball for now
  • Tractors torched for stealing mud
  • Naveen Patnaik declares assets worth Rs 7.98 cr
  • Azhar to contest LS polls from Moradabad
  • Women have special place and respect in SP: Mulayam
  • Indian Express
  • In Budget allocation, higher education loses to madrasas
  • State to buy boats from Greece to patrol sea
  • Finally, some positive news for HIV+ body builder
  • BJP supports Gorkhaland? State unit says no decision yet
  • ‘Armed resistance if cops enter Lalgarh before elections’
  • Hindustan Times
  • BJP candidate woos voters through drama in West Bengal
  • Love is a many-storied thing
  • He is nothing special
  • Sports
  • Tiwary, Saha in; Dinda left out